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Can of worms - Classic Amiga Expansion
« on: February 17, 2014, 11:06:50 PM »
Ok so not to stir up anything other than a healthy discussion... seeing that there are Zorro based usb, ram, and network cards still being produced, as well as other types of expansion cards like the ACA500 and various accelerator cards and internal ram expansions for the smaller Amigas... the burning question is why hasn't anyone come out with a new video card along the lines of the Picasso IV or better?  I mean, nothing with massive 3D or groundbreaking, just something to fill that gap that is certainly there?

I for one would be interested in a video card for my A3K that provides Picasso IV comparable RTG functionality.

If I am missing something, someone please enlighten me!
 

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Re: Can of worms - Classic Amiga Expansion
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2014, 12:56:01 AM »
So anyone here listening that can make this happen?  I mean, I know it's not going to be an overnight thing, but do we need to petition Individual or ElBox or someone else and slap down some cash to get video cards?
 

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Re: Can of worms - Classic Amiga Expansion
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2014, 07:49:05 PM »
wow, thread seems to have died quicker than I expected!  Has anyone heard of any Gfx cards in the pipeline for classic systems?
 

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Re: Can of worms - Classic Amiga Expansion
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2014, 02:04:54 PM »
Ok so seriously... if a card like this appears to be such a wanted item that someone would pay upwards of the cost of a new X1000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-3000-4000-CyberStorm-PPC-68060-CPU-accelerator-card-/111291259973?pt=AU_Consoles&hash=item19e979dc45

then please tell me why there isn't a hardware manufacturer still making cards like this?
 

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Re: Can of worms - Classic Amiga Expansion
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 04:00:47 PM »
Quote from: zipper;760229
To sell how many? 10? OK,100? Forget it.


Yeah, you are probably right... just a pipe dream I guess.