FPGAARCADE minimig compatible board, comments?

[TheDaddy]

Hi,

I have been following your fpga site for about a couple of years and I always wondered when you were going to come out with a FPGA Amiga.

Will this board be like an A1200? Or a generic board which allows you to run anything from Atari to Amiga?

Thanks :-)

[TheDaddy]

What I meant was:

Is this board going to be able to run AGA programs?

[TheDaddy]

@all

Thanks for the explanation. :-D

[TheDaddy]

Hi Dennis,

Do you know if anyone is working on a better minimig.bin file?

I mean more compatible as at the moment these are the results:

http://www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/what_works.htm

Thanks :-D

[TheDaddy]

Hi,

Could you post the latest specs please?

Thanks  :-)

[TheDaddy]

@all

Does this new motherboard mean that it is going to be in direct competition with the Minimig and eventually kill it off?

Good specs by the way. :-)

[TheDaddy]

Edited from this: (before people start taking the mickey, I am not very well today sorry)

What a shame, it looks like the end for the Minimig. :-(
Unless development continues obviously.

to this:

Sorry, what I meant was, it looks to me like it's the end for the Minimig if the Minimig developers move away from it and onto the FPGAARCADE.

We also need to see what ACube will do about it. They might decide to stop producing Minimigs

[TheDaddy]

Sorry, what I meant was, it looks to me like it's the end for the Minimig if the Minimig developers move away from it and onto the FPGAARCADE.

We also need to see what ACube will do about it. They might decide to stop producing Minimigs.

[TheDaddy]

>>Second guessing what TheDaddy was referring to, I think he means the end of the Minimig v1.1 hardware (TheDaddy is making a case for this device so this would matter to him).

That too. Personally it would be a bit of a disaster if the Minimig board were to be dropped and not produced anymore. I have spent and spending hundreds and hundreds of £ (GBP) on a custom case for the Minimig.

I would love if people bought it. At least to recover my money, to see that one of my designs has finally managed to come to life and offer something to the community since not being a programmer I can only offer design stuff. I think of the dozens of Minimigs out there without a case and they need one.  

I have also got the Natami case in the pipeline and maybe one for the FPGAARCADE but it will depend on the success of the Minimig case, the more I sell the more money I can invest in future designs for Amiga compatible platforms.

>>The biggest drawback with the Minimig v1.1 design is its lack of expandability, which meant that it was never going to serve our needs on a long term basis.

I think the Minimig has to be seen as good replacement for the A500 (and other machines, if it happens, C64, Vic20 etc.) like a console, that is what I bought it for really, to have a ready to go console with my favourite Amiga games.

 :-)

[TheDaddy]

@itix

>>What a shame, it looks like the end for the Minimig.
Unless development continues obviously.

Strange logic.


I have already explained myself about that. Read above.

[TheDaddy]

>>Strange logic.

(Added in an edit:)
AFAIK Minimig is open sourced and anyone can continue improving Minimig. If nobody does that Acube can start selling FPGAARCADE instead... or someone else can continue to sell Minimig.
But really, if Minimig is not sold anymore, so what? There is FPGAARCADE

Read post by HeanryCAse:
Second guessing what TheDaddy was referring to, I think he means the end of the Minimig v1.1 hardware (TheDaddy is making a case for this device so this would matter to him).

and what I say here:
That too. Personally it would be a bit of a disaster if the Minimig board were to be dropped and not produced anymore. I have spent and spending hundreds and hundreds of £ (GBP) on a custom case for the Minimig.

I would love if people bought it. At least to recover my money, to see that one of my designs has finally managed to come to life and offer something to the community since not being a programmer I can only offer design stuff. I think of the dozens of Minimigs out there without a case and they need one.

I have also got the Natami case in the pipeline and maybe one for the FPGAARCADE but it will depend on the success of the Minimig case, the more I sell the more money I can invest in future designs for Amiga compatible platforms

[TheDaddy]

@itix

Thank you for understanding.

My plan was to offer a Minimig case for the following reasons:

1) I think the Minimig deserves a complete enclosure, to keep it safe and make it look good and a bit more complete

2) To make one of my designs into reality

3) To invest the money from the Minimig into a new design for; Minimig v2, FPGAARCADE, Natami.
This will depend on how well the sales of the Minimig v1.1 go of course
4) Offer something to the community. I am not a programmer, but I massive Commodore/Amiga fan, since....1982.
 :-)

[TheDaddy]

@Darrin

>>@The Daddy:
This is why I was concerned by the amount of time and money you seemed to be putting into your case design. To be honest, I could never see you selling more than a couple of cases judging by the costs of your limited production run. Also, you're too late into the market and most Minimig users will have already put their boards into some sort of case. Wizard sold his cases because he was ready and waiting for the first production run while I'm afraid you've missed the boat.

Well it's too late now to backtrack. There are lots of people out there with a Minimig and no case, hopefully they'll buy it and support another "Amiga" developer.

Wizard's case is two pieces of plexiglass/perspex and some spacers and screws for £20 (GBP) circa. I am offering an enclosed solution, sure it will be more expensive but then these are the costs in today's market.

[TheDaddy]

@Darrin

>>A lot of people are happy to voice support, but when it comes to actually opening up their wallets then things change quite quickly.

I am with you on that, hopefully it won't be the case.

>>True, but it was "cheap" and did the job, plus it was available at a time when people were ordering the hardware.

That is true too, but Minimigs will be available for another 4-5 months I hope.

>>I hope you sell what you make, but if I was you then I'd post a final price, shipping costs and then try and get some names first.

Soon.
 :-)

[TheDaddy]

>>Ohhh... I didn't know you could buy those cases! I actually rather liked them... They seem to fit with the whole hobby thing!

I am not sure if you can still buy them but you could always contact Wizard.:-)