A1200NG Accelerator and A4000NG Announced at AmiWest 2025

[AmigaOldskooler]

Hi everyone,

At AmiWest 2025, Trevor Dickinson announced an A1200NG accelerator boosting its performance... The A4000NG was also mentioned. You can watch the stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/fOFAhcV2dxg?si=f98sQxdrORApooeT&t=2000

It will take a few minutes to reach the news about the A1200NG accelerator, but you can skip forward.

[polyp2000]

He says it goes in the trapdoor slot....
I see no bus connector on the A1200 NG motherboard. Nor any mention of this kind of future expansion capability on any of the marketing materials. Is this a slip-up ? Or does he mean it fits the trapdoor slot of a regular A1200 to give it these "NG" capabilities?

[asm1]

I suspect he means it will connect to the headers where the orange pi is at the moment.

[F0LLETT]

I suspect he means it will connect to the headers where the orange pi is at the moment.

Correct.

[polyp2000]

That answer doesnt make sense logically or semantically.

Logically
If it were true then you could just get a faster Orange PI since the headers would be compatible, it wouldnt need a new accellerator card to be designed. There is a range of Orange PI's with 26 pin headers and another with 40 pin - i dont know which the NG uses at the moment, worst case scenario you'd need a ribbon cable  - if there was a size/shape constraint for example.

Semantically
A new Orange Pi is a New single board computer not an accelerator.

[F0LLETT]

That answer doesnt make sense logically or semantically.

Logically
If it were true then you could just get a faster Orange PI since the headers would be compatible, it wouldnt need a new accellerator card to be designed. There is a range of Orange PI's with 26 pin headers and another with 40 pin - i dont know which the NG uses at the moment, worst case scenario you'd need a ribbon cable  - if there was a size/shape constraint for example.

Semantically
A new Orange Pi is a New single board computer not an accelerator.

While the they are pin for pin. The board needs to be reversed on more powerful boards (to fit in trapdoor) and some pins are missing. So a carrier board would be needed to make up for location and missing pins, etc etc.
I have already prototyped a carrier board, which works. So technically, it could be classed as a sort of accelerator.

Hi everyone,

At AmiWest 2025, Trevor Dickinson announced an A1200NG accelerator boosting its performance... The A4000NG was also mentioned. You can watch the stream here:

https://www.youtube.com/live/fOFAhcV2dxg?si=f98sQxdrORApooeT&t=2000

It will take a few minutes to reach the news about the A1200NG accelerator, but you can skip forward.

Shame the audio is missing, it runs flawless with no stuttering or frameskip.

[Ianoakley]

This video might help-

https://youtu.be/i8GZSr3OeE4?si=c_kHgZVdGpExdbAJ

[Jupwise]

That sounds really good!

Can't wait for my A1200NG to ship!

When will the new accelerator card be available for (pre) order?

Mel Mawhin

[F0LLETT]

When will the new accelerator card be available for (pre) order?

When its ready, . Board design needs to be finalised.

[AmigaOldskooler]

Definitely going to purchase the turbo-card when it is released!

[MOG-G5]

Since the 4000 was the top of the line Amiga, I'm curious which OPi AmigaKit is going to use. The OrangePi Zero 3 has a big advantage that it is inexpensive and does the job very well. I am curious if they are going to go with a more powerful SBC like the 5 or 6.

If they do decide to go with one of the more powerful SBCs, the price will go up as the series 5 boards are going for $82 - $140. The 6 series boards, the Plus with 16GB RAM are $245-$299.

I think it would be really cool if the A400NG is the powerhouse by incorporating the top tier OrangePi SBCs, just be forewarned the the price will go up considerably.

What would be even crazier is if they went with the RV2 SBC with a native RISC-V build of AmiBench!

[J-Golden]

 

You all have no clue how bad my timing is, but here is an example.

Who has two thumbs and ordered the A1200NG Boost kit JUST-LAST-NIGHT and saw all the announcements today?

THIS GUY!

[mariovieira]

Who has two thumbs and ordered the A1200NG Boost kit JUST-LAST-NIGHT and saw all the announcements today

I dodged that bullet because I ordered from the French website last week and there wasn’t an option to buy it…