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Post by spannernick on Jul 4, 2024 10:46:07 GMT
A600 GS more info: wiki.amiga.org/index.php/A600GSThe A600GS is a new Games System and Classic 68K compatible computer, running AmiBench desktop environment. Install and run your collection of AGA, ECS or OCS games and scene demos¹. Use the new 2024 updated versions of Final Writer, OctaMED and Personal Paint which are pre-installed, ready-to-run. Features: Games menu: add, edit & launch ADF games, scene demos and apps (OCS, ECS & AGA). AmiBench: 1080p screenmode with 32-bit icon set. Run Classic 68k programs. Dual 9-pin Joystick Ports: accepts Commodore compatible joysticks HDMI 1080p output: plugs into HDMI television or monitor Wireless Internet: connects to AmiSphere for system updates Bluetooth: optionally output audio to Bluetooth speaker Pre Installed Software: AmiBench Release V46 Personal Paint (PPaint) V7.4 OctaMED V8 Directory Opus V4 Final Writer V7 JST Utilities: EaglePlayer, HippoPlayer, Dock, Clock, Calendar What's Included?: A600GS computer A600GS USB joypad USB C to A Power Cable ² micro HDMI to HDMI cable 36-page colour User's Guide Product Options: The A600GS is compatible with any standard USB mouse. A mouse is necessary for using AmiBench and the bundled applications. A coloured double tick logo USB mouse is available as a product option if required. A600GS Ports & Connectivity: USB-C Power In Ethernet RJ-45 micro HDMI out 3x USB-A ports: accepts mouse, joypad and optional keyboard 3.5mm audio out ³ It uses Amiberry Emulator to run Amiga Games and Apps. The A600GS is a small box measuring just 11 x 10.5 x 3.5 cm (approximate). Total storage on board for system, AmiBench, games and applications is 64GB. System memory is 4GB with 1GB Fast RAM dedicated to AmiBench. Wiki Information: A600GS AmiBench OctaMED V8 ¹ Third party ROM files, HDF, ADF, games and demos are not included- they will need to be supplied and installed by the user. Games compatiblity will vary and cannot be guaranteed. ² USB power socket required or USB 5v / 2A USB power supply (not supplied). ³ MIDI USB adapter cable, speakers and audio cables not included. Where to buy ========== This product can be purchased from the following Amiga shops: Amiga Kit Amiga Store: A600GSAmiga Store: A600GSAmiga Shop: A600GS
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Post by vic2020ian on Jul 4, 2024 15:14:07 GMT
£135, not bad.
Might be worth buying a MiSTer instead though as these will soon be < £100
You can run just about ny console up to N64, Saturn or computer up to Amiga and ST.
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Post by c64stuff on Jul 5, 2024 5:49:00 GMT
Looks very cool. Is it a hardware chip clone or running emulation? And if it's running software emulation what emulator is it running? I only skimmed the specs so maybe I missed what kind of hardware or software it's using. A few years ago I thought as hardware chip replication keeps dropping in price software emulation would fade away, but then again as software emulation continues to improve with faster single board computers and emulator evolution, hardware chip replication might have less of a demand anyway. At this point, even if you are comparing real hardware and emulation side by side in real-time, cheap single board computers costing as little as $15 running emulation have just about zero delay emulating everything up to and including 16 bit consoles and computers.
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Post by mja65 on Jul 5, 2024 10:27:37 GMT
It's an Orange Pi Zero 3 with a breakout board and it's running Amiberry.
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Post by spannernick on Jul 5, 2024 10:43:08 GMT
It's an Orange Pi Zero 3 with a breakout board and it's running Amiberry. Its like the ARMIGA that had a Cubieboard2 in it, its the same idea, I have the Limited Edition Floppy Version, you can even run Android 4.4 KITKAT on the ARMIGA with a different Micro SD Card or run it from its mmc onboard, I do not think you can get a Orange PI Zero 3 that has a mmc on it, the idea of it is to be a cheap development board so only will have a micro SD card slot on its board only, probably do the same with this but would have to open its case it get to its micro SD card slot to change it so it loads Android, might be a good idea if you do open its case, you back up its firmware on its micro SD Card because software does get corrupted (you can use `Win32 Disk Imager` to back it up), it did on the ARMIGA, I have backed that up and its on my One Drive for safe keeping, I will be doing that when I get my A600 GS. I see why the A600 GS uses a Allwinner H6 18(OPI Zero 3), THEA500 has a H6 and that runs Amiberry v3, and the A600 GS would run the latest version of Amiberry so needs a fast SoC and its a 64bit SoC and the H6 is, the H3 is 32bit so why the H6 is used, Amiberry is on 64bit only, the latest version and v3 are 64bit only, the older versions were on 32bit and Amiberry is a port of UAE4Arm that was on Pandora boxes, PUAE(Pandora Ultimate Amiga Emulator(UAE4Arm) from Retroarch does work on a Allwinner H3(its 32bit), thats what's used in PCUAE(Amiga Mode) but you need to lower its frame rate to 3 from 5 so it runs at the right speed, it runs to slow on the H3. And need to remember the A600 GS is made by one person(Mathew Leaman) not a company like Retro Games LTD/PLAION so they are hand built(made from a kit like (AmigaKIT... and built to order, like the ARMIGA was, AMIGA.KIT builds all there stuff by hand from kit form so hand solders everything, and AmigaKit is the manufacture because they build there products. Mock-up of what the board looks like in the A600GS with the OPI Zero 3 connected to it You see the GPIO connector in the the picture above that the Orange PI Zero 3 connects too, it has the same amount of pins, 26 pins, it has two GPIO connectors on its board that OPI Zero 3 connects too and that one is for other boards or stuff, well it does say "26pin Expander" on it and the OPI Zero 3 is on the right of the picture that you can not see, I think the wire is the OPI Zero 3 Wi-Fi cable, you can see the OPI Zero 3 shadow on the breakout board middle right on the bottom picture. The Orange PI Zero 3 connects to the breakout board upside down like how THEC64 board is upside down in its case, if you look at the back of A600 GS case you can see the Orange PI Zero 3 connectors, RJ45 Internet, USB and mini HDMI ports, you can see them on the Orange PI Zero 3 picture above too. Back of A600 GS
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Post by mja65 on Jul 5, 2024 12:48:34 GMT
and need to remember this is made by one person not a company like Retro Games LTD/PLAION so they are hand built and built to order, like the ARMIGA was, AMIGA.KIT builds all there stuff by hand so hand solders everything, it not done by a computer. The breakout board has reference to Rabbit Hole Computing who also seem to do manufacture. It's quite also possible that they are doing manufacture of this meaning the only thing left would be assembly of the breakout board to the Orange Pi along with the packaging, etc.
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Post by spannernick on Jul 14, 2024 13:46:24 GMT
Anyone opened there A600 GS and looked inside it and can take some pictures of it and post them here, if not I will do it when I get mine, there is none online...?
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