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`30.Jan.2021`	Raspberry Pi as m68000 replacement: PiStorm Claude Schwarz' 'PiStorm' connects a Raspberry Pi to a CPU socket of an A500, A1000 or A2000 using an adapter for emulating a fast m68k processor. In contrary to the Buffee project a Linux-based solution is used instead of running the 68k emulator directly on the hardware. On his Twitter channel Schwarz has published some videos showing the latest level of development: FastRAM obviously still has not been implemented. Hardware documentations and source codes are available on Github but not under a free license: A commercial application requires the accordance of the developer. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 30. Jan. 2021, 00:10] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`29.Jan.2021` a1k.org (Webseite)	Accelerator board project 'Buffee': ARM processor emulates 68040/400 Mhz The open source accelerator board project "Buffee" started by Renee Cousins and Tim Wacker consists of an adapter board which is connected to the processor socket of an A500, A1000 or A2000 and has a SoC of type Octavo OSD335x-SM inclusive 512 or 1024 MB RAM. The ARM-CPU of the Octavo module emulates a 68k processor using a special JIT emulator called Pseudo JIT which supposedly can achieve the speed of a 68040 clocked with 400 Mhz. Additional to the firmware, the hardware design freely available. According to the developers in their blog, the production of prototypes gets closer. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 29. Jan. 2021, 23:05] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]
`27.Jan.2021` English Amiga Board (Webseite)	Product announcement: A500 replacement board 'MiSS FGPA' 8bits4ever already is offering some FPGA solutions for retro fans. Soon also a FPGA-based replacement boards for A500 cases will be available. This 'MiSS FPGA' fit inside a Commodore A500 case and uses the original A500 keyboard as input device. The board is equipped with the same FPGA like the MiST therefore MiSS FPGA is compatible to all MiST cores. Two traditional joystick ports are available which obviously are both set as port 1 - probably for the simultaneous usage of mouse and joystick. The features of the board: Altera EP3C25E144C8N FPGA 32MB SDRAM Four USB port (supports USB keyboards, mice and gamepads. Also USB hubs to add more that one device per port) Internal 8-pin connector for A500 keyboard Two DB9 classic joystick connector (assigned to port 1) VGA/RGB output RCA stereo audio output Micro SD card slot (push-push style) Internal MicroUSB programming port MiniUSB power connector. 1000mA recomended! On/Off mechanical switch Custom 3D printed PCB holders for A500 case Miss FPGA soll ab Ende Februar, Anfang März verfügbar sein und 150 Euro kosten. (cg) (Translation: dr) [News message: 27. Jan. 2021, 01:16] [Comments: 0] [Send via e-mail] [Print version] [ASCII version]

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