FPGA Replay Board

[freqmax]

We just boot our Amigas into PAL mode with a little proggy called "Palboot".  Then our American Amiga is just like a Euro Amiga.  I have played thousands of PAL games on my NTSC Amigas since 1980s.

How were PAL compatibility with USA monitors in the 80/90's ?

[Everblue]

When using the arcade fpga board with a DVI to HDMI adapter, to a modern PAL TV, will the game scrolling run smooth or the LCD locked at 60hz impose a problem? Unless PAL TVs are capable to switch to real 50hz when they get a 50hz input...

[ChaosLord]

How were PAL compatibility with USA monitors in the 80/90's ?

Compatbility was 100% since Commodore Business Machines cranked out millions of 1084S monitors, 1084, 1080, etc.  This caused Magnavox and Sony and others to make copycat monitors with the exact same features.  Real monitors are compatible with PAL and NTSC and other formats.

[ChaosLord]

When using the arcade fpga board with a DVI to HDMI adapter, to a modern PAL TV, will the game scrolling run smooth or the LCD locked at 60hz impose a problem? Unless PAL TVs are capable to switch to real 50hz when they get a 50hz input...

If you have a TV that is "locked at 60hz" then it is definitely not PAL.

PAL is locked at 50hz.

[Everblue]

If you have a TV that is "locked at 60hz" then it is definitely not PAL.

PAL is locked at 50hz.

Maybe I wasn't clear, probably to my own ignorance in the matter. My TV is a PAL Sony Bravia and supports both 50hz and 60hz content. Does this mean that 50hz content will feature silky smooth scrolling on my TV?

Btw, how good is the Amiga core at the moment? Do AGA games work fine? What about C64?

[mikej]

All TVs will support PAL or NTSC at 50/60i which is the classic 'TV' over HDMI.

There is no problem outputting correct HDMI for these standards. What is a little tricky is getting the Amiga core to sync up without a frame delay - some shortcuts were taken with the original chipset.

We are working on the problem. As I said earlier, we may end up with 100% classic timing which is VGA to SKART/RGB monitor, and a slightly tweaked version for HDMI.

/MikeJ

[freqmax]

How does the problem to make the Amiga core to sync with the display look? what shortcuts has been taken?

And VGA isn't a standard timing for Amiga asfair?

@Everblue, I think I recall someone mentioning that certain inputs (esp VGA) won't support some resolutions that other inputs will.

[SamuraiCrow]

I'm lost on this thread, is this a FPGA Accelerator board being developed as a daughter board for classic OS?   can someone explain please.. ;-)

No.  It's not an accelerator board.  It's a new Amiga 1200 compatible computer with a few improvements and software upgradability through the use of an FPGA.  Also, it's a good sequel to the MiniMig computer.

[haywirepc]

I'm tired of reading this thread and waiting. When will this be widely available and how much will it cost? When will places like amigakit have them or will  that be never? I've been waiting to buy another 1200 or this. This looks better but WHEN?

[ElPolloDiabl]

@above

I'm going to get a Minimig now and wait another year for them to work out the bugs for this one.

[Faranheit]

@Haywirepc:
You can go THERE or THERE.

Prices include french VAT (which can be removed depending on your coutry) and we can send products all over the world.

You can also contact us through mail at contact@amedia-computer.com or laurent@amedia-computer.com

We accept paypal, credit card or bank transfert for informations

And we have just also received a new stock of Minimig's boards and accessories :
- Complete Super Minimig V3,
- 4MB Minimig's board,
- ARM Controller,
- Crystal case,
- VGA to Scart cable.

Last thing : for informations, we have Mike's agreement for reselling his awesome board and on the product page, there is a link for a little video showing it in action

Thanks, Lionel 'Braver' and Laurent 'Faranheit'
Amedia Computer France

[mikej]

@above

I'm going to get a Minimig now and wait another year for them to work out the bugs for this one.

I understand the frustration, it is taking a lot longer than I would like.
The hardware has been around for quite a while, getting it into volume production at a decent price is an interesting challenge, but having built nearly 200 boards now I think we have cracked this.

I am still working on production test, but I expect to close this today. Then we can start shipping both stock from here and then directly from the factory to the distributors.

The core support is pretty stable and has been with developers for a while. I need to fix a few things still with the Amiga core, but it is pretty solid. Once the code is rolled out then incremental fixes will occur rapidly.

First batch of boards is going out this week.
/MikeJ

[wizard66]

Hi Mike,
Any chance to get the core update for the "old" promoboard V1.0b users :-)

[mikej]

Hi Mike,
Any chance to get the core update for the "old" promoboard V1.0b users :-)

Yes, all B and later boards are fully supported ...

[Robert17]

The FPGA Arcade is shaping up to be a brilliant product Mike, many thanks for all your hard work and effort. I Look very much forward to buying at least one board, and hope the Daughterboard will make it into production too.

Is it likely that there will be a UK Reseller for the FPGA Arcade?

Robert.

[SysAdmin]

@mikej

This board looks amazing, where can you get them in the USA?