FPGA Replay Board

[Faranheit]

Hi all there

For those who are interested, I have made a little video of one FPGA Arcade board in action and fully assembled in a Mini ITX case with the ATX Adapter and I/O Backpanel.

You can see some pictures of the assembling and the video HERE.

Mike and Yakube are doing a very great work

It really worth it

Thanks, Faranheit

[Faranheit]

Hi

I have also ran many games and demos and It runs fine.

It's very enjoyable to use this board even for Workbench.

Delitracker II runs very well on it for example.

I'll try to test Protracker or other tracker software on it as soon as I can.

Thanks to Mike for his great job

Laurent aka Faranheit

[Faranheit]

Hi all there

Effectively, for the moment, as most people, I'm waiting the new core for testing it with the Replay board and also some news from Mike on when boards will be sent

I remind that this project is a very hard one and it's done by only a few people, so, even if I am very empressed getting the boards as everyone here and everywhere else, just still give some time to Mike for finalizing firmware, boards and commercial agreement.

All these things take many time

Laurent aka Faranheit
AMEDIA COMPUTER LUX
Technico-Commercial
Luxembourg
Mail : retrogaming@amiga-computer.com

[Faranheit]

Hi

Good to hear that the updated core is near completion !

As mentionned before me, like the Minimig when it has been launched, games / apps compatibility needs to be improved, and the replay board's core is more complicated than the Minimig's one.

But, even with the current version (from half 2011), many softwares / games works well !

Things are going pretty good now

Thanks to Mike and Jakub and the 'support team' for this great board

[Faranheit]

@Darrin :

Well done for these exacts explanations

I totally agree with you

Faranheit

[Faranheit]

Hi All and Mike

I hope receiving this new firmware quickly for making some new video with it on my personnal web server HERE.

Thanks for your awesome work

Faranheit

[Faranheit]

@Blinx123:

I confirm that the FPGA Arcade board fits in the X500 case from Loriano.

For informations, for those who interested in this case, consider sending an email to Loriano or to me (laurentinfo57@gmail.com) for reserving it.

If there are enough reservations, this case will be produce.

You can see a video of this wonderful case project HERE.

Thanks, Faranheit

[Faranheit]

Hi

Effectively, there are still some compatibility issues with the current firmware, but don't forget that this one (the only one beta testers have) is dated from more than one year !

Boing4000 is doing a great work on the Minimig's core but only Mike can let him working on the FPGA Arcade board's firmware.

I'm also waiting from Mike the new firmware version for testing it anf putting some new videos of it on my personnal webserver HERE.

Thanks to Mike and Jakub for their awesome work on this wonderful board !
Faranheit
Mike is on the final line for production and tests.

[Faranheit]

Hi;

Oups, effectively

Thanks for the notice, I'll change this.

For the moment, until Mike is 100% satisfied of his new firmware, no boards will be shipped, as he has said it before

It's overall for pre-orderers

Thanks, Faranheit

[Faranheit]

Hi Mike

I hope receiving the new firmware sooner for making some new videos of it and making them available on my webserver and dropbox

Thanks to you and Jakub for all your hard work !
Great to see Boing4000 will be able to test and program for your firmware

[Faranheit]

Hi all

This is a new video made by Yakub demonstrating the 060 daughter board speed with Shapeshifter :
Youtube Video Here

I hope it will be available sooner

Other videos of the FPGA Arcade board demonstrating the new firmware (without 060 daughter board) will be done in one or 2 weeks and will be available on my personnal web Here

Thanks to Mike and Jakub for their awesome work
Faranheit

[Faranheit]

@Ral-Clan :

If you want to make your own opinion on different speed  between the base FPGA Arcade board and the daughter board, there are two  videos which will certainly be interested for you :
- FPGA Arcade base board in action
- Daughter board in action.

And  don't hesitate to take a look at my  personnal webserver  for other informations

Thanks, Faranheit

[Faranheit]

Hi Ral-clan:

on the second video, Jakub has show sysinfo so you can compare it to a real A4000/40.

In the first video, I use the AGA core since I launch a CD32 game !

Thanks, Faranheit

[Faranheit]

@ChaosLord:

Result of BusTest on the FPGA Arcade base board with original firmware (not the new one) :
Commande 'BusTest fast chip rom'
BusSpeedTest 0.19 (mlelstv)   Buffer:     262144 Bytes, Alignment: 32768
========================================================================
memtype   addr       op         cycle     calib         bandwidth
fast      $01138000  readw     350.6 ns   normal       5.7 * 10^6 byte/s
fast      $01138000  readl     523.8 ns   normal       7.6 * 10^6 byte/s
fast      $01138000  readm     421.8 ns   normal       9.5 * 10^6 byte/s
fast      $01138000  writew    350.4 ns   normal       5.7 * 10^6 byte/s
fast      $01138000  writel    520.4 ns   normal       7.7 * 10^6 byte/s
fast      $01138000  writem    424.7 ns   normal       9.4 * 10^6 byte/s
chip      $000B8000  readw     350.6 ns   normal       5.7 * 10^6 byte/s
chip      $000B8000  readl     524.1 ns   normal       7.6 * 10^6 byte/s
chip      $000B8000  readm     421.8 ns   normal       9.5 * 10^6 byte/s
chip      $000B8000  writew    350.1 ns   normal       5.7 * 10^6 byte/s
chip      $000B8000  writel    520.7 ns   normal       7.7 * 10^6 byte/s
chip      $000B8000  writem    424.7 ns   normal       9.4 * 10^6 byte/s
rom       $00F80000  readw     350.3 ns   normal       5.7 * 10^6 byte/s
rom       $00F80000  readl     524.1 ns   normal       7.6 * 10^6 byte/s
rom       $00F80000  readm     421.7 ns   normal       9.5 * 10^6 byte/s

Workbench 3.1 and PAL HiRes Interlaced 640x512 256 Colors installed on a 999MB HDF File used for test.

Kickstart 3.1 and Chipset AGA, 68020 at 50MHz, 2MB Chip and 59MB Fast ram, 4 floppy drives activated.

For Alien Breed 3D 2 aga, it's playable at 50MHz speed (like on a real 030/25MHz Amiga), it's smooth at 99MHz.

Thanks, Faranheit

[Faranheit]

Hi ChaosLord,

The Mini ITX Case proposed is a Mini ITX one and every Mini ITX has an external pico atx power suppy, like the ones for laptops for example.

Internal ATX supply are for ATX / Micro ATX case, so, it takes more place on your desktop.

Each one can be used for FPGA Arcade board until you take the ATX adapter done by Mike for more security (included in the propopsition you have received).

I think it's just a matter of place on your desktop !

Also, the case I have suggested is a VESA compatible one, so it can be fixed behind your monitor like I show it on my photo HERE.

Thanks, Laurent aka Faranheit