Sam 440's potential upgrade path

with all the excitement (well deserved) over the arrival of the new high end X1000, I was wondering when we can start seeing some cool upgrades/ add-ons to our beloved Sam??
Their potential has yet to be tapped and I'm sure companies like Indivision will be bringin out some cool stuff for them..my soldering iron is waiting

@328gts

hmmm what about the "FPGA Lattice XP with 80 pin I/O expansion connector"..what goodie add ons could this be used for ??

@328gts

If you can make some that be cool,

if not the Sam460 looks like nice upgrade path.

@328gts

Wondering what happend to the planned SAM I/O Extender:

http://www.vesalia.de/d_sam440ioexp.htm

latest news I have from ACube a while ago is: "on hold"

There is a guy on "Amiga-News.de", also active on AW called ZeroG, he tries to figure out how to connect the pins:

http://www.Amiga-News.de/forum/thread.php?id=32810&BoardID=1

If he did, someone might be able to produce a small badge of those boards... I would buy one and maybe fund a bit.

@gerograph

... and we need a new backplate then ...

@LiveForIt

wish i could but still wondering what kind of things that FPGA slot is for

@328gts

As far as I know. ACube has not released any developer documentation for the FPGA. And IIRC, it can not be re-programmed on board.
(And... IIRC, ACube has said that the FPGA is irrelevant to Amigans??? I wish they then make cost reduced version without any unusable chips.)

Some things that might be possible (if ACube delivers the needed info):
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/v ... p?topic_id=27379&forum=33