Are you going to buy the new "TheA1200" from Retro Games ? And why ?
Are you going to buy the new "TheA1200" from Retro Games ? And why ?
Hell no. I have a real A1200 :)
I will certainly consider getting one, if the asking price isn't too outrageous!
Unfortunately, it may never be released, due to legal shenanigans with
two of the old Amiga IP holders. Everybody wants to be in charge! :-)
Oh, I see you said 190euros. Not bad!
I've two A1200 and one A500. Also have the A600gs and two A500 mini's... But i ordered theA1200 ! :-)
That's the trouble with Amigas, they multiply. :D
That's the trouble with Amigas, they multiply. :D
Haha, you are right! It is true that Commodore "Brand" is very active at the moment with the Amiga and C64.
re-release of the Amiga 1200 (which you can pre-order), though I don't think this is what I was thinking of:
https://retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/
That looks pretty cool.. though I'm not sure if it's something I'd use very often.
Are you going to buy the new "TheA1200" from Retro Games ? And why ?
I've two A1200 and one A500.
That's the trouble with Amigas, they multiply. :D
https://retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/
That looks pretty cool.. though I'm not sure if it's something I'd use
very often.
It will be like the C64 Maxi released years ago. An A500 mini with a working USB keyboard... I don't know if the ARM SoC will be upgraded. Some people just buy it to put a Myster FPGA inside...
Are you going to buy the new "TheA1200" from Retro Games ? And why ?
No. Because it doesn't come with an OS; it's strictly a game machine.
I saw that it uses emulation.. It's cool that it's in a case that is modeled after the original Amiga 1200, but if it uses emulation, I can
run an Amiga emulator on my PC right now.
Are you going to buy the new "TheA1200" from Retro Games ? And why ?
No. Because it doesn't come with an OS; it's strictly a game machine.
No, it will came with Amiga Workbench OS_3.1 and with emulation of a Hard Drive (HDF files) you have one working Amiga computer.
I saw that it uses emulation.. It's cool that it's in a case that is
modeled after the original Amiga 1200, but if it uses emulation, I can
run an Amiga emulator on my PC right now.
All use emulation now, in software or hardware (FPGA). Even now we emulate faster CPU's on real Amiga hardware, like the 68060 or 68080 CPU cores.
Hi,
Are you going to buy the new "TheA1200" from Retro Games ? And why ?
All use emulation now, in software or hardware (FPGA). Even now we em faster CPU's on real Amiga hardware, like the 68060 or 68080 CPU core
Yeah, though I was thinking that a FPGA hardware solution would be more interesting. And is FPGA actually considered emulation? I thought I
had read somewhere that some people don't consider that emulation, as
FPGA basically re-creates the original capabilities in hardware; also, I think that should theoretically be 100% compatible and run just as well
as the original hardware, whereas software emulation can be a bit tricky and not always be 100% compatible with all software for that platform.
Yeah, though I was thinking that a FPGA hardware solution would be more
interesting. And is FPGA actually considered emulation? I thought I had
read somewhere that some people don't consider that emulation, as FPGA
basically re-creates the original capabilities in hardware; also, I think
that should theoretically be 100% compatible and run just as well as the
original hardware, whereas software emulation can be a bit tricky and not
always be 100% compatible with all software for that platform.
FPGAs are programmable logic. You compile a program written in a language like VHDL, (System) Verilog, or BlueSpec classic into a bitstream that you can them load into the FPGA, and the bitstream defines what the logic part does. Today's bigger FPGAs contain a lot of stuff like DRAM, PHYs for various protocols (PCIe, I2C/I3C, eSPI, USB, CAM, UARTs, ethernet MACs, whatever). But if used to implement a CPU core, we call such a beast a "soft core", since it's defined by software: the source VHDL/Verilog/BlueSpec/Chisel/Whatever program.
In that spirit, FPGAs running soft cores exhibit many of the same quirky properties of software emulations of these older CPUs.
Yeah, though I was thinking that a FPGA hardware solution would be more interesting. And is FPGA actually considered emulation? I thought I
had read somewhere that some people don't consider that emulation, as
FPGA basically re-creates the original capabilities in hardware; also, I think that should theoretically be 100% compatible and run just as well and not always be 100% compatible with all software for that platform.
Are you going to buy the new "TheA1200" from Retro Games ? And why ?
I do hope to get one, unfortunately it can't be anytime soon. I did purchase a 64 maxi, and do like it.
Responding to the above (not by Nightfox), the 68060 was a
real CPU manufactured by Motorola. It wasn't used in many
FPGA is also emulation. You must also program it in VHDL or Verilog language. There is an "Human" factor, with this "BUG's" inside.
With FPGA you can do all the things in parallel, one bloc for the Clocks, one for generating the display, one for Sound, another for CPU, etc... They work individualy, no need to wait for each.
In software you have do to all the jogs sequencely. But with the CPU
more and more powerful the gap is narrowing.
I've two A1200 and one A500. Also have the A600gs and two A500 mini's. But i ordered theA1200 ! :-)
That's the trouble with Amigas, they multiply. :D
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