FPGA Replay Board

[yaqube]

While a fan of the current board form factor... would you also consider a different layout of the board that contains the current FPGA Arcade and the '060 board?

I can tell you in secret that I'm working on a new board which integrates an FPGA and 060 CPU together with other goodies. It won't be a direct replacement of any existing Amiga mainboard.

[Darrin]

I can tell you in secret that I'm working on a new board which integrates an FPGA and 060 CPU together with other goodies. It won't be a direct replacement of any existing Amiga mainboard.

You're telling us in secret on a public forum?  

[freqmax]

I'm working on a new board which integrates an FPGA and 060 CPU together with other goodies. It won't be a direct replacement of any existing Amiga mainboard.

Will it have Ethernet (100Base-T) ..?

[matthey]

I can tell you in secret that I'm working on a new board which integrates an FPGA and 060 CPU together with other goodies. It won't be a direct replacement of any existing Amiga mainboard.

Will it have Ethernet (100Base-T) ..?

How about full speed PCI with 4-5 slots? PCI ethernet, USB, GFX and sound cards are available for almost free. Maybe a little more memory? Price? Spill the beans! Your secret is as safe hear as any public forum .

[Methanoid]

How about full speed PCI with 4-5 slots? PCI ethernet, USB, GFX and sound cards are available for almost free. Maybe a little more memory? Price? Spill the beans! Your secret is as safe hear as any public forum .

New thread please... there are enough spam/OT posts in this thread titled FPGA REPLAY BOARD

[Lord Aga]

You're telling us in secret on a public forum?  

Well it's not like there are any Amiga-loonies who will pester him about details here on the looniest Amiga forum

[ChaosLord]

New thread please... there are enough spam/OT posts in this thread titled FPGA REPLAY BOARD

I thought the purpose of this thread was to build the longest thread in the Amigaverse?  A thread so long that it could reach all the way from one end of the Amigaverse to the other, in order to unite all the camps around a single campfire, singing songs and eating marshmallows in peace and tranquility?

How can we achieve such a goal if we go round disallowing offtopic posts?  Yer jus not thinkin it threw.  Get a grip, man!  :biglaugh:  :roflmao:

[Johan Samuelsson]

MikeJ, how did the production of the boards go? Did the holidays slow it down or are you on schedule?

[mikej]

China stops completely for two weeks, so they are sitting waiting for assembly.
I have the complete usb adapter modules for testing though.
/MikeJ

[mohican]

My rev.6 CPU works at 106 MHz with fully functional MMU and FPU. With disabled MMU it works at 120 MHz.

Does the 060 daughterboard come with CPU, or without ?
is it possible in the future any solution between the Natami's 68050 and your daughterboard ?
(because the stock of rev6-060 not too much, and supply comes with lot of risks)

... and one more thing;
Did you use any cooling solution for 060 at 106 Mhz

Thanks, and of course congratulations a lot.

[yaqube]

Does the 060 daughterboard come with CPU, or without ?

It depends. Mike is trying to get some from China but so far all of them have turned out to be fakes.

is it possible in the future any solution between the Natami's 68050 and your daughterboard ?
(because the stock of rev6-060 not too much, and supply comes with lot of risks)

Yes, there are plans to create another daughterboard with a bigger FPGA which could act as high-performance CPU. The question remains: who will make the CPU core?

Did you use any cooling solution for 060 at 106 Mhz

Yes, small heatsink and small fan. At 100 MHz the CPU is able to run without active cooling.

[mfilos]

Thanks for these clarifications Yaqube mate! Grand respect to your hard work \o/

I already have a spare Rev.6 060 that waits patiently to find his way home in your future's daughterboard's socket

[freqmax]

Yes, there are plans to create another daughterboard with a bigger FPGA which could act as high-performance CPU. The question remains: who will make the CPU core?

Make some boards available and the code already used in the FPGA Arcade such that many people can tinker with it.

[ChaosLord]

It depends. Mike is trying to get some from China but so far all of them have turned out to be fakes.

Which Chinese government official did u bribe to get your unfake one? :biglaugh:

Yes, there are plans to create another daughterboard with a bigger FPGA which could act as high-performance CPU. The question remains: who will make the CPU core?

There are several ppl who would have made, or assisted in making such a core if only they had the hardware to experiment with.

I for one, do not trust the speed assessments given by the simulation software.

[freqmax]

I for one, do not trust the speed assessments given by the simulation software.

One can always measure number of instructions executed per clockcycle with VHDL simulators.

[Kesa]

MikeJ, what's the meaning of life?     :rolleyes: