FPGA for dummies

[Everblue]

For me I'd pick say, an Arcade FPGA because it comes with:

A 030 or even faster equivalent CPU
A DVI connector (built in scandoubler!)
64 MB of RAM

All that of the fraction of the price should I get a similar gear with real Amiga parts... Sure, it may not be 100% compatible but its still damn good.

Oh and its all brand new.

[Everblue]

I'd like to ask a question .... is the Amiga core for Arcade FPGA (and minimig?) based on UAE or its reverse-engineered?

[Everblue]

Ummm you can't? You just buy an FPGA motherboard with all the parts populated. Put the kickstarts on the SDCard and more or less you are good to go. Maybe, technically, you could dump your own Kickstart from real Amiga HW

[Everblue]

Is it emulation in hardware? I'm confused =)

A common question I see (not sure what it means) when it regards to FPGA is "is it cycle-exact?"

[Everblue]

Information sources are UAE, and testing of real hardware to get the function.

So, if there is an "error" in UAE, it will be reproduced on FPGA?

[Everblue]

Anyone else sees the irony that a thread called "FPGA for dummies" ended up like this (jargon fest)?

[Everblue]

I bet you made the original poster cry.