Does Natami satisfy Classic Amiga enthusiasts?

[NovaCoder]

I can answer this because I'm the kind of person that Natami should be aimed at (eg x-classic modded 1200 owner and not a NG Amiga owner).

In theory it would be the perfect machine to satisfy the classic retro urge but until the thing is actually available to buy its all just wishful thinking.   If they'd just gone for something more basic (eg a MiniMig update) then I think most of us classic users would have been more than happy.

And with the FPGAArcade coming along nicely, it looks like they may miss the boat entirely.

It also seems that Jens hasn't given up on CloneA yet which would be yet more 'competition' for team Natami.  How come in the tiny Amiga market, everyone has to compete with each other and nobody works together (classic and NG!)  

[NovaCoder]

All it would take for me is the feature set of an A1200 plus a much faster 68k CPU and PCI/PCI-e.

Beyond that it's all fluff.

I think the developers forget that people like myself mostly want our old software, but with up to date hardware and that they can't write an OS in a reasonable amount of time.

Yep you're right, the lack of OS support for any 'enhanced' features is the biggest issue here.   Someone could come up with an awesome AGA+++ FPGA design with an 200Mhz 68060 softcore but what OS are you going to use it with?

Basically the more you enhance AGA, the more trouble you're going to have running classic software.

The best (looking/functionality) you could hope for is a patched OS3.9 install (think AmiKit) which would mean the FPGA would have to feature an emulated RTG (some kind of WinUAE type monitor driver hack) and have decent AHI support.

[NovaCoder]

Long time, Nova. Did you hear anything from Jens about the CloneA? He's been quiet about it for about a year now and last I heard, he was having issues with the ROMS, due to licensing. :confused:

Yep he refered to CloneA recently over on EAB as still being 'alive' in one form or another.

[NovaCoder]

What makes me laugh, is that a single guy create the MiniMig and then open sourced the project.   How hard would it have been for someone with some money to have updated it (eg ACube, AmigaKit) and sold it as a classic replacement in a branded MiniITX case.