MiniMig NTSC

[straycat]

Could this have any implications to those wanting to use the Minimig with higher refresh TFTs (or standard TVs perhaps) in Europe?

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alexh wrote:
Yes.

It makes MiniMig produces 60Hz, 31KHz (VGA) and so LCD panels which have a minimum vsync of 56Hz now work!

If you read the release, you see the option to use a 15KHz monitor (i.e. a TV) has been removed.

That's fantastic!  :-D

[straycat]

Better monitor options and the ability to save to SD (save game positions, DPaint doodles etc) surely are key things to get the Minimig rolling. Hopefully yaqube might open the source for some good improvements  :-)

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My Minimig arrived (very quickly from Amigakit  :-)) and I made used this firmware straight off so I could go with my LCD monitor. Left the PAL jumper as it is and added two additional ones as instructed in the jpeg. Haven't had time to test very much yet but kick 1.3 / Workbench 1.3 looks great on my Philips LCD monitor.

[straycat]

Has anyone heard any more from yaqube? Has the source code been released? Are there any firmware updates in the pipeline? alexh - have you received your free Minimig yet?   :-D

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@yaqube:

This is fantastic news, a real boost for the Minimig! I'd love to see New Zealand Story working and the Action Replay facility sounds superb. I assume you're referring to the compatability list on the Open Circuits site for games working/not working? There's brief descriptions of problems for most games , I can help with testing/describing some problems in more detail if it helps.

TheDaddy also has a rundown of some of the most popular games not working.

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Darrin wrote:

freqmax wrote:
If anyone wishes to "create floppies" then you would have to  handle the FAT16 allocations and clusters etc..

I guess a easy way to get around this would be to stick your SD card in your PC and use UAE to "create a floppy" and move it to the card.

I could live with that as long as I could get to write to existing disk images for the purpose of saving games.

Agree 100% with Darrin. Maybe this could be a 'nice to have' addition later on.

[straycat]

re: BraindeaD's list above:

I've tested two of these myself -

Sensible Soccer 1.0 works on the Minimig. You can see some faint verticle lines down the match screen but I'm not sure if this is because I'm using yaqube's amended firmware on an LCD monitor. I haven't had the opportunity to try this on a CRT monitor yet. Sensible Soccer v1.1 and Sensible World of Soccer do not load at all.

I've tried Cannon Fodder too. Intro sequence loads fine but it fails on loading the main game.

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@ Darrin:
Cannon Fodder seems to be an interesting one. The Minimig wiki reads "Loads fine, but after a few minutes of action, mouse becomes uncontrollable dashing a round the screen. (Possibly a faulty mouse)." from one submission. My own experience has been the loading coming to a standstill around the point it prompts for the 2nd disk when the game's still loading (after the intro sequence). I've only tried downloaded ADFs from the net though, not my own copy. Darrin: are you using a ACube 1.1 Minimig?

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Darrin wrote:
@yaqube

Do you have plans to do the same modification to the latest core from Dennis?  It pains me to have to go back to an old CRT again now that I have been spoilt.  :-D

Same here - a mod of the latest Dennis core would be excellent!

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Darrin:
I can send you the Cannon Fodder ADFs I used if you would like to test them.  Unfortuneately I'm in Brazil for the next 3 weeks, so I hope you don't mind waiting.  :-)

@Darren
If it's no trouble that would be excellent - and of course I can wait a few weeks  :-)

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@Darrin:
No problem I'll drop you a PM near the time. I have the same problem with a lot of original disks failing. Although I've managed to transfer a lot of my disks to ADFs I've had trouble transferring many of them.

[straycat]

Everything else aside you'd be hard pressed to find a shop selling a CRT monitor these days so the Minimig does need LCD support. Even if it does stretch the screen a little, we need the option.

I wish I was advanced in C enough to work on the source code and contribute to the Minimig in that way, and have the time spare to learn!