Mini Minimig

[alexh]

It's still only got 1.5Mbytes of RAM and so is still unsuitable as an Amiga replacement.

[alexh]

amigadave wrote:
Depends on which model Amiga you are trying to replace?

At the moment all MiniMig's are unfortunately over priced and under featured when compared to say an A600. Very interesting, and very cool all the same.

Huh, replaces a broken Amiga 500 very well in my books!

You'd pay €300 rather than buy another second hand A500 for €10? Nuts.

amigadave wrote:
I see it as one more step in a positive direction to create the next generation of Amigas

Dunno about next-gen, but it is a positive direction to creating a viable Amiga/retro-gaming FPGA platform.

The formfactor is great.

Hat's off to the developer, but had they been able to build on the original MiniMig design, improve the memory interface, add enough RAM for a configuration of 2Mbyte Chip, 4-8Mbyte fast and 0.5-1Mbyte Kickstart then it would have been a viable replacment for a second hand, upgraded, A500/A600.

AFAIK the MMC/SD card can only be used (at the moment) for storage, floppy disk images and soon hard drive files.

[alexh]

tonyyeb wrote:
He wanted a mobile A500 type replacement... not an upgraded one.

I understand. MiniMig's only plus point (over a second hand Amiga) is it's form factor. This change to the PCB design has improved on it, in some ways, I can see the goals and ideas the developer had.

It is just a shame that the memory limitation is still present.

But then as you say, that is what the developer wanted, it's his 10p.

[alexh]

Krusher wrote:
Acube's Minimig is priced from €138, depending on what you need (psu, casing etc.) so that's a steal, considering the potential of it.

It will be a good price reduction for most interested users, but it's still fictional at the moment.

And even at just over £100 it is still expensive. The markup they have put is amazing.

But then, they are taking all the risk. Probably investing some $5-10k for the first batch which they could get stuck with.