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Offline wawrzon

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an updated version of ACube System's highly successful Amiga 500 FPGA implementation.

now, are they are really giving themselves credit for minimig??? cmon..

another load of marketing talk, as if there was public out there to notice..
 

Offline wawrzon

Re: A-EON Technology and ACube Systems strengthen strategic alliance
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2015, 11:59:41 AM »
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"Their plans include a series of exciting new hardware and software projects starting with the Minimig Plus, an updated version of ACube System's highly successful implementation of Dennis van Weeren's Amiga 500 FPGA design."

Better? :)

The meat of the press release, rather than the minor detail, sounds like good news to me.

It's good to see a strong cooperative attitude, and I respect that they're being businesslike. These are good things, aren't they?

I'd rather consider buying an expensive piece of hardware from someone businesslike, rather than someone who portrays it as hooby-level, and plays on your conscience when you need to make a claim under warranty. You can't have it both ways.

the particularly exciting hardware to date actually come from "someone who portrays it as hooby-level" just to name majsta, who actually pushed the limits said companies are unable to reach. also "playing on conscience" is something i rather identify with another group, guess whom.

to my knowledge there isnt any amiga hardware and expansions from aeon so far released to the public. the new generation minimig isnt very exciting in comparison to various community based projects around.
the only real thing in testing is the audio streaming card, which is of limited use imho, has been incorrectly advertised as a sound card and after all the excitement still remains unreleased.

this hardly improves my confidence in further press releases like this. have seen enough of them and doubt anything is going to change.
 

Offline wawrzon

Re: A-EON Technology and ACube Systems strengthen strategic alliance
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2015, 02:30:27 PM »
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Dunno, do tell.
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do i really need to spell it out, who is constantly playing on fans conscience "supporting the platform by investments"?
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(Who, not whom, btw - "playing on the conscience" is the subject of the sentence. Are you Franko? :))

no, im not, but im neither a native speaker and have my share of dyslexia to fight.

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Totally sympathise with the general pessimism regarding Amiga announcements - evidence from the last 20 years is totally on the pessimists' side


its not pessimist side. its just some reason. at least imho. there is stuff to be excited about even in this scene, no doubt, but its not any pompous statements.

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- but A-Eon/Cube do seem to live up to their announcements, from my recollection at least.


partly, as you know. i have a bit considerations when something is marketed as consumer devices, while in reality those are beta stage products, the consumer is supposed to test while waiting for support to be completed, paying the pull price nevertheless. i dont have this problem with community project, especially the open ones, where you fully know, what you are at.
 

Offline wawrzon

Re: A-EON Technology and ACube Systems strengthen strategic alliance
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2015, 02:33:48 PM »
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Yes and while that, the minimig thing, was an unfortunatly frasing. It was not actually the important thing in the press release.


then what is actually the important phrase in this announcement? because if these oversights didnt follow some frequent pattern, it would be less to complain about.
 

Offline wawrzon

Re: A-EON Technology and ACube Systems strengthen strategic alliance
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2015, 12:49:12 AM »
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I look forward to the MiniMig Plus :hat:

Hope it will be pretty "fast" and working AGA...

will that minimig plus be better, faster or more compatible than fpgaarcade or mist?
 

Offline wawrzon

Re: A-EON Technology and ACube Systems strengthen strategic alliance
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2015, 10:28:50 AM »
Quote from: Senex;789807
I don't know if the specification has been changed now, due to the cooperation, but one year ago, the Minimig Plus was planned to equal an Amiga with 68030 CPU at 30 MHz. Furthermore it was intended to have space enough for an AGA core.


so it has no advantage in comparison to fpgaarcade or mist. i wonder why the interested people dont simply get an available devices instead of waiting up vague announcements. perhaps it is waiting and hoping, what enjoys them most.