New x86 "accelerator" for Classic Amiga?

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Sorry for running off-topic, but your headline ignited my X86 accelerator idea again:

In short, imagine an Amiga accelerator.  But instead of a, say, 68060, there's an X86 emulating it.

Bloody hell, I'll build it myself one day, if no-one else does.

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Ah, you beat me to it.  But yeah, that's the idea.

One could of course use some FPGA logic to interface the whole thing.

You could also have all the fastmem you want on the accelerator board, as there are no 24-bit address limitations in that jungle.  The RAM speed could also exceed the traditional by far.

Someone build it, I'll buy it - or else I'll have to start experimenting with an old A500 and my Xilinx II dev board.

And that ain't going to be pretty.

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Hey, a little daydreaming never hurt anyone. ;-)

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Mmmnnnooo, that's not what I were thinking.  I'm thinking of an accel that replaces the existing CPU - not a software-activated/passive unit.  You are right, they both are mounted inside the computer, but that's about where the similarities end, IMO.

Anyway, nevermind my rambling. I'm not too good with words.

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dammy wrote:

What's the deal with amiga-people and custom hw anyway? What about just porting the os for x86 based machines? Apple did it...  

That has already been done.

Dammy

AROS would be my #1 choice if it could seamlessly (and flawlessly) run the good old 68k games and demos out-of-the-box.

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DrValkyer wrote:
Huh, getting complex... :-D

He he, indeed ;-)

If no-one else does it, I will - one day.  I'm trying my best to wrap my head around the mysterious world of electronics these days.  I'm starting to get the hang of the basics, but I'm far, far, far, far, far away from accomplishing something like an x86 accelerator.

:-)