Real Hardware
FPGA
Real Hardware + FPGA
are all different things.
...and I clearly understood that already...
...and had a related observation to share anyway.
Obviously, I’m speaking to how it suits nexus7’s original, stated, desire (preservation) even without having the full system replicated in the FPGA. Is that so wrong?
I want a full FPGA implementation too. Hopefully we’ll get that with the Super NT but, as I said earlier, there are reasons to doubt we’ll get that any time soon... unless Kevtris has been as hard at work on that as he has been on replicating the SNES hardware on FPGA. Remember: it took him the better part of a decade (more?) to make all the cores that went into the NT Mini. Presumably, he’s been working on the SNES core since before that even launched or shortly after. If it takes half as long to make a TG16/PCE core, I’d be happy, but it might be wishful thinking. If he can release a major new core every 6 months it could be a good way to keep sales growing but there aren’t very many he can add, considering the choice of FPGA (maybe Genesis/Megadrive?).
Maybe a full TG16/PCE FPGA system will be the next trick for the guys behind UpperGrafx, but considering how poorly understood and received it is, they’d have to be really cautious about making one now if there is any chance that Kevtris might be doing it. They could get stuck with another hard sell.
