MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY & NEW TURBO MODE!

[Everblue]

So Samsung 151s is actually tried and tested?

[Everblue]

Hi there,

I am undecided whether to buy a Minimig or an Amiga 1200 (both would cost me more or less the same). The thing is that I want to play on a 15" TFT monitor, so an Amiga 1200 + Indivision would be the (very expensive) option. I am not really interested in AGA games. The monitor I will be using is a Samsung 15" 151s which according to the compatible monitor lists, works with both 50 and 60hz modes.

Now on for the questions

1. A game that runs perfectly on an the minimig, if compared to the same game running on an A1200+Indivision, next to each other, is impossible to say which is which? I am asking this because I have played around a bit with WinUAE and the scrolling is never 'right'. There is always some sort of sudden skip every now and then. I was wondering if the minimig suffers from the same thing.

2. I would like to use  KVM (I will have a Sam440 connected to the same monitor/mouse/keyboard) - will it work alright with minimig? (I havent bought the KVM yet).

3. I have checked the list of compatible games, there are quite a few which are not.... Are there some known issues which have not been solved yet, and will be fixed in the future?

4. I have been reading somewhere that minimig will always have problems with compatability because 'its not cycle perfect' - whatever that means. Is this true? How does this effect games?

5. If I dont mount a floppy disk, will the minimig click every few seconds

Thanks!

[Everblue]

"There is a new improved core right now with more fixes and 2nd floppy support, but it hasn't been released yet. "

What does upgrading a core involve? Just putting a different program on the memory card thing?

[Everblue]

Cheers o/

One more thing, can someone test 1869 and Venus the Flytrap please

THanks!

[Everblue]

Darrin wrote:

Everblue wrote:
So Samsung 151s is actually tried and tested?

Well, the manual says it's suitable so there's absoluetly no reason to expect anything different.

I have checked the manual. It says vertical frequency has to be between 56 and 75hz.

Isnt minimig 50hz (or 49.9 to be exact) at PAL mode?

This is the link for the Samsung 151s manual.

[Everblue]

I went ahead and ordered a Minimig

Meanwhile I am preparing a folder with .adf files... I have 5 main qustions:

1. Is the filename for .adf files limited in length?

2. Can I use subfolders (for example put multi-adf games in 1 subfolder)?

3. I have noticed in the game compatibility  list that there is version '080408'. What does this mean?

4. In case that my TFT doesnt do 50hz, I could run the games in NTSC mode for 60hz... How do I do this?

5. Is it possible (just wondering) to use an RGB/SCART cable with minimig for a normal TV?

Anything else I should be aware of, please let me know

thanks!

[Everblue]

"Just use the NTSC core instead PAl core (I didn't try it because my TFT supports PAL core)."

Hmmm alright.... but:

1. Will i have to reflash the minimig once I get it?

2. Will all games support NTSC?

Thanks!

[Everblue]

@DARRIN

Wow, thanks for the very extensive reply - I'm truly and utterly impressed.

I am hoping in a few weeks I will be contributing to the games compatibility list!

[Everblue]

BraindeaD wrote:

2. Will all games support NTSC?

Since I only use the PAL core I don't know if all games works in the NTSC core. I think that you maybe loss some of screen's botton in PAL games... but I'm not sure.

If I remember well many PAL games did not go down on the screen all the way, so my guess is that with NTSC mode, those games will fill the screen nicely. Games making use of all the screen would have the bottom bit chopped off.

[Everblue]

One more thing - I formatted the MMC as fat32, is that ok?

I'm on a mac.

[Everblue]

This would be awesome. Pinouts anyone? What about audio? Can you get it from the audio jack straight into scart?