New product: MNT ZZ9000

[alexh]

Originally Posted by nexus

and why would it be expensive to add PCI?

You'd need a mediator / prometheus / G-Rex to use the MNT ZZ9000 if it was a PCI card and not a Zorro card.

Originally Posted by nexus

so i can use PCI on other amiga's

??? You want this board to have PCI slots and also be a Zorro -> PCI bridge?

What PCI card would you need to use? A GPU?

This card already has Ethernet, USB, Video, RAM and an Accelerator. It could probably do sound too. A GPU is the only thing it doesn't have.

[nexus]

Originally Posted by alexh

You'd need a mediator / prometheus / G-Rex to use the MNT ZZ9000 if it was a PCI card and not a Zorro card.


??? You want this board to have PCI slots and also be a Zorro -> PCI bridge?

What PCI card would you need to use? A GPU?

This card already has Ethernet, USB, Video, RAM and an Accelerator. It could probably do sound too. A GPU is the only thing it doesn't have.

i dont want it to be a PCI card

yes it be nice if it was able to bridge zorro to pci

a PPC card

card isnt a accelerator he never stated this was a cpu accel card
arm cpu's could be used for anything same as fpga

[alexh]

Originally Posted by nexus

card isnt a accelerator

It is totally capable of being an accelerator. It has a 600MHz dual core ARM which can run a 680x0 JIT emulator.

Originally Posted by nexus

he never stated this was a cpu accel card

But it can be. Co-emulation (part FPGA, part emulation) is something being pioneered with the MiSTer platform at the moment. It has a very similar FPGA with a dual core ARM.

Originally Posted by nexus

a PPC card

They are very rare and expensive. If you had one, you might as well buy a Mediator + PCI cards as they are cheaper. Also I don't think there are enough pins on this FPGA to do both 32-bit PCI and Zorro.

[Methanoid]

Originally Posted by watman

Would it work in A500 thru a sideport-to-Z2 adapter?

Internally too

[watman]

Originally Posted by Methanoid

Internally too

Not sure if that's sarcastic, but I asked Lukas about it, here's the answer:
"I have a Z-500 and will test it with ZZ9000 at some point and update the page accordingly. I think it depends on the CPU card (if there is one) and it’s autoconfig implementation (if there is one)"


Amiga makes it possible :>

[Methanoid]

Originally Posted by watman

Not sure if that's sarcastic, but I asked Lukas about it, here's the answer:
"I have a Z-500 and will test it with ZZ9000 at some point and update the page accordingly. I think it depends on the CPU card (if there is one) and it’s autoconfig implementation (if there is one)"


Amiga makes it possible :>

Not at all sarcastic... It sounds great.. I'd just like to avoid any stuff hanging outsides the A500 and off the slot.. I'm looking for a Wicher 500i for that exact reason.. Not an ACA500!

[nexus]

PPC cards are not rare but can be expensive maybe you should see my other project

also they dont make mediators for A2000

[klx300r]

looks great but before I order will AGA come to the VA2000 eventually ?? don't really need the higher screen modes or ethernet

[kolla]

Will it run Linux when "in operation"?

[kolla]

Originally Posted by klx300r

looks great but before I order will AGA come to the VA2000 eventually ?? don't really need the higher screen modes or ethernet

You cannot have AGA on the Zorro bus.

[Marlon_]

Originally Posted by klx300r

looks great but before I order will AGA come to the VA2000 eventually ?? don't really need the higher screen modes or ethernet

You mean this thing? https://shop.mntmn.com/products/va2000cx

[seb132]

Maybe a noob question but will it work in A4000T ?

[alexh]

Originally Posted by Marlon_

You mean this thing? https://shop.mntmn.com/products/va2000cx

No he meant add AGA to an ECS computer. Something that is not possible without this board being plugged into the CPU slot rather than a Zorro slot.

Originally Posted by seb132

Maybe a noob question but will it work in A4000T ?

Yes the A4000T has Zorro III slots and a graphics card slot.

[Marlon_]

Originally Posted by alexh

No he meant add AGA to an ECS computer. Something that is not possible without this board being plugged into the CPU slot rather than a Zorro slot.

Aah, yeah, no, that's not going to happen.

Totally misunderstood what he meant.

[seb132]

Great! Going to preorder then...

[alexh]

Originally Posted by seb132

Great! Going to preorder then...

You might want to wait until the price for the Vampire 4 is announced?

[klx300r]

Originally Posted by Marlon_

You mean this thing? https://shop.mntmn.com/products/va2000cx

yes ..I have it attached to my VA2000 & was wondering if it can support AGA with any future updates

[oggie]

I have a 4000. Would this work with a mediator card, or would I have to go back to stock?

Another question is whether this will need to be booted into the OS for the scandoubler to work? So if i booted from a floppy/gotek, would it be usable at all?

Also, if I'm using whdload to play games, is there any concern that the scandoubler won't work?

[-Acid-]

Zero communication and questions not answered doesn't exactly give me the confidence to put my money down and preorder this card.

[grelbfarlk]

Originally Posted by oggie

I have a 4000. Would this work with a mediator card, or would I have to go back to stock?

Another question is whether this will need to be booted into the OS for the scandoubler to work? So if i booted from a floppy/gotek, would it be usable at all?

Also, if I'm using whdload to play games, is there any concern that the scandoubler won't work?

There is no reason to expect that it wouldn't work with a Mediator in an A4000.



It's a unclear if the Scandoubler/Flicker Fixer will be "upgraded" to support AGA color modes, so like using an ECS Flicker Fixer in an A4000 AGA games will have incorrect colors. Says the flicker fixer will be enhanced for AGA support. Though that won't work with the A4000/Mediator since it is missing a video slot for the flicker fixer.