Excitement about NatAmi

[DCAmiga]

Greetings All,
 
I am a big Amiga fan and loved my A-500 with an expanded HD, I thought I would share something a stumbled into recently.. and from what i have read the MX board my be released around Christmas.
 
http://www.natami.net/index.htm
 
The NatAmi Project
This hardware project is dedicated to the still innovative system architecture of the Commodore AMIGA computer.
 
The basic concept is straight: Get the original Amiga design up-to-date.
 
The NatAmi approach is to rebuild the original system

• without emulation
• without abstraction layers
• without legacy drawbacks

[DCAmiga]

Wow I didnt think this thread would drag out like this, I was excited at the fact that i could wipe the dust off my old Amiga Floppys and use them again.
 
Here is a few questions for you Forcie;
 
Will this system be held up with duct tape or will it be a fast system and how would it compare to a A-4000 ??
(because the X-1000 isnt top of the line either)
 
Will you be able to intergrate newer technologies, example usb 3.0 or eSATA or faster/better 68k cpu futher down the track ??
 
What is the main features/enhancements of the 3-D core ??
 
Thanks
DC

[DCAmiga]

@ Natami Team Members
 
I for one am greatfull that you all have taken on such a project, takes hard work and dedication. Dunno about the rest of you but I have hope you will succeed and will be able to rid yourself of that Vaporware label. But I have a question if I may if i understand this correctly, now the softcore CPU will be using a ALTERA Cyclone IV which by your estimates clocks around 100-133mhz Correct ?
My question is :
Futher down the track when FPGA prices drop will there be a chance to use a ARRIA II or Stratix V as the softcore or would a total redesign be necessary? and what estimated clock speeds could the N050 or N070 be running at ?
 
BTW those starwars 3d Pic's look great for a 1st version of the 3d core
 
Cheers
 
DC
 
PS: Great to see you all attempting to revive and advance the amiga