MiniMig+

[AmigaClassicRule]

Well there is a port there for upgrading, what should you do with it?

Or put rasberry like expansion or an x86 or something fun Or keep it there just for the giddy feeling you have an expansion port that is not used but it is there

[ferrellsl]

Well there is a port there for upgrading, what should you do with it?

mikej has already explained that it's for a 68060 daughterboard.  The Replay board was never intended for PPC expansion as there are already plenty of PPC options/systems out there.  The Replay is for those who want to replace their classic hardware with some enhancements on top, not for those people who want a PPC system.

[IanP]

Remember that the Replay is intended to be a multi-platform implementation not just Amiga. The expansion ports will allow tailoring of the Replay to support or enhance other platforms for which cores are developed.

[ferrellsl]

Remember that the Replay is intended to be a multi-platform implementation not just Amiga. The expansion ports will allow tailoring of the Replay to support or enhance other platforms for which cores are developed.

The word "Amiga" did not appear in my earlier post a single time.

[AmigaClassicRule]

The word "Amiga" did not appear in my earlier post a single time.

You are sure? :insane:

[ferrellsl]

You are sure? :insane:

Positive.  Post #61 has no Amiga in it anywhere......if you'd learn to read maybe you could have answered that yourself instead of bothering me.

[mikej]

Remember that the Replay is intended to be a multi-platform implementation not just Amiga. The expansion ports will allow tailoring of the Replay to support or enhance other platforms for which cores are developed.

Correct. The main board was designed to be low-cost and suitable for a broad range of applications - with just enough on board. What's on there is ok though, 192KHz audio DAC and DVI/Analog/Composite outputs with decent filtering and line driver.

The daughterboard for the Amiga/Atari has Ethernet/USB and an optional 68060 (with associated memory).

Another daughterboard has a JAMMA connector for arcade game cabs.

There is a patch daughterboard as well which as 5V translators on all the IO and a place to wire up other chips (processors / SID etc) for analysis. This way I can run the original chip against the soft copy. I am doing this at the moment for some of the AGA chips to fine-tune the timing.
/MikeJ

[freqmax]

Can one make use of the addon board memory without any extra CPU ..?

As for expansion, I prefer more FPGA matrix anytime. And if one wants more power and isn't dependent on strict timing there's always the latest 4 GHz offerings with Gigarams of bytes.

[mikej]

Can one make use of the addon board memory without any extra CPU ..?

As for expansion, I prefer more FPGA matrix anytime. And if one wants more power and isn't dependent on strict timing there's always the latest 4 GHz offerings with Gigarams of bytes.

Possible, the SDRAM controller sits in the main board FPGA.
In theory the soft processor could be used internally with both the external DDR and SDRAM.
/MikeJ

[AmigaClassicRule]

Possible, the SDRAM controller sits in the main board FPGA.
In theory the soft processor could be used internally with both the external DDR and SDRAM.
/MikeJ

Mikej, plllease can you give us an update when can I order the FPGA Replay from you? As in, can you give us an idea when the AGA and Amiga core is going to be completed??

[mikej]

Mikej, plllease can you give us an update when can I order the FPGA Replay from you? As in, can you give us an idea when the AGA and Amiga core is going to be completed??

Now, and it is done - one AGA bug to fix and HD still a bit odd, nearly fixed.
/Mike

[AmigaClassicRule]

* goes into complete dance mode * * jumps up and down and dances left and right * I am happy...mmmmmmmmmm...oh yeah baby!!!

[Lurch]

Now, and it is done - one AGA bug to fix and HD still a bit odd, nearly fixed.
/Mike

When will the 060 daughter board appear, would love to buy together if possible :-)

[billt]

Wouldn't it be awesome to have PPC card on the FPGA Replay Arcade ?

I think it would be neat. Too bad the zCore never actually got uploaded to OpenCores...

[freqmax]

I started a discussion on creating a PPC clone in some hardware description language in 2010 here. It fails to work because it would be extremely large and real chips was at least in 2010 a more efficient way.

Also feature creep seems to make many Amiga projects go into oblivion. The FPGA Arcade is not possible to buy for anyone yet nor is the source available. So let's get it to work first.

[amyren]

I havent followed the minimig development to close. But I saw this youtube video labeled Minimig AGA 060, posted a year ago, so I was puzzled when I read about minimig+.
Was that video a hoax or what is it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug4_yh3Q288