If you owned the Amiga trademark, what would you do?

[dougal]

I dont know what i would do personally but i'd love to see a nice classic Amiga based motherboard that can be put in a standard ATX case.

The specs i'd like to see would be:

Basic 68030 CPU + AGA Chipset with:
Optional or standard G4 CPU (obviously compliant with OS4)

A socket for a 68040 or 68060 CPU
Can address DDR2/3 Ram as fast ram with sockets
Has built in a Picasso96 compliant graphics card which shares memory
Built in USB and Ethernet ports
Built in Sata
PCI Slots
Maybe a floppy drive port which can use normal 1.44MB PC drives as 1.76mb Amiga

[dougal]

That is pretty much Arcade FPGA =)

I looked up their website and cant find much about the Amiga, just stupid rubbish like the crappy Vic20, Philips Videopac etc...

[dougal]

While I have nothing against Amiga OS 4, I don't see the point of using an OS if there isn't software for it. If I had incredible amount of money to blow, instead of spending it to create a machine no one can afford (ahem) I would port OS4 to arm and make sure that the OS is supported by software people can actually use.

+1

True. The Sam44whatever is a total rip off. In the end of the day its paying over 600 euros for nothing more then a low end G4 Mac with less features and no case.

[dougal]

Oooh I like.. Just wish it could do better than a 68020 like maybe at the very least an 030 @ 50+ Mhz.

You have to remember that the FPGA Arcade is not just for Amiga use, but alos for "rubbishy crap" like the VIC-20, Atari ST, orginal game consoles, etc.

Here's the main board:
http://www.fpgaarcade.com/common/replay_overview.jpg

From the Amiga side you have:
2 x Joystick ports
2 x PS/2 connectors (mouse & keyboard)
SVHS Out
Composite Out
DVI Out (DVI to VGA via cable)
Sereo audio out (3.5mm jack)
SD Card (store FPGA updates, cores, ADF and HDF files)
Reset button
Daughterboard expansion (like the slot on an A500/A600/A1200)
DDR2 RAM (fancy 48MB of Chip RAM to go with your FAST RAM?)
Serial port
5 Power inputs (take your choice of which one you want to use)
On/Off switch
Spare I/O connectors

Current core:
Switch between 68000 and 68020 CPUs
Up to 4x Floppy drives (normal and fast modes available)
Up to 2x Hard Drives (HDF files)
Kickstart selection via menu (1.3, 3.0, 3.1, etc)
OCS, ECS or AGA chipsets
RAM user configurable (set how much Chip, Slow, Fast, etc you want)

P96 RTG to be included in update.

I'm sure I've missed something, and I haven't even mentioned the daughterboard yet.  ;-)