@Phipscube
And if I had a dozen hering, I could make a bowl of fish-soup ....
a) there no way to get all that stuff functional on a PCB sized for the A1200-trapdoor slot
b) there is no way you can keep it cool enough or supply enough power to it without serious modifications to the A1200
c) since you've replaced allmost everything why bother with having an A1200-mobo dangling on it's side ?
d) there might be some level of AGA-compability in OS4.x, but it's surely not enough to run those games and apps that make still having classic worthwhile.
e) given it's small size and special need to connect to the A1200 this board would create greater costs both in development and production as the X1000
d) that price would decrease the market to a 2 figure number (at best)
f) such a small production-run will blow pricing completly out of the water
Just a reminder, there is a reason why the new ACA-board are 030-only and that price vs. marketsize. Making it an 060-board would have increased pricing so much that it would be out of the impulse-buy range and as such it wouldn't be cost-effective.
a) It could be possible without the 68K in place and a header for Wifi
b) Would run MUCH cooler than the BPPC and BVPPC solution we have now and would need less power.
c) To allow integrated backwards compatibility for OS 4.1 and make it seamless without the need of E-UAE running (badly) in a window at the speed of a 020. And to a point where one could eliminate the need for OS 3.9.
d) You have a point here, it would need developing further to integrate AGA.
e) I don't believe that. How? they would in effect be using parts they already have, or have access to. The board layout would cost some dolla, but do you really think it would be MORE than X1000 mainboard?
d?) I think this would sell more than the X1000, but thats just my opinion. so more 3 figure. it could be a more simple PCC only accelerator for even cheaper. It was only an idea.
f) The current PPC cards (if you can find one) cost more than what I mentioned, and it would effectively be the "cheapest" OS 4 solution on the market.
I understand the ACA market and why Jens made them, but the target is also of pure classic users that in most cases simply want to use WHDLoad. This is a proposal for a card that could allow Hyperion to sell more than a small handful of OS 4.1 Classic CD's as the market is now and allow clasic users the option if they wanted it, becasue the current PPC accelerators are too slow and run too hot.
If you can be arsed, look at my A1200D project (link in my sig) And you'll see how much fun can be had fitting crazy stuff in a standard Wedge A1200. I'm maybe a minority of guys that are willing to go nuts with the idea of a high specced classic Amiga hardware.
@kephren
I was not replying about the orginal proposal (USB-chip on simple 030-card) but to that everything-AND-the-kitchensink crapshot.
Errm.. no need to be offensive! :furious:
My mistake Kronos. yeah, that post wants a lot of stuff in the trapdoor slot.
@Phipscube:
With the total OS4 market being small, the classic OS4 market would be smaller still, amd the A1200 market even smaller (i'm guessing most OS4 classic users will be using bigbox & RTG?)
doubtfull this would be cost effective.
Now a cost reduced wedge X1000 a couple of years down the line, that i'd buy into 
(still like the wedge home computers, call me old fashioned!).
I would imagine IF this ever did happen, there would be an A1200/A4000 variant of each. And I do still like the wedge machines... and trying to pimp them up
Just for kicks really. And I think a more realistic option is for A-Eon to make a wedge X500 shall we say further down the line..... but seieng as OS 4.1 classic is coming out (which to be honest surpriesd me) then why not release an uber cool PPC accelerator to compliment it?
Anyway, sorry for slanting this thread off the OP comments, it was just a simple airing of an idea.
I'll answer the question as I SHOULD have
YES I think an ACA 1230 with a USB option is a good idea.
