FPGA Replay Board

[JimDrew]

I am also keeping a back order list for U.S. sales.  I just put up www.cbmstuff.com and will be adding the FPGA Arcade.  I will also be offering a few different cases and a ATX power supply add-on that lets you use the power and reset buttons on a case as soft power/reset buttons for the FPGA Arcade board.

[vidarh]

It makes it annoying when you buy something from a country in the EU that has 20% VAT, but at least you don't get stung for the import duty and fee for presenting it to customs.

Yeah, countries like the UK... (UK VAT has been 20% since 2011)

[psxphill]

Yeah, countries like the UK... (UK VAT has been 20% since 2011)

Oh yeah, forgot about that we'd hiked ours. It's Sweden and Denmark with 25% that you need to watch out for.

[espskog]

Oh yeah, forgot about that we'd hiked ours. It's Sweden and Denmark with 25% that you need to watch out for.

You can for sure put Norway in that category too with 25% VAT. :pint:

[AmigaClassicRule]

Any idea when we will see this product in AmigaKit.com or is this going to be a Natami clone?

[mikej]

Any idea when we will see this product in AmigaKit.com or is this going to be a Natami clone?

AmigaKit have a sample already. Commercial discussions will take place when volume pricing is finalized.

Final software tweaks are being put into place - we found a minor issue with the boot loader recently.

There are nearly 200 boards manufactured now, which is somewhat more than Natami.
/MikeJ

[mikej]

AmigaKit have a sample already. Commercial discussions will take place when volume pricing is finalized.

Final software tweaks are being put into place - we found a minor issue with the boot loader recently.

There are nearly 200 boards manufactured now, which is somewhat more than Natami.
/MikeJ

I should also say that

Laurent aka Faranheit
AMEDIA COMPUTER FRANCE

have had a PO open with me for a long time and will be the first to receive bulk shipment.
/Mike

[cunnpole]

Mike do you have a rough idea when we can get a board to test from you? Weeks? Or into the new year?

[mikej]

Mike do you have a rough idea when we can get a board to test from you? Weeks? Or into the new year?

weeks.
/Mike

[Honkybear]

Nice :pint::pint::pint::pint::pint::pint:

[AmigaClassicRule]

weeks.
/Mike

Hey mikej does FPGA Replay have a SAGA custom chipset or just an AGA with more chip RAM? Like can someone make exclusive titles for FPGA Replay and will only work FPGA Replay or it can be emulated on WinUAE?

Can one say FPGA Replay is not a WinUAE in a hardware and that everything in it is actually custom chipset?

[Everblue]

Can one say FPGA Replay is not a WinUAE in a hardware and that everything in it is actually custom chipset?

I don't think it is either of those two.

[ferrellsl]

AmigaKit have a sample already. Commercial discussions will take place when volume pricing is finalized.

Final software tweaks are being put into place - we found a minor issue with the boot loader recently.

There are nearly 200 boards manufactured now, which is somewhat more than Natami.
/MikeJ

I didn't realize that the number of Natami boards exceeded 2 or 3 prototype boards.  I also thought that project was essentially dead because of infighting between Gunnar and another team member. Has something changed and they've actually developed more than just a few prototypes?

[Kremlar]

I didn't realize that the number of Natami boards exceeded 2 or 3 prototype boards.  I also thought that project was essentially dead because of infighting between Gunnar and another team member. Has something changed and they've actually developed more than just a few prototypes?

I think that's sarcasm.

[Hattig]

Can one say FPGA Replay is not a WinUAE in a hardware and that everything in it is actually custom chipset?

It's far closer to custom chipset than software emulation, if that's what you are asking. The FPGA simulates the hardware of the classic chipset directly (no software running on a generic CPU, but rather the FPGA re-implements the Amiga chipset), however the simulation is not the original hardware exactly (due to no-one having these details, and the gate level deconstruction of the original hardware is not complete yet) so there are going to be a few incompatibilities.

There are arguments about the meaning of emulation, simulation, etc, let's not go there again.

[psxphill]

It's far closer to custom chipset than software emulation, if that's what you are asking. The FPGA simulates the hardware of the classic chipset directly (no software running on a generic CPU, but rather the FPGA re-implements the Amiga chipset), however the simulation is not the original hardware exactly (due to no-one having these details, and the gate level deconstruction of the original hardware is not complete yet) so there are going to be a few incompatibilities.
 
There are arguments about the meaning of emulation, simulation, etc, let's not go there again.

It's massively parallel emulation, while in a software emulator like winuae everything is serial.
 
The original question is meaningless in the context of an FPGA because the FPGA is programmable & is designed to be more than just an Amiga. IIRC mikej is more into Atari ST and it's just that others with the prototypes (and have been posting progress) are more Amiga focused.
 
The people writing the Amiga emulation seem to be targeting AGA with extra chip ram so far, but there is no reason it can't be extended beyond that. However any extensions that are made could be added to WinUAE if anyone cared enough.