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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1424 on: January 28, 2012, 05:58:48 PM »
A 1-bit SPI would give a theoretical 3417 kB/s without overhead. Any real life values?, I hope there's 4-bit routed to the SD slot such that the "parallell SPI" mode can be exploited.
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1425 on: January 29, 2012, 06:32:50 PM »
Yes, the ARM controller has all 4 bits routed to the SD card.
There are some license issues with using this mode however...
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1426 on: January 29, 2012, 09:30:34 PM »
So is there any place i can see the price and what i get. Is there any chassi or daughterboard yet? Or do i need to read all 95 pages to find out :-)
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1427 on: January 29, 2012, 11:31:46 PM »
With reservation for errors:

Price: 220 EUR
Chassi: No, except backplate for additional cost
Daughterboard: Only as a thought currently
Delivery: Soon, but other things take time from this project
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1428 on: January 30, 2012, 12:09:55 AM »
Thats $270 AUD. Damn that's cheap!  

I was expecting it to be double that :)

I hope the NatAmi will be this cheap. Anyone wanna guess how much it will cost? It's been a while since we have heard anything from them...
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1429 on: January 30, 2012, 06:55:42 AM »
Quote from: mikej;677850
Sorry, I'll check - I though I had caught up with the email back log.
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Hi Mike,

I sent email on 29th December but didn't hear back from you. I also left a copy of it in a PM for you on here (amiga.org) just in case you checked.

Hope to hear something from you soon.:confused:
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1430 on: January 30, 2012, 07:50:45 AM »
Yep same mate.
Latest reply from Mike was on 27/04/2011 and after that I sent 2x emails (December and January) but I still haven't got a reply.
I guess he's busy with all these boards :)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1431 on: January 30, 2012, 08:55:08 AM »
Sorry, I have been trying to reply to everybody but until I have enough boards to ship I haven't got much to say. I am swamped at the moment.
Please be patient, I am testing and working through the list as fast as possible.
Best,
MikeJ
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1432 on: February 01, 2012, 09:52:35 AM »
I haven't recieved a reply either, so I'm guessing it'll take some time. Then again, I've been waiting for a few years, so a few months won't matter much :) Keep up the _very_ good work, all of you
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1433 on: February 03, 2012, 10:37:20 AM »
I have just received news that all the certification is in place.Now we can really start to ramp.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1434 on: February 03, 2012, 10:54:28 AM »
Great news, Mike! Congrats on the certs.

PS! I am wondering if I can test the core/fw before I leave for Poland with my replay to use at the Wisla Retro Gaming Event in Poland next week. I need to be able to hook up to HDMI using dvi2hdmi and also to set 15kHz via OSD :)
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1435 on: February 03, 2012, 12:53:07 PM »
i wrote you a pm here some months ago mikej, i never got a reply. still hoping to get one. ;)
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1436 on: February 03, 2012, 01:22:20 PM »
Quote from: spotUP;678948
i wrote you a pm here some months ago mikej, i never got a reply. still hoping to get one. ;)

Hi, please send me an email, mikej_at_fpgaarcade_dot_com

I have to wait between sending a response to every PM on this site, it takes forever.
I wrote I would not be responding to PMs as a general rule.
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1437 on: February 03, 2012, 02:07:17 PM »
I would "spam protect" that email if I were you mikej.
 

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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1438 on: February 03, 2012, 02:38:42 PM »
The board has an optional SVideo output, right? So it does add to the 220 Euro cost, right?
Without that it can only connect to PC monitors?
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Re: FPGA Replay Board
« Reply #1439 from previous page: February 03, 2012, 03:03:47 PM »
It has optional svideo/composite output. Correct, apart from that you have a dVI output which gives you analog vga if you add a dvi2vga adapter. With current Core/FW you will not be able to connect to a DVI monitor (or use a dvi2hdmi adapter) as  the DVI only holds analogue signal currently.

Mike has scheduled a fix for this in the future so we can get digital outputs from the DVI which lets us use a dvi2hdmi adapter (or connect directly to a dvi-monitor input for best possible signal quality). And even better, he'll enable a setting in the OSD that give you a chance to choose if you want 15kHz or 31kHz horizontal scanrate (currently you only have 31kHz).

So we have great things to look for in the coming updates.

The board totally rocks!! I've used mine for over a year and it is a great product. I has never failed me once.

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