MiniMig with AGA

[freqmax]

@mikej, In what country?

[Rod_cl]

I would like one board... Would you ship one to Chile?

[ElPolloDiabl]

Can't wait. So it's a double speed+ A1200 in a Mini-itx board? Keep us posted if you have any of the first batch left over.

[mikej]

I would like one board... Would you ship one to Chile?

I'll ship anywhere.
The proto's (54) will be built in Scandinavia so I can assist with any issues.
After that we'll see.
/Mike

[gaula92]

@Mikej: I'm very interested on the FPGAARCADE board, but... will it be mass-produced after those protos are sold and tested? Or should I get a proto, just in case?

regards

[freqmax]

Prototypes Qty < 5
54 sounds like production..

[Darrin]

Prototypes Qty < 5
54 sounds like production..

Think BIG, live LARGE!  

With Xmas coming up, a large batch produced at "bulk quantity" prices could be an attractive stocking stuffer if they could find a way around the Kickstart ROM issue and bundled it with a bunch of the "free" games (Cinemaware's stuff, etc).

[Clyborg]

I want one!  

Jason

[amigadave]

Time to find some more spending money as I want one of these!

[motrucker]

I see some of my old classic Amiga stuff is going to hit the auction block - I want one of these too!

[freqmax]

Think BIG, live LARGE!  

With Xmas coming up, a large batch produced at "bulk quantity" prices could be an attractive stocking stuffer if they could find a way around the Kickstart ROM issue and bundled it with a bunch of the "free" games (Cinemaware's stuff, etc).

My consideration is mainly that any PCB layout bugs, presuming components are OK. If there is any layout mismatch even simple things like footprints. Then correcting 54 boards by hand is no easy task....
Thats why I think no more than 5 should be produced initially to make sure gerbers, pcb manufacture process and components are up to the job. Also things like heat issues, interference, stability etc.. may also screw up things.

Real production starts in the quantity of 1000s of boards. That's the usual minimum quantity to buy directly from manufacturers.

The kickstart-ROM I guess will have to be "found" by users , the alternative is to make a clone that present the same API, fits the ROM size, is bit-bang compatible at certain addresses, and runs on 68000/68020.

[Darrin]

The kickstart-ROM I guess will have to be "found" by users , the alternative is to make a clone that present the same API, fits the ROM size, is bit-bang compatible at certain addresses, and runs on 68000/68020.

I wouldn't be surprised to find some sort of torrent file posted containing all you need to extract to the SD Card to get a kick-bottom games collection and Hard File along with any other necessary ROMs/Cores/etc.  

[freqmax]

Actually a BSD licensed AmigaOS clone that can run natively on 68000 would be really useful for a project like this.

It should have the same binary API, fit the same ROM area as the original, and implement certain sections such that some bitbang tricks will still work.

There really is a need for both v1.3 compatible w 68000, and v3.x compatible w 68020.

[billt]

I have a couple techy questions about the FPGA Arcade board.

What FPGA doe sit use?(Sorry if I missed that)

Do you have any external signal connections in place for self-reconfiguration? I know some FPGAs have an internal system for this, but for example Spartan3 was not internal, the SelectMAP group of pins must be connected to other programmable I/Os by PCB design. I think Virtexes and Spartan6 do this internal to chip, not sure what Altera and other brands have as equivalent. Just curious.

[vidarh]

Actually a BSD licensed AmigaOS clone that can run natively on 68000 would be really useful for a project like this.

It should have the same binary API, fit the same ROM area as the original, and implement certain sections such that some bitbang tricks will still work.

There really is a need for both v1.3 compatible w 68000, and v3.x compatible w 68020.

Why BSD licensed?  Other than that, the goals for AROS fits the bill, but the M68k port is not up to date and needs quite a bit of work before it'd be suitable, and the binary compatibility isn't there yet, but at least most of the AmigaOS API is implemented.

[vidarh]

The kickstart-ROM I guess will have to be "found" by users ,

Or they can just buy Amiga Forever.

And I'm sure Cloanto would be open to a deal with Mike to have it pre-installed if their license allows them to do that.