MiniMig with AGA

[desiv]

I have implemented all the AGA features into the Minimig core using MikeJ's Replay board. You can watch it running on YouTube.

WOW...  Nice work....  

As there is no 68020+ IP core available the TG68 CPU core is used. It runs at 7.09 MHz with no bus latency and according to SysInfo is 1.85 faster than a stock A1200.

I'm surprised that those programs and games are running on a 68000.  I assumed (I know) that they would have used instructions limited to the 68020 instruction set??  Are there not that many actual differences in the two from the codes perspective?

desiv

[desiv]

you're making this up. MiniMig was intended to be a A500 clone, nothing more, nothing less.
http://www.techtravels.org/amiga/minimig/weeren001/minimig.html

That article doesn't mention his "original intentions", just that he first built the minimig as an A500 clone.  He still "could" have intended it to be a 4000, but changed his mind early in development when he considered the complexity...  
BUT...  I wasn't satisfied with "could"..  So I knew the Interwebs would help me..  and they did!  This quote agrees with countzero (great name btw..):

This pretty much means that I've completed my initial goal, recreate a console-like A500 to play games on my TV.

From here:  http://eab.abime.net/archive/index.php/t-27708.html

Yes, this is a mostly useless post, but I'm delaying some bash scripting work a few minutes and needed a distraction.. :-)

desiv

[desiv]

Personally, I'm interested in both projects.

The Natami, a souped up A5k so to speak, sounds interesting and I can't wait to see you guys release..

However, the thought of a really fast AGA Amiga with boatloads of CHIP RAM is intriguing as well...

I think you both need to get to market, if only to see the look on Piru's face. :-)

desiv

[desiv]

We'll see what happens...

So you felt you needed to save 3 bytes when you quoted me by not including the smiley face at the end?   Hmmmm...
It kind of changes the feeling of the quote...

I could be paranoid about that, but .... it's too late..  :swords:

:roflmao:
desiv

[desiv]

With all those pins and such, is there any possibility of adding a real Amiga floppy to the mix?  
I have to admit, I kind of like putting a disk in the drive to load a game.  Hearing that evil sound as the floppy performs the head-killing dance of copy protection... Even flipping though my collection of disks brings a nice retro feeling.. :-)

desiv

[desiv]

I'll tell you when it's done

I figured, it just meant:
You can always hope if you want to...

;-)

desiv