MiniMig the no bull thoughts on this device

[bbond007]

Pretty much as the title says. If I was to buy one purely for gaming from ADF's do I need the ARM chip and do I need the 4mb version? What are people who own this device honest opinions? I have given up on classic hardware because I don't have the time nor money. So I just want something I can plug into my big TV, via VGA, or run on my spare vga monitor.

4MB/ARM opens up the world of whdload gaming.

without the ARM your HDF would need to be pretty small... not 4GB like I have mine set up...
to me, worth it...

[bbond007]

So that explains it!  I thought I'd been standing too close to the microwave or something.  

no, that just causes your offspring to be mutated...

[bbond007]

Seriously, what has been mentioned more than justifies the cost of the ARM.

I think the arm may also speed up the menus when you are scrolling through your ADFs... but its been a long time i have had the ARM installed so I can't recall.

No wonder I have a  ginger, left-handed daughter!  I'm going to sue the microwave company.  

naw, you are most likely shooting blanks from the microwave and CRT exposure. (ginger, left-handed mailman)

[bbond007]

Where is a good place to get the ARM board from?
AmigaKit seems to have the MiniMig, and they do the 4MB upgrade, but not the ARM board.

says they have it in stock

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1132

[bbond007]

I never realized that a plain old Minimig had high speed chipram!

Did anyone post bustest results of a 4MB Minimig in turbo mode?

I think the CHIP in Minimig 1.1 is 2X AGA in some tests I performed

I run my WB in 728x283x4BPP PAL which would run poorly on the real thing...

[bbond007]

Minimig with 4MB and ARM is like taking an A500+ and attaching:  68000 Accelerator, RAM card, HD interface with hard drive, 4 floppies, KS3.1 & 1.3 on a ROM switcher, Flicker Fixer and a PS2 mouse adapter.

I find its like having a A3000/25 speed wise its just annoying not having the 030 instruction set to go along with it

The 1.1 is a lot of fun, but I really need the fpga replay ASAP...

[bbond007]

Yep, the only limitations that affect me are the lack of AGA and the inability to run OS3.9.  However, I find the OS3.1 install of ClassicWB on my HDF more than satisfactory.

I really don't even use 3.9 on my 1200 with 060, so no major loss there.

really, the single biggest limitation with 1.1 is lack of option for ethernet.

also I'm kind of limited by the fact that my newer TVs don't work so well with 50HZ VGA PAL...

[bbond007]

Does Minimig output 50 or 60 HZ ?

yes

50 for PAL and 60 for NTSC

[bbond007]

So what happens when you try to get PAL on a PC TFT monitor ?

on my 32" samsung TV I get a picture, but its cut-off. On my LG 65" I get nothing.

works perfectly on my old viewsonic, but thats 720 and its old and the color is nowhere near as good as the newer ones.

i forgot to mention that someone said that they got a 56HZ PAL screen going(when 50 would not work) by overclocking everything, but I don't know what is involved, and then it throws off the timing, etc...

[bbond007]

Awww I feel out of the club with my crappy LG...... This sucks I can't afford a new monitor and the Minimig. Even my LG 50 inch lcd won't support it on VGA. If it was any other input then sure but the VGA is 56Hz - 75Hz.
 
Wait... isn't there a vga cable for the minimig that converst it to scart? If so what kind of quality should I get out of it. would it be cleaner than say a classic miggy.

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=919

you can also set the jumper for 15HZ video and you should be good to go.

i have not seen the quality, but I'd imagine it will look just like RGB.

Also don't forget the LG TV will run NTSC stuff.... just the PAL stuff won't work...

good luck...