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I can't wait to get my hands on the stand-alone version that's supposedly on the way. Cheap and available (and compatible) hardware with decent performance is a

by ahje 8y ago

I can't wait to get my hands on the stand-alone version that's supposedly on the way. Cheap and available (and compatible) hardware with decent performance is a long-awaited thing for a lot of Amiga enthusiasts.

bni 8y ago
Any info on the stand alone version available?
- cmsj 8y ago
  No. Beta hardware is being tested, but this whole project is driven in the spare time of the folk building/testing it, so it's slow going.
- bionoid 8y ago
  Unforunately no real information is available, the most recent update is the May progress report [0]. The 500 version is due for release before the standalone, and for the standalone they need to finish implementing the graphics/audio chipset in FPGA plus probably other design issues. Personally, I hope to see the 500 version available in 2019 and the standalone in 2020. [0] http://forum.apollo-accelerators.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1908 http://forum.apollo-accelerators.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=190...
  - jacobush 8y ago
    There are VHDL or Verilog implementations of Amiga gfx/audio (see Minimig) but I wouldn't be surprised if the Apollo people want to do their own. After all, the (spiritual) successor, Natami, was to be compatible but greatly enhanced in the chipset front.
azinman2 8y ago
What will you do with it? I don’t fully understand why people are so excited by these things when the core OS hasn’t been updated in years?
- rasjani 8y ago
  AmigaOS 4.1 fe came out 4 years ago so it’s not that ancient.
  - opencl 8y ago
    AmigaOS 4 is PowerPC only, it does not run on this hardware at all.
    - rpiguy 8y ago
      The last version of AmigaOS 3.1 for classic hardware came out in 2016.
      - opencl 8y ago
        I mean technically it was a "new" release but they fixed 4 minor bugs in a codebase that was otherwise not touched in 20+ years. If you want the most modern AmigaOS to run on classic hardware that's obviously 3.9 which was released in 2000.
        jacobush 8y ago
        Or AROS's 68000 build. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/Platforms/68k_support https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/Platforms/68k_support (AROS is an AmigaOS open source clone. Source compatible for all other platforms, such as Intel, binary compatible for 68000.)
- Posibyte 8y ago
  For me, it's pure nostalgia. It's getting to relive the past that I loved with all new hardware, getting to do things that nobody from the time period could have imagined given the limitations and pushing the limits of the software of the system. Sure the OS hasn't been updated in years, but there's a giant library of software and hardware for the system that's still a draw, and using modern technology to make it more palatable and useful is a huge bonus in addition to enabling people to experience it all again.

by ahje 8y ago

bni 8y ago

Any info on the stand alone version available?

cmsj 8y ago
No. Beta hardware is being tested, but this whole project is driven in the spare time of the folk building/testing it, so it's slow going.
bionoid 8y ago
Unforunately no real information is available, the most recent update is the May progress report [0]. The 500 version is due for release before the standalone, and for the standalone they need to finish implementing the graphics/audio chipset in FPGA plus probably other design issues. Personally, I hope to see the 500 version available in 2019 and the standalone in 2020. [0] http://forum.apollo-accelerators.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1908 http://forum.apollo-accelerators.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=190...
- jacobush 8y ago
  There are VHDL or Verilog implementations of Amiga gfx/audio (see Minimig) but I wouldn't be surprised if the Apollo people want to do their own. After all, the (spiritual) successor, Natami, was to be compatible but greatly enhanced in the chipset front.

azinman2 8y ago

What will you do with it? I don’t fully understand why people are so excited by these things when the core OS hasn’t been updated in years?

rasjani 8y ago
AmigaOS 4.1 fe came out 4 years ago so it’s not that ancient.
- opencl 8y ago
  AmigaOS 4 is PowerPC only, it does not run on this hardware at all.
  - rpiguy 8y ago
    The last version of AmigaOS 3.1 for classic hardware came out in 2016.
    - opencl 8y ago
      I mean technically it was a "new" release but they fixed 4 minor bugs in a codebase that was otherwise not touched in 20+ years. If you want the most modern AmigaOS to run on classic hardware that's obviously 3.9 which was released in 2000.
      - jacobush 8y ago
        Or AROS's 68000 build. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/Platforms/68k_support https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/Platforms/68k_support (AROS is an AmigaOS open source clone. Source compatible for all other platforms, such as Intel, binary compatible for 68000.)
Posibyte 8y ago
For me, it's pure nostalgia. It's getting to relive the past that I loved with all new hardware, getting to do things that nobody from the time period could have imagined given the limitations and pushing the limits of the software of the system. Sure the OS hasn't been updated in years, but there's a giant library of software and hardware for the system that's still a draw, and using modern technology to make it more palatable and useful is a huge bonus in addition to enabling people to experience it all again.