MiniMig with AGA

[TheGoose]

Wow, it's happening. Damn it, everything is happening at once now, this X1000; I should part with some crap...

[B00tDisk]

It's happening at a time I can't afford it.

Dammit.

[recidivist]

I  am a bit of in awe at someone who can do a project like this,very impressive ,now the important question will be "how much will it cost ?".

[spihunter]

This project is pretty awesome. Looking forward to seeing this in action! Put one of these on a PCI card so you can have this integrated into a PC?

[kolla]

Would be nice if yaqube could do another video! *nudge nudge*
I would love to see some playing around with DeluxePaint, animation in highres laced full video overscan HAM8 for example, just to push the the limits... can it do that?

[yaqube]

Would be nice if yaqube could do another video! *nudge nudge*

I will make another video clip when there is something worth showing. Now I'm busy doing other things.

[B00tDisk]

Put a PCI bus on this bad boy and a couple of slots attached and you've got the Natami beat by a stretch!

[Louis Dias]

Put a PCI bus on this bad boy and a couple of slots attached and you've got the Natami beat by a stretch!

How so?  Also, don't you think that will increase the cost?
Regardless, they are aimed at different markets with different needs.

I could see the NATAMI team purchasing one of these boards to test their cpu core.

[ElPolloDiabl]

If you read on the website the boards are ready and he is off to China again to pick it up.
I can't wait for this.

http://www.fpgaarcade.com/

[mikej]

If all goes to plan, I'll have the PCBs in my hand on Thursday this week.
I'll see if all the connectors and things fit....
I'll post a piccy then.
/MikeJ

[Everblue]

Will this be avialable fully populated, ready to go? What price?

Cheers.

[trekiej]

@MikeJ
How long have you worked on this project?
Sorry, if this has been asked before.

[mikej]

The board is only available fully populated, it is not really possible to build at home.
The price will depend on the component costs, so I'll know very soon know when I have all the bits. I've got a good deal on the Xilinx - the boards will contain the larger device (1600e).

I decided to make my own board about two years ago and got the RevA board back in March last year. I had to do some other things for a while and there was a minor problem with the board so I couldn't take it to production. While updating it I decided to include the stacking connectors and composite video out on the main board. This was a bit of a layout challange. I started the PCB respin around September last year and have been working towards production since then.

The Atari ST softcore I started about 10 years ago !!!!
/Mike

[trekiej]

Wow, thanks for the reply.
I wonder what the Amiga Engineers would say about putting an A1200 on a chip?
The way things are looking, it seems to be a natural progression.

[wizard66]

I've got a good deal on the Xilinx - the boards will contain the larger device (1600e).

Nice to have a larger Xilinx chip, even more room for coding.
So it can hold 4 times the minimig FPGA core. :-) great news

[ferrellsl]

Yeah, a 68060 core and the SuperAGA chipset are now possibilities.  I suppose that you could also run a 68K Macintosh core if someone wanted to develop one.  There's already an Atari ST core and several arcade system cores.  I'd like to see the Natami core converted to run on this as well as a 68K Mac core........a very high "cool factor".