boing4000 wrote:
Also the last thing in "minimig mind" is to emulate something! The wohole thing is programmed hardware and want/need to stay that way. Everything else would make it to an UAE rebuild.
Exactly. The Minimig v1.1 is an A500 replacement and not a next-generation classic PC.
The achievable goals for the Minimig v1.1 are:
68000 @ 28MHz - already done
Extra RAM - done
Floppy drives - done, df0-df3
Hard Drive support: done, IDE HD emulation via hard file
Firmware update from USB/SD Card - planned
Also, the serial port can be used to link the Minimig to a PC to access the PC printer (and other devices).
All in all, I think this makes for a good replacement A500.
Now, if we want to talk about pushing the envelope and developing a more advanced Amiga then the C-One motherboard has some serious potential with more room for softcore processors, a real processor slot, PCI card for expansion cards, 2 x Amiga clock ports, IDE headers, floppy connector, CF Card slot and parallel port. Of course the cost is much higher. It's a case of what are you prepared to pay for. For classic gaming with a few old applications the Minimig v1.1 is more than enough.