FPGA Replay Board

[gaula92]

@MikeJ: The core update beta was announced for release two weeks ago. Is there another delay? Could you briefly explain the problems? (if you have the time)

[gaula92]

I have an FPGA Board from the last batch, and I was wondering... are there any differences between the boards from the last batch and these new ones?

[gaula92]

@_TheCrow: I have a beta board, from the last batch he released. I fact I got three boards, one is mine and the other two are in the hands of friends, waiting for the new cores.

@Darring & MikeJ: We are not worried about the lack of USB connectors for now but, have been other fixes to the boards themselves since last batch, like fixes, etc?

[gaula92]

in 2 weeks...

Oh God, you said the cursed line again! We're doomed!

[gaula92]

Our classic amiga saviour

It's good to see people realizing AT LAST that the classic Amiga future lies in FPGAs and not in ridiculously expensive expansions for aging hardware.

[gaula92]

I'd like to know what happened to the imminent Amiga core release announced months ago. Not in a hurry, but I'm interested in the technical difficulties preventing the release from happening.

thanks!

[gaula92]

I'm waiting the core update like crazy. Or an AtariST core. Or something to use the board as a computer at all

And I'm also checking amiga.org like 5-6 times a day, waiting for the release to happen.

[gaula92]

I'm home in 4 days and then off for a week (moving house, so not really relaxing).  Any chance of the core update then?

C'mon, MikeJ! Give this young recruit something to play with! He always tells you when he's going home. You'll make him very happy!

[gaula92]

@EverBlue: that list is terribly outdated!
On the Minimig V1.1 board, it's very VERY hard to find a single game that doesn't work these days. Boing4000, Mmrobinsonb5, Chaos... these guys at the minimig.net forum have fixed most incompatibilities by now. I think the only game that doesn't behave as intended is some obscure Asterix game because it uses the mouse in a strange way.
I have hundreds of Amiga games on the Minimig V1.1 board (Whdload versions, who cares about slow ADFs anymore??) and they all work.

I'd say compatibility is more or less the same on the DE1 board (TG68 68000 softcore) if you use Chaos's latest testing core, but  I haven't tested it so hard as the Minimig V1.1, wich is my main Amiga these days.

I believe MikeJ incorporates every Chaos's CPU fix to the unreleased new core, so we can expect a similar compatibility. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mike.

[gaula92]

Its slavery.  Slavery is wrong. Period.

Slavery is an euphemism for capitalism here, imho.
Capitalism is killing us all.

[gaula92]

Without capitalism we wouldn't have computers.

That's NOT true. URSS wasn't capitalist (and I don't condone state communism) and they had computers.

[gaula92]

The problem isn't capitalism, it's greed. There is also the welfare mentality, "I should have stuff for free".

Capitalism = greed, by definition.

[gaula92]

@mikej: The new FPGA ARCADE page is up at last! Congrats, it looks very nice

It says "the Atari chipset is available"..where? How can I lay my hands on the shiny Atari ST core and go for some software blitting and crispy AY sound on my Fpga Arcade board?? She's been waiting for almost two years for some action

Ohh cores, where art thou?

[gaula92]

Bingo.  I am buying A4000D because really it is the very classic Amiga I have always wanted o have a very long time . In the future...I will get FPGA if it is still available.

Why paying a high price for a dying hardware (caps etc) when you can get new hardware with way better specs? Since FPGA implementations became available, old Amiga hardware has no sense at all (except it you already have it).
For example: I wouln't use a pricy, old, floppy-based Amiga 500 computer anymore, the Minimig (or DE1) does the job way better, with less space, power drain, speed etc, and without any of the problems associated with software emulation (lag, un-smooth scroll, etc).
Buying old hardware is a waste of money and effort. Go FPGA, you won't look back, I can assure you that.

[gaula92]

Isn't a 68k mac core for the replay in the works, making Shapeshifter unneeded?

I'd say it's the opposite, actually: isn't Shapeshifter working with the new core (as seen on youtube), making a 68k mac core unnedeed?
(For some reason, I find it quite funny! )

[gaula92]

I do not do bet or gambling, but one thing for sure if you ask me to hold my breath (seeing the record history in Amiga community with false promises) this is one with a risk too high for me to hold my breath.

I am not saying ALL promises have being false...there is some promises where they became true: Minimag, ACA and naming little view...but those are not severe upgrades to go jumping about. But ones something like UltimatePPC and Natami comes as a major change to the community and the raw meat is put in front of us behind glass...we can never seem to reach it. I hope FPGA Replay will not be that raw meat.

But the FPGA ARCADE is a reality. I have mine, waiting for the core upgrade wich is happening soonish. There's a lot of people who has one already. You're totally mistaken on where we are already
The only problem is, as far as I know, they're not mass-produced yet Minimig V1.1 style.
But I HOPE it will happen!