MiniMig with AGA

[mikej]

I am under the assumption he was referring to the new V2.  We shall see.

Yes, it's the new board.

All connectors are flush with the ATX IO back panel, in including SD card. On the other side are RS232 and power. USB is on the left, but this is only used for flashing the board, and there is a USB header so you can cable it out to the back panel if you want.

I haven't got around to making a back panel yet, could be useful.
Mike

[clusteruk]

Seriously looking forward to seeing this board, I missed the 060 bit. I thought it was to be twice the speed of the standard A1200 which is not bad. If it can be even faster and with ethernet this could be a great little machine.

[InTheSand]

So you felt you needed to save 3 bytes...

Only 3? I guess you're a UTF-8 person!  :-)

Anyway, I digress... Great stuff on this topic, would also be very interested in a populated board. Amazing to see so much progress in the (several) months I've been away from A.org.

 - Ali

[Linde]

What with native high resolution support and drivers, it would be nice if you could implement an AHI compatible 16-bit sound interface, too. Things like Hivelytracker, AmigaAMP, etc in 16 bits would then be supported.

[TheGoose]

Only 3? I guess you're a UTF-8 person!  :-)

Anyway, I digress... Great stuff on this topic, would also be very interested in a populated board. Amazing to see so much progress in the (several) months I've been away from A.org.

 - Ali

I've always preferred the WTF-8 transformation , sadly some browsers don't support it.

:biglaugh:

[logikstate]

I would just love to be able to buy an FPGA/Replay2/Minimig type o thing in laptop form.

Surely with all the crazy gear that comes of China there would be a company that could make this happen?

I guess it would be down to how much demand there would be for such a product...

[B00tDisk]

I would just love to be able to buy an FPGA/Replay2/Minimig type o thing in laptop form.

Surely with all the crazy gear that comes of China there would be a company that could make this happen?

I guess it would be down to how much demand there would be for such a product...

Here's an idea: probably the least sane I've had in a while but if you were dedicated to doing this, why not?

Get a portable DVD player.  Track down the specs on the screen's input.  Gut said player.  Put your Replay2 inside, wire up the screen...you'll still need an external mouse and keyboard but outside of that - you're golden!

[kolla]

@Kolla - Unless I read something wrong in his last post MikeJ stated that the connectors would fit in a standard Mini-ITX or ATX Backplate. There may be an empty connector hole or two I would think.

There is no standard backplate, the standard just covers the window in the case. Or do you really think all ATX machines have the exact same connectors? It should be obvious that this is not the case

Btw, my posting was ofcourse meant as a joke, but still... will there be a backplate? :laughing:

[trip6]

@MikeJ - How many retro style joystick ports does it have? I'm hoping for two... Can you give us a list of all the connectors on the board?

[whiteb]

@MikeJ - How many retro style joystick ports does it have? I'm hoping for two... Can you give us a list of all the connectors on the board?

http://www.fpgaarcade.com/common/replayb_demo.jpg

This shows TWO DB9 Joystick ports.

http://www.fpgaarcade.com/common/fpgaarcade_revb_layout.gif

Also shows Two DB9.

[ChaosLord]

How are we supposed to play 4-player Amiga games with only 2 joystick ports?  Is there a PAR: port for me to plug in my 4-player-adapter?

[djmartins]

How are we supposed to play 4-player Amiga games with only 2 joystick ports?  Is there a PAR: port for me to plug in my 4-player-adapter?

You know 4 people who want to play Amiga games?
:laughing:

Sorry, had to say it......

[ChaosLord]

@djmartins

haha, good joke  but seriously I know 5 local people who like to play good Amiga games.

[trip6]

I wonder if it is going to use a standard Mini-ITX form factor P4 style power connector on the board....

[mikej]

"I wonder if it is going to use a standard Mini-ITX form factor P4 style power connector on the board."

Wouldn't fit. There is a molex 4 pin (old hard disk connector) for power, and also a separate two pin 5v/gnd connector.

It has 2x9pin joysticks ports which have an IO pin wired to them to support gamepads.

"How are we supposed to play 4-player Amiga games with only 2 joystick ports? Is there a PAR: port for me to plug in my 4-player-adapter?"

There are two 32 pin connectors at the back which contain a whole load of IO pins and 4 analogue inputs, so you can make an adapter cable. This is also for arcade game input connectors.

The ATX spec gives the IO dimensions. I can get a panel made with the holes punched in (hopefully) the right places, if there is enough demand.

/Mike

[mikej]

update - manufacturing data sent to PCB house, production has started .....