Classic Amiga Hardware Projects for 2014

[Darth_X]

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.

I was thinking same thing, using an updated siamese type system.

[Fransexy_]

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.

Amiga1200 trapdoor slot accelerators was in the past very big and occupied all the space but with today technology you can put a CPU Accelerator with RGT GFX and monitor swither/scan doubler/ flickerfixer all in the trapdoor space

Another thing that is realistic and I want  it is a clockport doubler (or quad)

[nicholas]

How about financing a large production run of the FPGA Replay and 060 addons for it?

[mikej]

How about financing a large production run of the FPGA Replay and 060 addons for it?

Financing isn't the problem, it's currently production quality and test time.
I "think" I have a deal to get testing/rework done at the factory now which will speed things up hugely. Let's face it, I'm the bottle-neck in this.

/MikeJ

[lumi]

I would like to see some new Tower cases for Amiga 1200 and Amiga 4000.

And a black case for the ACA 500 card.

I would like to see some Tower cases for A1200 too, as those are almost impossible to find and buy NEW.

[guest7146]

I would like to see some Tower cases for A1200 too, as those are almost impossible to find and buy NEW.

Yep +1 for the A1200 tower suggestion.

[guest7146]

I would like to see some Tower cases for A1200 too, as those are almost impossible to find and buy NEW.

+1 for the Amiga1200 tower suggestion.

[nicholas]

Financing isn't the problem, it's currently production quality and test time.
I "think" I have a deal to get testing/rework done at the factory now which will speed things up hugely. Let's face it, I'm the bottle-neck in this.

/MikeJ

Sounds promising, the Replay is my current object of lust.

[nicholas]

I would like to see some Tower cases for A1200 too, as those are almost impossible to find and buy NEW.

I've got an old one boxed up in the spare room that's not getting any use.  I could part with it for a reasonable sum.

[NorthWay]

A proper tested and verified on as many as possible cards as possible: SCSI<->SATA bridge. What is out there today is scary and messy. If my motherboards were alive I'd really want an SSD... Or just a new scsi controller that really is a SATA controller.

A proper in-place programmable and externally reset-able 1M ROM ($F00000-$FFFFFF). Possibly as a Z2 programming device, or a clockport thing, or serial? Or something memory mapped. Needs many models as all Amigas are pretty different.

And if doing 3000/4000 cpu accellerator: How about trying to put some sram on the cpu card, short cable it to the chipram-slots, and fiddle about the access so that all cpu cycles gets local speed instead of crossing the chipset bus? (Yes, you need some arbitrator for when the chips wants access.)

[zimo]

Something similar to the sonnet quaddoubler for the A3640 would be great

[Bif]

I think the only thing that gets me that excited is being able to pimp out an old Amiga with all the modern amenities (ethernet, audio, video, usb, faster CPU, etc). I'd love to be able to sidecar something like an FPGA Replay or UltimatePPC to my Amiga 1000, just for the pure giggles of being able to have a 1985 computer still be kicking butt. Ideally it would be available for any Amiga model. You have 11 months and 29 days, better get crackin' .

But seriously, thanks for the ongoing support of the Amiga.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I think the only thing that gets me that excited is being able to pimp out an old Amiga with all the modern amenities (ethernet, audio, video, usb, faster CPU, etc). I'd love to be able to sidecar something like an FPGA Replay or UltimatePPC to my Amiga 1000, just for the pure giggles of being able to have a 1985 computer still be kicking butt. Ideally it would be available for any Amiga model. You have 11 months and 29 days, better get crackin' .

LOL.  At this point the Amiga would become the "sidecar".  Basically just a keyboard interface at that point, haha.  

[lumi]

I've got an old one boxed up in the spare room that's not getting any use.  I could part with it for a reasonable sum.

I would like to have a NEW boxed one And maybe it would be better to make some HTPC like cases for Amiga 1200, something that is possible to put under monitor

[som99]

I would like custom backplates for wedge Amigas (mainly A1200) for easier tower builds, pre-cut plates would rock, make a hole in the back of any ATX case then people can pick how they want to put it in place.

I would also want a flexible Riser for the expansion ports on wedge Amigas, so you can mount accelerators a lill more where you want it also it would rock to be able to flip the card around, some cards get's more space if you where able to turn it around!

Edit: I would also like a custom keyboard case for wedge Amiga keyboards, so you can use a Wedge keyboard for tower builds or for bigbox Amigas, it's quite easy to get hold of spare keyboards.

[hceline]

A proper tested and verified on as many as possible cards as possible: SCSI<->SATA bridge. What is out there today is scary and messy. If my motherboards were alive I'd really want an SSD... Or just a new scsi controller that really is a SATA controller.

A proper in-place programmable and externally reset-able 1M ROM ($F00000-$FFFFFF). Possibly as a Z2 programming device, or a clockport thing, or serial? Or something memory mapped. Needs many models as all Amigas are pretty different.

A SATA Zorro2/3 card would be good to use new hardrives and it is more reality then a 68060/FPGA accelerator or even an PPC accelerator.

Must add my support for these ideas to!