Thanks, this is nice to hear.
Let me answer it this way.
Our plan is to bring out the card for every AMIGA model.
We also plan to then create a stand alone version of the card.
As you might know the people doing this CPU card previous worked in the NATAMI team...
Does this answer your question?
Thanks for that answer biggun. And YES!, you should be proud of the work that has been done so far and if most of the Amiga community does not show their appreciation for your work, take it from me, there are hundreds and probably thousands of people who appreciate your work and were really looking forward to the Natami project being completed. They now are looking forward to your project to bring us accelerator cards for all Amiga models.
I am guessing that your stand alone FPGA motherboard will NOT be the same as the Natami MX motherboard, is that correct?
It just seems a shame that so much work went into the Natami MX motherboard design, and it seemed to be so close to being completed enough to be released to the public for sale, even though there were some design goals and software components that had not been finished.
I see it as no different than my X1000 and AmigaOS4.x, which is still a WIP, while we wait for AmigaOS4.2 to be completed, with the many major design goals that are planned and being worked on.
If the Natami MX motherboard had enough drivers completed, and was capable of running AmigaOS3.9 (with or without any of the proposed improvements to the AGA graphics system), I would want such a system. Specially with all the improvements you and others have made in softcore 68k CPU designs.
I am sure I am not alone and many others would also purchase a Natami MX motherboard (or its successor, if you have designed a new stand alone motherboard), if we knew that development work was ongoing and would continue until all the design goals were completed.
Edit: As one or two other Amiga users may have written already in other threads, it seems like the advancement of softcore 68k CPU design and Amiga custom chipset duplication in FPGA, is reaching a point where we should soon see an FPGA Amiga clone that outperforms any Classic Amiga system and 060 accelerator card combination. Plus it should have the advantage of integrated Ethernet & USB ports and drivers, more memory, perhaps increased "Chip RAM", and some day in the future, enhanced graphics resolutions & color depth. I think someone wrote that it is so close to happening, they can almost taste it. When this finally happens, I expect to see renewed interest and development of add-on enhancements to AmigaOS3.9 that will begin to match features that have already been added to AmigaOS4.x and MorphOS and AROS. The 68k programmers will come back, put their teeth back in, comb over their last few remaining hairs across their heads and use their walkers to get across the room to their computing desks, so they can start coding again. :lol:
