MiniMig with AGA

[the_leander]

Good luck finding USB keyboards and mice that still support the PS/2 protocol.

With the exception of high end gaming boards or ones with built in trackpads, most of the keyboards and mice I've seen in the mid to low range price spectrum still come with the green ps/2-usb converters with them.

[the_leander]

Looking forward to seeing the results

[the_leander]

No serial ports? How will I use this to put my old BBS back online

USB->Serial adapter.

[the_leander]

Great story...And that Darrin old chap is why I am not married. Women complain about that electroncis and stuff but sit em down in front of a 47" LCD with Oprah or a telenovela on and they're cool with it. The moment you connect an A1200 to it they recoil in horror as if you're raping a panda.

:roflmao:

I'm so stealing that turn of phrase

Also, good news on the boards Mike, looking forward to it all.

[the_leander]

PS/2 connectors... awww crap... I think I threw away all my old PS/2 keyboards and mice... I thought USB would see me through at least there is a DVI connector (I only have DVI monitors here now...)

Dont forget these are prototypes. Also, look to the left of the sd card slot on the unpopulated board on the big picture. Right beside the pins for the jtag connector is a set of pins marked "usb".

[the_leander]

@chaoslord

OK, so I was mistaken about the Minimig, but I'm 100% correct about the Natami and other FPGA based solutions.  Adding new screenmodes and other capabilities is a matter of updating the softcore, no hardware mods necessary.

That is because the D/A on the Natami is already 24bit capable. There is nothing to stop you from adding the registers to the original minimig in principle, the problems start when you attempt to use/display them.  If those "other FPGA based solutions" share the same or similar limitations to their D/A, they will suffer the same issues as the original minimig.

That is all.

[the_leander]

Why would you run cat.5 cable from the PSU plugged into the wall to the dc power jack?

For the lulz?