I was reading about the Gameduino and thought that this Arduino / FPGA could make a good GPU / co-processor for the 6502 or 65C816S.  I keep seeing many projects that could work well in re-establishing the 65XXX series.  If people aren't interested, I'll probably stop posting but if you are interested, I could imagine a new generation of 8 and 16 bit computers.

http://dangerousprototypes.com/2011/02/28/gameduino-a-game-adapter-for-microcontrollers/

Quote•video output is 400x300 pixels in 512 colors
•all color processed internally at 15-bit precision
•compatible with any standard VGA monitor (800x600 @ 72Hz)
•background graphics
â—¦512x512 pixel character background
â—¦256 characters, each with independent 4 color palette
â—¦pixel-smooth X-Y wraparound scroll
•foreground graphics
â—¦each sprite is 16x16 pixels with per-pixel transparency
â—¦each sprite can use 256, 16 or 4 colors
â—¦four-way rotate and flip
â—¦96 sprites per scan-line, 1536 texels per line
â—¦pixel-perfect sprite collision detection
•audio output is a stereo 12-bit frequency synthesizer
•16 independent voices 10-4000 Hz
•per-voice sine wave or white noise

http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/

http://excamera.com/sphinx/gameduino/making.html

I received an email today. I had taken pictures at the request of users (from Amiga.org and Amigaworld.org) for getting in contact with the owners of the MOS building because it was scheduled to be demolished. Some of the users were under the impression that no stone was to be left unturned in their quest for leftover Amiga technology in the building. I can't guarantee that this email is legitimate but I think they got my email from my trying to contact the owners. It is your responsibility for vetting or background checking the individual or individuals offering a sale as I take no responsibility in your transactions. The information is as and I'm quite happy not owning a part of Commodore history.

Here is the email:

"I am working on estimating costs for demolishing the former Commodore/MOS Technologies factory In Pennsylvania. One aspect to consider in our cost estimate is the value of the building materials. Currently we are looking at scrap values."

"I believe that you have some interest in Commodore computers and the history of their manufacture. My question to you is whether there may be an interest within the Commodore Amiga community at large for purchasing bricks and/or other structural materials from the factory. Perhaps a web-based purchasing and shipping methodology could be arranged. Any input would be appreciated."

I happened to see this on one of the forums I'm a member on:

http://www.xcore.com/projects/open1541

"open1541 is a compatible replacement for a Commodore 1541 disk drive. It uses SD cards as storage media and runs on an inexpensive hardware."

It is always nice to have new hardware, isn't it?

Is everyone content with their computers or do you have room for one more?  Is the Minimig enough?  What is after our Commodore computers stop working?

I heard about Apatco's NCS-EB50 Complete Kit w/W65C816S CPU but I don't want to stop there. 

I submitted a proof of concept of a new computer to a computer company to see if they would like it.  If it falls through, I would be stressed to build such a machine because it is something that companies do: writing Basic or other languages, writing a kernal, developing the hardware with the operating system.  I think it would take me a couple of years.

I have some ideas but if they don't think my computer idea is viable then will the users here help me in terms of putting one out?

There are some Amiga users who are building a new version of the Amiga using FPGA and their project is called Natami and their website is called natami.net and they are looking for datasheets on the following chips:

4510 and the 4502 and the 6511

I have a hunch that some of you know where to find them. Thank you.

I know I may be posting this in the wrong forum but people in the Amiga community are trying to build an emulator and I need this message to be seen.  I'm told the Natami means Native Amiga for those of you who want to know.