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Gunnar von Boehn
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24 Aug 2010 07:54


Fahed Al Daye wrote:

Are you saying by the end of this year I can ... buy NatAmi?

That is the plan.

this would be great news indeed

@Uitgang

We are expecting the new AmigaOne X1000 also.

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@Uitgang

Good!

@Uitgang

Hey ! Holland you say ? Where aproximately ?

I thought I was the only one.....

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@Metalheart

Last time I checked, Veldhoven was located in the Netherlands as well

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@Amiga_3k

Really ?

So there's three of us ?

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@Metalheart

Looks like an attempt to take over the site On a more serious note: There are more.

OT: Hmm... so if they (Natami Team and A-EON) make it happen, then two interessting new machines will be available, oh sorry, three, the new SAM also... Exciting....

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@Metalheart

Three is a magic number

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Then, shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.

ps... This is getting silly....

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I so want one of these. I really hope it comes in at a reasonable price. Will be waiting with baited breath now...

@Phantom

Off-topic. Very very off-topic.

Chris

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@Uitgang

What about CloneA?

@clebin

It will be as expensive as any other custom hardware on the Amiga market today but probably wont get the same level of stick because it wont be tied in with AmigaOS 4.

@Metalheart

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Metalheart wrote: @Amiga_3k Really ? So there's three of us ?

Make that 4.

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@Uitgang

Difficult times currently for NatAmi project, with near new Sam board and the "future" X1000, the people as I, now I'll choose a new Amiga PPC hardware, sorry but the NatAmi board goes very slow its development and with this PPC boards, well, I'll like run an fast OS4 than a fast OS3.x

Natami before xmas? That would be great!

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clebin wrote: @Phantom Off-topic. Very very off-topic. Chris

Ok. And why's that?

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@Uitgang

Very interesting project and good to see progress, hopefully the board will be a standard form factor (mini-ITX?) and not too expensive, but I suspect those 060 CPUs may carry a hefty price tag.

I'm kind of hoping the XMOS chip on the X1000 will be used for some sort of classic Amiga chipset emulation, if its possible? Would be pretty cool if it did and even cooler if OS4 hit this custom 'hardware' directly without any E-UAE needed to run old games etc. Who knows, maybe this is a card Hyperion/A-EON are keeping close to their chests?

@Templario

A-Eon is hiring an external company for making a generic PPC computer using off-the-shelf parts.
The Natami Team is building a modern classic Amiga from scratch with just a few enthusiasts.
So of course Natami progress is slow. Most of the time has been spent remaking the Amiga chipset to make use of pipelined bursts.

Natami is a far more ambitious undertaking than the X1000 - actually reviving unique Amiga hardware and not just making another "AmigaOne" which only true Amiga part is the sticker.
If you do not care about Amiga hardware, and want to run OS4 only - then sure, the Natami might not be for you.

@Thread

Gunnar is optimistic, but it is quite possible that the new Natami board will be available before the end of the year, or at least in production by then, since things are looking promising. Do not take this as some kind of absolute release date or deadline, though - the Natami is a community-driven hobby project.
I wouldn't be surprised if Thomas Hirsch has some news in a not so distant future.

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@Daniel

Yes, the 060 cards are expensive to make and might cost almost as much as the Natami board itself. Therefore, they will most likely be most useful for compatibility testing and development purposes.
Since the N68050 softcore is very far in it's development, a normal Natami user would most likely want to stick with the softcore coming free with the Natami and refrain from buying an additional 060 card. Besides, the N050 is more advanced that the 060 in several fields already.

Regarding the XMOS chip being useful for emulating an Amiga - I do not think it will. The XMOS chip is best suited for doing I/O tasks like automation and process control. But we shall see if the special implementation of the chip in the X1000 makes more ambitious projects possible.