MINIMIG question: Why not go the whole hog???

[amigadave]

Mike, I put a similar suggestion and questions in the Minimig Enhancement thread.  If it is possible without it taking 3 years to rewrite the code and design a new PCB w/an 060 or faster CPU, I think it will happen.

My hopes are that since it is Open Source GPL that a few hardware engineers and programmers will join together and work on such a project.  It only makes sense if it will be something better in hardware than what is already available via software only with WinUAE and EUAE.

It would be great if such a project could actually revive the Amiga community which has been shrinking drastically the last several years because of all the problems and delays with other vaporware projects and the delays with AmigaOS 4.0 and hardware to run it.

As evidenced by all the threads and interest in Minimig, it is the biggest thing to happen for Amiga enthusiasts in the past ........ I don't know, 10 years or more?

[amigadave]

@Homer,  Call me stubborn and unrealistic, but I would prefer faster hardware that runs all the Classic Amiga software natively, and see developers return that can create modern software for your "Industrial" uses, like web browsing, email, business applications, online banking, networking, etc.

It will probably never happen, but that is my dream of an Amiga future, and I am willing to spend my extra time and money to make some of it happen.  I will probably still be writing code for the AmigaOS in another 20 years if I can keep some hardware going that will run it.

The AmigaOS is the most elegant and easy to use system I have ever seen and used.  QNX was an interesting alternative that I would have liked to see the next AmigaOS blended with, but someone screwed that up and it didn't happen.

[amigadave]

dammy wrote:
Why bother?  There are good alternatives to it already.  Minus the court crippled OS4, mind you.  If you want "modern" hardware that has some interest, I'd say either EFIKA or ASUS EEE-PC.  Of course, good old desktops out there are an option as well.

Dammy

Might be good for EUAE and Amiga emulation with the small disk storage space (4gb or 8gb), but I don't see how it could be useful if Windows were loaded on it.