Minimig/FPGA question

[lempkee]

i've been out of the loop for a while..

there is a AGA FPGA out???  i thought there was only OCS/ECS ones..
i'd buy one today if i knew where they sell them.

links, show us links!

PS:i am confused about all the fpga stuff, natami,minimig,replay? etc, is it the same thing?

[lempkee]

Well to put it in a simple way:

Minimig = A500 equivalent (has been for sale for a long time)
*Arcade FPGA = A1200/4000 equivalent (available soon) http://www.fpgaarcade.com
Natami =

*More or less, the Arcade FPGA is the equivalent of an A1200 with:

CPU 68020 @ 100 (and this will get even better with the next core)
64 MB of RAM
2 x HDD (through .hdf file on SD Card)
4 x Floppy drives (through .adf files on SD Card)
Indivision (though onboard DVI)

What price range do we talk about, will it(ArcadeFPGA) come boxed in a type of case/tower?

i have seen the minimig at amigakit.co.uk now, i was somewhat put off by the price for a complete setup and not just the card/mobo, i never expected it to be really cheap but i also didnt expect the cost to be spread over so many items either.
That said, the minimig ecs/ocs thing is really interesting although not where i want to land my cash, AGA is what i need for my games so i will buy one as soon as its out.

Really intrigued by the daughter board etc and i got several 060's laying about as i've burnt a few bPPC's over time sadly :-(.
Will boot times and load times etc be the same as orginal Amigahw or will it be accelerated (like UAE does).
Will CD only games work, like OnEscapee,Napalm,T-Zer0 etc?  (i did see that hdfiles are supported so i guess they will.

Which filesystems do they use?, which GB limit on bootable device partition etc?

ETA?, before summer or after?
Resellers ?
video manual?
Kickstarts? (will the os4.1upd4 kickstart's set which is included there work?)

thanks for your time.

[lempkee]

@Nostromo, @Darrin

thanks for the answers, helped quite a lot!, i will contact mike as soon as possible and order one!.

As for whdload etc, yes i will ofcourse use those but i want to slow them down a bit as games like Uridium2 etc loads too fast so you won't be able to enjoy the wonderfull loading music lol
i know how to edit that in whdload so no worries with that :-)


thanks again guys!