Classic Amiga Hardware Projects for 2014

[amigakit]

As you know, AmigaKit.com has been reinvesting revenue back into the Classic Amiga hardware market for some years.  In previous years we have produced/financed projects such as AmigaOS 4.1 Classic, ZorRAM, MAS Player Evolution, Automatic Joystick Switcher, Arcade Evolution Joystick and others.   We also have helped A-EON Technology with the new Prisma Megamix Sound Card.

This year we are looking to do the same.  What Classic Amiga hardware or software do you want to be developed?  If it is realistic and commercial, we will consider it.

[Robert17]

More Denebs and Subways Or Equivilent products would be marvellous

Happy New Year Amigakit, keep up the good work

[giZmo350]

How's EasyNet Pro coming along?  :cool:

[Kawazu]

Would love another Deneb batch or somthing like it with the same speed or better

[Dr.Bongo]

Anything that gives USB or Ethernet via zorro

[don27dog]

Sign me up for another deneb if you produce another batch.

[Matt_H]

Happy new year! Thanks for taking requests

Yes, a new clockport USB card would be excellent, especially if similarly sized to the Subway so as to be compatible with the A604.

Commercial-level distribution of one of those automatic RTG/native video switchers that some of the a1k.org folks have developed would be great, essentially offering passthrough for all those RTG boards that don't support it (CVPPC, Mediator, etc). Might as well wish for a new Zorro RTG card, too

Similarly, commercial-level distribution of one of those adapters that allow use of regular PC floppy drives as Amiga high-density floppy drives. Again, I think there were a few groups on a1k.org that made some of these.

I could also be interested in some replica CD32 controllers. It's the most-compatible 7-button joypad on the Amiga. I know the originals got a lot of flak back in the day, but I always thought the design was kinda cool - and definitely unique. The problem was Commodore's poor build quality...

On the software side, I'd like to see delfina.library updated and fixed for non-Flipper edition boards. I'd happily pay for that. And if you could acquire the distribution rights - or better, the development rights - to Envoy, that would be phenomenal. I think Easynet would look great as an Envoy .service, hint hint

[XDelusion]

Hmm, lets see, let me make some tall orders.

First and foremost. More people in the U.S. that can do hardware repairs and upgrades on Amigas. I still have not gotten the IDE adapter I ordered working, and now my kickstart socket it damaged, Hurray!


Hardware:
An IDE adaptor for the A1200 and or A600 that installs with ease and does not try to share space with other upgrades.

A GFX card for the A600 or A1200.

Amiga on a PCI card (FPGA?) for use with MorphOS, OS4, and AROS machines with PCI slots. The idea behind this would be to call upon the hardware directly to launch apps and games that require the original Amiga chip set(s).

MIDI Adapter with more inputs and outputs than offered before.

Software:

 Well this isn't Amiga specific, but I'd love to see something for MorphOS that both Amithlon and OS4 users get to enjoy...

...a program to redirect all calls to the Paula chip to AHI instead. I'd pay for that!

 A modern game construction kit?


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I don't know what to ask for, but these would help!

[Rob]

I shouldn't need to mention it but extra RAM and bootable mass storage for the CD32 has got to be on the list.

[NovaCoder]

How about helping Jens to finish his A1200 SATA controller, that would be cool

[kamelito]

Hmm, lets see, let me make some tall orders.

...a program to redirect all calls to the Paula chip to AHI instead. I'd pay for that!

 why ? If it's a software for classic then Paula is present so why use AHI instead? Kamelito

[yssing]

There are new ethernet cards available and over at amibay there is a guy selling new and updated thylacine usb cards.
What I think we really need, is a new zorroII/III RTG graphics card.

[Matt_H]

...a program to redirect all calls to the Paula chip to AHI instead. I'd pay for that!

Already exists! But the readme suggests it's far from perfect. I don't see the point on a Classic system, though...

[Crumb]

This year we are looking to do the same.  What Classic Amiga hardware or software do you want to be developed?  If it is realistic and commercial, we will consider it.

Perhaps some zorro card that interfaces a RaspberryPi to get ethernet, usb, audio and video decoder :-) a high end fpga accelerator would be nice too but I guess that as long as fpga m68k emulation is slower than 060 and doesn't provide FPU it won't make much sense.

[XDelusion]

Hmm, lets see, let me make some tall orders.

...a program to redirect all calls to the Paula chip to AHI instead. I'd pay for that!

 why ? If it's a software for classic then Paula is present so why use AHI instead? Kamelito

For MorphOS running on non-classic hardware. All four of my classic systems need work... work is not cheap nor easy to come by. Matter of fact my last A600 took 3 freaking years to get back only to find it had something else wrong that needed fixed. So I'm looking for alternatives big time right now and don't have the cash (or desire) for an OS 4 system. Thus far Amithlon seems to be the best solution for me till MorphOS gets something like this, then the Efika, Mac Mini, G5, etc. All will be classic Amigas minus the AGA.