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Re: AGP bus expansion for Amiga?
« on: August 26, 2012, 08:56:11 AM »
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Do there exist any expansion for Amiga that makes it possible to make use of graphics cards with AGP bus connection ..?


Not needed since AGP bus is just gfx card.
Pegasos PPC boards use it.
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Re: AGP bus expansion for Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2012, 02:16:36 PM »
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There is no "real" AGP bus on Pegasos 2 but it has AGP connector so you can use AGP cards on it. While it is just AGP 1x bus it is faster and more reliable than AGP 2x bus in Pegasos 1 or AmigaOne.

Efika has similar AGP implementation since there is no real AGP bus either but you can user either PCI or AGP cards on it.


Fuctionally you can stick and AGP card that will work slower.
However, AGP bus is complete history, like ISA.
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Re: AGP bus expansion for Amiga?
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2012, 07:46:04 AM »
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I'm afraid the Amiga is considered to be "complete history."


NO, there are developing OSs and hardware for them.
Maybe Commodore is.
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Re: AGP bus expansion for Amiga?
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2012, 03:28:18 PM »
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In the context that you describe the AGP "complete history," many non-enthusiasts would say the same of the Amiga. "Windows" supports AGP in version 7 and 8 and they are still being made and for sale in normal computer stores such as, NewEgg and TigerDirect. The NG Amigas are sold "hobby" quantities, and the OS support is in the hands of just a few individuals working for a small company based in Belgium.

I bought my first Amiga in 1986 ( having saved up enough after grad school) and have been an active user/consumer until the present. I have my grandparent's 1938 Philco radio that I re-wired and re-populated with vacuum tubes so it works as well. To me nothing is "complete history" as long as it is useful.

You are getting to have apples and bannas (frogs and grandmas in Serbian) mixed over here.

AGP is defacto dead, there are no new boards and cards, unlike with PCI bus (replaed by PCI-E x1 but not yet) as well as ISA bus.

Classic Amigas are dead because they are not produced since 1996 (with except of Minimig and FPGA board) and 68k OS ceased to develop with OS 3.9 (AROS 68k is backport for FPGA and Natami, Classics are kind of weak for it).

Off course, ISA, AGP cards and Classics are usable and avaliable to purchase for those who know how to use them.

USB criticism: Keyboards, mouses and other small devices don`t really need it and already had PS/2 and other standards.
Not as fast as Firewire, UW SCSI or SATA2 for data transfer (Bluetooth?) not enough power for serious devices
and mostly no plug and play as it was supposed to be.
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