Minimig AGA 060 RTG

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@YAQUBE:
Can you also put 16:9 modes into the list of possible resolutions. I think Mike once mentioned that 1680x1050 should be possible. It would be cool to have WB run on a native (and today very cheap) 1680x1050 monitor as 4:3 1280x1024 monitors today are a bit harder to get hold of.

Espen

[espskog]

It may be a simple framebuffer, but I suspect that with the increased bandwidth it's far from slow compared to older hardware.

Awesome work BTW, I can't wait to get one.  Money is in hand, I just can't seem to get anyone to take it

Yeah, that's a weird paradox in the FPGA-Replay world these days :roflmao:

[espskog]

The resolutions of the Minimig RTG card are programmable. You can define your own 16:9 modes with standard Picasso96Mode setting program. Initially (due to pixel clocks limitations) you will be able to define 1680x1050 resolution with refresh rate of 50 Hz. The support for 60 Hz refresh rate will come later.

We are all very glad to hear that 16:9 modes are possible to define

Is it long before you have a ARM FW or a Core we can beta-test ?
How is it going with the Daughterboard. Where in the process is that project as of today. We're very eager to send you guys money

[espskog]

Mike

Will replay work with USB keyboard and mouse (through PS2-USB adapters)? And the DVI port through VGA adapter?

I'd like to have mine running through a KVM switch, assuming I am on the buy list as that isnt confirmed

Meth

And you cannot use the DVI part of the DVI connector yet (just the VGA part using a DVI2VGA adapter), hence a DVI2HDMI will not work at the moment. But MikeJ confirmed that it will work in the future.

Also, the SVideo+Composite outputs 31kHz (and not 15kHz) at the momemt, so you will not bebable to connect svideo/composite to a TV yet. The MiniMig has a 15/31 jumper for this, but the Replay will have it in the OSD at a later time, I was informed.

So we're eagerly waiting for yet more cool stuff to be made and enabled.
The Replay board is the best thing I have ever bought since I got my C64 in 1984 ...well, getting the A500 in 86 was also a very awesome day


Espen

[espskog]

Will the daughterboard work 100% with all its functions and glory even if no 060 is fitted ?

[espskog]

"I just figured a lot of the IC emulation code could be ported to VHDL"
Thats exactly how it is done for the current games.

Nice picture
http://www.amigafuture.de/album_pic.php?pic_id=16914

Congrats on the front page cover Looks great!!!!

[espskog]

I wonder, if we use a 060 board, can the 680x0 logic be removed from the minimig-core and thus leaving more space for other nifty features ? Or does the minimig core rely on a softcore for starting up and then later on attach itself to the hardware-060 chip when booting the Amiga ?

[espskog]

If I can get my Replay board delivered to me before Oct. 20th, I will have it with me at the AmiWest 2011 Show in Sacramento, California.

I have heard that some AROS guys might show up at this year's show and I have been trying to convince the Natami Team to send someone with a working prototype board to the show as well.

How many of you would try just a little bit harder to make it to this year's AmiWest 2011 Show if you could not only see an X1000 booting OS4, but could also see my demonstration of MorphOS2.x beta running on my 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook, the FPGA Arcade Replay Board, the latest AROS build on x86 & 68k, and a working prototype Natami board running AmigaOS3.x?

It is going to be a great show, even if not all of the above show up to display their stuff, so do what ever it takes to get yourselves to Sacramento over the Oct. 21st to 23rd weekend.  In addition to all the great gear and software, it is a hell of a lot of fun!  Hope to see many of you there.

Edit:  P.S. Paul Rezendes (aka Acill) will be there showing the latest development of AmigaOS3.x running on his iPhone (and/or iPad).

Hi. Dr. Dave I could lend you my cased Replay for the showcase if you want. I would have to bubble wrap it a zillion times (to be safe..hehe) and ship it over to ya. Yet, it would take probably 3 weeks to ship (I just shipped my old MiniMig ITX_V2 to TX and it took like 25 days or so).

I ask for nothing in return but you'd have to pay shipping back to me. And to take good care of it at the show

[espskog]

Correct. When using a daughter baord the FPGA on the main card does not have a CPU in it, so has more space for other stuff.

You can load the normal core as well then the daughter board is disabled.

That sounds cool. But will the other components of the daughterboard be disabled aswell as the 060 if I boot the "normal" core that has the 68020 inside or can I still access the usb+ethernet on the daughterboard ?

//Espen

[espskog]

Me too I am super-eager to hear where in the project phase he and Mike is at the moment.

Some screen shots would be awesome

[espskog]

Are we talking about the daughterboards or the latest batch of replay boards ?

[espskog]

@Mike: Will the ethernet+usb on the daughterboard be available even when the 060 is not used (i.e. when booting a core with a soft-020 inside) ?