MiniMig with AGA

[Crom00]

Love it! Overclocked full 32bit 68000 compatible. Reconfigurable ram. That thing looks friggin fast. Flicker free. Beats the hell outta looking for $250 030 cards (without an FPU)

When this drops I'll be in there like Brazilian swimwear!

[Crom00]

TG68K @ 7.09 MHz : 4.27 x A500 / 1.85 x A1200
TG68K.C @ 7.09 MHz : 5.81 x A500 / 2.52 x A1200

Hardfile read speed: 1900-2000 KB/s

Rockin like Dokkin! Nice work! Can't wait to fire up this thig when it's available. I have to laugh at the clowns that have said it was impossible to reproduce Amiga 1200's again.

[Crom00]

With any luck the factory owner will provide you with flesh and blood Asian Amigas to keep you happy

[Crom00]

@Crom00 - I think we'll all be willing to throw hookers at MikeJ and Yaqube once we get this project in our hands...LOL  Am I the only one who caught this reference?

LOL! Yes Asian factoty owners will workd hard to keep the work in China...

Compare that to the USA where you're lucky if you get treated to Appebees. (hey I'll take what I can get and ain't complainin')

[Crom00]

Am looking forward to a review of the board, once it all up and running so I can place an order :-)

Count me in as soon as these are available.
I have a rapid porotype printer at the ready to spit out a case design.

[Crom00]

Productivity apps? Just run UAE/WinUAE

Yes A $150 throw away pentium 4 gets you a $3000 Amiga using UAE and AMiKIT.

[Crom00]

Here is a shot of a possible case design done in SolidWorks. I don't have the exact locaton of the ports but when Iget my board I'll measure it. Paying homage to this projects Atart ST roots with the case design. If I have time I'll do a Commodore A500 style one. I have access to a RP machine so I'll print my own for sure.

[Crom00]

Amiga 500 /1200 style case  design.

In the spirit of "Fair and Balanced" retro gaming... Here is an A500 stye case. Again the front and side port cutouts are not included as I don't have a board "yet".

[Crom00]

Curved cases = More time and Money.
I think the dreamcast is the perfect case design. Classy look.
 I'm stikcing to a RETRO theme and I can bang these simples cases out quick....just like Atari and Commodore did!

[Crom00]

here is a rear view.

[Crom00]

Got me on the cost. MOQ for cases are in the 500 range and the price would be expensive even if I use a low cost material like vynil... that's right roto vynil NOT ABS. Abs tooling is expensive. The tooling would be 10-15K for the ABS molds then. Not really feasable.

Another options is RAPID Manufacturing. This is a new thing where if you're making short runs they literally print it out for you. Still expensive and you're limited to the colors they have for the build materials and the finishes are limited as well.

If everyone here is serious and the FPGA arcade is actually released I could look into it.

I could do a MiniMig one as I have a MiniMIG.

[Crom00]

I think this is pretty neat
How about a more A600/A1200 style one?

Sure that sounds cool. The A600/1200 styling is cool becuase if you cast in CD32 gray color it works out nice. You get an extra option.

[Crom00]

Yep. The problem with these FPGA projects is that for cases it'd be best to just make them all ITX compliant.

What I've done in the past for console modding projects is take say an XBOX 1 motherboard and mount it on a thin piece of plexi that has the correct holes drilled for a miniATX case mount.

there are tons of nice and cheap HTPC cases out there on NEWEGG. Fo the cost of the HTPC case you still come in cheaper than what you would pay for a custom tooled case design like my A500 or 520ST style.

[Crom00]

Cool deal mike will draw all the port cutouts when I get it.

If anyone has any case suggestions please let me know.

[Crom00]

@Crom00,
Nice case, best looking case in years ;-) I'm in for one.
Gives that retro feeling one needs..

You get it Wiz... that's the goal. It's all about that Warm and Fuzzy retro feeling.
Crack open a beer...(or milk and cookies) and play some games.