Hwlngmad Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Thought I would share this video from RMC. Definitely looking forward to further information and details (especially pricing). May have to finally jump into the FPGA pool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 This looks great, but yeah - I fear pricing is going to be a yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 It comes loaded with 128 MB ram, I/O, SNAC port, audio in. It comes with or without the DE10 fpga. I wouldn't be surprised if it's cheaper than buying the equivalent of all the boards. Depending on what you want to emulate you might not need many of those extras. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) As he says in the vid, the price is 141 GBP + VAT, for just this all-in-one board. Case will be extra, or you can print it yourself. You then need to buy the DE10 nano too (170USD). It's okay, I guess, for people who have bigger budgets and don't want to cobble it together themselves, but as mr_me says, these extras aren't really needed. My latest cheap-o estimate for MiSTer is ~250 USD (128MB RAM+DE10+cheap USB hub & heatsink/fan), this will play everything, and if you go with 32MB RAM you can get close to the 200USD mark and still be able to run 98% of the soft (only some bigger NeoGeo and CPS games need 128 MB atm). Big savings, which I quite appreciated and spent on other silly retro gaming stuff.Insert other media Edited August 27, 2021 by youxia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr SQL Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Great video! I like that the FPGA console has an AUDIO in for loading from cassette tape. Does this allow the Atari 2600 FPGA core to load SuperCharger tapes like the Gopher emu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeypy Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) Will it be possible to connect a USB-keyboard (or PS/2)? To get a full FPGA Atari 8-bit for example? What about the keys Reset/Option/Select/Start/Help? Edited August 28, 2021 by Pokeypy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 From the Atari800 core instructions: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Atari800_MiSTer/blob/master/instructions.txt F5 - Help F6 - Start F7 - Select F8 - Option F9 - Reset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange808 Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Arrr-gh Matey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeypy Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, mr_me said: From the Atari800 core instructions: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Atari800_MiSTer/blob/master/instructions.txt F5 - Help F6 - Start F7 - Select F8 - Option F9 - Reset Right. But if this is a console without a keyboard, where are these F-keys? Edited August 29, 2021 by Pokeypy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jstick Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Pokeypy said: Right. But if this is a console without a keyboard, where are these F-keys? You can use any USB keyboard, wired or wireless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/27/2021 at 8:58 AM, John Stamos Mullet said: This looks great, but yeah - I fear pricing is going to be a yikes. Yeah, pricing will be a big point. Granted, it is meant to get one into the MiSTer scene. But, will just have to see how everything shakes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 On 8/29/2021 at 12:02 AM, orange808 said: Arrr-gh Matey! It's not piracy if the platforms you're using the roms from are dead. technically it's grave-robbing. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeypy Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, John Stamos Mullet said: technically it's grave-robbing. You mean, it makes you a Tomb Raider? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 I realize the MISTer isn't that difficult to set up, but this is a much more appealing version of it than the plain tower with a case. It's definitely interesting, and I'll follow it along once they start sending units. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 The tower and case, with some assembly required, gives a sense of personalization. This. Is. Mine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 6 hours ago, Keatah said: The tower and case, with some assembly required, gives a sense of personalization. This. Is. Mine! I will probably take the plunge, too. I do like my Nvidia Shield TV setup, but something better and more curated wouldn't hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokeypy Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 (edited) I'd like a MiSTer Multisystem with an included keyboard. There's another FPGA-project slowly taking shape, which aims at creating a modern successor to the C64, which is called "Mega65". It says, the project is open-source. There had already been a DYI-kit of it, which had a nice compact keyboard. It looked like this. As I understand it, this case and keyboard design would be open-source too. The Mega65 is a nice project. But the product will be quite expensive (as I read), and focusses on its own system. I'd prefer a Multisystem, to run ZX Spectrum-, Atari 800XL-, Amiga 500 (1200)- and Mame-cores on it. And have it all in an opaque (not transparent like in the picture) light grey case (C128 or A500-style), and a keyboard as shown. At a reasonable price. That would be ideal. Edited September 16, 2021 by Pokeypy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hwlngmad Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 Updated video with lots of good FAQs. Definitely looks good, but is pricey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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