Minimig Questions

[Philski]

Hello all!

Long time no post.

I was just wondering if anyone could give a bit of a status update as to where the Minimig is these days as I'm looking at picking one up from AmigaKit.

Firstly does it support hard drive/multi-disk out of the box, or does it need any updates done.  And if so how do you go about updating?  In the early days I noticed posts about having to hook up your Minimig to a PC to update certain elements and I'm not sure if I'd be able to do these on my iMac.

Do I need to make up ROM files or are the ones that come on Amiga Forever usable by just adding them to the SD card?

Does the base system allow for the turbo mode or is additional hardware required (a PIC board if I recall correctly)?

Finally, is it possible to connect 4 controllers (preferably mouse) in order to play 4 player Hired Guns?

Any help on any of these would be greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Phil

[Philski]

Hi there!

Thanks for the help :-)

I own A500 and A600 ROMs, do I need to create the files from the Amiga or can I just use the ones on the Amiga Forever CD?

[Philski]

As the minimig does not have support for multiple mice or connecting more than 2 joysticks I don't thing Multiplayer Hired Guns will work.

I will also second the advice to go for the 4MB version of the minimig or you will quickly fine yourself returning it and paying AmigaKit to upgrade it if you want to use software and games from harddisk.If

I thought that would be the case, but had to ask.

As for the 4mb version, i was certainly thinking of going that way, as it's hard enough trying to load WHDLoad games on my 600.

Thank you to everyone for your help!