FPGA Replay Board

[gaula92]

Is there a preorder list for the replay board? Where?? I have two friends interested, too.

[gaula92]

Hmm... so when are we getting the board then? (mass production I mean)

[gaula92]

not sure, All I know his i might be able to buy one of the next batch of 40ty.

Let's say I'd like to get three FPGA boards for me and two friends: where should I ask?

[gaula92]

Yes, I'd like to get the board, too, and I don't know where/who to ask
Will ir be mass-procuded soon or should I place an order to be sure?

[gaula92]

@MikeJ: is it OK to email you at the address in the fpgaarcade page? I emailed you there.I'm not in a hurry, I would like to know it that's the right address, that's all-

[gaula92]

I'm interested, of course! It will be a fine touch

[gaula92]

I'm also waiting for my FPGA ARCADE to arrive, but I've been using a Minimig from 2008.
So I suppose it will work like the original Minimig core: you'll be able to select one or two HDF files in your SD card and the core will boot from the master one if you provide a KICKSTART ROM wich has the IDE driver (3.1 from A600 or A1200).
You can create the empty HDF files however you like (I simply dd them in Linux) , but you should partition and format them in the FPGA Arcade with the OS 3.x install disk (not sure if it's mandatory but I believe it is).

[gaula92]

@Darrin: How compatible is your Chameleon64 compared to the original Minimig? I've the Chameleon too and I find it's rather incompatible at the moment... Lost Vikings or Ishar won't play (black screens, gurus...) and they are perfect with the Minimig 1.1.
I'm using the exact same HDF I use in the Minimig, just copied it over to the Chameleon.

Sorry for the little offtopic...

[gaula92]

Cheers for the info.  As you say, in practical use it doesn't seem to be affected.  At least not with the software I've used so far.  

I found a couple of Whdload games that work on the same configuration on UAE and are supposed to be working in a plain 68000 (meeting the small memory reqs, etc) but don't work on the original Minimig 1.1 board. Rainbow Islands is one of them, I don't remember the other. Maybe those small differences in the 68EC000 are the cause...

[gaula92]

I was wondering:

wasn't is supposed to be an Amiga core upgrade months ago? Did it ever get released? I have my board waiting for a more compatible Amiga core since I got it

Is there an Atari ST core available? Maybe I could give it a try while the corrected Amiga core sees tge light of day.

thanks

[gaula92]

60-70 Euros is ok for me (if a bit expensive, but it's not an el-cheapo 486 CPU, so I understand it's harder to get).

[gaula92]

Maybe EXT3/4 would be a better option. It's (in my experience) faster with many small files than UFS.

[gaula92]

In Louisiana it is more of a "swamp" thing.  Dig  down a couple of feet and you hit fresh water.

That's why H P Lovecraft discov..ehmm... invented the Cthulu creatures, like The Deep Ones
I don't know a thing about the US geography but I hope you won't build your house on some ancient ruins and become crazy dreaming about creatures that inhabited the earth before mankind!
(And avoid classic mithological names like Derceto, etc)

[gaula92]

I was an early adopter of this board, but I'm also worried with the lack of cores for it.
I don't know what to think at this point.

[gaula92]

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