In the early years of personal computing there were a slew of serious contenders. A PC, a Mac, an Atari ST, an Amiga, and several more that all demanded serious consideration on the general purpose desktop computer market. Of all these platforms, the Amiga somehow stubbornly refuses to die. The Amiga 1200+ from [Jeroen Vandezande] is the latest in a long procession of post-Commodore Amigas, and as its name suggests it provides an upgrade for the popular early-1990s all-in-one Amiga model.
If I ever get filthy rich, one of the things I’ll be doing with my money is using it to support platforms like the Amiga. Try and buy up as much IP, fund people and companies trying to make hardware and software, try to attract developers with financial incentives, and so on.
Not a sound investment by any stretch of the imagination, but still a fun little diversion to daydream about.
Very nice project. I will keep an eye on this, I was holding out for a standalone vampire but this remake has a more original feel about it. I only don’t use my original hardware anymore due to it getting unreliable with age. I know a recap can fix it but new hardware would be much nicer 🙂
“If I ever get filthy rich, one of the things I’ll be doing with my money is using it to support platforms like the Amiga.” – My thoughts exactly. Perhaps starting with a 64-bit version of the 68k :).
A 64-bit version of the 68k already exists in FPGA:
http://www.apollo-core.com
No, that’s not 64-bit 680×0, it’s a processor extension like MMX for processing 64-bit wide data. The 680×0 itself is still completely 32-bit.
More undead then alive…
A brave soul is trying to do the same with a new board for the Atari Falcon, as far as I know the project is still alive:
http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=34086
One of each, please! I really enjoy my Falcon, I need to hook it back up since my projects have been my A4000, and A500 with Vampire recently.