Would you buy a cloned classic amiga?

[kolla]

Absolutely as long as it was 99% compatible. Not being 99% compatible is really offputting for the minimig.

You've got to be kidding, the MiniMig is more compatible with my A500/A600 systems than they are compatible with one another.

Put in networking and it will be a must have gadget.
I'd probably pay around $500 for such a machine.

For a MiniMig with ethernet? Hang on while I find some glue.... :laughing:

Seriously though - make a MiniMig 2.0 with 16MB RAM, matching the ~50MHz 68000 CPU with 8MB of FastRAM and 2MB ChipRAM, some more for kickstart and whatever clever things one can do with the MBs left, simulate the lance chip for A2065 emulation, and I would no doubt buy it, even for $500. AGA is not really that important to me, but I know it is for others.

Add a socket for dropping in a 030 and maybe even 882 (dont we all have those floating around somewhere?), and a RAM socket for more RAM, and I would not even look too much at the pricetag

But anyhow, isnt this what the FPGAArcade is all about?

[kolla]

@quarkx

You're repeating yourself. Not everyone here share you sense of "sanity", get over it already. I'm one of those who would be happy to replace old relics that can fall apart any day (and also tend to have all kinds of weird problems due to age) with new, tinier, more robust hardware - not to mention programmable hardware that easily can be updated. The MiniMig is the most fun amiga thing I have bought in years, definetly the number one highlight of 2008-09 for me. And it just gets better and better

[kolla]

Most definitely no. The cost is prohibitive. You can get an A600 for around £10.

I have two A600s and one Miminig, which one do you think I use most?

[kolla]

If it is small, 100% compatible with Amiga 500 and costs less than ~100 euro I will buy one.

And, I suspect, in your view, the A500+ and A600 do not count since neither of them are 100% compatible with A500?

Really, people are asking for way too much here.

[kolla]

What I'd like to see is a Phoenix-like board for the A600/A1200 case. AGA chipset, at least an '030 with a bunch of FastRAM and a built-in scandoubler.

A 030 is a challenge - voltage and availability, both rising the cost alot.
Another challenge - AGA chipset.

A workaround for the availability is to just offer cards with CPU socket, and leave it to the user to find CPU. Softcore 030 and AGA implemented on FPGA is science fiction at this point - one is better off with UAE.