22 May 2012, 21:53 | #1 |
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(announcement) AMIGA MEETS GIGAHERTZ
AMIGA MEETS GIGAHERTZ
Gideon Zweijtzer (of 1541-Ultimate fame) and Rutger Bevaart have teamed up to bring renewed innovation to the Classical Amiga by announcing the UltimatePPC today, the ultimate CPU expansion card for the Amiga 3000 & 4000. This new card will bring unparalleled performance and many great new features to the Amiga series of computers that were not available previously and give current users a viable upgrade path for aging components. It also opens new possibilities for newer versions of the Amiga Operating System or alternatives to run on your classic hardware with great performance. The UltimatePPC puts your Amiga right back on your desk as the most versatile and fun computer that has ever existed! Right now the UltimatePPC is in active development, we expect to be able to take pre-orders at the end of 2012. Please visit our project website at http://ultimateppc.nl for availability information, specifications and detailed status reports. Gideon & Rutger |
22 May 2012, 22:23 | #2 |
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outstanding... I wanna believe...
Good luck! |
22 May 2012, 22:25 | #3 |
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22 May 2012, 22:31 | #4 |
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okay then, may I have the SN0000001 please?
I'll sell my kidney to get it... but not my heart, though :P |
23 May 2012, 00:16 | #5 |
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First of all, NEAT!
Now, as others likely wonder, why the 040? Why not flat-out PPC? If 68k is necessary to get started, why not TG68 or WF68K00 inside that FPGA, and then remove it later when PPC is going well? I have ideas for PPC accelerator as well, though I'm not sure how well it will fit a case the way I'm thinking of it. But I wouldn't have a real 68k chip. Without a PPC, I'd go all FPGA and some slots, and have whatever the best softcore 68k is in the FPGA. Perhaps even the Natami 68k if things could be arranged with them. (My idea of course is not anywhere along to be worth their time asking) Soemthing like Majsta's idea with SODIMM, perhaps USB and some other connecters for things that work well inside FPGA. (IDE? SCSI? Ethernet? etc) Much anything beyond the FPGA and connectors would be a removable module, industry standard module, to buy the PPC part form someone else and save me the trouble. SODIMM on my FPGA-only board would only really be fore the FPGA's sopftcore 68k. PPC module has it's own (and probably much faster) RAM. Any plans for something like an MXM graphics slot? I'm very curious to see how your project goes! |
23 May 2012, 00:20 | #6 |
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Then build it.
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23 May 2012, 01:39 | #7 |
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One day someone will develop something cool for our amigas with no prior announcement and then just spring it on everybody the day it is available to buy...
one day... |
23 May 2012, 05:43 | #8 |
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I only hope for the best for this guys.
I think in selling a kidney to grab a board. My heart is not for sale, I already gave it to Amiga. |
23 May 2012, 07:33 | #9 |
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I would like to put my name on SN00000002 and SN00000003
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23 May 2012, 07:42 | #10 |
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This could be a "dream come true" moment!
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23 May 2012, 08:32 | #11 |
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Good luck. Wish you all the best and will buy at least one when it comes out.
Love the picture of the prototype, looks nice! Did you mount the BGA's yourself or have it assembled? |
23 May 2012, 08:47 | #12 |
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i need to sell a kidney buy hell yeah!
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23 May 2012, 08:53 | #14 |
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Fantastic news... Hope this comes to a happy end ...
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On these prototypes I assembled the three BGAs myself indeed. That was the most scary and exciting part. So far, I haven't come across any issues with the BGAs. The PowerPC runs, including the SODIMM, the FPGA works, including the local memory. So far so good! Gideon |
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23 May 2012, 11:20 | #16 |
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These are the best news in years for classic users!!!
Please, learn from the past and if possible, let cpus be in socket!!! We'll prevent from troubles in the future. Hope that ugly but useful DVI conector become into a pair of pin rows to better, plug a connector. Congratulations for being able to make us happy after many many years. Here's another buyer!!!. |
23 May 2012, 11:37 | #17 |
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Hey Gideon,
congrats on this development! You're one of the few persons that I'd trust to bring this project to production. I do see lots of software work to do, though. Jens |
23 May 2012, 11:51 | #18 |
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Wow, just wow!
Incredible news, I wish you all the best with the project. I will be hoping to own these one day |
23 May 2012, 12:14 | #19 |
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is there any Amiga 1200 version in prevision?
congratulations from France for your great job! |
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