Minimig Review completed!

[alenppc]

Nicely done!

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

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

[alenppc]

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?

[alenppc]

bloodline wrote:
A little off topic, but I can't believe how small 256k seems now...

Well, in this case it's not that small as you have only 2 MB of RAM on the Minimig...

So are the compatibility issues maily due to the 68sec000 or the chipset implementation? Would it actually help to add a "standard" 68000 maybe connected through a voltage regulator?