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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: skilgannon on July 20, 2009, 12:03:32 PM
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Hi all,
Thinking about getting a Minimig as it looks great and seems to solve the problem with the Scan Doubler issue (allowing 50hz screens which I think most CRT monitors should manage).
Just wanted your opinions on the Minimig and to ask if anyone knows if it can run Workbench 3.9? I was hoping to use WB3.9 and my licensed copy of WHDLoad to stick a pile of games in a folder but maybe I'm aiming too high? Is it mainly for running ADF games from the memory card that I should be aiming for?
Any thoughts would as always be welcome :)
Skilgannon
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anyone knows if it can run Workbench 3.9?
It can't.
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Hi,
I dont know about the Workbench but i have brought a Minimig and I really enjoy using it. I mainly use mine for games which run of the memory card but the memory card can be used as a virtual harddrive with some additional hardware required.
It is always being improved with updated Firmwares etc..and has good support.
I would recommend it as a good purchase. :-)
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It can't run workbench 3.9 simply because it's CPU is a 68000 running at 7Mhz , the same as in an A500/600 etc..
If i am not mistaken it only has 1mb of ram (i could be wrong) .
So i'm guessing anything higher than workbench 3.1 will either not work or else be very slow .
Other than that , the Minimig is a very interesting piece of hardware and i would really love to get my hands on one someday when i have the money .
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Hi all,
Thinking about getting a Minimig as it looks great and seems to solve the problem with the Scan Doubler issue (allowing 50hz screens which I think most CRT monitors should manage).
Just wanted your opinions on the Minimig and to ask if anyone knows if it can run Workbench 3.9? I was hoping to use WB3.9 and my licensed copy of WHDLoad to stick a pile of games in a folder but maybe I'm aiming too high? Is it mainly for running ADF games from the memory card that I should be aiming for?
Any thoughts would as always be welcome :)
Skilgannon
The choice is ULTIMATELY yours. Workbench 3.9 is 020+ ONLY, so it will NOT run on Minimig, also given a plain Minimig only has 2MB of ram, I believe 3.9 NEEDS a lot more.
There is a RAM mod to take it up to 4MB of ram (3.5 Usable), I have a 3.1 Hardfile for my minimig, and the ARM addon, and once I add the Ram mod, will load WHDLOAD games.
I suggest 3.1 to run WHDLOAD, but you need to mod the Minimig to 4MB of ram.
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It can't run workbench 3.9 simply because it's CPU is a 68000 running at 7Mhz
I think it can be made to run at 14MHz too but still cannot run OS3.9
Not to mention, it only has 1.5MBytes of usable RAM!!
The only Plus part of the MiniMig is its form factor IMO. Anything but that and you get an A600 for £10 off ebay.
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I think it can be made to run at 14MHz too but still cannot run OS3.9
Not to mention, it only has 1.5MBytes of RAM!!
Well, 2MB, but 512KB is reserved for Kickstart, so Yes, 1.5MB. ARM powered Minimig's can be switched up to 28Mhz (Easy if you have 16+Mhz chips), for those games like Frontier (etc).
68k chips Overclock like Crazy.
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Thanks everyone for your replies. I forgot that 3.9 needs an 020 so that's out but my main hope was that I could use my ewxtensive collection of WHDLoad games on it so WB3.1 will be fine but it looks like from what WHITEB was saying that I need to get a 4mb RAM mod. Is this just a standard old style EDO RAM?
I think that based on the fact that WB3.1 will work and I can get my WHDLoad files to work with that - I may be on to a winner :)
Amigakit here I come (where hopefully they are selling a perspex casing for it)!
Thanks again all!
Skilgannon
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I think that based on the fact that WB3.1 will work and I can get my WHDLoad files to work with that - I may be on to a winner :)
Very expensive winner. When you add the cost of the MiniMig, some sort of case (even if it is just two bits of plexiglass), the ARM upgrade, the RAM upgrade you are talking mega money compared with an A600 + HD
Add to that the fact that MiniMig is not 100% compatible with all Amiga software (yet). Core updates have slowed to nothing also.
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Is this just a standard old style EDO RAM?
It isn't.
The memory is surface mounted.
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Hmmm, might need to rethink my strategy then as it sounds like I could be talking approx £200 to get it to work the way I want it too... I love the form factor but as AlexH reminded me, the A600 is a good option (and I guess I could new 3.1 ROMS and get the CF solution for it). Only problem then is the screen as it can't use a monitor (other than the usual Philips types or old Microvitek 15hz types).
I've just scanned eBay and there aren't a lot of A600's around... Not sure what to do now (aside from continue to use my Amiga Forever on my PC - but even though it's excellent - it's just not the same).
Anyone using the A600 Compact Flash solution?
Thanks again all
Skilgannon
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Another thing to consider is that while WHDLoad does work on 68000 machines like the 500 and 600, I've run into a couple of installs that use tools that don't work on less than an '020 (can't recall which at the moment, though) and the occasional game that just won't work (while it did on the 1200.) That, and with 1.5mb of RAM the Minimig is not ideal for multi-floppy games, and you'll also miss out on the few good AGA games that are around.
If you intended to spend that kind of money, a 1200 wouldn't be out of reach and would do way more for you.
As for CompactFlash, I'm using 4gb CF cards on one of my 1200s and in my 500 and they work very well.
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Thanks Tone but it's really the form factor I was after as I only recently got rid of my A1200 setup (was a nice setup too as it was accellerated and had 32mb ram and I also had it networked). Because my Amiga monitor (Microvitec Multisync) died and I couldnt find another one (on eBay or anywhere else) I ended up not using it any more, so sold it. The thought of a nice small form factor machine to be able to play my favourite games on the actual machine is a nice one but I'm stuck with the monitor issue again, as none of my TV's (All LCD) will run with it so I would need to again try and find one or get the old Philips MK2 style (which is really just a CRT tv).
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Indivision is currently out for the A1200 and A4000 which would solve the monitor problem but of course add cost. It's also supposed to be released for the 500/600/2000 soon, but there really isn't a cheap way around the monitor problem except for good old composite.
The 600 is a nice machine, but it's really only a few inches smaller than a 1200 and ridiculously hard to find upgrades for.
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Very expensive winner. When you add the cost of the MiniMig, some sort of case (even if it is just two bits of plexiglass), the ARM upgrade, the RAM upgrade you are talking mega money compared with an A600 + HD
Add to that the fact that MiniMig is not 100% compatible with all Amiga software (yet). Core updates have slowed to nothing also.
Hardly, a new core was released a few days ago (to Owners of ARM board as a Pre-Release), it is about to hit the Intehweb shortly. (ARM owners cannot Release it either, Its coded Only to ARM for the moment), and Yes I have an ARM board.
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Thanks everyone for your replies. I forgot that 3.9 needs an 020 so that's out but my main hope was that I could use my ewxtensive collection of WHDLoad games on it so WB3.1 will be fine but it looks like from what WHITEB was saying that I need to get a 4mb RAM mod. Is this just a standard old style EDO RAM?
Thanks again all!
Skilgannon
No, The Ram 'Mod', means you have to get another two Surface mount chips, and solder them on top of the OLD ones (Piggy Back), with one special pin left sticking out, and wired to the Spare I/O (Chip Select pin).
Turns 2MB, in to 4MB. And additionally, you *NEED* the ARM board for it to work, Along with 28Mhz Overclock. ARM Board also means *FOUR* Floppy Drives Support (instead of 2), Hard File (Hard Drive Image) support, SDHC (Fat32, Long file names) 4+GB SD Card Support.
I am using a 4GB SDHC, with a 3GB Hard File (Partitioned to 1GB, 1GB, 1GB unformatted).
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LOL - I'm floating back to the idea of the MiniMig. WhiteB, what do you think the cost would be to get the Minimig, casing, Ram and ARM upgrades? I'm guessing around £300? It's not really about the cash for me, just want to try and get an Amiga that will work the way I want it to (play WHDLoad games and on a monitor that would also be small enough to sit on the end of my desk). I guess an A3000 is an option if I could ever see one for sale as that could live under my monitor :)
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Whew, £300? I've got a nice 3000 with 8mb of RAM you could have for that.
edit: actually, make that 10mb. Forgot about the chipram.
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Hehe - thanks Tone, but if it was a 3000 I was going for the most I would pay would be around £150 as that seems to be the going rate on eBay but I guess depending on condition etc £200 would be my limit. Do you know if the 3000 can work on LCD monitors?
LOL - just realised that so far I've gone from teh Minimig, to an a600, back to the minimig and am now talking about an A3000! I'm not normally this flighty :)
I think that if the Minimig did everything I wanted it to do then I would have snapped it up but I'm thinking that the work to get it to be in the position I would want it to be in would be extensive (and the soldering might be prohibative - I'm rubbish at soldering!).
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LOL - I'm floating back to the idea of the MiniMig. WhiteB, what do you think the cost would be to get the Minimig, casing, Ram and ARM upgrades? I'm guessing around £300? It's not really about the cash for me, just want to try and get an Amiga that will work the way I want it to (play WHDLoad games and on a monitor that would also be small enough to sit on the end of my desk). I guess an A3000 is an option if I could ever see one for sale as that could live under my monitor :)
Well, the choice is Entirely up to you, I cannot make that decision.
Yes, it is a fair lump of cash to shell out, and a REAL Amiga can work out cheaper, (FPGA is a Fair chunk of the price)
Minimig (Amigakit) GBP. 139
ARM Micro (Pic Replacement) Euro. 45
Amigakit has the Power supply for 7 quid, but if you can find a Regulated output 5v @ 1amp (to be safe) for less, you are laughing. (Tip Positive).
Ram Mod, well that is gonna break your Warranty with Amigakit, but 2MB of ram (1.5 Usable, 512k for kickstart) is good enough for Any ADF game you will throw at it.
The extra Ram is for those extra Ram using WHDLoad installers.
So for 180 quid you will have a fairly advanced Minimig, just only 2MB of ram, but it WILL boot Workbench 3.1 (mine does). Feel confident with a fine tip Soldering Iron ?
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3000s work fine on LCDs in my experience. edit: though I admit I haven't done much in 50hz modes on an LCD..
Minimig seems like a decent solution (price notwithstanding) if you're only using actual disk images of games that run on a standard 500. I think WHDLoad would add just enough trouble to make it disappointing, at least those are the kind of results I've seen WHDloading on 68000 machines.
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Think I'll need to park the Minimig idea for now :( It will as you say be ultimately disappointing unless I could do the grand job that WhiteB has managed.
If you're serious about your A3000 Tone then let me know and we can maybe chat off line. Does it have 3.1 Roms?
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This 3000 is pretty much straight from the factory, still with the 2.0 ROMs.
Biggest issue though would probably be that I'm in the US and you'd need a voltage converter to use it.
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Thanks Tone but it's really the form factor I was after as I only recently got rid of my A1200 setup (was a nice setup too as it was accellerated and had 32mb ram and I also had it networked). Because my Amiga monitor (Microvitec Multisync) died and I couldnt find another one (on eBay or anywhere else) I ended up not using it any more, so sold it. The thought of a nice small form factor machine to be able to play my favourite games on the actual machine is a nice one but I'm stuck with the monitor issue again, as none of my TV's (All LCD) will run with it so I would need to again try and find one or get the old Philips MK2 style (which is really just a CRT tv).
Sounds like you should just replace the A1200 just like the one you used to have and add an IndivisionAGA for the A1200 to it to solve the monitor/LCD problem. The Indivision is a great piece of hardware and a great addition to any A1200 that is not already in a tower with a Zorro board and graphics card.
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Indivision and HighGFX 1024x768 in combination with 060 is a great setup, although chip-mem runs a bit low it is very usable and nice experience, perfect for 8 color MWB workbench.
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Indivision and HighGFX 1024x768 in combination with 060 is a great setup, although chip-mem runs a bit low it is very usable and nice experience, perfect for 8 color MWB workbench.
I'm pushing mine to the limit I guess, 32 color 1024x768 with FBlit running to cushion the hit on chipmem. I generally have over 1MB chip free, and web browsing with iBrowse is pretty usable. I've tried 256 color in the past (without FBlit) and it was pretty slow.
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Think I'll need to park the Minimig idea for now :( It will as you say be ultimately disappointing unless I could do the grand job that WhiteB has managed.
You'll have to wait till the Replay (http://www.fpgaarcade.com) is finished. The maker is talking about it in a thread on amiga.org (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35270&highlight=fpgaarcade). He claims to have a cycle exact 68030 core.
greets,
Staf.
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Is anyone making a MiniMig with built-in ARM controller and 4MB?
There's also FPGAArcade, which looks promising.
NatAmi looks like it's some time away. Just been reading their website, and it looks like they've got some neat ideas and they're making solid progress in some places, but why they're doing a 3D engine right now is beyond me. The SIMD coprocessor is a nice idea though. The 68EC050 they've nearly finished is also looking quite potent.
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Is anyone making a MiniMig with built-in ARM controller and 4MB?
My Minimig just needs the 4MB hack right now.
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Minimig is tempting but I think I'm going to wait for the FPGAarcade.
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Minimig is tempting but I think I'm going to wait for the FPGAarcade.
But I think that the FPGAarcade is a while away from release.
I'll be tempted to have one of those as well. Until then I am stuck with a copy of Windows Mame (Not that it is a bad thing).
(Waits for wife to moan about another "Amiga Product" when its released).
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Hopefully not too long now.
I've been away on holiday for a bit but there are four other developers out there now. DVI out is working.
I will put up some more information and pictures tonight.
/Mike
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(Waits for wife to moan about another "Amiga Product" when its released).
LOL - I'm glad I'm not the only one with a wife that moans about Retro stuff appearing at the hosue :) I think the straw that set her off was some years back when a nice condition Sinclair C5 arrived in a massive crate (and I wasn't in to take delivery). I was in the dog house for weeks hehe. The various machines and retro goodness since then such as my prized Vectrex etc have been nothing compared to that ;)
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LOL - I'm glad I'm not the only one with a wife that moans about Retro stuff appearing at the hosue :) I think the straw that set her off was some years back when a nice condition Sinclair C5 arrived in a massive crate (and I wasn't in to take delivery). I was in the dog house for weeks hehe. The various machines and retro goodness since then such as my prized Vectrex etc have been nothing compared to that ;)
OH YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . How much did the C5 set you back ? Would be Ideal around here to run up the shops for a few items. (No idea if it would need registration or not though).
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Hopefully not too long now.
I've been away on holiday for a bit but there are four other developers out there now. DVI out is working.
I will put up some more information and pictures tonight.
/Mike
Great stuff Mike. Look forward to it ;)
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Minimig is tempting but I think I'm going to wait for the FPGAarcade.
My Minimig also have 4mb and the ARM Controller.
NEXT on my list FPGAarcade (Replay).
The Replay hase a nice 32mb ram and 1.2K FPGA 3x bigger than the minimig FPGA.
@Mikej
Nice to see a update soon :-)
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OH YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . How much did the C5 set you back ? Would be Ideal around here to run up the shops for a few items. (No idea if it would need registration or not though).
The C5 was around £300 I think. I'm hoping it's worth a heck of a lot more than that now though. It works fine and has a replacement higher power battery in it (although I kept the original). I've let my daughter use it a few times in the back Garden (she's only Eight) and she thinks it's fab and very "futuristic" hehe. Sir Clive would love that I think :)
The wife moaned about the size more than anythnig but the most expensive thing I've bought is probably my NeXT Cube system. After import duty from the US I think I spent around £600 on it. That was also a few years ago and it's still in the loft (after having great plans to get it all up and running and do some projects with it lol).
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OK, Here's what I've done do sate my Amiga lust once and for all (hopefully lol). I've agreed to buy a 3.1 ROM version of an A1200 from someone on Amibay; I'm ordering the Indivision Scan Doubler from Amigakit and I'm ordering a Minimig for the downstairs TV :) Maybe sounds like overkill but what the hay, it will give me what I want (and in life that's imprtant hehe).
I made my decision based on all the good advice from you lot so just wanted to say thank you for taking the time, but if you would indulge me a little further, would you be able to advise on what PCMCIA adapter to get to use an SD / Compact FLash card as a hard drive please? This will alleviate the need for me to get the Amiga networked. Also does anyone know if when I fit the Indivision card, if I can still get an accellerator into the machine too?
Cheers
Skilgannon
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Sorry, meant IDE adpater, not PCMCIA...
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I made my decision based on all the good advice from you lot so just wanted to say thank you for taking the time, but if you would indulge me a little further, would you be able to advise on what PCMCIA adapter to get to use an SD / Compact FLash card as a hard drive please? This will alleviate the need for me to get the Amiga networked. Also does anyone know if when I fit the Indivision card, if I can still get an accellerator into the machine too?
I think that Indivision goes above the mainboard so it shouldn't cause you any issues adding an accelerator later :)
Nice purchases btw, I'm also currently in the dog house for aquiring an A4000!
Andy
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Adding the Indivision AGA 1200 (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=821) will not affect the accelerator, you should remove your top-shielding to accomodate it.
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OK, Here's what I've done do sate my Amiga lust once and for all (hopefully lol). I've agreed to buy a 3.1 ROM version of an A1200 from someone on Amibay; I'm ordering the Indivision Scan Doubler from Amigakit and I'm ordering a Minimig for the downstairs TV :) Maybe sounds like overkill but what the hay, it will give me what I want (and in life that's imprtant hehe).
I made my decision based on all the good advice from you lot so just wanted to say thank you for taking the time, but if you would indulge me a little further, would you be able to advise on what PCMCIA adapter to get to use an SD / Compact FLash card as a hard drive please? This will alleviate the need for me to get the Amiga networked. Also does anyone know if when I fit the Indivision card, if I can still get an accellerator into the machine too?
Cheers
Skilgannon
Congrats on your decisions, I think you made the right choices and you are absolutely right that life is short and you should enjoy it while you can and get what you want when you can.
The A1200 is the easiest Amiga to expand as it has a high number of peripherals available at a lower cost than the same items for other Amiga models (usually). The MiniMig is a little bit pricey for what you get, but you are paying for new hardware opposed to old used hardware and it has the great small form factor, built-in scan doubler and it is just plain cool that it was even created the way it was.
To answer some of your questions, the Indivision will not interfere with the installation of an accelerator and depending on what your use of the A1200 is going to be like, a 68030 may be sufficient for your needs, or you may want a full on 68060 plus a fast 603e PPC card with as much memory as you can install on it. I have a 68060 with a SCSI-II controller and the ability to add up to 256mb of Fast RAM, but no PPC chip and I am very happy with it, specially after I have installed the Indivision video.
I am not sure I understand your statement about using a Compact Flash card instead of a hard drive having anything to do with aleviating the need to network your A1200, but maybe you meant that if you keep your PCMCIA slot free you will be able to use it for a wired or wireless networking device, instead of a PCMCIA to Compact Flash adapter.
Lastly, if you have not already ordered your MiniMig, you might want to look at Illuwatar's Mini-ITX (or is it Nano-ITX) form factor redesigned MiniMig v2.0 board. I know that he has some available as bare boards right now as he just had a new production run completed. But then you would have to find someone to build it for you unless you are very skilled with a soldering iron.
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I have a toastscan scandoubler that I use with my A4000 and a cheap refurbished monitor both of which I bought from Software Hut. I was just curious, do these things ever show up on ebay? It couldn't be easier, it just plugs into the monitor port and then the monitor plugs into it.
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Thanks again all - that's good news about the accellerator. What I meant about the Compact Flash solution was that I should be able to build the whole hard drive with Workbench 3.9 (assuming I can get an accellerator) with all the WHDLoad games I have etc all on my PC using WINUAE then just plig it in. This would alleviate me having to network the Amiga because in the past, I only used my networked Amiga to transfer games over from my PC using Amiga Forever.
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We also sell a 4GB CF Hard Disk (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=883) for the A1200 and A600, prepped, partitioned and formatted with our OS-Install software:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=883
It is supplied complete with adapter and power/IDE cables.
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Dropping you a PM Amigakit as I want to order the Indivision, the CF kit, a mouse etc but have a couple of questions...
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Replied via Pmail- thanks!
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I have a toastscan scandoubler that I use with my A4000 and a cheap refurbished monitor both of which I bought from Software Hut. I was just curious, do these things ever show up on ebay? It couldn't be easier, it just plugs into the monitor port and then the monitor plugs into it.
Yes, they used to show up on ebay regularly and command high prices, but since the Indivision was released I have not seen them for sale or auction as often. It would be interesting to see how much the price has dropped for the external Toastscan (which by the way was developed by the same person who does the Indivision).
Last year at AmiWest 2008 I demonstrated the improved image quality of the Indivision compared to the Toastscan from my A1200 using a vga switch box and the output of both devices going to the same CRT monitor. I had both the Indivision and the Toastscan running at the same time from the same A1200 and just switched back and forth to show the difference between the two displays on the same monitor. The Toastscan is good, but the Indivision is better.
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@AmigaDave,
Ahh! missed that demo at Amiwest'08- I must have been talking too much to see it.
But I concur with your assessment, Indivision AGA (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=indivision) is much better than the old Toastscan. Most monitor displays are flat screen LCD now so the Indivision is the only compatible choice amongst Amiga scandoublers.
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Hello fellas!!
I am thinking seriously to buy a minimig. Is it wise to wait for a 2.0 release or is it too far away?
@amigakit > any special discount for amiga.org users?? :) pretty please :P
Thanks in advance!
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@amikit
Do you offer SCSI to IDE adaptors with included CF cards? They would have to adapt this type of SCSI port.
http://www.vipvideo.com/amiga/flyer01.jpg
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Hello: Please excuse my ignorance (again) in this subject
I have a MiniMig. Im about to make an order for the ARM controller. Cant find any info about the 4MB hack.
Can anyone who has already done it, give me some links, directiosn, info, whatever?
Thanks in advance!
Sebastian
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I have a MiniMig. Im about to make an order for the ARM controller. Cant find any info about the 4MB hack.
Can anyone who has already done it, give me some links, directiosn, info, whatever?
Here you go : http://www.minimig.net/yaqube/ramexp/ramexp.html (http://www.minimig.net/yaqube/ramexp/ramexp.html)
Cheers!
Edwin
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@Amigo-Mex
We offer an AMIGA.org discount for Minimig (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=777), just use the coupon code AMIGAORG when going through checkout in our webstore.
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We now offer the 4MB upgrade for Minimig here:
AmigaKit UK Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/GBP.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
AmigaKit USA Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/USD.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
AmigaKit Europe Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/EUR.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
AmigaKit Canada Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/CAD.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
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@Amigo-Mex
We offer an AMIGA.org discount for Minimig (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=777), just use the coupon code AMIGAORG when going through checkout in our webstore.
I tried this code and all it gave me was 10p off! Should this have been 10%?
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We now offer the 4MB upgrade for Minimig here:
AmigaKit UK Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/GBP.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
AmigaKit USA Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/USD.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
AmigaKit Europe Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/EUR.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
AmigaKit Canada Direct Link:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/CAD.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=922
Damn, I've been out of touch for several months as the company I work for has been running me all over the place. I'm so glad I spotted this. I bought the RAM chips to add an extra 1MB, but I haven't had the time to fit them (or the balls). 4MB is even better!
As I purchased my Minimig from you I take it that this is a guaranteed upgrade and if you mess up my working board then you'll fix it or replace it?
Also, do you need me to send my ARM controller & SD Card with the board so that you can verify that it all works? I've also shorted out the 2 resistors on my board (as per Jacub's mod) to increase the hard file access speed. Does this pose a problem?
Regards.
Darrin
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I tried this code and all it gave me was 10p off! Should this have been 10%?
Hey, 10p is 10p. Buy 10 of them and you'll save a quid! What do you want, blood? :D
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Hey, 10p is 10p. Buy 10 of them and you'll save a quid! What do you want, blood? :D
It wasn't worth 10p of my time typing in the code! lol
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As long as the board was sold from us, the warranty is still valid on the board and it is working 100% before we commence work, we will guarantee our work.
Discount code should give bigger discount now ;-)
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Discount code should give bigger discount now ;-)
Better not be 11p!
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The Minimig is great, period.
I'm happy to see it's selling well! I am a bit crazy about the Minimig: I bought SEVEN minimigs from Amigakit so I can have a minimig at home, other at my parent's home, other at my girlfriend's home, and other in my village home. I'm NOT rich, anyway: I just spent almost all my money in food and Minimigs for the last two years. And I am happy I did!
My aging A1200 can't compare to the Minimig in terms of reliability: SD cards full of ADF's and HDF's are just perfect for me.
I am also trying to make the minimig core work on my Altera DE1 board with ZENTEL Ram, just in case someone has got it to work... but the real Minimig worked out of the box, and with some home-made cases (and one shiny TheDaddy case), they are very good-looking too.
Thinking about the 4MB upgrade, but having to send the Minimig from Spain is a bit painfull...
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As long as the board was sold from us, the warranty is still valid on the board and it is working 100% before we commence work, we will guarantee our work.
Discount code should give bigger discount now ;-)
What about the ARM card and SD card, do you need me to send them?
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Please raise a support ticket and our technician will advise you. Thanks.
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Please raise a support ticket and our technician will advise you. Thanks.
OK, done.
2 days for a reply? You must be working the poor bugger to death! :)
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Take it easy, Darrin :D
Amigakit is the best Amiga shop online, and I suspect there isn't a lot of people working in the amiga market bussiness nowadays. I also suspect Amigakit isn't formed by a lot of people... but they make a great job, whoever they are.
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Take it easy, Darrin :D
Amigakit is the best Amiga shop online, and I suspect there isn't a lot of people working in the amiga market bussiness nowadays. I also suspect Amigakit isn't formed by a lot of people... but they make a great job, whoever they are.
It's because they're based in Wales. You can't get better than that (Mind you, I'm biased as I'm Welsh). :D
Edit: and I just got the reply. 2 days? 20 minutes more like. Brilliant! :D
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Please raise a support ticket and our technician will advise you. Thanks.
OK, ordered the upgrade.
I take it that someone is going to send some instructions on where to mail the board and what markings (if any) need to be on the box?
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We can raise a FedEx label for you if you dont wish to organize own shipping. Thanks.
Just attach the label we send to you and take it to your local FedEx outlet.
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@amigakit
I just tried to order a minimig with the 4mb upgrade and the site says it's sold out. When will you get more?
Also, I couldn't find the ARM upgrade.. could you get it to order everything together?
Please let me know, thanks!!
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Thanks for your interest in the Minimig (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=777)
We are taking pre-orders now for stock arriving at the end of next week:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=777