FPGA options for the A1200

[Marlon_]

The recent buzz around the vampire on the forums got me thinking.

What FPGA accelerator solutions exist for the A1200 today and is there any idea about when or if we'll see any with Vampire levels of performance?

I miss the days when I had an A1200 in a convenient keyboard wedge that I could (and often did) stick in a backpack and take different places. The blizzppc and gfx card put an end to all that.

An FPGA accelerator with some sort of modern video output would be a beautiful thing.

Like it or not, but there is a Vampire for 1200 planned, but will most likely not come out before the standalone Vampire v4 unit.

[Marlon_]

Waiting for the Vampire as well, although the standalone model interests me more since you don't have to rely on 25 years old electronics to power it.

An "accelerator" that basically sucks the life out of the computer and takes over everything (ie. a vampire) is basically a standalone system that uses the A1200 as a needlessly fragile and complicated power supply and I/O board... IMO of course.

If you're not using Vampire AGA or Vampire PAULA, the difference between a V1200 and a BPPC + BVision is none regarding this (except for the PPC part).