Would you buy a cloned classic amiga?

[runequester]

This is just pipedream speculation since nobody makes any of the chips etc anymore.
 
But given the success of the minimig, if someone was capable of putting out what was basically an original A500 / 1200 / whatever, whether using FPGA's, magic faerie dust to produce the original chips again or whatever, would you buy it?
 
More importantly, how much would you pay for it ?

[Karlos]

Would be kinda nice if someone made a small FPGA based board with an A1200 trapdoor compatible slot into which you could shove your existing accelerator kit.

[amigadave]

This is just pipedream speculation since nobody makes any of the chips etc anymore.
 
But given the success of the minimig, if someone was capable of putting out what was basically an original A500 / 1200 / whatever, whether using FPGA's, magic faerie dust to produce the original chips again or whatever, would you buy it?
 
More importantly, how much would you pay for it ?

Not an A500 or A1000 clone, but if/when a >400MHz 68020-68060 + AGA compatible, with, or without the Super-AGA enhancements planned in the Natami project is created, I would be interested in it.  Of course it would have to be reasonably priced as well, say not more than $800 to $900 US dollars and hopefully much less as progress is made in FPGA projects and their use continues to lower the cost of the FPGA chips themselves.

[save2600]

May as well just invest in WinUAE, AROS or Amiga Forever really. A friend from another forum brought his Intel based Macbook Pro over the other day and I got to play around with Amiga Forever for the first time. It was emulating an 040 and was running OS3.9. Long story short, we needed to activate the USB side of the Amiga so we could transfer data to and fro an CF Card equipped A500. There was no USB option, so I had the bright idea to install Hodge's Poseidon software. It worked!! Needless to say, I was quite impressed with the "feel" of that Amiga Forever package. Emulated P96 modes and everything else really well too. Really felt like a legitimate and modern/speedy Amiga to me anyway.

[Gulliver]

Yes

[redrumloa]

An Amiga 4000 clone with 7 zorro III slots, more bandwidth, faster custom chips and hardware emulated 68060 with effective speed over 500mhz? Sure I'd pay a couple hundred.

Of course, obtaining such a machine would require eating illegal mushrooms...

[desiv]

That's a tough question to answer..
Would I buy an ATV, or an Amiga 500 in a joystick for about $50 if it were hackable to add a keyboard, MMC/SD card?   Yes.
Would I buy a new Amiga 500 compatible PC, ala minimig?  Probably not..
Would I buy a new Amiga 1200 compatible PC, ala Natami?  Possibly, but I wouldn't pay more than $100 as that's about what I can get a 1200 for.
Would I buy something much fancier?  Probably not...

desiv

[orb85750]

If I could not find a real A****, I might consider buying a clone of it, but there's plenty of old hardware available that's still in good, working condition.  But I might buy a souped-up modern clone if it were still fully compatible.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Absolutely as long as it was 99% compatible. Not being 99% compatible is really offputting for the minimig.
Put in networking and it will be a must have gadget.
I'd probably pay around $500 for such a machine.

[tone007]

Most of the fun I have is messing with the hardware, so no.

[Gulliver]

I would be interested in something like the Phoenix/GBA1000 but done with either an A1200/A4000.
I mean a complete motherboard redesign with some added extras, corrections and enhancements to become the ultimate Amiga 68k computer much like the GBA1000 is of the A1000.

[tokyoracer]

If a cheap simple cost effective solutution could be made then i'd be interested.
As long as it's more "Amiga" then "PeeCee" which I feel has been the problem in recent years IMHO.

[quarkx]

As long as the cost DID NOT cost more the real thing. IE: why the heck would you pay $300-$400 for a Clone than $50 to get an A500.If you ask me, these people are absolutely crazy.

[runequester]

As long as the cost DID NOT cost more the real thing. IE: why the heck would you pay $300-$400 for a Clone than $50 to get an A500.If you ask me, these people are absolutely crazy.

The main thing would be to get hardware that isn't 15 years old. A lot of the stuff out there is starting to show its age sadly

[JimS]

But given the success of the minimig, if someone was capable of putting out what was basically an original A500 / 1200 / whatever, whether using FPGA's, magic faerie dust to produce the original chips again or whatever, would you buy it?

UH.... the Minimig IS a cloned classic Amiga