A1200NG Updates

[kolla]

Maybe later revisions will allow for some sort of PiStorm add on?

Just FYI, what you ask for doesn't make any sense. PiStorm is specifically a board to interface a _raspberry pi_ with _actual_ amiga hardware, or at least a real 68k CPU bus and either real amiga chipset or chipset on FPGA. This board isn't raspberry pi, doesn't have a 68k CPU bus, and also doesn't have any Amiga chipset hardware.

[kolla]

there is no Raspi with that kind of GPIO pinout afaik

There is, the original Raspberry Pi has this (or at least _very_ similar) GPIO pinout.

Of course one can make adapters, but that quickly gets wonky.

If I was AmigaKit (ew) I would have moved to the 40 pin form factor already, and rather have used an adapter for the OPi3zero, as the newer Orange Pies do use the 40 pin form factor for GPIO, just like Raspberry Pi (though I have haven't really checked if they are using same pinout).

[kolla]

FYI. No one has properly explained how this board works.

What's to explain? Look at it! Listen to what AmigaKit is saying! It is obvious what it is - an I/O board for the Orange Pi Zero 3, it just happens to be very large and fit the A1200 motherboard form factor. Do you see any FPGA capable of holding the Amiga chipset? Do you see any CPU socket? No, so? The only way to use a pistorm with this board would be do make a special variant of a Minimig FPGA board that sits between this I/O board and a Raspberry Pi.

[kolla]

Thtere is no physical Zorro3 bus to plug a PiStorm into

Eh?

[kolla]

I will test serial. NO, Im not going to try and source everything you mentioned. If I'm able to link 2 NG's together and play games, thats good enough

If I was to link two "NG's" together, I'd use a virtual null-modem link over IP, but who would have two "NG's" anyhow? A much more common scenario would be someone attempting to link an "NG" with a real Amiga, or with an Atari, or with whatever serial port based equipment (wacom boards come to mind). The question remains... is it TX/RX/GND-only, or does it also have RTS/CTS, CC, DSR etc? I presume it's connected via USB rather than via the serial port directly available via the GPIO pins? (assuming the dedicated 3 pin header is left for serial console) https://github.com/BlitterStudio/amiberry/wiki/GUI:-IOPorts