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Offline Heiroglyph

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Re: What would you buy for classic Amiga?
« on: November 11, 2014, 06:11:30 AM »
Mixing Zorro and CPU slot in one vote is a mistake IMHO.

I'm not really interested in Zorro, but a 4000/3000 060 (or faster) card with RAM and storage (fast DMA IDE or even better SATA) would be a quick sale.

Run PCI directly from it through a cable to replace the Mediator Zorro/PCI bridge card and I'd definitely be buying at least one. That wouldn't be limited to ZorroIII speeds and could finally do DMA properly.

Hell, I'd be up for a decked out A2000 060 card before I'd buy more Zorro. That might make my stack of A2000s useful again.

Going lower than a severely overclocked 040 would be of very limited use in the big boxes though. I'll supply my own 060 if I needed to.

I don't know why I posted in a wish list thread, but there it is. lol
 

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Re: What would you buy for classic Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2014, 03:10:42 AM »
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An FPGA based add-on that replaces most of the legacy chips.

I like this idea the most.  I know its popular to want an accelerator but we need a solid base to put it on.  The original chips are not going to last forever.  Having a big engine does no good if the wheels fall off the car and you can't replace them.

That's the way I see it.


I don't really have trouble finding chips myself, but finding an 060 card with a storage controller for a big box Amiga takes luck and a second mortgage.

Chipsets wouldn't be a bad thing though.
 

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Re: What would you buy for classic Amiga?
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2014, 03:40:11 AM »
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How about a completely finished Natami, or FPGA Arcade Replay board with 68060 CPU


That's available real soon now. It is still 2010, right?

I'm kidding, TAKE MY MONEY!