My Ultimate FPGA Desktop Part 2 - The Finished MiSTer build

The MiSTer FPGA desktop gets its finishing touches today as I complete my ultimate build.
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[@battmann7089]

What kind of a person would call someone else an idiot for putting together something so good. Fantastic work mate. Some people will literally moan about anything and probably need to get out more. Ignore!

[@stevenross-watt8640]

An idiot. :).

[@battmann7089]

Steven Ross-watt Exactly!

[@retroguy4139]

He has God-like powers in building stuff compared to me. No idiot on this channel. My greatest achievement was upgrading a 386sx with a 486dx motherboard. Took me all day to plug in the tight power connecter. He would of had a fix in less than 2 minutes.

[@DaveVelociraptor]

I think for any cave the MiSTer is arguably the first choice for what goes in. Especially if you manage a stellar setup like Neil has here.

[@Gryzor88]

Don’t let the rude know-it-alls bring you down. This is an absolutely glorious machine. Well done, Neil!

[@JakeWorrell]

Fame at last! Thanks for featuring my case Neil, I hope you getting as much enjoyment out of your build as I am getting out of mine :)

[@bazza5699]

loving that Commodore monitor Jake.. nice touch

[@JakeWorrell]

@@bazza5699 Thanks! I was over the moon when I managed to get it working, and not only does it look a pretty good match on to the case, games and things like workbench look great on it. When using the minimig core you really feel like you're using a real Amiga.

[@grandmaster1004]

Why would anyone say you’re an idiot?! This is fantastic!!!

[@retroguy74]

Because people are dicks

[@SmokeMonster]

This turned out so nicely, great build! :D

[@staticfanatic]

neil seems like such a nice man. i'd like to have a pint with him.

[@jason_a_smith_gb]

Next best thing. Buy him a coffee..

[@UncleAwesomeRetro]

I really like they way you set up the camera yourself and the computer. It is so natural and it feels less like a studio. The flowers or plants are also very nice. A drawback is that the voice changes when you turn towards the computer when you speak, but the audio here is very good. Also, great computer setup :)

[@Jamalen]

Ahhh its a stressful day, I need that sweet sweet voice to calm me...

[@terribleclaw2746]

+1 for this. After a dreadful day at work this video has calmed me right down. Top work Neil.

[@johngay8416]

I would love to see a series where you pick a core and do a dedicated video covering just that core and it's capabilities from the MISTer.

[@Skaera75b]

She's beautiful, Neil. A real work of art, and a true love letter to the past. You've made something wonderful, thank you for sharing it with us. All the best.

[@unorthdoxcleric6953]

Its , gorgeous, brilliant, beautiful all at the same time. Simply amazing and I love every inch of it.

[@mkonji8522]

You hit all the right notes for everything when it comes to this. Fantastic job.

[@markwhatever256]

Love this build, looks amazing in black, great work.

[@orinokonx01]

Upvoted solely for being so diplomatic about others opinions. We all would do this kind of project our own way, yours was your own way. Thank you for sharing, this has been very inspirational!!

[@Colin_Ames]

I think this is outstanding, and I am not sure how you could make it any better. Really well done.

[@shadowtheimpure]

I think this is absolutely the perfect case for this. It gives you a great place to put the display and gives you that wonderful 'old school computer' feel and the MISTer can simulate basically all of them from the Amiga to the C64 to even 386/486. As far as the power button situation goes, my first thought was 'latching relay'...but I'm a little old-school that way I guess lol.

[@kaitlyn__L]

hearing a relay click would've been satisfying for sure! but my first thought was a latching logic circuit, which is probably what's on the board ^^

[@eddiehimself]

I thought having a latching power switch would be more fitting for a 386/486 type PC aesthetic as well.

[@cheaterman49]

Oh wow the mouse house is indeed so cute! I love it!

[@SirSpamASome]

Dude, I am applauding your excellent work here.

[@BarnokRetro]

Awesome build! No need to defend a thing you did, it is 100% your build. I love that it has it's own flair and it reminds me of modding our trusty old 8-bits back in the 80s and 90s!

[@kcharles8857]

I think it looks bloody marvelous!

[@Petey-cr5ql]

Brilliant execution, like you said in the first video - this would have blown people’s mind back in the day!

[@plexnbrown760]

Enjoyed this sir. Do it the way you want because you are doing the work you get to pick.

[@nicklong27]

It's beautiful. Well done sir.

[@airingcupboard]

Very cool setup. I like your enthusiasm about this build.

[@patricktrakzel9657]

I love it. As we casemodders always say: ´You do you´. Whatever you love and like, make it.

[@fredsmith1970]

Love it. Looks great in black!!

[@tomstorm255]

Love it! Turned out excellently!

[@MrMatte1983]

Brilliant job, Neil! I’m jealous!

[@lyledal]

It looks amazing, and like a ton of fun as well! Well done.

[@MRNIIK]

You Sir, could de-escalate tensions between warring nations with that positive attitude of yours

[@relax12002]

Awesome stuff i used to work in the arcades as a young fella just purchased an FPGA from MiSTer so i can get the real Arcade feel cant wait ...

[@Laskarides]

Bravo! I do like the idea behind this project. Thanks for sharing!

[@RamonHernandez]

Been anxiously awaiting this video!

[@the1ucidone]

Man this is just such a great idea. I love it so much.

[@DevilStinger]

I was just starting to watch your videos when I came to the conclusion: You really rock man! love your videos, love vintage computers more than anything else, give you an Austrian thumbs up that goes straight with a regular thumbs up ^^

[@TheRetroNobody]

The working power and activity LEDs are such a simple looking but nice addition.

[@rbdriftin]

What a fantastic project!

[@EPenguin82]

Very nice! Makes me want a MISTer now...

[@iseptimus]

The MISter is an amazing piece of kit. After seeing your video I now have a nice little unit built and hidden away behind a 65" Sony A1 OLED. Not exactly the retro feel, but thinking back to being 12, I would have loved to hook my Amiga, SNES, MD etc up to a screen that big!

[@MrJef06]

Awesome build! That MiSTer board is quite amazing.

[@TonyOrr]

Inspired by the video I purchased a MiSTer. It's a great bit of kit! I love it.

[@moominpapa1980]

Absolutely perfect

[@ShmupsBR]

I like the "Italian" theme on the front buttons. :)

[@BaratheonBC]

creativeness has no right or wrong. nice work

[@Adamchevy]

I’m looking forward to finishing up this video when I get some time. I think it looks great! It reminds me of my old Packard bell setup. That 66mhz pentium was my gateway into another world, much like my mister is now. Same feel, better hardware.

[@Checkmate1500]

Wonderful video Neil, I love seeing what people are doing with my cases and the love they pour into them. Yes it is true I will not make any more and the white cases are selling quite fast. In total at moment there are roughly 120 white and 180 black left.

[@jbmaru]

Such kind answers to rude criticism. Well done with that build, and the screen picture looks great even on camera! Looking forward to the play steam.

[@graschbaten]

Thank you for your Videos! Today my power switch board is arrived so my build in a NUC Case is complete!

[@peterbrandt7911]

I like it very much and even the details I would do differently are clearly nothing to complain about. Just don't listen to people who try to tell you what you should do, or worse, have to do.

[@AlsGeekLab]

Well done on such a lovely wee machine. You sound proud of yourself and so you should be!

[@Wallygjs]

Nice job, it's good to see a man who's happy with his machine and more importantly know when to stop!

[@rosstee]

Very true!

[@lactobacillusprime]

Absolutely love it. Monitor, speakers and all. I'd love to do one in a similar fashion.

[@gregmoxham2120]

Absolutely first class, love it! Shame you have to explain yourself and you're not an idiot! I'm really grateful for all the vids and I hope you get some time to yourself to really enjoy it 😀

[@MikeyGRetro]

Congrats Neil. Very nice setup. You can tell in the video how delighted you are with it and will get used alot. I didn't realise how many new core had been released over the past year. I've got the itch now to do more with my Mister after watching this. Definitely checking out those DB9 adaptors.

[@ricardobornman1698]

Man that looks nice! Really cool.

[@paulb4uk]

I love what you have done with it as far as i am concerned its perfect

[@timrb]

Hot glue is to Neil as DeoxIT is to Adrian. Thanks for sharing!

[@JG-nx3jg]

Looks great mate, nostalgia reimagined.

[@alanhaynes4576]

Very nice Neil and love your videos

[@johndee759]

Awesome job! Congratulations!

[@RMCRetro]

Cheers John

[@Jef_Vermassen]

Loving how it turned out. Great choice of those buttons, while unnecessary gotta love more clickies. It filled me with joy to see that disc light run while the Mega CD was searching for data. The small things hey. :D

[@charliep8776]

Great series, i liked how you demonstrated the inner workings, and your own improvisations to get things connected. Thanks also for posting the 9pin to USB adapter, as i have been looking for one of these for some time, in order to use my competition pro joystick - there are some available on eBay, which use hardware from the 90s! keep up the good work mate

[@arongooch]

I gave an Australian thumbs up and ran it through one section of a 74HC04. Love your video's Neil and this is an awesome build.

[@JonPadfield]

I really like this Neil. It's perfect :)

[@Tularis]

This is amazing! I can’t wait to try this myself...

[@TheCCTVman]

Love it 💕 it wot makes feel happy. He’s like why do people drive classic cars when you sit in it and drive it makes you feel happy. And this is the computer equivalent of driving a classic car it just puts that nice smile on your face

[@philreed1605]

Brilliant! Loving the mouse house too, I could do with one of them on all my machines.

[@alpharisc]

The Mister FPGA is the best unit I've bought in recent years, all my old hardware is packed away nicely and I'm able to just play all the old units on a nice PVM with a couple of different controllers with the original feel. Cool looking case, love that CRT, looks stunning. Cheers

[@Oldgamingfart]

Ahh, I remember those Goodmans speakers! An Argos special from back in the day! I still use the smaller Active 45's on my bedroom telly. I suppose if you really wanted to go overboard with the sound, one of those little Class D amplifier modules would fit in there quite nicely.

[@Hamtarotaro]

Wonderful! I'm going to do a similar thing with a Minitel , i looked a long time to find a "computer" to put inside and the mister is the best idea i found.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

What a fun system. I love that you made a system with modern wireless networking and connectivity for old school Atari style joysticks. Oh and I love the mouse house too. 😉😉😉

[@cheaterman49]

Hahaha Neil, I just love the way you take criticism, even when people aren't being particularly nice about it! I for one think it's a great build, and am glad to see more of it :-) cheers!

[@binkman853]

Looks really nice. I want to build something similar. Enjoy it. Thanks for the vid.

[@Carstuff111]

I love this set up, and its awesome!

[@lm4278]

Good job! Looks great.

[@MrChristiangraham]

Looks amazing, Neil. Nice to have the period correct Goodmans speakers too!

[@THELEGENDARYK2]

This is the best mister setup ive seen

[@CartoonMonkeyStudio]

You inspired me to build my first Mister. Albeit not in this exact fashion... great vid! cheers

[@chrisgreenuk]

Great video, and thanks Neil for the Momentary to Latching switch adapter - that’s the missing link I needed for my Amstrad CPC ATX case project.

[@JapanPop]

You do you! And I like it! Everyone can make what they like as they like! And then build a channel halfway as awesome as yours.

[@MrVasile]

Fantastic!

[@leebumble]

13:36 WOW, when I see that altogether like that and see how small it is, it blows my tiny mind. Computing really has come a long way over the last 50yrs+ 🤩🤩🤩

[@tsunamirider9895]

Awesome! Great job!

[@frazzleface753]

Good on ya for building something that YOU wanted, Neil :)

[@LumiaVT]

I actually had the exact same idea of putting a MiSTer inside an empty Sharp x68000 shell after your initial video (since nowadays working machines are way beyond my price range) and finally managed to track one down, so I'm looking forward to putting that together as a nice little no fuss all-in-one retro computer setup.

[@NotMoreGames]

Well I’m impressed. It’s a lovely setup. No wonder you’re over the moon with it. Enjoy your well earned new toy. 😀

[@StarshipGhost]

Awesome. I wish I had the knowledge to do this with a clear console shell.

[@BenState]

Looks amazing.

[@freetechdk]

Nice and well done project!

[@TheEPROM9]

I like sulutions like this, let you build something fun & custom.

[@gr8fakeh8monger]

I've been trying to communicate between raspberry pi and my laptop recently. I really appreciate your work. Thanks man

[@bazza5699]

Hey Neil, great to see some more MiSTer content on RMC. :) :) Fantastic build. I was waiting with baited breath to see how it turned out. Love the joystick ports at the front - particularly the 3d printed dust covers. The mouse house really made me smile too, loving that attention to detail. The only thing I'd change (aside from having access to the SDCard) is having a USB hard drive in there. I quickly discovered a 128gig SDCard wasn't big enough, especially with NeoGeo and MegaCD games so bought a 1TB USB HD. Can't wait to see more MiSTer content.

[@fififinance7469]

Newbie to YT. Instructional posts are so helpful and informative. 💪😀

[@KurtLichtner]

Really nice build, Neil, it turned out awesome. The name, "MISTer Fusion/Checkmate Emulation" is perfect for a retro rig of this caliber.

[@ForSquirel]

We spent so many years wanting faster and faster only to go back to the classics. Well done, well done.

[@josephwright433]

You've certainly inspired me to build something like this. Thank you Neil. I owe you a pint 🍻

[@RetroBoxRoom]

That looks really good! I wish I had the space to have that sort of setup. The MiSTer is a great bit of kit. I've been enjoying mine as well for the past year or so.

[@dlinkster]

Aww, The Last Blade - one of the best fighting games developed. I loved the way Neil developed this project. I liked the sticker.