FPGA Replay Board

[bbond007]

-The original Minimig 1.1 board, designed by Dennis van Weeren and mass-produced by Acube Systems, is the best Amiga I ever had, even if it's limited in so many ways as having "only" 4MB of RAM. Real 68K on-board guarantees an almost perfect compatibility rate. Clear winner here, thanks again to the extra work by Yaqube, Boing4000 and MMrobinsonb5 towards a perfect custom chipset implementation.  

I know when I got my 4MB Minimig 1.1 it was not so great..

I found only about 50% of the .ADFs worked, the filesystem was limited to FAT16 and 8 character file names, there was no HDF support. With the addition of the ARM controller and updates it progressed into the impressive little machine that it is today...

Just saying that the 1.1 was not that great for the first few years either.

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[bbond007]

What has X client/server to do with this??

i guess nothing. i'll edit and remove.

i was just trying to point out that progress on this project is not out of line with similar or even larger projects.

thanks for keeping me on topic.

[bbond007]

What you are saying that I could enjoy the pleasures of AGA on a TV without its limitation? That this new AGA is actually a new build in custom chipset not emulated and build from scratch and in fact could be treated as AGA+?

Well, even the ECS in the minimig 1.1 when in turbo mode will outperform AGA in some cases....

[bbond007]

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I am not complaining, I am wishing. Any type of Amiga without >1 memory bus behaves just like the original A1000 in that the cpu has to wait for the custom chips.
I wish to see a daughtercard like the 060 one, but with an FPGA instead.

Maybe the the existing daughtercard will work with the Motorola 68060 FPGA replacement module from this thread

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63800

I think it will void your warrantee

I will be happy with an 060 which is a fine CPU even at 50mhz in my 1200.

I am unclear at this point if I should be obtaining my own 68060 CPU if I intend of getting the FPGA Replay board and daughter-board.

thanks

[bbond007]

Oh Fiddlestix!
How can I play Stunt Car Racer datalinked between 2 machines with an FPGA Arcade?  It needs a compatible serial port.

How can I play any of the great 4 player games?  4 player games require the 4 player adapter which plugs into the Parallel port.

whdload is starting to work with usb enabled on a lot of games, so maybe those games could use USB->serial/parallel with a patch?

i think those ports would go unused most of the time... it think parallel needs +12v as well.

[bbond007]

would this CPU work in my replay board when I get one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOTOROLA-RC-68060-50MHz-CPU-MMU-FPU-XC68060RC50A-01F43G-/321055249815?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item4ac0625597

I would like to get one before the rush.

50mhz is OK for me.

Thanks!

[bbond007]

No way in hell do I want a version that requires a USB keyboard or USB mouse.  All my equipment is PS/2.  All my KVM switches are PS/2.  All my mice are PS/2.  All my keyboards are PS/2.  PS/2 works on everything in the universe.  USB does not.  No way in hell am I downgrading to USB keyboards or mice.  USB is for cameras and mp3 players and things that get disconnected and reconnected all the time.   For things that plug in and sit there, PS/2 is superior and is interrupt driven and doesn't waste any cpu power.

Well. its getting harder and harder to find PS/2 compatible stuff...

Just try and find a wireless mouse that operates on the 2.4ghz range vs the old less reliable 27mhz stuff... Logitech for example, made only one model of such mouse that i'm aware of.

I will be getting USB

[bbond007]

Wireless mice and keyboards sux.  They weigh triple the weight (or more) of a wired mouse because of  the big heavy battery.  

http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-illuminated-keyboard-k800

I one of these and I use it daily in my living room and it lasts for months on one charge. I have only charged it once after I initially charged it. I liked it so much I decided to get another one for my desktop because it has good compatibility with  some of my more picky machines. I figure whenever this eventually does need a charge I'll just swap out the KB and mouse set because the one on the desktop always charges.
 
Backlit, Rechargeable, Wireless, and inexpensive at the local Tiger Direct store... $79
 
I also have a logitech t620 mouse that is combined to use the same usb receiver dongle. This can be done on a windows PC and the pairing persists even if you move the dongle.

When I want to use the Amiga 1200, i use it with this mouse/kb(though a series of converters), switch it to the Raspberry Pi, etc.  My monitor has 3 HDMI inputs and one VGA so with this I was able to get rid of my bulky KVM.

Here is something you may not know this t620 mouse, apple wireless mice, and probably a lot of other wireless mice.

**They work with just one AA battery and they both need not be installed if the weight is too much for you.***

The movement is just as smooth as a wired mouse unlike the 27mhz and bluetooth mice I have owned.

I don't want to go too off topic but modern mouse/kb technology is just that much better than it was just a few years ago.

Also I think absolutely must have a USB version and maybe I can use it with the Atrix lapdock dock I have not gottem around to doing anything with. I always wanted a portable Amiga and it sucks that I did not keep my PAWS.

[bbond007]

I tried out the apple touch pad. My initial impression is that it was hard on my fingertips clicking.

[bbond007]

Of course, existing board owners who have been waiting for the daughterboard will be first. I can't promise 060s at the moment though (well, I can but not the final mask set).
/MikeJ

My 1200 has a Rev1 and I'm not sure I ever had a issue related to that.

What is the downside to not having the final mask? Just clock speed?

thanks

[bbond007]

Very nice the boards indeed, but is there any way to buy one?

good question.  I'm going to check the Atari sites,  I suspect those are earmarked for Atari users

[bbond007]

Or perhaps an motorola atrix lapdock could work. People have connected all sorts of things to those, raspberry pi's and wii's etc.

I have one of those. could not pass it up for $30. Not done anything with it yet. still waiting for the HDMI adapter. The one I  ordered from china got lost. I think my work accepted it and then it got lost, so i just need to order a new one.

I would like to use it with galaxy phone s3...

MOT quit making atrix dock but they make one that is generic and  have seen that one go for $75-$100.

[bbond007]

@AmigaClassicRule

MiniMig...

MiniMag is a small flashlight.

[bbond007]

Hub

I have this logitech wireless keyboard and mouse that are both paired to the same usb dongle viw windows, but they also work paired when connected to A1200 with a combo of usb->ps2 to Amiga adapters.... hopefully it will work with FPGA Replay as well... that would be one way...

[bbond007]

shipping already!! dammit im tempted. Had to pull out of getting lorianos case and fpga replay due to money issues.
**** im gonna have to get one of these sooner or later... planning on selling my cdtv anyhow.

I'm on board. funds ready to go. Waiting for email. My A1200 needs recapped or something and is getting less reliable although it did work perfectly yesterday.

Maybe I finally have something I can use with that atrix dock.

[bbond007]

I will clear the backlog next weekend.

Soon as you clear out that backlog I can clear out my PayPal