Amiga 500, 600 and 2000 Too!
For those who like taking part in with previous {hardware} and have run into troubles discovering alternative silicon or want to pump up the efficiency considerably, then try the PiStorm32-Lite and different PiStorm boards. The boards use the Emu68 bare-metal 68000 emulator for Arm on a Pi 4, which was a considerable enchancment from the unique PiStorm initiatives. The present iteration doesn’t deal with networking in the mean time, nonetheless Andrew Hutchings has plans for this yr which could embrace restoring that performance.
In a single instance he loaded up Quake and the sport peaked at 90fps, somewhat spectacular for {hardware} from the 80’s! For those who don’t need to modify your personal board, you may decide up a PiStorm32-Lite for $90, the boards for the Amiga 500, 600 and 2000 are inexpensive if that’s the mannequin you need to resurrect. For those who weren’t an Amiga fan, there may be additionally a board for the Atari ST and Sinclair QL followers are engaged on their very own model.