New Hyperion Entertainment Website http://a-eon.com/ - The Mystery Continues

[Lando]

Finally a real piece of 'Amiga' hardware which might, finally, interest me.  Who would have beleived it, after all these years.

[Karlos]

@Crom00

Erm, not sure why you are taking a dig at the minimig. It's hardware design is open source, so you could build your own at component cost if you wanted to.

[Karlos]

Finally a real piece of 'Amiga' hardware which might, finally, interest me.  Who would have beleived it, after all these years.

:lol:

Looking at your sig, I can see you are a PPC aficionado at least.

[Crom00]

Looks like they're content to string us along for the next few days...
at least until the fifth. See you in nother month or so. lol..
http://a-eon.com/6.html

[Darrin]

Custom chip emulation I bet.

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moto

If it allows for a full "Minimig" core to run on the FPGA then it might also explain the CF Card slot which could be used to hold the core, Kickstart, Hard File and ADF images.  Now that would be sweet!

[motorollin]

If it allows for a full "Minimig" core to run on the FPGA then it might also explain the CF Card slot which could be used to hold the core, Kickstart, Hard File and ADF images.  Now that would be sweet!

Couldn't they just go on the hard disk?

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moto

[Karlos]

As an aside, note that progress is being made with the Radeon HD drivers for 4.x: http://hdrlab.org.nz/radeonhd-development-log/

Which is just as well. If this new hardware sports PCI Express 16x slots, it would be nice to have something to stick in one that's supported

[Pete_Noir]

You know, after a long period away from it all, I only recently got my A1 up to date and working properly (still needs more RAM though). It would be typical that new hardware becomes available in the meantime, eh?

You're telling me! I gave away all my Amigas years ago, and wish I hadn't, so a few days ago I started bidding on a load of A1200 stuff..  now I'm thinking I should have started saving for this instead! Still, always nice to have old Amigas to fiddle with I suppose..

[Crom00]

@Crom00

Erm, not sure why you are taking a dig at the minimig. It's hardware design is open source, so you could build your own at component cost if you wanted to.

Can see how that can be considered a dig at MM.. .I actually love the thing and own one. Just saying how this new board can easily be another Amiga fanatic NICHE bit of hardware. Especially when you see the list of vaporware announcement.

From what I see, current/past behavior forms future trends. Lots of motherboard announcements, legal battles, lot of bad energy...

 With all that said. If it hits the sweet spot in features and price it could be a hit. Think of a modern A1200-4000 with all the amenities of modern computing... an HD Amiga with video I/O.

[Karlos]

Can see how that can be considered a dig at MM.

Hey, you were the one that put MiniMig in the "top dollar for dated technology ... Amiga fanboy folly" camp, not me. I just pointed out that Minimig is, actually, as close to free as it gets.

[Darrin]

Couldn't they just go on the hard disk?

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moto

Yes.  For example the C-One minimig allows the use of a real Amiga hard drive or a hard file on the CF Card.  It's just handy to have all of your Minimig classic stuff in one place.

Of course, this might have nothing to do with any sort of Minimig core running and whoever designed the board just might have shares in a CF Card maufacturing plant.

[Darrin]

Hey, you were the one that put MiniMig in the "top dollar for dated technology ... Amiga fanboy folly" camp, not me. I just pointed out that Minimig is, actually, as close to free as it gets.

and it is fun!  

[Tension]

As an aside, note that progress is being made with the Radeon HD drivers for 4.x: http://hdrlab.org.nz/radeonhd-development-log/

Which is just as well. If this new hardware sports PCI Express 16x slots, it would be nice to have something to stick in one that's supported

I`ve never even considered os4.1 due to the ridiculous hardware prices/availability/issues.

This is the first 'Amiga' since the A4000 that I really want to have.

Unless it turns out to be bollocks, of course.

[Crom00]

Karlos, if the new thing-a-ma-jig from hyperion is cool enough it will sit right next to my $214 (cost to assemble by hand) MiniMig, A1200, XB360, PS3, E-fix Mac/PC and Video Setup.
The video I/O speculation is interesting. Kind of like the Commodore Amiga of old. Put high end hardware in the box and let the community develop applications for it.

Given Hyperions slow and steady pace (as opposed to even slower en unreliable pace of other players ) this could be a good development after nearly 16 years of BS... I can't believe it's been that long since C= went bust...

[persia]

Yawn, wake me when there's some real news......

[Karlos]

Anyway, as a cautionary note, let's not "over" speculate what this hardware is or it will inevitably end in disappointment when your SMP dual Cell CPU based box with integrated FPGA-based AAA chipset support fails to arrive.

So far, I see a supposedly PPC motherboard with PCI Express, Legacy PCI, USB, Ethernet and SATA. All of which is good to have. Anything else at this stage is a bonus.