Using a PC as an accelerator? Had an idea last night....

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Dr_Righteous wrote:
I've often wondered why no one bothered making an x86 version of the PPC Amiga accelerators. Same concept, different CPU. 680x0 + x86. Call the new multi-tasking kernel ...

This seems to be in line with the original post, but we don't need no stinkin' kernel  :-) (My WarpEngine or GVP A530 has no kernal) I have plenty of M68K accelerators that plug directly into the CPU socket and mainly have a faster chip - 68020, etc.

I wonder how much hardware would it take to emulate a really fast 68K? A cpu (not necessarily intel) and an FPGA maybe? Here comes my 1 GHz CDTV!

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amigaksi wrote:
... You are only making a "black-box" type replacement of the CPU.

EXACTLY! (which is what an ICE box is)

It may not make the overall system faster than with an 060, but you can't even buy 060's new anymore, let alone for a CDTV.