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Originally Posted by Bruce Abbott
But today it's different. The Amiga is now a retro computer. We don't want to change it into something else. Even if this fictional Hombre chipset was capable of what is claimed, it's irrelevant. Something like the Vampire's SAGA or a slightly enhanced replacement for the original chipset is more than enough for most of us. I run my A1200 on a 32" LCD TV in PAL composite, and it does everything I want it to just like it did 30 years ago (actually even better, since the LCD TV has a sharper picture and flicker fixes interlace).
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Amiga 1200 can be re-created and enhanced by combining ACA 500plus's Amiga 1200 expansion connector knowledge and Apollo Core's SAGA chipset knowledge.
Amiga 1200's expansion connector can accept PiStorm32 lite, Ice Drake V4, TF1260, Warp1260, and any future accelerators.
Amiga 1200 design allows the base platform to evolve with any new accelerators and enforces Amiga's AutoConfig subsystem architecture. PC's ACPI subsystem architecture makes modern PC characteristics.
Apollo Core's VSA4 doesn't duplicate A1200's Commodore-designed expandability feature and "Amiga 1200" is not being manufactured. I would like to see VSA4 with Amiga 1200 's expansion connector.
My Amiga 1200 (with PiStorm32 lite+RPI 4B 4GB + Emu68) has Indivision AGA Mk3 to connect to an HDMI display and PCMCIA WPA2 WiFi.