Hardware I would like

[ElPolloDiabl]

Hi, which new hardware do you need for classic or NG computer(s). You can put plausible, but not currently in production items.

I would like:
A cheap as possible accelerator card for the A600/A500/A1200
A fast 020 or 030 upgrade for Amiga 500 with lots of RAM

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

The things you listed are actually in production.  Or will be again soon, anyway, when they bring out that ACA 500 version 2, or whatever the heck it's going to be called.

Still sucky, IMHO, since it isn't internal, but hey, some people must've bought them.  

On the flipside, I'd like to see some '040 & '060 accelerators made for the big box systems.  I don't think a new one of those has rolled off the assembly line since what, about 1999?  Oh well, if wishes were fishes!  :lol:

[Gulliver]

I would like to have a rapsberry pi bridgeboard.

I thought it out many times, and it could be doable by linking hardwarewise A serial (rs-232) Amiga expansion with the GPIO pins of the raspberry (which could hold itself an rs-232 adapter). A null modem connection in esence.

Softwarewise, they could use some existing network solution (VNC, SMB, etc).

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

As a side note, what the heck is it with people always wanting "Amiga" + "cheap"?  Go build a WinUAE system out of an old freecycle PC if you want cheap.  You gotta know this hobby isn't for cheapskates!  Gaaah!:destroy:

[ElPolloDiabl]

@above Just to cover all price brackets. Plus there is always someone coming on here asking for a cheap as possible A1200 upgrade.

[KimmoK]

>I would like:

Minimalistic but expandable LOW end NG HW.

A little bit like:
https://communitycomputer.wordpress.com/about/techspec/

So that I could buy it and do something else.  8-P

UPDATE:
IMO, affordable but powerfull enough new HW is one of the most needed things on our niche.
For existing users to be able to continue the hobby and for a few new users to dare to try.

UPDATE2:
But also new robust classic would be nice. (my a4k will die one day anyway)
That should be with FPGA CPU and FPGA GFX + free slot if possible, perhaps as "AmiDuino".
(this idea now in my avatar, board that populates card slot area of ATX/DTX case, slot for CPU (master), GPU (slave), free slot (what is the most fun to have?), Duino area.)

[som99]

Well after the Vampire boards the Apollo boards could/would/should fit in most of these categories

Also as for price, not everyone want cheap hardware but the old accelerator cards are a limited supply and heck they are not as young anymore so new FPGA hardware would be easier to repair and maintain.

[ElPolloDiabl]

For A3000 and A4000. I would like some overclocked accelerator cards. Also a 'decelerator' for the A4000 so you could play A500/A1200 games on it.

[Duce]

A modern FPGA hardware solution that is not completely gaming oriented is what I need.  I'm a BBS guy.  I run BBS's on the Amiga, and not much more - be it on my Amithlon rig, my old PPC A1200, my UAE rigs, or my current SAM440, I'm all about having a full fledged, full desktop "Amiga" to run things on.  Your passion might be gaming, or rendering, music, video, etc.  Mine just happens to be BBS'ing.

I don't, didn't, never will care about the MiniMig and similar solutions.  They don't do what I need, connectivity wise.  The FPGA Arcade of Mike's comes closer to what I need with the '060 and daughterboard, but I can't even seem to get an email back about buying one with a handful of cash in hand.

I want modern, from scratch hardware that functions as a full Amiga solution.  I've never played games on my Miggies, and never will.  I realize that makes me a minority in the larger scheme of things, and no disrespect to the gamer guys so fond of the MiniMig and similar out there.  I want a full desktop Amiga for the modern age that runs WB 1.x-3.9.  I want to be able to run everything from LW to Lemmings on it - a modern, yet legacy oriented 2015 era desktop capable Amiga.

In short, I want a 2015 "Ultimate WB 3.x Desktop Amiga".  A lot to ask, I suppose.

1 - small profile mobo, FPGA based.  Quiet, cool, power efficient.  Make sure it fits into any standard, off the shelf PC case.

2 - a true "desktop" capable board, not just a WHDLoad Minimig type board.  Think a fully loaded A4000T, but modern connectivity.

3 - SATA and USB2/3 ports - IDE is too old to bother with.  Onboard ethernet at 10/100 minimum.  RTG, AGA, etc. screenmodes delivered via DVI and/or HDMI (DisplayPort maybe as well?) spec.  CPU wise, '060 speeds would be ideal, again, via FPGA.

That's the hardware solution I've been dreaming of for close to 10 years since I got back into the Amiga scene after leaving it in the mid 90's, anyways.

[Rob]

An inexspensive memory and mass storage expansion for my CD32 so I could turn it into a WHDload gaming system.  If it had a faster CPU, even better.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

For A3000 and A4000. I would like some overclocked accelerator cards. Also a 'decelerator' for the A4000 so you could play A500/A1200 games on it.

You are aware of WHDLoad, right?  :lol:

Bah.  I've never seen a game run too fast on an accelerated Miggy.  If anything, I find it disappointing that games like Turrican II bogs down a little bit at the waterfalls scene on an A500, in exactly the same way it does on my A2000, which is 45x faster than a stock A500.  If anything, most of the games I've tried were coded to run at *exactly the same damned speed* on any system, and don't take enough advantage of accelerators.  Oh well, whatcha gonna do?  :p

[mechy]

Hi, which new hardware do you need for classic or NG computer(s). You can put plausible, but not currently in production items.

I would like:
A cheap as possible accelerator card for the A600/A500/A1200
A fast 020 or 030 upgrade for Amiga 500 with lots of RAM

Big box accelerators(A2000,3000,4000) with fast ethernet,uwscsi/sata and usb onboard so it is local bus to the cpu and fast.

proper accelerators for A500/600/1200 with full fpu/mmu,scsi/sata.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Big box accelerators(A2000,3000,4000) with fast ethernet,uwscsi/sata and usb onboard so it is local bus to the cpu and fast.

proper accelerators for A500/600/1200 with full fpu/mmu,scsi/sata.

This is a good point.  It would be nice to see accelerators that allow the use of legacy SCSI peripherals/drives, as well as modern SATA standard.  Would hate to see only one or the other.  Sort of a "bridging the past with the future" kind of thing.  And SCSI chips cost what, $5?  Would hardly push it over the limit in terms of cost, LOL.  :lol:

Still not gonna happen, but hey, why not, right?  

And if FPGA is the only way we're gonna get accelerators for big box systems, then ones that fully implement '040 or '060 instruction codes with FPU & MMU would be nice.  Say how about a 100MHz '060 card with built in X-Surf 100, RapidRoad, compatibility with modern RAM, SCSI & SATA.  How much would you pay for such a thing?  I'd plunk down at last $500, but I suspect it would cost a lot more than that, and that's not even counting the "Super AGA" that I'm sure people are going to ask for in this thread soon!  :laughing:

[Brian]

I'd like to see some solid RTG graphic solutions for A500, A600 and A1200.

[Iggy]

As a side note, what the heck is it with people always wanting "Amiga" + "cheap"?  Go build a WinUAE system out of an old freecycle PC if you want cheap.  You gotta know this hobby isn't for cheapskates!  Gaaah!:destroy:

Sure it is.
Since when do Amigans want to pay for anything (unless it is something they are fixated on)?
And my legacy system of choice, the A2000, IS still cheap.
As are the PowerMacs I run MorphOS on.
And the PC I have AROS installed on (an Atom based system).
And the PC I run WinUAE on...
etc.