FPGA Replay Board

[ptek]

@mikej

If it's possible to hook it to a CRT TV with a RCA cable or SCART or any other cabling (could not find the specs at the FAQ or elsewhere at your webpage) please count me in for a pre-order.

[ptek]

Yes, you can use a DVI to analog VGA adapter then a "standard" VGA to SCART cable.
If you get the SVHS/Composite option you also have the choice of those outputs.

Note, these are only supported by the 488i,576i (ntsc/pal) standards.
/MikeJ

The prices for the extra plugs seems ok, accordingly to Amazon: Pretty cheap for the DVI to VGA and also cheap for a VGA to SCART cable. I wonder how the final picture quality will be, but again I will not buy in the future any more CRT TV's.

In the meanwhile I took a better look and found the specs at http://www.fpgaarcade.com/dev/drupal/?q=node/5 . So the "SVHS/Composite" is really and option or does it come at the board as standard? Could not locate the P20 plug.

Anyway, count me in for a pre-order, as long the price keeps reasonable close to the €200+VAT.

[ptek]

Hello Mike,

Also what is the prefered method to order a board? PM, email, other? I read from your website that you were making changes into the site. Are you adding shopping support to it?

Do you have any boards available or everything is already promised to future owners?

Thanks

[ptek]

The board has an optional SVideo output, right? So it does add to the 220 Euro cost, right?
Without that it can only connect to PC monitors?

[ptek]

Something that I would like to see would be a online document (like a google document) with the current list of people queue, if only mike has already a list like that. It will only be necessary copy & paste to a google docs document.

[ptek]

Mike, are you currently shipping?
I have not answered my previous 2 emails...
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Ok, I read now your last post here, sorry... You seem real busy. Take care with your job first.
I'll wait.

[ptek]

I am still a bit unsure if I should get a Minimig or a FPGA but price wise, the first with the ARM extension will actually get close to the FPGA from Mike.

Forgetting about the price, my concern is also about the video output. How easy would it be to plug into a modern TV set? I read FPGA does DVI output (HDMI + analogue video for SCART/VGA) so I presume it has both VGA and SCART output plus if the composite+SVHS addon is included and the Minimig only have VGA and SCART if the custom cable is bought.

My concern is with refresh rates... Should they do the same 50Hz stuff that Amiga does, how does that work in reality? Should I worry about that and have to buy a display that supports it?

[ptek]

@ Ptek.

Just make sure you get a monitor that supports a 50Hz vertical refresh.  I use a couple of ViewSonic models with my Minimig and FPGA Arcade.

Something like this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3835537&CatId=5469

Thank you for the information, Darrin. If I buy a modern TV (like I am about to buy soon) should it support both Minimig or FPGA? Because I live on a PAL zone, so I guess I should have no problems. A SCART output is common to both.

[ptek]

I also havn't received a reply yet. I assume you are mailing people now for payment details? Or is this still initial interest? I guess my own bday present will be a bit late...

You're not the only one, believe me.

Mike, I perfectly understand you've been busy as hell these last year(s?) so it makes all sense to hire someone to keep up that paper/email work for you, since otherwise you risk to loose potential buyers (such as me).

Do you keep a list of people who showed interest on FPGA?

[ptek]

If I was to try and do this as a real job, or hire people, it would not be possible to sell it for a remotely sensible price at all...Mike

OK, I didn't thought on that.

Somehow I got the idea that you dived completely into this, leaving your job. Ok, bad understanding from me. It wasn't clear for me I guess.