Tuesday 5th May 2009
A new firmware pack for Minimig V1.1 boards has been released.
The release consists of a new FPGA core, PIC firmware and relevant documentation.
Improvements for version YQ090421 include, amongst others:
- a lot of changes to improve compatibility
- support for 2 floppy drives
- selectable floppy drive speed (double or normal)
- 28 MHz CPU turbo mode (works also with 16 MHz 68SEC000 parts)
- fast blitter mode
- selectable PAL and NTSC mode from the OSD menu
- improved usability for OSD menu
- quicker navigation through long ADF lists by keyboard shortcuts
- support for 2 MB of Chip and 1.5 MB of Slow RAM for piggy-back RAM modified boards
- scan-line emulation effect
This FPGA release is ready to use with the upcoming ARM mini-board upgrade. Installation of the upgrade will give the following benefits:
- availability of 4 virtual floppy drives
- support for hard disk emulation through a hardfile
More information and downloads are available at:
www.minimig.net
