What Amiga product do *YOU* would want. Please read.

[Ferry]

carls wrote:
A working ColdFire turbo that can take SDRAM (PC133). At a decent price.

Given the current possibilities available to make small boards, it would be nice to help  the ColdFusion Accelerator Project people to make ColdFire accelerators for current Amiga models, but including  also onboard graphics and IDE interface, not only sound, USB, etc. This would be a REAL all-in-one upgrade!!  :-o  :-o

Saluditos,

Ferrán.

[McTrinsic]

Hi Redrumloa:

if you REALLY have access and the option to do hardware, youmight start out with an already designed turbocard for the A500(+) / A1000 / A2000. You could sell them CPU-less, for a better price.

The German c't magazine has, in 1994, published the layout and all necessary things and documentation for a PAK, a ProZessor-Austausch-Karte, meaning "CPU-exchange-card". It offered up to an 68030@50, plus 68k-fallback mode and a kickstart-rom.

You can find some info here:
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search.pl?product=PAK&company=

Even more interestingly, it offered the option of adding a small RAM-daughterboard for using SIMMs up to 64MB.

Considering how much accelerators bring on eBay these days (easily 125+ Euro), you might make a start there.

Tell me if youd like to contact the team of the c't, I can find you some email-addys.


McTrinsic

[restore2003]

Most users would like to see an up to date ppc card with agp 2+ for 1200/3000/4000 at a reasonable price? dont you agree? And a cheaper pci option to give the mediator some competition, thats one of the things lacking in the Amiga hardware world, competition....

[techiebk]

@takemehomegrandma

takemehomegrandma wrote:

Aren't you guys really thinking slightly in terms of a Pegasos with a 68060 instead of a PPC? So a 060 card for the pegasos would be the product you want? That would of course limit you to the old Amiga3.x OS's forever (with heavy patches), it's performance would be inferiour, and you would not be able to use the improved MorphOS/OS4 ...

Yeah, I guess that is what I am asking for :huh:
As far as not being able to use OS4, that is not really for me.  If I want to use a modern OS, I have a Mac and a PC that I can use. For me, it is about being able to have an affordable retro system. I know a lot of miggy HW is available on the cheap, but it is getting old, and Zorro cards for this hardware have never been cheap. A new clasic mobo would be less likely to die because of age related problems, and I would be able to take advantage of cheap PCI cards, assuming of course driver support is there.

Lastly, I have been eyeing a Pegasos II mobo off and on since it was released. I probably would have spent my christmas bonus on one, but I am finding out just how expensive a fianace(sp?) can be :-o

[Framiga]

Hi red,

i would like a G4 CPU card (ie SharkPPC), with a NLE program (ie MovieShop5.x or Producer2.x) native for those card MORE a driver for a Matrox RT2500 or better for a DPS Velocity (YUV in-out).

Serious RT-NLE on Amiga AGAIN :-) my dream from a life :-)

Ciao

PS- obviously it is OK all the above, even on an AOne or Pegasos.

[Crumb]

I'd like to see a ppc accelerator... it may be plugged to your PCI solution...

The idea of adding a MegArray sounds great but I would use a MegArray compatible with Mac.

The idea of a buster replacement board sounds even better...

A Z3 memory board with support for lots of ram (and a fast IDE and a flash to add some value

In conclusion: I want a ppc accelerator for my 4000T that uses DIMMs (if it includes ultra-DMA it would be enough for me...) if it adds pcis and agps would be wellcome even a pci with a riser would bve enough...

[Kronos]

@McTrinsic

Dunno nothing bout this newer PAK (how could I have missed that ?) but the
orginal PAK (as detailed under your URL), is the weakest of the weak in
030-turbos, that makes an A2630 look like an sweet offer, hell one might be
tempted to get an A2620 instead of that ...

If an 68k (non-CF) accel is decided, I would advice trying to licence the design
of a more modern card, like the one from Phase/DCE or even the Apollo-stuff.

Hey, a Blizz2060 with a 1 PCI-slot would be a real nice treat  :-D

[Kronos]

@Crumb

There is a reason why noone produces PPC-boards compatible with Apple-CPU-module
(no, the A1 can take these just as much as my Peg could take a Slot1-Pentium or SlotA-
Athlon).

Some patented trickery needed  :-o

[Acill]

I would also like to see a PPC solution for a good price. I have a CSPPC, but if you could do the PCI bus at a good price, then get one of the PCI G4 boards that are out now at a nice price working you have solved botht the problems.  Here is my top  list of classic hardware I'd like to see.

1. G4 PCI card working with OS4
2. PCI solution as good if not better the Mediator with open driver support (I have a mediator, but they close the system and no new drivers seem to be getting done)
3. Cheap P96/CGX4+ video cards
4. Cheap USB cards/ (the overpriced E3B stuff is a joke, as is Elbox rebadged $10 2.0 card sold for $50+)
5. Audio cards for a good price, say nothing over $75
6. MOST OF ALL!! KEYBOARD AND MOUSE ADAPTERS! We need new keyboards and a good mouse for Amiga in the form of a PC adapter or even new native ones!!

That should be a great start!

[utri007]

New Classick amiga MOBO, without custom thinks.

RTG and AHI only supported like draco.

WHY:
1 I don't want to spend any many my current amiga, can't be sure when it stops to work

2 Speed problems of Zorro II & III, event those PCI expansions doesn't work as they could.

And maybe there could be some solutions to like emulating sound chip, some programs work with RTG but not with ahi.

I'm quite sure If someone could make it there would be many solutions to problems produced by hobby, I mean not by manufacturer

PS. I write this on my amiga

[McTrinsic]

Oh, and while we are at it (it = dreaming)...

I would LOVE a sexy case. Especially a mix of the CDTV (black! LCDs!) and the A1000 (keyboard garage!)....


McTrinsic

[McTrinsic]

And another thing, to start with something "simple":

http://www.katodev.de/deutsch/melodycdtv.html
(page in German only, have a look at the downloadable http://www.katodev.de/down/cdtvclock.ps layout).

A clockport for Amiga A500(+), A1000, A2000 and CDTV!!

Id buy one - you could connect LOTS of stuff; imagine USB!



McTrinsic

[HopperJF]

[kgrach]

Re Mouse and keyboard adapters.
I have  been making Mouse and keyboard adapters  for years and selling them to amiga dealers.
I am now making them available for sale from my new company web site
revanche LLC Keyboard Adapter
Revanche LLC Mouse adapters
Both the mouse and Keyboard adapters work with KVM's and are hot swapable. This keyboard adapter works with 100% of all Windows Keyboards.  I originally designed  this keyboard adapter in 1994 and have upgraded the software over the years incorperating users suggestions. The mouse adapter came about becuase of desperation I brought every Amiga Mouse adapter available and none worked with my KVM or even worked good by itself.
Yea I know shameless plugs for my stuff.   But I really make very little on Amiga items. Actually I lose money on Amiga items cause the time could be spent on more profitable endevors.  I do it mainly out of frustration with alot of the dealers out there that sell @#$ that barely work if at all.  Most of the Amiga stuff I make is normally cause I need or want it for my self.  Plus I am a bit of an Amiga Fanatic

I appologize for the state of the web site. we are working on getting stuff on it. check it out in the coming day's and weeks I have thousands of items to put on it. Dealers inquiries welcome

[iamaboringperson]

Ok first throw out the A1 and Pegasos.

OK I'll ignore the fact that my Pegasos has basically replaced my A 4000 T for this one... :-)

-Good Zorro II/III NIC

-New Amiga compatable keyboards that use the traditional 94 key layout

-New mouses - Optical with scroll wheel, that plug into the 9-pin mouse port

-Zorro III Graphics card

-(Yes, it's software, however...)A new kickstart ROM capable of displaying the early startup menu on the GFX card, and with an option to completely disable the Amiga custom graphics chips

:-) That would be hardware that might be worth buying

[Belial6]

Well, IMHO, it's both ingenious and crazed. But, if you take the idea one step further, I say it was already attempted. The best project of post 2000 Amiga community, and it was killed by greed and politics.

Here's the thing... You've essentially got a low-powered computer (Original Amiga) acting as a front end for a slave high-powered processing machine (the PC) The interface would probably cause a bit of a bottleneck. Plus, essentially, you'd just be using the classic Amiga as a front-end.

You've already got a high powered PC sitting there. Why don't you just virtualize the Amiga front end on it? It wouldn't cause much of a performance hit. Then you can run with totally off-the-shelf hardware.

I present you with Amithlon. Our dreams crushed.

Didn't Amithlon die due to licencing problems?  I thought it was the Amiga emulation itself that killed Amithlon.  If that is true, making a bus to bus adaptor and a couple of drivers dodges the entire IP problem.  There are no patents to be in dispute.