Please, don't take it the wrong way, your time means a lot (i know, everyone wants it for cheap.) and it is worth every penny, to make a small run. It's like the Samm 440, I think a reasonable selling price would be about $100 US, to make it feasible for a guy like me (and a lot of people). I can't see the point, when I can get (I hate to use the term "Real") Amiga's in for less then $100. I see the Samm as 3 times over priced- It should be $200 US tops for the bare board.
It would be a whole different ball game if A500's were not given away here, or A600's could not be had for less for less than $100. But when you weigh the pros and con's of a Minimig over a classic Amiga,(and i am not just talking about prices here, but everything- availability, programing, etc), I can't justify a $400 hit for something I can get for less then $100 Complete and plug and play.
And I understand- $100 or even 100 Euros is just not worth you time or effort to produce these. I totally understand that.
Have you any idea what the parts alone cost to assemble a MiniMig? The price Illuwatar is charging is very reasonable for the time he has to invest to produce one and the price of the parts he has to buy to complete the assembly of one v2.0 MiniMig board.
I understand that most Amiga users want something for nothing, but you should also consider that the MiniMig also has a built-in scan-doubler so it can use any modern display monitor. What are you going to pay for a scan-doubler to use with your cheap A500, or A600. IIRC, the MiniMig also uses a standard PS2 mouse port and has 2 joystick ports, so in effect, it has an automatic mouse/2nd joystick port switcher that would cost you more extra money on your A500, or A600. It uses standard PS2 keyboards, so you don't have to worry about a 20 year old keyboard failure and lastly you have the small form factor and the "COOL" factor of having new Amiga hardware that will likely also be able to run different cores and emulate other retro computers, or arcade machines.
When you look at the "Big Picture", the MiniMig is a great invention for a reasonable cost, IF you are into retro computing that is?
