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Offline Duce

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #269 on: March 23, 2011, 03:01:37 AM »
Thank you much for the link, Amigadave.

Stoked on getting one of these to run the BBS.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #270 on: March 23, 2011, 04:14:07 AM »
Quote from: amigadave;623989
Lots of my questions about the daughter card are answered by MikeJ & Yaqube over on EAB at this: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=744483#post744483 link.


Wow.  Great questions you asked there Dave!  :)

I love these little snippets:

Q:  what clock speed was used for the 68060?  
A:  I have a rev 6 CPU and expect it to be running at 100 MHz or even over.

Q:  What amount of RAM is planned on the expansion 060 card?  
A:  I have 128 MB of SDRAM. It will run with the same clock speed as the CPU does.

Q:  the Micro-SD card for storage, like a hard drive?  
A:  Exactly. It's intended to be directly accessed as a Amiga hard drive. With the help of DMA the transfer rates will be much higher than with a hard file.

Q:  Are the USB ports supported through Poseiden...?  
A:  We are going to use Poseidon.

This is going to be one hell of an Amiga.  All we need is a fast 16 bit or 32 bit RTG mode to use for Workbench and Workbench friendly apps (such as IBrowse, Final Writer, etc) and it will be perfect.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #271 on: March 23, 2011, 08:45:47 AM »
Quote from: Duce;623995
Thank you much for the link, Amigadave.

Stoked on getting one of these to run the BBS.


Got my BBS backup from 1993 waiting here ;-)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #272 on: March 23, 2011, 09:40:35 AM »
Yes, I must admit that I am getting almost excited about this project finally being ready for sale to the masses.

As I have said before, it is nice to have so many different  hardware projects that appear to be real and nearing completion.  I can't remember a time when there was so much activity, since the end of Commodore when we still had a few companies that were in business and making Amiga peripherals.  Not the same, but better than what we have had to choose from during the past decade.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #273 on: March 23, 2011, 10:00:28 AM »
IS there a schematic for this somewhere? I would like to tak a crack at creating a case design for this. I stuck my mini-mig into an ITX case by using db9 cables and cutting a backplane out of styrene.

There are rapid manufacturing options out there. An stl file could be supplied and the end user can print out their own case.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #274 on: March 23, 2011, 10:00:34 AM »
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Yes, I must admit that I am getting almost excited about this project finally being ready for sale to the masses.

Yeah, ten years on and the spiritual successor to the BoXeR is nearly here.
 
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/boxer.html
 
It would be cool if the 060 board was renamed to BoXeR :D
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #275 on: March 23, 2011, 10:13:03 AM »
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IS there a schematic for this somewhere? I would like to tak a crack at creating a case design for this. I stuck my mini-mig into an ITX case by using db9 cables and cutting a backplane out of styrene.

There are rapid manufacturing options out there. An stl file could be supplied and the end user can print out their own case.


http://www.fpgaarcade.com/common/fpgaarcade_replay_b01_dimensions.pdf

http://www.fpgaarcade.com/common/fpgaarcade_replay_b01_schematic_a2.pdf

There is an ATX power adapter I am finishing today which can be used to power on/off the power supply and feed the Replay board.
/MikeJ
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #276 on: March 23, 2011, 10:43:36 AM »
I guess I over looked this thread. I thought this was something I already knew about, but apparently it's something much bigger!

So we got this an Natami on the way hopefully! I think I'm going to want one of each!
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #277 on: March 23, 2011, 01:34:52 PM »
kedawa, CP1 and  System 16 should be doable.
Provided you don't loose the "keys" in the NVRAM first ;)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #278 on: March 23, 2011, 02:29:54 PM »
Amazing stuff, I never owned or used an 060. I think this might be a good way to get introduced properly. :)

If I had to put this and Natami in a race to retail availability, I think this one will pull ahead, judging by the developments on the last week or so.


Quote from: Darrin;624007
Wow.  Great questions you asked there Dave!  :)

I love these little snippets:

Q:  what clock speed was used for the 68060?  
A:  I have a rev 6 CPU and expect it to be running at 100 MHz or even over.

Q:  What amount of RAM is planned on the expansion 060 card?  
A:  I have 128 MB of SDRAM. It will run with the same clock speed as the CPU does.

Q:  the Micro-SD card for storage, like a hard drive?  
A:  Exactly. It's intended to be directly accessed as a Amiga hard drive. With the help of DMA the transfer rates will be much higher than with a hard file.

Q:  Are the USB ports supported through Poseiden...?  
A:  We are going to use Poseidon.

This is going to be one hell of an Amiga.  All we need is a fast 16 bit or 32 bit RTG mode to use for Workbench and Workbench friendly apps (such as IBrowse, Final Writer, etc) and it will be perfect.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #279 on: March 25, 2011, 08:01:24 AM »
Quote from: Duce;623995
Thank you much for the link, Amigadave.

Stoked on getting one of these to run the BBS.


DUDE...me too. I will certainly power my BBS with this as it is now running on a eUAE session on a ubuntu server. It works nice, but feels wrong :-)
It's like when you eat the last cookie from the jar. It's delicous, but you know you will pay later..:roflmao:

Our BBS has been running for 19 year now. So we're approaching the 20th anniversary, and what better way to celebreate it than to move it back to a more anti-intel platform like the replay board. Hehe

//Espen
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #280 on: March 25, 2011, 08:05:28 AM »
Yuummyyy.....my Replay board is payd for and soon in the mail waiting to be tested. Can't wait to get my hands on this board. It's gonna be supercool!!!
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #281 on: March 25, 2011, 08:49:00 AM »
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Yuummyyy.....my Replay board is payd for and soon in the mail waiting to be tested. Can't wait to get my hands on this board. It's gonna be supercool!!!
It's your board so you can do what you like, but doesnt it feel a bit of a waste to just use the Replay for BBS? :)

Leave the PCs for the boring job of serving up data...
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #282 on: March 25, 2011, 12:24:09 PM »
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It's your board so you can do what you like, but doesnt it feel a bit of a waste to just use the Replay for BBS? :)

Leave the PCs for the boring job of serving up data...

That argument sounds really sound to me. Use the Replay board to run other (less boring) software.
This '060 daughter card really makes the system attractive. Frankly, I don't think I'm going to want to pay out the nose for a Natami.
A nice, low cost '060 powered Amiga clone sounds cool though.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #283 on: March 25, 2011, 12:59:28 PM »
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That argument sounds really sound to me. Use the Replay board to run other (less boring) software.
This '060 daughter card really makes the system attractive. Frankly, I don't think I'm going to want to pay out the nose for a Natami.
A nice, low cost '060 powered Amiga clone sounds cool though.


Unless the '060 is used, you'll pay out the nose.
Natami is aiming for more performance and an '050 on the fpga.  Hence it will *probably* cost less than a Replay with a *new* 060 and daughter card.

The Natami is still a step ahead in performance as an Amiga...and that's not an insult to the Replay.  All you have to look at is the fpga used and the memory used.
However, the Natami will not be user-reprogrammable to run alternate platforms and that's where the Replay comes into its own market.

The Replay is going to be a great alternative to the Frankenstein method of accelerating classic Amigas...and run older alternate platforms.  There is no ill will between the two teams.

FPGA technology is advancing the 68k platform.  Minimig, Replay, Natami offer us NEW hardware at the performance and budget of your liking.  This is a win for Amigans everwhere.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #284 from previous page: March 25, 2011, 01:25:22 PM »
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Unless the '060 is used, you'll pay out the nose.
Natami is aiming for more performance and an '050 on the fpga.  Hence it will *probably* cost less than a Replay with a *new* 060 and daughter card.

The Natami is still a step ahead in performance as an Amiga...and that's not an insult to the Replay.  All you have to look at is the fpga used and the memory used.
However, the Natami will not be user-reprogrammable to run alternate platforms and that's where the Replay comes into its own market.

The Replay is going to be a great alternative to the Frankenstein method of accelerating classic Amigas...and run older alternate platforms.  There is no ill will between the two teams.

FPGA technology is advancing the 68k platform.  Minimig, Replay, Natami offer us NEW hardware at the performance and budget of your liking.  This is a win for Amigans everwhere.


Will be hard to choose. Well, I hope we have a day where we have a hard choice to make; with these options. And lets hope one of these sees the light of day this year...
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