Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!daveh
From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Senior Project......
Message-ID: <5269@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Nov 88 21:09:27 GMT
References: <5004@garfield.MUN.EDU>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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>>I've a creative question for you.  I'm considering my senior project
>>and I've reached two conclusions.  One I want to use my amiga and two
>>it must be interesting enough to keep me trying to finish it in a year.
>>ok?  Also it must be hardware based.

> Here's an idea for you. Find a way to produce a CHEAP version for more
> than 2 amigas to be networked together. 

Well, there's not much you can do in a pure hardware sense.  But lots of
hardware/software things come to mind.  As far as networks go, that's a
good idea.  First of all, don't assume the RS-232 serial port is the only 
way to go.  There's a synchronous serial port available on the parallel
port connector.  Or you could use the floppy ports.  Of course, for any
of this stuff, you've got to have two Amigas.

I can think of lots of neat stuff one might do with an Amiga, but most of
these ideas require at least some reasonable cash outlay if hardware's 
involved; something I know I would have trouble with when I was in 
college.  My personal favorite neat add-on that hasn't been done yet would
be a mathematics engine.  You could build a device that does faster floating
point math, perhaps using a DSP chip or one of the really fast math chips
from Weitek or TI.  Maybe even a vector/matrix processor.  It's not going
to be cheap, and it will require some software support, but it won't want
for being interesting.

-- 
Dave Haynie  "The 32 Bit Guy"     Commodore-Amiga  "The Crew That Never Rests"
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