MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY & NEW TURBO MODE!

[Darrin]

Now that the new write enabled core has been released there is a sudden rush of new interest in the Minimig v1.1 boards.

The #1 question seems to be whether a potential customer's existing monitor will work with the PAL core or what model LCD would be a good purchase to go with the Minimig.

I can't find a good source for this information so I went to the Open Circuits Minimig Software Wikki page and added 2 more tables:

1.  Tested monitors.
2.  Tested SD Cards.

Please help me populate these tables.  If you have a Minimig and you use an LCD TV or monitor then either edit the page to include the information or post it here and I'll make regular updates myself.  The same goes for the SD Cards just in case there are particular brands that don't work.

For those of you who upgrade to the new cores, please post here and/or update the games list so that we can confirm which games that previously didn't work now function correctly.

Here's the links to the Wiki:

Main Page
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_compatibility

Software:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_Software_compatibility

SD/MMC Cards:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_SD-card_compatibility

LCD/Plasma Displays:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_display_compatibility

Thanks for your help.

New!

Boing4000 as released a "Turbo" version of Yaqube's cores here:

http://asc.dyndns.org/minimig/download/

Simply fit a jumper to the Minimig to have it running with a 68000 at 14MHz!

[Darrin]

Thanks.  I've added them to the list.  :-)

[Darrin]

@ Amigadave

I don't think it has ever been stated how many complete v1.1 boards were produced by aCube.

Quite a few people ordered blank boards before then, but sourcing the parts and soldering the chips was harder than expected.

[Darrin]

freqmax wrote:
I splitted the page into software/sdcard/display sections:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_compatibility

Otherwise the software list will be seriously cluttered eventually.

Thanks for that.

Some of the games I retested that didn't work before, but now do have got 2 entries:  one to show that they don't work under the old core and another to show that they work with the new core.  Do you think I should delete the old entry and just have the new one?

[Darrin]

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.

[Darrin]

whiteb wrote:
Can I just add an SD brand here that works with my Minimig ?

Unity (UnityDigital) 1GB

Thanks.  Added.  :-)

[Darrin]

freqmax wrote:
I think it's better to add an entry (as done now) for a new core. And specify if works for it. That way you can figure out if a game works with the preprogrammed core. Or if you need to update it.
Suppose you can't have NTSC with the new core, but want to run a certain game.

Try to avoid the uppercase stuff:
"MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY"
vs
"Minimig hardware compatability"

Cheers.  That was my logic in leaving the older entries in place, but I was getting concerned over how long that list was getting.  :-D

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:
monitor that doesn't work

Mecer 19 inch LCD Wide TW999-BK

works with yaqube's minimig1 file (released earlier this year) and the two I/O connectors shorted but with the new firmware/minimig1 file all I get is Input display out of range  
so had to reflash the PIC back to older firmware

Was that tested with both of the new PAL core and NTSC cores?  The NTSC core should work.  Strange.

[Darrin]

yaqube wrote:
@ulysses31

Have you tried the built which defaults to NTSC? You shouldn't have any troubles with it as you say the previous release works with your monitor without a problem.

I'm going to hang slack on adding that monitor until we confirm if the NTSC core was tested.

Out of interest, have you come across any LCD monitors that wouldn't work with a NTSC core?

[Darrin]

yaqube wrote:
@Darrin

The NTSC mode has the same sync frequencies as standard 60Hz 640x480 VGA mode which is mandatory for every PC monitor (I know almost nothing about Apple's monitors). It should work.

Makes sense.  I'd never heard of a monitor not working with the 60Hz mode.  I'll add it as yes to NTSC and no to PAL which appears to be the case.

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:
@yaqube & Darrin
i have not tried the NTSC one yet only the PAL (tbh I forgot to test it)
I will try it later and post the results here

Thanks.  It should work with the NTSC core, but it will be nice to have it confirmed 100%.

Cheers.

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:

Darrin wrote:

Thanks.  It should work with the NTSC core, but it will be nice to have it confirmed 100%.

Cheers.

ok reflashed the PIC and tested NTSC core and works on this monitor.

also tested my main monitor Digimate L-2231WD 22" Widescreen 5ms TFT Monitor and works on that as well.

and I tested it with Elite (love this game)

Cheers.  :-)

I'm not even going to mention how long I "tested" Elite for or how I pissed the wife off by hogging the 42" plasma and blasting out her eardrums by putting the sound through the surround sound system.  :-D

[Darrin]

ulysses31 wrote:

hehe mines at work, although I dunno what the neighbours think though....actually who cares they know what I'm like  :-o  :lol:

LOL.  Just treat them like Thargoids!   :lol:

[Darrin]

@ Ulysses31 & Beller:

Thanks guys - I'm off to update the Wiki...

[Darrin]

Boing4000 as released "Turbo" versions of Yaqube's cores here:

http://asc.dyndns.org/minimig/download/

Simply fit a jumper to the Minimig to have it running with a 68000 at 14MHz!