Reply 20 of 26, by keropi
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wrote:I'm using a MAX10 FPGA, anything is possible pretty much but for starters it'll only do MDA/CGA/EGA/VGA + VESA, enough for DOS stuff. Eventually I'll learn Windows driver making and then I can add 2D acceleration and maybe even dabble with 3D acceleration. It is supposed to become the fastest and most compatible video card there is for the old machines, with 15KHz output for connection to a random TV (RGB, S-video and composhit) and VGA+DVI output capable of at least showing 1920x1080 so that it can bypass potentially shitty scaling of some monitor. The card is both ISA and VLB, it can be used in 16bit ISA alone aswell. Video BIOS will be the hardest part for me, for the time being there's nothing more than incomplete PCB design. Eventually when there's more money and some other things are out the way I will continue working on this thing.
I have been waiting for something like this to exist!
Playing cga/ega/vga games on a nice 15k monitor like a 1084 is a dream for me 😎
Personally I wouldn't really bother with windows gui acceleration or 3d - that card looks to me as the perfect 2d gaming one - eagerly awaiting more news on this!!!