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34 mentions on Hacker News by 32 people: 5 stories, 29 comments · first 2018-07-07 · latest 2022-09-20

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  1. I appreciate this is a 3-day-old comment now, but consider MISTer - https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki - which allow access to all of these older systems rather than being locked down to one of them. You could then also move…
    comment by tech2 · 2022-09-20 · in The lost ways of programming: Commodore 64 BASIC (2020)
  2. …expensive as shipping is pricey and you pay import duties). It's also what the MiSTer project uses https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki so is what you need if you want to play with console emulation. FPGA toolchains are indeed…
    comment by gchadwick · 2022-07-22 · in NiteFury – An Artix-7 FPGA with its own DDR3 RAM right in your laptop
  3. …not fast. FPGAs however can achieve low-level emulation with a high degree of hardware accuracy: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by rl3 · 2022-02-26 · in MetalNES: Transistor Level NES Simulation
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    Why FPGA
    story by tosh · 2022-02-04 · 1 comment
  5. …on PC sound cards did. If you want the ultimate in realistic play though, you can build a MiSTer. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki Take one not-super-expensive FPGA dev board, add some open source firmware and optionally a…
    comment by wolrah · 2021-11-21 · in Ask HN: What is your favourite gaming hardware/device?
  6. You can have both. * https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki Combine retro with FPGA as you like(within the constraints of that development board). Or waste Watts by using software emulation.
    comment by LargoLasskhyfv · 2021-11-10 · in What is AT&T doing at 1111340002?
  7. For those who don't know the project : https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by wiz21c · 2021-09-30 · in MEGA65 – highly advanced C64 and C65 compatible 8-bit computer
  8. Boy do I have something neat for you: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by wk_end · 2021-08-31 · in Apollo 68080 – Motorola 680x0 High Performance Processor in FPGA
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    Ask HN: Do you know any modern computers with retro characteristics?
    story by ibobev · 2021-06-19 · 10 comments
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    How to Start with MiSTer
    story by doener · 2021-05-24 · 0 comments
  11. …identical to the original hardware. It's quite amazing, I can highly recommend checking them out: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by radicalbyte · 2021-05-14 · in AmigaOS 3.2
  12. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/How-to-star...
    comment by ZeikJT · 2021-04-12 · in MiSTer, an open-source FPGA gaming project
  13. …with general purpose CPUs. But in most cases, it is emulation, as the lead developer will attest. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Why-FPGA "From my point of view, if the FPGA code is based on the circuitry of real hardware…
    comment by near · 2021-04-11 · in MiSTer, an open-source FPGA gaming project
  14. …FPGA works in parallel, it is no problem to handle any possible usage of the emulated system. [1] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Why-FPGA (Edited for formatting)
    comment by Jorge1o1 · 2021-04-11 · in MiSTer, an open-source FPGA gaming project
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    MiSTer, an open-source FPGA gaming project
    story by _haoa · 2021-04-11 · 107 comments
  16. A polite request isn't an attack. And it looks like they were trolling.[1] [1] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/issues/304
    comment by pseudalopex · 2021-02-12 · in Stanford archive to highlight Black histories of Silicon Valley
  17. …sort of stuff but don't want to buy/repair/store all the console hardware, take a look at [MiSTer]( https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki ).
    comment by inoop · 2021-01-19 · in Evolving a Curated Retro Game Collection
  18. …It also opens up opportunities to increase the resolution, frame rate and render distance. [1] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki [2] https://www.digikey.com/en/product-highlight/t/terasic-tech/... [3]…
    comment by nickmqb · 2020-11-21 · in I'm building a Minecraft clone in hardware, on a tiny FPGA with 143kb of RAM
  19. …[0] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/TurboGrafx16_MiSTer [1] https://github.com/Torlus/FPGAPCE [2] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by snvzz · 2020-10-19 · in Analogue Duo: FPGA Based TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Clone
  20. …as well as AGA. It runs well on miSTer[0] boards and the open FPGA stack friendly ULX3S[1]. [0]: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki [1]: https://www.crowdsupply.com/radiona/ulx3s
    comment by snvzz · 2020-10-13 · in Commodore Amiga could get a mini/classic version next year
  21. …expansion boards and hardware accessories that can be used to bring them into the 21st century. [1] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by metroholografix · 2020-10-13 · in Commodore Amiga could get a mini/classic version next year
  22. …FPGA project. Lots of fpga cores for classic computers, home game consoles, and arcade games. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by tyingq · 2020-08-12 · in ZX Spectrum Next – Issue 2
  23. I recommend the Terasic DE10-Nano. Because of the MiSTer ( https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki ) project, a cottage industry has formed around addons for this board which makes it a good choice for hobbyists who may want…
    comment by nkatsaros · 2020-08-08 · in Cheap FPGA Development Boards
  24. …money or if money is no object? I just don’t know much about this area outside the MiSTer project. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki https://www.retrorgb.com/mister.html
    comment by aspenmayer · 2020-06-13 · in ULX3S: Hackable FPGA that runs Linux on RISC-V
  25. …DE10-nano. A group of retrocomputing enthusisasts has chosen this as their base to work upon: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki and it even got picked up by some gaming hardware magazine, earlier this year:…
    comment by LargoLasskhyfv · 2020-05-23 · in VexRiscv is a quadcore, Linux-capable RISC-V softcore for FPGA
  26. …potential is certainly there. (Not affiliated with any MiSTer authors, just a fan of the project.) https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki http://www.atari-forum.com/viewforum.php?f=117
    comment by vardump · 2020-01-14 · in Raspberry Pi 4 and the State of Video Game Emulation
  27. …over the holidays, I'm working on porting some of the MiSTer FPGA retro emulators to the Gameslab: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by craigjb · 2019-12-25 · in Show HN: Gameslab, a FPGA powered handheld game console
  28. …with similar 68k machines might enjoy the MiSTer FPGA Console, which also re-implements the X68000: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/X68000_MiSTer It pairs a Cyclone V with dual-core ARM, a…
    comment by slartibardfast0 · 2019-04-21 · in Sharp X68000
  29. The linked page has a section on why this was done on an FPGA instead of a pi: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Why-FPGA
    comment by PretzelPirate · 2018-12-20 · in MiSTer: Run Amiga, SNES, NES and Genesis on an FPGA
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    MiSTer: Run Amiga, SNES, NES and Genesis on an FPGA
    story by alexyoung · 2018-12-20 · 30 comments
  31. …I can do that on the FPGA to get a more authentic sound. Likely niche but I'd be all over it. [1] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki
    comment by parski · 2018-11-08 · in On FPGAs as PC Coprocessors (1996)
  32. …in how much data they can fetch that fast). [1] http://kevtris.org/Projects/console/index.html [2] https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki [3] http://www.fpgaarcade.com/core-status/ [4] http://c64upgra.de/c-one/ [5]…
    comment by 0xcde4c3db · 2018-07-29 · in Cheap FPGA Development Boards
  33. …FPGA emulators, but just wanted to point out that their wiki has an article on just that question: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/Why-FPGA
    comment by adrianmonk · 2018-07-07 · in Amiga 600 FPGA Conversion
  34. …a custom 32 MB SDRAM board. For timing reasons the DDR3 memory on the FPGA board can't be used. https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Main_MiSTer/wiki/SDRAM-Board I bought mine for about $30 from someone in the MiSTer forum - there are a bunch…
    comment by hotdog97 · 2018-07-07 · in Amiga 600 FPGA Conversion