FPGA Replay Board

[wawrzon]

yes, the layout capabilities of wanderer have to improve. i for me hate for instance the cropped file names in the lister, the strict raster layout. the overall functionality is somewhat worse than workbench at this time. but i hope it will be fixed. deadwood works already on optimizing decoration.

[Hattig]

Compatibility and providing a functional workbench clone in ROM are being worked on. We'll have to wait and see where WorkBook gets to, but it would be nice if it evolved into a simple icon-driven space-efficient desktop file management and application launcher. But it is good to talk about what people would want to see included by default in the ROM, and what extensions (non hacks, we need a proper API to extend the tool) would be desirable - custom menus, launcher-bar, etc.

Hey, maybe we could have a mock-up competition! Mock up your best WorkBook icon/lister/etc window, and WorkBook screen, with an aim on simplicity ('cos of the ROM thing).

[wawrzon]

my mockup would come close to what 3.1 had to offer plus some extras like above mentioned pushing windows off screen and easy extention for custom menus. wouldnt even need any kitchy dock in such a case. the icon style could remain inline with magic workbench standards if you ask me, with ability to display hiher color ones on deeper screens and color reduced copies down to one plane black and white desktop like mac once had. when ive done planar gadgets for afa i experimented with like 1650x1080 1 plane black and white workbench setting and i must admit, it looked kinda cool for me.

[girv73]

I've been away from Amiga land for a little while, so please forgive me asking this.

Just to be clear, this FPGA Replay Board is a fast, very highly compatible 020 A1200 on a mini-ITX board, with a possible option for a real 68060 on an expansion board?



My A1200T/060 is flaky and takes up too much room, and I will need to dismantle it anyway when I move the home office soon. A board like Replay in a dinky ITX case would be an ideal replacement, especially if it implemented a 030/060/WHDLoad compatible MMU in the CPU softcore.

Excellent work guys!

[Ezrec]

No.  AROS 68k requires an '020 or better at this point.

Incorrect. AROS m68k is designed to run on all M68000 architectures, from A1000 to A4000, limited only by available RAM (you needs at least 2M of CHIP plus 1M of anything else to boot at present).

If it doesn't boot on your rig (that has the RAM), it's a bug.

[vidarh]

I've been away from Amiga land for a little while, so please forgive me asking this.

Just to be clear, this FPGA Replay Board is a fast, very highly compatible 020 A1200 on a mini-ITX board, with a possible option for a real 68060 on an expansion board?

Mostly right, except it's much smaller than a Mini-ITX board (less than half the depth, IIRC). It's designed so it can be fitted in a Mini-ITX enclosure, but there'll be plenty of spare room, so a custom enclosure could be even smaller.

[espskog]

For file management, I prefer Dopus 4.x.

[Hattig]

For file management, I prefer Dopus 4.x.

Yeah, I did too back in the day - nice software.

But it won't fit into the odd spare 30KB on a ROM!

[girv73]

@vidarh Does the Replay CPU softcore have a MMU?

[espskog]

Yeah, I did too back in the day - nice software.

But it won't fit into the odd spare 30KB on a ROM!

Rom ? Where ? What ? :-) In which setting do you want dopus in a rom area?

Espen

[kolla]

@vidarh Does the Replay CPU softcore have a MMU?

I'm pretty sure that it doesn't.

[HenryCase]

Rom ? Where ? What ? :-) In which setting do you want dopus in a rom area?

Espen

You can use DOpus as a Workbench replacement, it's lighter than Wanderer so has been discussed as an option until Workbook is ready.

[espskog]

You can use DOpus as a Workbench replacement, it's lighter than Wanderer so has been discussed as an option until Workbook is ready.

I've used Dopus5 as WB replacement and I kind of liked it. Yet, for filemanagement I like NewShell or simply Dopus4.x. As for launching programs, I prefer using a shell.

[mikej]

I've been getting some questions about the interfaces on the Replay board.
I hope this helps :
/MikeJ

[mfilos]

Awesome stuff Mike, thanks for sharing the pr0n with details!

FPGA Replay board is full of win! I really can't wait!!! \o/
Keep us posted when you got more news!

[girv73]

Is there a projected retail price for this goodness yet?