Emulating OCS, ECS, or AGA chipsets

[doyle86]

Hi every one.
   This may seem like a silly question and I may get flamed for it, but I was wondering if anyone has ever thought about emulating the old chipsets under the new Amiga OS using new hardware.  As I understand it OS4 can run on certain PPC systems or on a PPC enhanced old school Miggy.  On the new hardware it seems that chipset dependant programs won't run.  If there was something like WinUAE working in the background under OS4, wouldn't that take care of those of us unwilling to let go of old software yet still entice us to buy new modern hardware?  Didn't Mac do something similar with their older OS's to get them to work under OSX?  Just thinking outloud here.  Anyone else have any thoughts on this idea? :idea:

[doyle86]

    I use WinUAE all the time.   I just thought if The chipsets could be emulated there in a Wintel enviroment it should be possible to do it on a machine that's running OS4, baring lisencing and all that legal stuff.  
I kind of figured that OS4 didn't emplement a sandbox but if something like that could be done I feel that it would  make the transition and pain of moving to new hardware much more easy for most people.

   Keropi,
  In an ideal world a hardware based chipset would be great, but we are a ways away from that yet.  A software emulation of the chipset under OS4 might be a viable short term solution.IMHO
 :-)

[doyle86]

This is great.  I'm glad I started this thread.  I like to see a healthy exchange of ideas.  

I guess my reason for starting this was because of my, maybe wrong, observation that most old school Amigans are reluctant to let go of the old hardware was because of games and the like.  This is a bit of an assumtion, but wasn't one of the problems with the Amithlon and Amiga-one being adopted by the Amiga community the lack of game compatability?  Let's face it, you really can't beat the elegance abd beauty of what the Amiga chipsets could do.  I asked the original question in order to find out what it would take to get the WHOLE Amiga community behind a modern amiga platform.  I agree that OS friendly apps and games would be great for OS4, but currently we don't have a lot of mind blowing software for OS4.  There is a lot of spectacular software designed for the old Amigas.
I guess I would just like to see a smoother transition to new hardware that would allow for a more painless adoption.

The pain of having to start over with a new Amiga without any backward compatability has kept me from buying the new systems that have come out.  

One last thing, when I say new Amiga hardware I am not speeking of new custom chipsets.  I'm talking about things like the Efika, Amiga-one, and so on.

Now I just feel like I am rambling.  Does anything I said make any sense?

[doyle86]

If you could have your 060 emulation and AGA under OS4 on new hardware would you be more likely to buy a new system?

[doyle86]

I agree, we all want new, innovative hardware.  It's just my observation that many people have such a deep love for the old hardware that many won't let go and buy any new stuff.  I just thought it would make it easier for those people to cross over and keep their old software.

I for one would love to see something new and brilliant in Amiga hardware to make it to market.

[doyle86]

I don't think that all Amiga fans are stuck in the past.  I just think that a lot of fans balk at the idea of shelling out 1500+ dollars for a new machine and then have to spend more money to replace the software that will not work on the new machine.

persia wrote:
  That's Amiga in my mind, this deal between the chap in Washington and the one in Ontario using corporate names is just sad.

   I hope I'm not that chap you're talking about in Washington.  If I am, then I'm confused. :-?

[doyle86]

Ok, Duh.  Now I feel a bit foolish  :-D