X-Surf 100, Zorro Network Card 100 MBit

[Gulliver]

FPGA ftw!

An x86 on a card running an emulated 68k that appears to the Amiga as a real 68k CPU is a fantasy I've often dreamed of too. Theoretically it would be faster than any current FPGA tech.

Ah we can but dream eh?

Why dream? It is dead easy to accomplish, in fact I have already done it

I bought and ebox for about $150 (It is a very tiny PC), and set up a Windows XP + Winuae enviroment, then hid all the Windows stuff, so the ebox would seem like an Amiga. I connected it thru ethernet to my DraCo (You can use your own Amiga instead) and then used VNC. The DraCo was the client and the Winuae PC was the server.

I am not at home right now, if not I could show you the setup. Anyway, it is dead easy. You can also use, instead of VNC, RDP, or even X (all of them have been ported to the Amiga).

[Gulliver]

That's cool but not as cool as a card that fits in the CPU slot of my A3000 would be.

If you just want that, then just build a dummy CPU slot card, that could even provide the power to the ebox. The ebox can easily fit inside the dummy card as it is very small (aprox 10x10cm). The maximun size for a big box Amiga CPU slot card should be 11x33cm according to CBM specs (If I remember correctly).