MiniMig with AGA

[kolla]

Actually I complain but the biggest issue is simply connecting the A1200 to a modern display. I use the indivision but it's a sem half assed solution as the thing even after warming up displays some glitches.

And what does this have to do with Minimig AGA?

[kolla]

I'm starting to wonder if the Amiga comunity will be purchasing the majority of them.

Hardly a problem though, is it? :lol:

[kolla]

The projects on aminet are typically about hooking PS2 keyboards to A1200s, not turning A1200 keyboards into PS2 ones. What is needed is something akin to the Keyrah, and IMO it would make perfect sense to put this on the expansion board that Yaqube is making, but I have no idea whether it is feasable or not.

[kolla]

To be honest, I wouldn't add it to the board as some people won't want it and as a stand-alone unit it could also be used with a PC (WinUAE, etc), Minimig v1.x and the C-One.  All of which equals a larger market for sales.

I don't quite see why anyone would object to an A600/A1200 ribbon adapter being there, but ok.

One thing there problably is a market for, is a slim case for A1200 keyboard + keyrah, like the case that came with Infinitiv towers.

[kolla]

Well within acceptable price range for me at least

[kolla]

Or they can just buy Amiga Forever.

That prompts for a question, for yaqube I suppose - will the minimig core for FPGAArcade support cloanto's keyfile?

[kolla]

@mikej

Sorry for using a cliché, but kudos for keeping it real - the last thing this project needs at this point is hype

[kolla]

these boards are not minimig boards.

Who said they were?

[kolla]

madcow did, the post above mine you quoted

Ah well... he wrote "the boards", referring to the FPGAArcade boards, and "the source code for Minimig-AGA" referring of the Minimig-AGA source code for the FPGAArcade. Nothing about some Minimig-AGA boards as far as I could understand.

[kolla]

:banana::banana::banana:

[kolla]

Well, if this ain't porn, I don't know what is

@yaqube
How about a new youtube video anytime soon? Personally I'd love to see how it works with DPaint animations and big HAM8 images. On my A1200/060 with Indivision I can edit images in HAM8 and 1024x768, but the amount of chipram quickly becomes a limiting factor. It looks really nice though, and I'd love to use DPaint more for image editing, and for animation of course.

http://amiga.nvg.org/moro/Indivision_AGA/dpaint4-1.jpg
http://amiga.nvg.org/moro/Indivision_AGA/dpaint4.png

[kolla]

Very cool - the speed is comparable with the ACA-630 and ACA-1230/28 - woohoo
I can't help thinking about how neat it would be to see AROS/m68k in its current "infant" state try to boot on this

[kolla]

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[kolla]

Because this AGA implementation doesn't suffer from this hindrance, in real-world terms (eg WB usage) how much faster will this thing be at 10 MIPS than a real AGA machine also at 10 MIPS?

I just hope to be able to animate with DPaintIV AGA in 256 colours and HAM8, in fast high resolution native screenmodes (like those on Indivision AGA with Ratte's super modes) with a seemingly endless supply of chip ram :lol:

[kolla]

Doesn't an expensive golden DVI cable make up for that?

[kolla]

I though the licensing for HDMI was due to the more or less implied support for HDCP. Anyways, I really struggle to see what kind of signal problems we're talking about in regards to DVI, it is digital after all. It reminds me of those Hi-Fi freaks that claim their sound systems works so much better when ipod is connected via über-expensive USB cable - hence my comment about golden DVI cables.