TiNA - Another A500 FPGA Project

[wawrzon]

the site is stil up.

btw: thanks for the info.

Extremly sad no one cannot produce a working amiga clone.

this project was dead to start with. there are working clones, just to name minimig and other devices that can run this core, mist - which has aga support by now, fpgaarcade - not widely available but also aga compatible afaik, the few existing units of natami and fpga acceleartorls like vampire and others still being worked on.

[wawrzon]

My amiga a500 is very holly to me! that means I will not modify it in any way.

you mean holy? perfectly understandable, im not advocating modifying aor replacing parts,

So accelerators that replace the original hardware is not something I want to do.

but accelerators that fit into expansion ports should do? okay vampire fits upon the genuine processor in a600 and the planned phoenix/apollo accelerator replaces the original cpu in an 500/2000, but those sit in the sockets i guess. it is expected to be a minimal modification, which can be reverted every time.

Minimig is not something I want.

all hardware i listed except it surpasses the original minimig capabilities.

I want a natami type amiga clone.

so far we have been told apollo/phoenix expansion is going to be a standalone device as soon as missing parts of the core will be added, in particular the chipset emulation. the core might become available for other standalone devices like mist as i perceive it reading forums.

[wawrzon]

Speaking of which, has anyone heard if there's been any more progress from Gunnar et al? the Bring Up page has gone all quiet after it's initial flurry of activity.

has it? i see some updates, but probably not that essential, i mean the screenshots down the page:

http://www.apollo-core.com/bringup/

also their forum shows some activity:

http://www.apollo-core.com/knowledge.php?b=7

[wawrzon]

hehe yes HOLY!, would never modify it or cut in the a500 to make room for anyhting

Yes if it makes use of the memory port (replace the A501) thats something I like but like I say no cutting or modifying of the case.

you can look up the photos here for yourself:
http://www.apollo-core.com/bringup/
no cutting or modyfing the case involved. the expansion is simply stuffed within the processor socket. it should nicely fit within the case.