FPGA Replay Board

[NovaCoder]

In 5 years I hope we will be making Replay3 boards based on Spartan8 or something..
/MikeJ

That's the spirit

[NovaCoder]

I think Natami just ceased to become relevant....


Modern (fast memory) + a 100Mhz 060 would run OS 3.9 at a 'reasonable' speed I reckon.


If this comes off, even some (would-be) NG Amiga user's might change their mind

[NovaCoder]

Well, now he has created a whole new Amiga flame war.  Will the official release date be Today, or when he ships the files to power the board up?

Yes that's true, a new 'camp'....the FPGA Amiga camp

What color shall we go for this time chaps....how about green for jealousy?

Actually, what color is AROS meant to be....is green already taken


Glad to see this interesting project is starting to pick up pace, hopefully in a year or so there will be a real alternative to genuine (upgraded) HW for getting my WHDLOAD/OS 3.9 kicks.

[NovaCoder]

Wish I hadn't said that now, I've been emailed to death.
Sorry if I don't respond to everybody, I'm keeping a list though.
Cheers,
Mike

No, that's a good thing Mike

I still think you'd be better getting an established partner on board with a retail web store who can handle shipping and warranty support etc.

[NovaCoder]

I think 128MB will be fine for now, it could take a very long time for someone to write some 68k AGA code that would require more than 128mb to run (eg FPGA specific code).

[NovaCoder]

Hiya Mike,

Any ETA when these will be available to buy for the masses?

[NovaCoder]

They are shipping now, just slowly as I work through the pre-orders.
It takes a lot of time to hand assemble and test each board.
Now I have FCC and CE approval I'm going ahead with mass production.
/Mike

Cool, good to hear.

Now all you need to do is hook up with either ACube, AmigaKit or Vesalia and then sell loads of the things

[NovaCoder]

It's certainly been a very long wait,   I'm still not sure why Mike didn't seek business investment to get this to the market quicker?

I'm sure companies like AmigaKit/ACube would love to have sponsored such an interesting project.

[NovaCoder]

Just to add my 2c

I have a real Amiga 1200 with an 060 and even I can't run all 060 demos so I don't see how anyone could expect an FPGA based system to run everything.

[NovaCoder]

p.s. I need to get this done and shipping before Glastonbury (end of June) as that takes even longer to recover from ...

I bet it takes a bit longer each year

[NovaCoder]

Come on guys, waiting a couple of years for an Amiga hardware project to be released is nothing unusual

[NovaCoder]

Not sure if this has already been posted but....


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