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Offline Waccoon

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Re: What Amiga product do *YOU* would want. Please read.
« on: January 12, 2004, 06:59:59 PM »
I've always liked all-in-one solutions that make so-called "simple" upgrades painless.

My list would include either a box for putting a PC power supply onto a 1200 with no soldering, or maybe a custom 100-150 watt supply that is a direct replacement for the crummy 1200 power supply.  Discount deals with PPC accelerators would be sweet.  :)

A simple, compact box that houses a laptop CD-ROM or DVD, that plugs into a 1200.  I've taken my machine apart many times, but would never make it into a tower!

And of course...

A cheaper way of reading Amiga floppies on a PC.  I have to believe there's a better way to make a hardware emulator with a PCI card and, say, an EC68020, to read ONLY Amiga floppies, instead of spending almost $100 for a Flipper card that uses a custom IC to read hundreds of floppy formats.  Is an custom IC even needed to drive an Amiga floppy, or can it be done with Radio Shack parts?  :-D

Or maybe what we need is a 1.4 meg floppy drive for the Amiga... *anything* to transfer files from an Amiga to WinUAE that doesn't involve a null modem cable!

-- Wac, who is now, finally, running Linux!
 

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Re: What Amiga product do *YOU* would want. Please read.
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2004, 07:16:43 AM »
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takemehometograndma:  An addition: It's not only about 3D hardware, it's also about software.

Indeed.  Game consoles are sold with hype, but untimately, it's about the games, not the true power of the hardware.

But please, there are limits.  Putting a PSOne next to a GameCube is a no-brainer.  :-)

OT:  Does anybody know about S3's new GFX chip for notebooks?  Does it look hopeful?  My last S3 card was the ill-fated VergeDX, so it would be interesting to see them come back after so many years.