A possible alternative for the OCM?

Paragon (1214)

22-06-2006, 16:55

It's not yet available, but coming soon:

http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=39&No=83

This board is called a "low-cost" board, so I hope the price will be < 200$.
And it provides a 20K LE FPGA, which should be more than enough for the MSX!
What do you think about it?

For the Amstrad CPC we already have an available "One Chip Amstrad" for everyone called the "CPC TREX", which is nothing else than this board with the TobiFlex CPC core:

http://www.terasic.com.tw/cgi-bin/page/archive.pl?Language=English&CategoryNo=39&No=14
http://www.symbos.de/trex.htm

By PingPong

Paragon (2014)

22-06-2006, 20:31

Can be!

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By spl

Paragon (1230)

22-06-2006, 21:14

Yes, can be!

By jltursan

Paragon (1340)

22-06-2006, 21:36

If the board mounts a FPGA with 20K LE and costs less than 200$ I'll be very impressed for sure!. The C1 model comes with only a 6K LE FPGA, right?. Maybe Altera will sell the old model a bit cheaper now...

By wolf_

Ambassador (9122)

22-06-2006, 22:10

Can you connect msx-cartridges to it?

By jltursan

Paragon (1340)

22-06-2006, 22:52

Sure!, using Sunrise Game Reader!

By wolf_

Ambassador (9122)

22-06-2006, 23:02

Does the Moonsound work in that game reader?

By legacy

Hero (561)

22-06-2006, 23:06

Can you connect msx-cartridges to it?

There we can use an extensionboard for.

By jltursan

Paragon (1340)

22-06-2006, 23:50

Does the Moonsound work in that game reader?

Is it the Moonsound an MSX cartridge?

Having enough room in the FPGA I think all the MSX hardware could be emulated...even a Moonsound.

By wolf_

Ambassador (9122)

23-06-2006, 00:26

Uh, since I can plug the Moonsound in my MSX's cartridge-slot, it's an MSX cartridge I'd say.. unless I'm wrong ofcourse and the Moonsound is a kettle of Tomato-soup. But the last time I used it, it didn't sound like soup!

Dunno about emulation of the Moonsound.. fpga/performance-wise.. perhaps someone can shed a light on this one? (snout?)

By sunrise

Paragon (1090)

23-06-2006, 06:58

What a bullshit to think that it will fit.
Ofcourse everything can be emulated this way. Even the Moonsound ,but it doesnot sound soup.!
The idea is nice, but find yourself first a couple of fpgaprogrammer and someone that want to produce, if the idea is executable.
We can scream and shout about what MSX Association is doing except from not launching the idea versus price and what fits is simple the right thing. And if they want to listen a little -who knows- that problems can be solved.

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