What would you buy for classic Amiga?

[JimS]

I'd like to see some sort of super upgrade board, probably for the CPU slot. It would have one really big or maybe two smaller FPGAs. These would replace a 68060 CPU- or if better for software compatibility, implement a really fast 32bit 68K. There would also be a boatload of fastram. The FPGAs would also hold a RTG display, 16bit sound, ethernet, and IDE or SATA interface. .... easy, eh? ;-)

[alphadec]

I would like an FPGA based accelerator card to buy *hint* *hint*

Yes thats what we all want.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Am I the only one who would want '040/'060 compatibility, and not just "a really fast 68000"?  Oh well, nice to dream, anyway!  

[esc]

I'd buy an FGPA accelerator but it would have to be faster and have more memory than my Blizzy 1260

An IdeFix Express Mrk2 with SATA might be tempting if Jens every finishes it!

Not really interested in much else, and I don't think USB is really that useful on an A1200.

Sound cards are cool but again, not quite so useful on an A1200 (due to clock-port bandwidth and lack of space).

If I had an A3000 then I'd be interested in CPU/HD/GFX/SFX/USB upgrades

What the A1200 needs is an FPGA accelerator that includes USB and onboard AHI compatible sound, as well as SATA. The A1200 case is a tight squeeze for sure, and the clockport does have a tendency to suck. Why not offload a lot of that overhead onto one modern board? Again, just wishing here.

* Edit - Also RTG!

[Rob]

Something that would turn my CD32 into a nice little WHDload system greatly appeals to me.  If it had a fast FPGA 68k core and RGB + HDMI out it would be superb.

[pyrre]

Id love to get my hands on a cpu expansion to my a500 and the cdtv.
it would have to be a 030 @50mhz onboard ram, 32/64mb id be happy. and of course it had to include onboard ide with CF socket. two sockets even, just for fun.

Id also like to get my hands on a modern day 2060 equivalent expansion for the a2000.

but i be happy and settle with a budda flash ide card for my a500 and one for my a2000

[mrmoonlight]

Hi really really  want some kind of adapter to make the brilliant mp3 mas player fit my equally brilliant Amiga 600,best wishes Brian.:laughing:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi really really want some kind of adapter to make the brilliant mp3 mas player fit my equally brilliant Amiga 600.

http://kipper2k.com/amigaforsale/

A600 Mouse/Joystick Extender.  Bottom of the page.

[Chartus]

An FPGA based add-on that replaces most of the legacy chips.

I like this idea the most.  I know its popular to want an accelerator but we need a solid base to put it on.  The original chips are not going to last forever.  Having a big engine does no good if the wheels fall off the car and you can't replace them.

That's the way I see it.

[Heiroglyph]

An FPGA based add-on that replaces most of the legacy chips.

I like this idea the most.  I know its popular to want an accelerator but we need a solid base to put it on.  The original chips are not going to last forever.  Having a big engine does no good if the wheels fall off the car and you can't replace them.

That's the way I see it.

I don't really have trouble finding chips myself, but finding an 060 card with a storage controller for a big box Amiga takes luck and a second mortgage.

Chipsets wouldn't be a bad thing though.

[amigadave]

How about a completely finished Natami, or FPGA Arcade Replay board with 68060 CPU, USB, Ethernet & more RAM daughter board, or a stand alone Apollo FPGA based Amiga clone with 400MHz+ 680x0 speed, improved AGA and Picasso96 graphics, greater than 2mb of Chip RAM, USB, Ethernet, SATA2, or 3 controller and 4gb Fast RAM?

In other words, a completely modern Amiga clone using FPGA technology that is at least 10 times faster than any real Motorola 680x0 CPU and has all of the modern ports, controllers and interfaces that we need to move forward, plus new programming tools that make it easy to create new Amiga content and applications/games.  Not asking for much, just want it all!  

[Heiroglyph]

How about a completely finished Natami, or FPGA Arcade Replay board with 68060 CPU

That's available real soon now. It is still 2010, right?

I'm kidding, TAKE MY MONEY!

[matthey]

That's available real soon now. It is still 2010, right?

Just 2 more weeks!

How about a completely finished Natami, or FPGA Arcade Replay board with 68060 CPU, USB, Ethernet & more RAM daughter board, or a stand alone Apollo FPGA based Amiga clone with 400MHz+ 680x0 speed, improved AGA and Picasso96 graphics, greater than 2mb of Chip RAM, USB, Ethernet, SATA2, or 3 controller and 4gb Fast RAM?

In other words, a completely modern Amiga clone using FPGA technology that is at least 10 times faster than any real Motorola 680x0 CPU and has all of the modern ports, controllers and interfaces that we need to move forward, plus new programming tools that make it easy to create new Amiga content and applications/games.  Not asking for much, just want it all!  

An Amiga 68k fpga CPU won't be hitting 400MHz any time soon. An fpga that fast would cost thousands by itself. An affordable Cyclone V with the Apollo/Phoenix CPU can do 100MHz or a little more and a superscalar 2 integer unit Apollo CPU should be 2x to 4x as fast at integer than the 68060. That's still pretty powerful as the 68060 is no slouch. I would expect it to be faster than some older ARM processors with clock speeds approaching 400MHz. I hear you on the Natami and would love to see a comeback of a higher spec complete Amiga motherboard.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

That Natami went bust is a crying shame.  It would've probably been the one bit of truly "new" Amiga hardware I seriously would've spent money on.  

[ElPolloDiabl]

Old Amiga new insides.

[slaapliedje]

Old Amiga new insides.

Would be kind of nice to have a fully Amiga compatible system built around a fast 68060 (FPGA or otherwise) that was completely compatible with existing expansions.

But of course at a reasonable price.  If for no other reason that the systems are getting old.  Then again, I've had many other x86 based stuff just randomly die on me, yet my A4000 is still running awesome (once I had the caps replaced).  

slaapliedje