Whatever happened with the CDTV Coldfusion upgrade?

Paul_s · 05 October 2010, 09:01

http://www.cdtv.org.uk/coldfire/

Awesome, development seems to have died almost 5 years ago now, anyone know what happened with this?

alexh · 05 October 2010, 09:15

Oli HD ran out of funds and enthusiasm plus it became obvious this chip was not compatible enough with the 68k for it to be a viable alternative.

Oh, and it wasn't for CDTV it was for A4000 / A3000 (or A1200 with suitable bus board) it is just by the CDTV org website owner.

Oli_HD · 08 October 2010, 08:00

Lo, Not funds, Im still making different projects (see olihd.com) and Im still messing around with the Coldfire for fun (When I get time) but yeah the project itself is dead, dont expect a card to be launched. It never got to a stage where I could test if it was compatible or not, there were only a couple of instructions that could have caused problems.

The coldfires still in development and is still an interesting chip. The V4 core is now available for building into FPGA's and the V1 core is free to use with Altera FPGA's, real interesting stuff as there are more signals available for interfacing and even the V1 core has a hardware trap for emulating missing instructions.

Anyhoo I work 40 hours a week as an electronics engineer fixing PLC's so dont get a great deal of time free to work on the Amiga in general.

The last prototype built was a completely CPLD buffered design but I never did the code for it.

Loedown · 08 October 2010, 15:17

Good that you step up to the plate and let people know what's going on.

Oli_HD · 08 October 2010, 19:30

np, Im still here. Dont post much on miggy forums but can normally be found hanging out on a.org irc. Still have waaaay too many Amigas lol

Paul_s · 08 October 2010, 19:39

Thanks for the info Oli

Nice to see you drop by, didn't realise you were on here... thanks for website too (cdtv.org.uk)

Oli_HD · 10 October 2010, 22:05

I am everywhere, for I am god lol.
Yeah EAB is my fav Amiga hangout, I just dont post much.

05 October 2010, 09:01	#1
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	Whatever happened with the CDTV Coldfusion upgrade? http://www.cdtv.org.uk/coldfire/ Awesome, development seems to have died almost 5 years ago now, anyone know what happened with this?

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05 October 2010, 09:15	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,338	Oli HD ran out of funds and enthusiasm plus it became obvious this chip was not compatible enough with the 68k for it to be a viable alternative. Oh, and it wasn't for CDTV it was for A4000 / A3000 (or A1200 with suitable bus board) it is just by the CDTV org website owner.

08 October 2010, 08:00	#3
Oli_HD Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire. UK Posts: 157	Lo, Not funds, Im still making different projects (see olihd.com) and Im still messing around with the Coldfire for fun (When I get time) but yeah the project itself is dead, dont expect a card to be launched. It never got to a stage where I could test if it was compatible or not, there were only a couple of instructions that could have caused problems. The coldfires still in development and is still an interesting chip. The V4 core is now available for building into FPGA's and the V1 core is free to use with Altera FPGA's, real interesting stuff as there are more signals available for interfacing and even the V1 core has a hardware trap for emulating missing instructions. Anyhoo I work 40 hours a week as an electronics engineer fixing PLC's so dont get a great deal of time free to work on the Amiga in general. The last prototype built was a completely CPLD buffered design but I never did the code for it.

08 October 2010, 15:17	#4
Loedown Precious & fragile things Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 1,946	Good that you step up to the plate and let people know what's going on.

08 October 2010, 19:30	#5
Oli_HD Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire. UK Posts: 157	np, Im still here. Dont post much on miggy forums but can normally be found hanging out on a.org irc. Still have waaaay too many Amigas lol

08 October 2010, 19:39	#6
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,334	Thanks for the info Oli Nice to see you drop by, didn't realise you were on here... thanks for website too (cdtv.org.uk)

10 October 2010, 22:05	#7
Oli_HD Collector Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire. UK Posts: 157	I am everywhere, for I am god lol. Yeah EAB is my fav Amiga hangout, I just dont post much.

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