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Originally Posted by Daedalus
Custom chips are only getting more expensive as they're a finite resource and demand is increasing. The Agnus variant from the A3000 in particular is tricky to get hold of, and often commands a high price as a result. Since these sorts of hobby projects rarely cover development costs in terms of labour, the cost of such a replacement won't be all that huge. IIRC, the FPGA that TerribleFire was using for his Agnus replacement was only £5. Other chips may require more expensive FPGAs, but it's not really *that* crazy money-wise, considering Analogic sell NOS Alice chips for £65 each, for example, and the more common A500+ Agnus chip for £45.
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Interesting, didn't realise they had got so cheap. I guess you only need pretty small number of gates to replicate just a single chip