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Where there any AGA graphics card for the A500
« on: October 30, 2009, 09:57:14 AM »
After a year in this amiga world I never heard of such a device and therefore I do not believe there is one out there - however I thought of asking to see if maybe there where / or are some experimental projects like this one.

If there is nothing like this then what is the main limitation to the development of such a device? (apart from lack of interest, time and money :) )

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Re: Where there any AGA graphics card for the A500
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2009, 10:19:48 AM »
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I dont think there ever was one and i dont think its possible because the A500 has a 16 bit bus and the A1200/CD32/A4000 AGA amigas are 32 bit.


I understand :)

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You could always try and stuff an A1200 motherboard into the A500 i guess , dont know if thats been done before.


Yes buying an A1200 would be nice. However I would never change the A500+ I have. This is the system I used to play with when I still was in primary and therefore I am more interested in upgrading it as much as possible rather then replace it.

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Nice to see another Amiga user from Malta BTW ..


Yes same here :) Wonder if there are any other Maltese Amiga Users around here! :)
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Re: Where there any AGA graphics card for the A500
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2009, 10:53:08 AM »
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I am sure there are other Maltese Amiga users .. We should create a thread and find out.
Yes it is a good idea ... On this map server there is at least another one :) http://map.minimig.net/ (I am still not there however).

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Who said anything about replacing your Amiga ?  Just get more like i have LOL  See my list of Amigas below :P


Yes I can see your list :) I have been thinking of buying an A1200 for a long time but so far I decided not to do so - until I have my A500+ fully upgraded at least!
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Re: Where there any AGA graphics card for the A500
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2009, 10:55:27 AM »
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Edit: it was from DCE and has PPC in addition to AGA. A photo is in the amiga.org gallery http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1242


I wonder if that would fit in the case :D
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Re: Where there any AGA graphics card for the A500
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2009, 11:47:27 AM »
I do not remember where exactly have I read this (was some thread over here or English Amiga Board) - but I remember that someone mentioned some software solution to use AGA on ECI boards which where not so good. I will try to find that thread!


Edit: Nop, I remembered wrongly. I was referring to this thread but here they discuss a graphics card not software.
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