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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: AmigaClassicRule on January 29, 2014, 02:35:14 AM
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Things seems super quiet...any idea why?
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If you mean FPGA Arcade, most action happens now at http://www.fpgaarcade.com/punbb/
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shouldnt it be somehow put as sticky for those interested? otherwise one really might got impression the project were abandoned. i for my part have lost the track. have these consumer hardware releases, its been talked about year ago or more, talkn place?
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@ Wawrzon:
There's still lots of "tweaking" going on, and the details are available on the FPGA Arcade forum. It is worth signing up as new developers are appearing on a regular basis, and each of them has a desire to create a new core.
Right now we have some final touches being applied to the Amiga core, a working VIC-20, work in progress on various Atari cores, work in process on the C64 and some aracde games in various statges of development.
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not going to sign in, as ill hardly contribute, but ill definitely try to observe.
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Yep, I try and leave the developers to do their stuff and just add a few lines of encouragement or ask some occasional simple questions. :)
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Atari core. As in 8-bit I hope!!! :)
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400/800/XE/XL and ST in the works apparently. :)
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400/800/XE/XL and ST in the works apparently. :)
The ST will be useful if it evolves into STE and can play Pac-Man on E's. Though the 8-bit systems are really where it's at for me! I'd be hyped, even if Amiga support wasn't part of the package! :)
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The ST will be useful if it evolves into STE and can play Pac-Man on E's. Though the 8-bit systems are really where it's at for me! I'd be hyped, even if Amiga support wasn't part of the package! :)
The implementation is done by foft, and I have it running here already on the Altera DE1 board.
It's an incredible work! Now, Atari 8bit hardware lives forever, as it's open-source too. :)
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The implementation is done by foft, and I have it running here already on the Altera DE1 board.
It's an incredible work! Now, Atari 8bit hardware lives forever, as it's open-source too. :)
Now that's some exciting news indeed!!!
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Things seems super quiet...any idea why?
While not FPGA related, what are possible uses of SAM460ex FPGA under Linux, AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS?
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The ST will be useful if it evolves into STE and can play Pac-Man on E's. Though the 8-bit systems are really where it's at for me! I'd be hyped, even if Amiga support wasn't part of the package! :)
When they've got an Atari Falcon clone I'll be interested. :)
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When they've got an Atari Falcon clone I'll be interested. :)
Well having SAM460ex FPGA emulating Falcon or DSP would be awesome, if possible, or if any FPGA Arcade or similar cores could be used?
http://www.natami.net/knowledge.php?b=6¬e=38769&z=yuuKBA
http://www.acube-systems.biz/index.php?page=news&id=89
http://www.morphzone.info/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7001&forum=3
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How portable are these computer clone implementations to other FPGA chips? The one used in Replay is marked "not suitable for new designs" asfair. So newer Xilinx chips will be needed sooner or later.
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When they've got an Atari Falcon clone I'll be interested. :)
Ha ha, don't hold your breath! :)
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The Amiga implementation shows that Motorola 68030 alike is doable. But the DSP, Motorola 56001 is a more uncertain component. I don't think the other chips would pose a big challenge.
So anyone that want to try this computer should deal with the Motorola 56001 mainly.
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The Amiga implementation shows that Motorola 68030 alike is doable. But the DSP, Motorola 56001 is a more uncertain component. I don't think the other chips would pose a big challenge.
So anyone that want to try this computer should deal with the Motorola 56001 mainly.
I've just been reading through the 56K data sheet, doesn't look too bad actually.
/Mike
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I've just been reading through the 56K data sheet, doesn't look too bad actually.
/Mike
Its a great and usable Motorola design, Falcon has proven it by doing way more then it was possible on 030 Amigas. It was planned for A3000+ sadly never out, and would fit Amiga way more then Xena.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt023QhL_-k
http://www.pouet.net/topic.php?which=2919
http://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=22582
http://tomas.nocrew.org/DSP/DSP-main.html
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/prototypes/a3000plus.html
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I've just been reading through the 56K data sheet, doesn't look too bad actually.
/Mike
If you manage to recreate the Falcon I'll be a very happy chappy indeed. :)
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If you manage to recreate the Falcon I'll be a very happy chappy indeed. :)
The Suska team are working toward Falcon compatibility it seems. Might be portable to the FPGA-Replay board, depending on what goes in the FPGA, and what goes on the board outside.
http://experiment-s.de/en/blog
2013-08-13
... The work on the Falcon chipset continue smoothely. You can see the current status in he section Progress.
2013-12-24
... Furthermore Suska-III-N, a new hardware based on a Cyclone-III has been developed. It is a platform well suited for the realization of a Falcon. ...
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Well now this is amazing! So in theory, if they can pull off the DSP for the Falcon, then a developer should be able to acess the DSP from the Amiga side, right?
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Well now this is amazing! So in theory, if they can pull off the DSP for the Falcon, then a developer should be able to acess the DSP from the Amiga side, right?
All we'd need at that point is a driver or library to use it, then yes.
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All we'd need at that point is a driver or library to use it, then yes.
Delfina library? That card featured a 56001. I loved the delfina - should have kept it instead of selling it off. The 56k was used for quite some effects or to offload mp3 decoding. Unfortunately the RAM was very little (at least) on the lite board.
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The Suska team are working toward Falcon compatibility it seems. Might be portable to the FPGA-Replay board, depending on what goes in the FPGA, and what goes on the board outside.
http://experiment-s.de/en/blog
Scorchio! :)
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A straight question: When can i buy the fpga arcade board and use it as an amiga out of the box with no problems with line codes, complicated configs, out of the blue errors etc, just ready to use my 3.1, 3.5 & 3.9 hdf & adf games - demos, this year perhaps? thanks.
Great work mikej, keep up.
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Straight question: When can i buy the fpga arcade board and use it has an amiga out of the box, with no problems with complicate configs, programming skills etc, just use my 3.1,3.5 and 3.9 hdf and adf games & demos.
Great project mikej, keep up, thanks.
This year perhaps?
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This year, absolutely - and maybe by the end of this month. There is not much left to do at this point. The final I/O stuff is being done and there were a few quirks with the AGA emulation that were being corrected. It's running demanding AGA demos and such already. So, all of the difficult work has been done.
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This year, absolutely - and maybe by the end of this month. There is not much left to do at this point. The final I/O stuff is being done and there were a few quirks with the AGA emulation that were being corrected. It's running demanding AGA demos and such already. So, all of the difficult work has been done.
Awe inspiring work from all those involved and especially to Mike for pushing the dream in his own time, out of his own pocket, for so very long.
A very big thank you to all involved!
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This year, absolutely - and maybe by the end of this month. There is not much left to do at this point. The final I/O stuff is being done and there were a few quirks with the AGA emulation that were being corrected. It's running demanding AGA demos and such already. So, all of the difficult work has been done.
That´s great news, i´ll be watching closely. Thank you.