Minimig Review completed!

[TheDaddy]

Hi,

I have completed my review of the Minimig. Part two with more screenshots, comments, verdict and an initial list of working software is online.

I have also started working on a case for the Minimig, if anyone is interested please pm me.

Could someone please link my review to wikipedia for me?

I have worked on the site until 2 a.m., I am absolutely exhausted!

www.loriano.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

Enjoy!
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[TheDaddy]

Nah, just too tired to try and adjust it... :-)

[TheDaddy]

Thanks  :-)

[TheDaddy]

>>Cool review... Very well done!
The pictures really go to show what it looks like in the metal and what it can do - very nicely put together!

Thank you. If and when I recover from the tiredness I will try and clean the site up a bit.

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[TheDaddy]

>> can never understand why people turn the date and time "feature" on with a digital camera, its distracting, annoying and outright pointless as all that data (and more) is stored in the images exif  

Sorry I like the photos like that, with the date on. :-)

[TheDaddy]

Thanks straycat,

Not tested on TFT yet but I know already that it works and the quality on both my 19" CRT and TFT is very good. :-)

[TheDaddy]

>>Nice review... But now i have to beg the wife to get one....

You get yourself a Minimig and buy your wife a present, expensive but it works! :-D

[TheDaddy]

>>But....10 games in your test are listed as 'not working'..  

I know and some are my favourites BUT it might be my ADFs, they could be corrupted. I will have to test a few other images and the same games again from other Minimig owners, I can easily modify the results on my site.
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[TheDaddy]

>>Nicely done!

Thanks.

One question though, why does the kick 1.3 take 512K of RAM if it's only 256K?

I think you use the KICK.ROM (the 512K one not the 256K)

>>I mean, do you get an extra 256K if you are running 1.3 as opposed to 2.0+?

Sorry I have no idea...
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[TheDaddy]

>>Thanks Daddy for the review! Good effort, much appreciated.

Thank you, it has been quite hard to do within 4 days but it's nice offering something to the community.

>>I'm now tempted to buy one, but i'll have to sell some of my A1200's first....

You won't regret it, it's a great little machine.

>>Has anybody tried running those good old demos on the minimigs with success?

Those coming up son, keep an eye on my site. :-)

[TheDaddy]

>>Wouldn't it be easier to plug the SD card into a PC and test the ADFs with WinUAE?

I have decided to JUST use the Minimig for testing to get an accurate result, but I'll keep that in mind. :-)

[TheDaddy]

>>I still think you should list "limited compatibility" in the Cons section.

Not quite, as you can see is already very compatible and we are going to test a lot more games, once I have tested 80-100 games and applications then we can make an average and decide...I need input from other Minimig owners too.
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[TheDaddy]

>>I suggest you add your findings to the list here

Thanks but I'll keep my list going for a bit... :-)

[TheDaddy]

Do you know if you can use WHLoad on the minimig so that you don't have to swap ADFs? :-D

[TheDaddy]

>>Also, does the FPGA have to be reprogrammed every time you boot, or just the first time? How long does the programming process take?
And can you "store" its programming somehow (like you would do with a flash memory for instance) or is it just temporary until you switch it off?

This is new to me...can anyone confirm this?
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