FPGA Replay Board

[pampers]

Meanwhile, the x86 Core is working like a charm.  The softcore Pentium 2 manages around 600MHz which allows the installing of WinXP if you put the ISO of the install DVD on the SD card and mount it.  The emulated Radeon 7xxx series graphics card allocates 64MB of RAM which is enough to play lots of games.  Just make sure you get a huge SD card as Windows needs a large hard file especially if you plan on installing lots of games.

Here's a screen shot of the FPGA Aracde running World of Warcraft in a 1024x768 display on WindowsXP (it is rather large so I had to link to it):
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/darrin01311/FPGA1.jpg

Such a bollocks u are, you got me Wonderful late 1st april.

[RMK305]

How usable are these boards with the current core and can you plug an Amiga floppy into it and load from old 3 1/2 inchers?

[wizard66]

Installing wb3.1 works without any problem.
There are some core isus with compatibility of the 020 softcore.
Installing OS3.9 out of the box is not working because of the 020 softcore.
A other problem is that the cpu turbo mode ( 030@50mhz speed) is not working at the moment,
So the core is working @ 6,03 times A500. (sysinfo).
We hope the new core will resolve this isus and also that the new RTG is included into the new core.

But current core is working fine you can use WB3.1 AGA support and most whdload games work fine.
you have 12 meg of mem @ the moment 11,5 MB ram 512KB kickstart.
hope we can use the full 64mb with the next core with the new software commands.
max screen resolution with this core 640x480 256 colors.
The new core support 16.1mil colors and a resolution off 640x480 minimal and hope for bigger than that.

you can't connect a flopydrive (YET) all disk  are .adf on the SDCard and HDD are .HDF file just like in winua.

The core I have here is more then a year old (Pre beta core)
I have my FPGAArcade board for more then a year now !

How usable are these boards with the current core and can you plug an Amiga floppy into it and load from old 3 1/2 inchers?

[RMK305]

Wizzard,

Thank you for the excellent reply. Is there any word on when the new core will be ready? At this stage it's too early for me to buy the board but hopefully when there are updated to the core it will meet my needs. Hopefully around the same time as Mike gets these "mass produced".

[ntx]

Installing wb3.1 works without any problem.
There are some core isus with compatibility of the 020 softcore.
Installing OS3.9 out of the box is not working because of the 020 softcore.
A other problem is that the cpu turbo mode ( 030@50mhz speed) is not working at the moment,
So the core is working @ 6,03 times A500. (sysinfo).
We hope the new core will resolve this isus and also that the new RTG is included into the new core.

So softcore isn't good choice at this moment and additional daughter board with 060 CPU is rather needed. :evil:

[wizard66]

That's why we want the new core so bad.
The new core was to released a few weeks ago but some other bug stoped the release.
But don't worry Mike will fix it for sure.

Okee all the goodies on the daughter-board are nice stuff, I will get one for sure, but i'm sure it's not needed to get this nice hardware going.
bottomline: FPGAArcade rocks big time !!!!

So softcore isn't good choice at this moment and additional daughter board with 060 CPU is rather needed. :evil:

[mfilos]

OFC it rox... Stop teasing us wizard66
An A590 and a spare Rev.6 060 CPU are waiting patiently lol

[wizard66]

Just sharing information mfilos :-)
I hope all get there FpgaArcade board soon to get the show on the road.
just telling all that itś the best thing I bought in years, that's all

My FPGAArcade board is already inside the A590 case.

OFC it rox... Stop teasing us wizard66
An A590 and a spare Rev.6 060 CPU are waiting patiently lol

[mikej]

Meanwhile, the x86 Core is working like a charm.  The softcore Pentium 2 manages around 600MHz which allows the installing of WinXP if you put the ISO of the install DVD on the SD card and mount it.  The emulated Radeon 7xxx series graphics card allocates 64MB of RAM which is enough to play lots of games.  Just make sure you get a huge SD card as Windows needs a large hard file especially if you plan on installing lots of games.

Here's a screen shot of the FPGA Aracde running World of Warcraft in a 1024x768 display on WindowsXP (it is rather large so I had to link to it):
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b134/darrin01311/FPGA1.jpg

Ha ha, ok, I deserve that
I have you know I have brought a board with me to China and was working on it in the bar.
I echo the OSD to the rs232 port, so I don't need a monitor attached.
Good news, I fixed the problem with the file system, seems to work nicely now with no timeouts. More testing to be done. The ARM software now runs up the core and can load disk images. I am working on the hard drive code now.

I have been chatting a lot to Jakub who has been helping out.
The ARM code is a rewrite for several reasons. It now builds under free tools (Yagarto) and uses a real embedded file system which is good for other reason which will become apparent.
However, a lot of the really clever stuff that Jakub wrote, like the directory sort and ADF/HDF mounters have to be re-written completely.

The core itself seems to be working nicely and meets timing.
Best,
MikeJ
(from WuHan airport)

[Lizard]

Thanks for the status update!

Still waiting to get my paws on a board!

[_ThEcRoW]

I really need a board!!!

[Methanoid]

I'd also be interested in an ST core (but prefer a fixed Amiga one first!)

The early prototype Daughterboard has 3 USBs but I saw mention of a network adaptor too. Are there any specs for the DB that are current?

[Dozer]

Since the daughterboard needs a cpu, I started poking around ebay for a  used 68060, but the prices are rather steep.. (~100USD). Then I found  this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nortel-Meridian-NT5D03FB-CP-Rlse-02-68060E-128MB-64F-Module-/320877034462

Anyone know if that cpu actually would be usable? A bit of googling  shows that it should be a proper 68060@50MHz, and at that price I bought  one. (still one available if you feel like possibly wasting money)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68060 shows that Nortel did use a 68060, but I'm not sure about that e at the end..

[mikej]

Since the daughterboard needs a cpu, I started poking around ebay for a  used 68060, but the prices are rather steep.. (~100USD). Then I found  this one
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nortel-Meridian-NT5D03FB-CP-Rlse-02-68060E-128MB-64F-Module-/320877034462

Anyone know if that cpu actually would be usable? A bit of googling  shows that it should be a proper 68060@50MHz, and at that price I bought  one. (still one available if you feel like possibly wasting money)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68060 shows that Nortel did use a 68060, but I'm not sure about that e at the end..

Don't know, can't see the beast under the heatsink - but you may be lucky.
This is the one you need : MC68060RC50 mask 71E41J rev6
I am talking to some suppliers in Shenzhen to see if I can get some + sockets + heatsinks.
/MikeJ

[freqmax]

How critical is mask and revision?

[mikej]

Genuine MC68060RC50 with 41J mask work, others have bugs.

They are getting expensive. I am talking to a supplier here.
By the time we include shipping, handling and testing it will be around 60Euro + vat for the processor. (Worst case 70Euro I think) Is this a price people are willing to pay?

If I buy larger numbers I can get a better price.
Were there any XC68060RC50 with the same mask set? Are there any faster versions?
Re-labelling is a major problem here, so I am talking to a friend who runs a chip testing company here as well.

/MikeJ