FPGA Replay Board

[wrath of khan]

Good stuff mike. i will be having one of these babys in the daddys lovely x500 cases. roll on daughterboard.

[VuData]

Is it possible to use an A4000 keyboard plugged into the PS2 socket?

[Darrin]

Uhm... I'll take that board offered way back when now :-)

It would be great to have you developing for the FPGA Arcade, especially if it is using Poseidon.

[ChaosLord]

Does this mean I have to throw away my PS/2 ports to get USB? :huh:

PS/2 is way better.  No way am I getting rid of them.  All my stuff is PS/2 and PS/2 is better for mouse and keyboard (which are required).  USB is only better for nonrequired type things like my external 2TB drives and cameras and mp3 players and things.

Anyway I would rather have both PS/2 and USB.

Sorry for ranting

Are the PS/2 ports real PS/2 ports?  Like the ones on my Core i5 box?

I was once upon a time 100% going to buy one (once the 060 card came out and was verified working correctly) but I am currently at 93% chance.

@Platon42
Does this mean FPGA Arcade will gain some superduper awesome USB support in the near future? :hammer:

[mikej]

Uhm... I'll take that board offered way back when now :-)

Hi Chris,
So you survived the traveling then? You didn't pop by Stockholm!
I do indeed owe you a board, ping me a mail.
Cheers,
Mike

[mikej]

Does this mean I have to throw away my PS/2 ports to get USB? :huh:

PS/2 is way better.  No way am I getting rid of them.  All my stuff is PS/2 and PS/2 is better for mouse and keyboard (which are required).  USB is only better for nonrequired type things like my external 2TB drives and cameras and mp3 players and things.

Anyway I would rather have both PS/2 and USB.

Ae the PS/2 ports real PS/2 ports?  Like the ones on my Core i5 box?

@Platon42
Does this mean FPGA Arcade will gain some superduper awesome USB support in the near future? :hammer:

Hi.
No problem, let me explain.
I prefer PS/2 for mouse/keyboard and this is the default build option.

For people who want to put it in the case, or want USB mouse/keyboard this is an option to replace the PS/2 with USB.

These USB ports are directly controlled by the FPGA and appear as native Amiga mouse + keyboard.

The daughterboard has a real USB chip and already works with the Poseidon stack.

So you can choose...

Note, the main board also has two 9 pin inputs which accept real amiga/atari mice as well as joysticks.

/MikeJ

[freqmax]

Maybe one could add something to the verilog code to handle the DB9 atari style ports as PS/2 ones with a suitable connector adapter?

[Lord Aga]

Is it possible to use an A4000 keyboard plugged into the PS2 socket?

^ This. Or any kind of big box Amiga keyboards via some adepter.

[gaula92]

@mikej: Hum... sorry to keep asking but, wasn't a new core supposed to be released by now?
What's holding it back? I'm not in a hurry or anything, but I thought it was imminent two weeks ago.
Just out of curiosity, I'd like to read about the technical difficulties you may be finding.

[mikej]

@mikej: Hum... sorry to keep asking but, wasn't a new core supposed to be released by now?
What's holding it back? I'm not in a hurry or anything, but I thought it was imminent two weeks ago.
Just out of curiosity, I'd like to read about the technical difficulties you may be finding.

No technical problems.  I wanted to make sure I had a viable USB solution before building new boards. Changing the main PCB and assembly would be expensive at this stage. It's taken a little while to get the USB CPU up and running and design the PCB.
/MikeJ

[Darrin]

What's holding it back? I'm not in a hurry or anything, but I thought it was imminent two weeks ago.

In Amiga terms, "imminent" can mean up to two YEARS.  

[Kokos]

That's right! You should be grateful that nobody said 'in two weeks'! ;-]

[gaula92]

I am hoping the remaining 20 boards I have which have memory issues will be fine with the new firmware.

I am working full time for the next two weeks on this to get it done!
/MikeJ

@Kokos: Oh boy....
@MikeJ: this "two weeks" has become an Amiga joke, don't take my quote seriously!

[Kokos]

@Kokos: Oh boy....

LOL, I didn't notice that. :-) We're screwed.. ;]

[mikej]

^ This. Or any kind of big box Amiga keyboards via some adepter.

I don't see any reason why the FPGA code could not be adapted - actually it's a tiny soft-core microcontroller doing the hard work.

If you use a PS2 to din adapter for the Amiga keyboards, are the clock/data pins in the same place? If so, we can do it.
/Mike

[alexh]

If you use a PS2 to din adapter for the Amiga keyboards, are the clock/data pins in the same place? If so, we can do it.

The A4000 keyboard pinout, A3000/A2000 keyboard with adapter and PS/2 keyboard pinout are identical. Data on pin 1, clock on pin 5.

I presume only the protocol is different.