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Recreating Voodoo Graphics and a Late-1990s Gaming PC on an FPGA

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  1. functionmouse · · focus · HN ↗
    Will it support 31kHz video out via VGA I wonder? Would love a period-accurate PC in my superstation one.
    1. crtified · · focus · HN ↗
      The core is available at github and should run fine on your SS1, afaik. Be aware it's an experimental core.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;nand2mario&#x2F;z486_MiSTer" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;nand2mario&#x2F;z486_MiSTer

      There is also a recent fork by github user janisc which is developing a direct 31khz output.

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      Speaking to general : To be clear, none of these MiSTer cores include the Voodoo graphics portion discussed in the parent link.

      I doubt that the degree of sheer hyper-optimisation required to get a Voodoo (plus the Pentium to make it meaningful!) into a DE10-Nano necessarily exists. Never-say-never, sure, but also, just-no - hahaha.

      That work is for higher specced boards like the Xilinx discussed.

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