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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1214 on: December 14, 2011, 01:47:11 AM »
Can I make an order or pre-order right now? How?

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1215 on: December 14, 2011, 01:50:05 AM »
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Can I make an order or pre-order right now? How?

If you're interested in getting ahold of a Replay, the best bet is to send a PM or e-mail to MikeJ.  He's in the process of getting the latest batch of 50 out to people on his pre-order list.  Once that's finished, he's planning to produce a second, much larger batch of Replays.  There should be enough for everyone, but it wouldn't hurt to let MikeJ know you're interested :)
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1216 on: December 14, 2011, 02:01:12 AM »
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We're totally on the same page here Darrin :) It's strange, but the "Next Gen" PowerPC Amigas and OS4.x for some reason just never excited me in the same way the FPGA Replay has.  I think it's because I have always been a "Classic Amiga" fan, and I have never really had much interest or saw much benefit in buying a big, bulky, expensive AmigaNG system just to be able to run a small number of extra apps.  I'd rather see evolution and improvement of the classic, and at a low price.  Replay is much more in the spirit of what I've been looked and waiting for.

It will replace my expired A4000 very nicely, it's modern, it's compact, it's powerful, it's expandable, and it's NOT emulation but "the real thing."

haywirepc, if expandability is important to you, there's no contest between the two; you have to get a Replay.  The MiniMig just isn't designed for expansion. But if the ability to expand isn't important to you, and A500/ECS is enough, then Minimig is perfect, as Darrin said :)


You're exactly right.  The FPGA Machines "feel" like real Amigas.  The main reason I still use my A2000 and A4000 is simply because of Internet, USB and... RTG!  Once my FPGA allows RTG screenmodes and I have access to USB (and the Internet via a USB ethernet dongle) then I doubt that my trusty A4000 will get much use.

I also love it if I screw up my hard drive installation on my Minimig or FPGA Aracde because it just means copying a backup from my laptop onto the SD Card, as opposed to curing and swearing for several hours as I try and restore the Hard Drive on my "real" Amiga.  :D
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1217 on: December 14, 2011, 02:07:17 AM »
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If you're interested in getting ahold of a Replay, the best bet is to send a PM or e-mail to MikeJ.  He's in the process of getting the latest batch of 50 out to people on his pre-order list.  Once that's finished, he's planning to produce a second, much larger batch of Replays.  There should be enough for everyone, but it wouldn't hurt to let MikeJ know you're interested :)

thank you! do you know what is the current cost?
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1218 on: December 14, 2011, 02:49:24 AM »
Once you have the FPGA board one can always write ones own RTG without contributions of others.
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1219 on: December 14, 2011, 03:25:30 AM »
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Once you have the FPGA board one can always write ones own RTG without contributions of others.


I'm an "end user", not a developer.  :D
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1220 on: December 14, 2011, 04:08:38 AM »
With VHDL/Verilog knowledge and synthesis software on nearest PC you can make your own cores too.. ;)
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1221 on: December 14, 2011, 05:29:36 AM »
In the past (months ago) I have enquired with MikeJ about the Arcade FPGA but I am not sure I was actually put on a pre-order list. So I messaged him again to make sure that if I am not on the first batch, he puts my name on for the second :)

Do you guys know if he answers messages? He hasn't answered my last few when I enquired if I was on his list :/
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1222 on: December 14, 2011, 06:14:16 AM »
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In the past (months ago) I have enquired with MikeJ about the Arcade FPGA but I am not sure I was actually put on a pre-order list. So I messaged him again to make sure that if I am not on the first batch, he puts my name on for the second :)

Do you guys know if he answers messages? He hasn't answered my last few when I enquired if I was on his list :/

I have had good luck receiving replies to emails, or PMails, but sometimes it takes several days to get a reply.  He is a busy guy.

I think there is a good chance that you may be on the list already if you asked to be placed on it a while ago.  Cross your fingers for luck.  :)
How are you helping the Amiga community? :)
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1223 on: December 14, 2011, 06:14:21 AM »
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In the past (months ago) I have enquired with MikeJ about the Arcade FPGA but I am not sure I was actually put on a pre-order list. So I messaged him again to make sure that if I am not on the first batch, he puts my name on for the second :)

Do you guys know if he answers messages? He hasn't answered my last few when I enquired if I was on his list :/


He sometimes takes weeks to reply to me.  He's a busy man.  :)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1224 on: December 14, 2011, 01:54:36 PM »
Quote from: Nostromo;671358
In the past (months ago) I have enquired with MikeJ about the Arcade FPGA but I am not sure I was actually put on a pre-order list. So I messaged him again to make sure that if I am not on the first batch, he puts my name on for the second :)

Do you guys know if he answers messages? He hasn't answered my last few when I enquired if I was on his list :/

99% certainty that you are on one of his list if you inquired via private pm.  1% if you inquired elsewhere.  

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1225 on: December 17, 2011, 09:42:43 AM »
Should I want to setup arcade FPGA in a nice box under the telly... would there be a way to use a mini, wireless, keyboard trackpad combo, something like this:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nano-Micro-Wireless-Multimedia-Keyboard-and-Mouse-Pad-/280638398391?pt=UK_Computing_ComputerComponents_KeyboardsMice&hash=item41575a1fb7

Would the above work with a PS2/USB adapter?
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1226 on: December 19, 2011, 10:16:20 AM »
Seems I am on the list for an FPGA this January =)

BTW any comments on the wireless case question (my post on top of this).
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1227 on: December 19, 2011, 01:56:15 PM »
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Seems I am on the list for an FPGA this January =)

BTW any comments on the wireless case question (my post on top of this).

Looks pretty small and could be a pain to navigate and type.  I purchased a while back a HP wire USB keyboard for my home theater which is small, but not too small for typing, and it has a cool mouse type functionality with a roller/button in the upper right of keyboard for navigation and left clicking, and a button in the upper left for right clicking.  I have been very happy with it.

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1228 on: December 19, 2011, 02:27:18 PM »
Thinking about it, most probably I won't even need a keyboard (unless I'm playing pinball dreams) - just a mouse...

One more think, as the Arcade FPGA comes with PS2 connectors, will I be able to use a wireless keyboard/mouse combo with a PS2/USB converter?
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1229 from previous page: December 19, 2011, 08:01:37 PM »
Not unless the keyboard/mouse speaks PS2 protocol over USB - the converter is just a passive adapter. The new Amiga core uses a tiny microcontroller soft core to do the ps2 interface and I am looking at making it speak USB - so then a ps2/usb adapter would work with a true USB device. Something for the future.

Oh, the rear IO panels have arrived :
http://www.fpgaarcade.com

This will be 14 Euro each + shipping. Again, it's the NRE cost which hurts - after the first 100 it will drop a little. I will do another version for the daughterboard and offer a trade in ;)

/MikeJ
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