FPGA Replay Board

[espskog]

Hello to Mike J and Yaqube.
 
I know you guys are probably swamped in work and out shopping mega-pacs of fireworks already, but could you see if you could publish images or youtube clips of the Replay board itself and when operating and maybe also with the 060 daughterboard installed ?
 
We would be glued to the monitors, even at 23:59:59 at 31.12.2010 if you do this....screw the fireworks :-D
 
 
Merry X-Mas and a hapyp new year!!!
 
 
//Espen

[espskog]

This is great news Mike and Yaqube. We love your dedication and the fact that you spend so much time on this project. I do hope your will make some money on this awell.

[espskog]

Are the PCB's similar for the 1st and 2nd run ?

[espskog]

Hehe...How fast minimig do we need :-) I am just glad to hear RTG is in the pipeline so that we can glue the Replay board to the back of a monsterous Apple 24" screen and thus use the Replay board as a kick ass Classic usage with workbench and super-speed and a nice resolution. I believe Mike or Yaqube mentioned that 1680x 1050 should be possible to produce. That's gonna be very nice... :-)

[espskog]

I think 80 MHz signaling speed with the FPGA might be a stretch. It requires some consideration.

Even 66Mhz 060 would be pretty cool :-)

[espskog]

should not be a problem if it comes to amiga68k rtg solutions, my main 4000er handles that alright even under p96. cant use the (expensive&shitty/4.2 dumb users) mac display i have standing here cause it doesnt accept analogue signals anymore.

If I recall correctly, the Replay board has DVI output which the Apple Display should like. Anyway, I think I will buy something else which does not cost a zillion extra for the apple logo

Espen

[espskog]

Yes it has DVI out (which can be used with a HDMI TV input), analogue out (on the DVI connector) and sVHS/composite.
/Mike

That is very nice. Is there any need for a config setting to choose from DVI output vs sVHS/Composite output or are all they video outputs active at the same time (if so --> very nice!!!).
 
Espen

[espskog]

Is DVI behaving in the same manner as Analog VGA does so that even though it's 31kHz hor sync, it's still 50Hz vert sync ? Or does DVI simply just bash the pixels to the screen without the need of a 50Hz sync ?
 
The reason I ask is that many LCD monitors suck at displaying 50Hz analog VGA. Either they just won't operate, or they display a silly message on the screen which sometimes cannot be clicked away using the OSD on the LCD monitor.
 
Also, I was wondering if the Replay board uses more or less the same OSD layout as Minimig does, or is it more facelifted when it comes to the layout (e.g. mouse controlled etc?).
 
//Espen

[espskog]

But if I skip over from using a computer LCD screen to instead a LCD Television, I presume that it will eat the 50Hz without any problems. Correct ? A 55" LED TV connected to the Replat using DVI will be very nifty
 
Are there horizontal and Vertical filters on the Replay aswell so that the pixels are blurred a little bit ? I dislike the chunky sharp pixels. It's too "perfect" :-)

[espskog]

BTW: Is there a C64 core for the replay board which is working ?

[espskog]

Interesting to know if the 128 channel logic analyzer takes up much space. Does not sounds like it's really needed for general use ? Is it just there for development ?

[espskog]

Another question: I see ont he PCB that the power + button is on the backside of the board. This means it might prove a little tricky to mount it inside a cabinet, unless we create a little looped wire from the board to the backside.
 
Was there a design-reason for why not all connectors and stuff are on the backside for easy access on a ITX cabinet ?

[espskog]

They don't all fit!
The thinking was, if the board is in an ITX case then you have a power supply with a switch in the case. You connect to either the molex or 2 pin header and leave the on-board switch on all the time.

Yeah, I did not have onboard PSU in mind. Good call :-)

[espskog]

Any ETA Mike?? My money is burning a whole and before the wife sees it!!!
Keep up the great work. Many Thanks

Hehe....I second that

[espskog]

Cheers Mike for the update. I hope you're not getting too frustrated. Remember: Beer is your friend.

You could not be more right :-)
 
Espen