A500/2000 accelerator cards: still unfeasible to create new ones?

[Cammy]

Clockport would defeat the whole purpose for the A500 as you would HAVE to run OS3.9. For me it's about the base compatibility of the A500 with internal storage & ADF transfer. A small accelerator w/mem and use of LCD would be the bomb.

You don't need OS3.9 to use a Clockport expansion. You can use a Subway USB card with Kickstart 1.1 using the Anaiis USB stack. I'm sure all the other expansions made for the Clockport have no problem running with 3.1 either.

[Cammy]

No problem, it's a shame that Anaiis isn't very well known because it's a fantastic little USB stack. It's much simpler than Poseidon, and doesn't support such a large range of devices, but it's got the basics like USB mouse, joypad, keyboard, hub, printer, and more. To try it out, simply disable Poseidon by putting a ; in front of the line at the start of your Startup-Sequence, and install Anaiis. If you like it on your A1200, it should be fine on your A500 too. I use it on my A600 through the Subway connected to the A603's Clockport.

http://aminet.net/package/driver/other/anaiis
http://aminet.net/package/dev/c/anaiis_print

I don't know if Jens is planning a new version of the Indivision ECS, but I'm sure they'll restock once they sell out. Currently he's working on the Indivision AGA Mark II, which should have built-in Graffiti emulation, which gives us a Chunky graphics mode!

[Cammy]

I'm sure the Subway works with Kickstart 1.1 with Anaiis. But other Clockport expansions, being designed for the A1200 primarily, may require 3.0 or 3.1 ROMs depending on the software controlling them, but I haven't got any others to test. In any case, with a simple Kickstart ROM switcher and both 1.3 and 3.1 ROMs in the A500 you should definitely be able to get the most out of what your A500 can do anyway.