[UserReview] Vampire V2-128 received and it's just pure p0rn.

[ZXoney]

I agree!

This board looks awesome http://numato.com/waxwing-spartan-6-fpga-development-board/ , its NOT custom and should do MORE than the Vampire like AGA, P96 ect..ect!

Don't understand all this FPGA code being wasted on custom boards that take years for the public to get!

Just My 2 cents forth!

And The Bonus is it's stand alone! No real Amiga Needed other than a Case

[ZXoney]

Trying to Keep Old Amiga Computers running is never a BONUS! I own two A1000's, A500, A3000, A1200, Pegasos 1, and a Efika. I've had PPC's in both the A3000 and A1200 in the Past, both Phase5 boards are long Dead and IMHO a big waste of my time and money! It was fun at the time, but time marched on.  People still use cr-APPLE today because they let the PPC go and got with the Times!

[ZXoney]

everybody has their own bias. but here are practical reasons. developing a cpu accelerator first, instead of a complete system (as for example natami was, admittedly a custom construction, but there are people running minimig on altera de2 and the like), allowed to start with the basics and be able to prove the compatibility of the cpu core against the genuine chipset.

as you see, in result vampire accels are developed further and in a higher demand than other proposals.

but if you want, why not approach the team with a cooperation proposal. maybe they get interested and let you develop a support for your preferred platform.

  I have downloaded all the Amiga Miming files and just might start my own project. I don't just want a machine running 30 year old games, I have Amiga/C64 forever for that. I want a ALL In One Amiga running a UAE type BIOS with All Roms, Chip Sets, CPUs, Mem, Graphic, ect..ect FPGA programmed. Boot, Set it up, Run.. I believe the board I posted above could run as Anything from the A1000 to A4000 stock and expanded without a problem. From what I have read it's all about getting the timing down for the Chips, most of that work has already been done so I believe its just tweaking. Some of these boards are 40 bucks with VGA output audio and 512Mb of ram!

[ZXoney]

I fell in Love With The way the Machine Ran, not the Machine.

[ZXoney]

Yes, Been out of the Amiga Loop for a minute, found the Mist and Order one from Germany yesterday! Thanks!!

[ZXoney]

I like the way uae allows system setup, yes I know FPGA is not software!

[ZXoney]

Devboards need to be relicensed to be used by end users so maybe not so cheap in the end.  There are some devboards that the rest of the team are looking at for higher end models but the Cyclone 3 is not in production so the lower end models need custom design.  Besides, the A600 and A500 lack some space for extras inside.

If I supply people with the software to program a off the self board for free, I don't see a need for license or re-license. I see nothing about license in this board or cheaper 40 buck dev-boaards!?  http://www.robotshop.com/en/nexys4-ddr-artix-7-fpga-board.html?gclid=CIyjzvj3vdICFQkMaQod4UQFAA

[ZXoney]

My Hat is off to you! I wish I  had time to do these kind of things myself!!!

[ZXoney]

Yes, But Some is Hard and some is Easy(Soft).

If you program a FPGA to function as a Paula Chip yes you are emulating the Paula chip but at a Hardware level. Get over it already.... FPGA is the next best thing! Better than NOTHING!

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