MiniMig + PowerPC = OS4 Hardware for all

[AndrewBell]

jkonstan wrote:
Interesting, A-Cube Systems is advertising OS4.

Well spotted, they've only been advertising it for a few months. Maybe this is connected with their announcement of OS4 pricing.

Their SAM440EP board is a bit pricey and a possible OS4 PowerPC target.

No, really? And I thought the SAM used UBOOT for some other reason. Hmmm, that would explain the strategic partnership with Hyperion that was announced earlier in the year.

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[AndrewBell]

What isn't posible (you somewhat lost me here)....

Your point about (E)UAE on an Amiga making use of the Amiga chipset to aid emulation. That's what isn't possible.

I mentioned MoL and VPC to illustrate how other emulators/VMs are equally restricted.

Oh, and would you please name one piece of SW that demands both PPC AND AGA ?

Why? I never said there was any software like that, did I? My point was that you were wrong when you stated that "an PPC-Amiga with just AGA is a pain in the a...". Some people still run Workbench on AGA, so they would benefit from the increased speed of PPC.
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[AndrewBell]

Kronos wrote:
Propraly the same that require PPC and AGA ??  :crazy:

Read back a bit. This notion about software that needs PPC and AGA came from your mind, not mine.
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[AndrewBell]

downix wrote:

AndrewBell wrote:

Kronos wrote:
Propraly the same that require PPC and AGA ??  :crazy:

Read back a bit. This notion about software that needs PPC and AGA came from your mind, not mine.

Without that notion then this thread is pointless, as it is discussing a PPC w/ AGA or ECS based MiniMig, and without that AGA or ECS, you just have a Pegasos, EKiFA, AOne, Sam440, or something similar.

Do you even know what the post that you quoted is about? Even if you've read it fully, it's clear that you haven't understood it.
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[AndrewBell]

Doh, and there I was thinking I made my point clear enough....

Yes, Doh indeed. You didn't make it clear, far from it.

A combination of a PPC with an Amiga-chipset(OCS,ECS,AGA even if it was AAA) but without a semi-modern GFX-card is pointless, as there is absolutly no SW that would demand such an setup.

Even if it isn't demanded, you can run OS4 on AGA. Besides that, look at the bigger picture. Clone-A and Minimig, if available on PCI cards, offer Amiga graphics facilities to modern, fast CPUs. They still have features that are not present on modern 3D accelerated gfx cards, such as sprites, collision detection, playfields, hardware scrolling etc. Jens has even talked about extending the capabilities of the chipset.

Forget software that exists. OS4 is about the future. I'd like to see a return to some older game styles: vertical and horizontal scrollers, platforms games that don't use 3D because they have to.
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