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View Poll Results: Will you be buying an FPGA Amiga?
Yes I will 62 69.66%
No I won't 13 14.61%
I already own one 3 3.37%
I already own one and will get another 8 8.99%
That thing that you cook in a pan 3 3.37%
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Old 03-26-2011, 08:22 PM   #1
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Default Are you buying an FPGA Amiga?
see title... either Natami, Minimig, or FPGA Arcade. Will it become your main retro platform? Would you only buy one after your current rig dies? Would you like to see it progress to a new homebrew market?
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Old 03-26-2011, 08:41 PM   #2
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I will be buying the NatAmi when it's available but it wont take over from my A1200s...
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Old 03-26-2011, 08:50 PM   #3
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Default Re: Are you buying an FPGA Amiga?
I answered "No," but it has nothing to do with the technology per se..
It's just that I have already spent more on getting my A1200 and A1000 and adding things to them. And I still have things to do (get) for my A1000, and possibly my A1200.
I wouldn't mind one of the newer FPGA devices, and I am not saying they are too expensive. But I probably won't be able to self justify that..
Unless (Deity (or lack thereof) forbid) something happens to my current hardware in the mean time.

But who knows.. 2 years ago, I would have answered "No, I'm not going to be able to justify spending money on an Amiga 1000." ;-)

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Old 03-26-2011, 09:07 PM   #4
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Assuming the NatAmi is within my price range, I'll definitely be buying one - I don't know whether I'll hang onto my current system or not, though. I'll figure that out when I get there.
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Old 03-26-2011, 09:06 PM   #5
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Default Re: Are you buying an FPGA Amiga?
I'm looking at the Replay board. I've been wanting an FPGA development board, and it makes more sense to get one already optimized to be an Amiga as well as those other retro machines.
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Old 03-26-2011, 09:23 PM   #6
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I'm looking at the Replay board.
Haven't decided to bite quite yet but I'm seriously considering it as well.
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Old 03-26-2011, 09:38 PM   #7
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Old 03-26-2011, 10:02 PM   #8
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I will but at least One Natami and FPGA Arcade (maybe 2 to keep as spares...) and i will be keeping and using all my old Amiga's, C64 etc etc etc.
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I voted yes.
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Old 03-26-2011, 11:00 PM   #10
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Default Re: Are you buying an FPGA Amiga?
I already have a Minimig v1.1 with ARM, I'm waiting on the FPGA Arcade and I'll take a good look at the Natami when it is out.

Unfortunately I answered "I already own one" when I should have said "and I'll get another".
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Old 03-27-2011, 12:07 AM   #11
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Default Re: Are you buying an FPGA Amiga?
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Would you only buy one after your current rig dies?
That´s me. I would have liked an option "as soon as my Commodore Amiga breaks". I see the FPGA Amigas mainly as a way to take Amiga Hardware into the future. I don´t think I´d buy another old Amiga 3000 from eBay when mine breaks.

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Also I´d like to see a board that can act as an AmigaONE and FPGA-Amiga at some time in the future - a machine that can run any AmigaOS software without emulation and run it fast. Ideally licensed in a way, that when the company making it dies, it becomes open source hardware and immortal.
Oh and of course it would be designed to have a real Amiga keyboard and real Amiga ball mouse and could read your old floppies.
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:49 AM   #12
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Got a Minimig, will buy a Replay *and* a Natami
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Old 03-27-2011, 01:52 AM   #13
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Of all the hardware projects, FPGA are the ones I'd be most likely to spend money on.
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Old 03-27-2011, 02:18 AM   #14
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Nope. I already have an a1200 and for when I want something more powerful I have my amithlon box.
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Old 03-27-2011, 02:53 AM   #15
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I don't think I will. I like the classics for what they are. I dont think hardware emulation will "feel" the same.
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