New A-EON Music Card for Classic Amigas

[paul1981]

I played Monkey Island on my A500 back then so no 060 just a bare 68000 with 1MB. But hey life begin at 100 mips
Kamelito

Life ends at 100 mips, as that's the approximate speed of some of the fastest Amiga's (with real 68060's of course). Chase over!

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Life ends at 100 mips, as that's the approximate speed of some of the fastest Amiga's (with real 68060's of course). Chase over!

I got an email from NASA today (I'm on some strange mailing lists), it was hyping how the avionics in the new Orion capsule could do 400 MIPS.  My first thought was "hey, that's only 4x the speed of an Amiga".  

Edit:  It's a PowerPC!  So now all you smart-asses can boast about how your Amiga uses the same processor as the Orion, LOL.  

[kamelito]

I got an email from NASA today (I'm on some strange mailing lists), it was hyping how the avionics in the new Orion capsule could do 400 MIPS.  My first thought was "hey, that's only 4x the speed of an Amiga".  

Edit:  It's a PowerPC!  So now all you smart-asses can boast about how your Amiga uses the same processor as the Orion, LOL.  

PowerPC 750FX is a G5 IIRC so it's more a Morphos thing

Kamelito

[danwood]

It's says its a G3 in the article.

[F0LLETT]

Guys, can we get back on topic.

@Thread, backplates in production now, so only software left to finish.

[Rob]

PowerPC 750FX is a G5 IIRC so it's more a Morphos thing

Kamelito

You're thinking 970.  750FX is a G3 and was used in the AmigaONE XE/G3.

The figure of 400 MIPS matches the specification for the RAD750 which is a radiation hardened version of the G3 rated at 200Mhz.  It is used in other NASA projects such the Curiosity rover and would seem the obvious choice for a space craft.


On topic.

Has this card been tested with the various clockport adapters and cards with clockports out there.  Could be useful if all your Zorro slots are full but you have a Budha or original X-Surf.

[spirantho]

At the moment it's only using the A1200's clockport address, but if you need me to add another address I don't see a problem with it.

[Rob]

At the moment it's only using the A1200's clockport address, but if you need me to add another address I don't see a problem with it.

I was just wondering on the behalf of others since I only have a CD32 and Minimig now anyway.

[F0LLETT]

I was just wondering on the behalf of others since I only have a CD32 and Minimig now anyway.

Im sure someone was testing it on a buddah clockport.
Will check.

[Tryphon]

I am in this situation on my A2000 : Zorro and ISA slots are full but I have a Deneb card with its clockport. And I can't imagine I have to pull a card to plug the Prisma.

Thanks.

[Rob]

I'd also be curious to know if thes clockports on Z2/Z3 cards offer greater bandwidth than the A1200 clockport.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Just noticed this picture posted on their Facebook a week ago.  Looks like we're getting closer to a release?  

Edit:  Interesting that that appears to be an A1200 knockout port interface.  I assume they'll also have a standard expansion port option for big box systems?

[skolman]

New hardware audio decoder for Amiga
https://youtu.be/8L_OUSNRVfU

Decodes MP3 (MPEG 1 & 2 audio layer III) (CBR +VBR +ABR);
WMA 4.0/4.1/7/8/9 all profiles (5-384kbit/s);
WAV (PCM + IMA ADPCM);
General MIDI / SP-MIDI files
Encodes 16-bit LPCM & IMA ADPCM from microphone or line input
Streaming support
Bass and treble controls
High-quality on-chip stereo DAC
5.5 KiB On-chip RAM for user code / data

[QuikSanz]

So it will roll out in 2016?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

So it will roll out in 2016?

I'm voting for 2018.  

[QuikSanz]

@Oldsmobile_Mike,

Darn, low balled it, again! ;-)