Minimig user feedback required

[Atheist]

NOT that the Minimig isn't really, really great, but for it to be ULTRA useful....

The Minimig, for me to buy, I'd want the full 8 Megs fast, 2 Megs chip ram. And also; 2 telephone jacks (RJ25?) with 56K modems. That way you can make a lan, of sorts, AND it could be a BBS/information terminal kiosk type device. (Imagine if it had a colour screen???)


The impossible?

Expand chip ram to 4 or even 8 megs!

Another thing, does Bluetooth work with it? (I don't know all the in/out puts.)

Does it have a NTSC flicker fixer?

I mean, this could basically replace my A2000!

I don't know all the connectors on a Minimig, but could this work?
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/30170
:-D :-D :-D :-D

[Atheist]

Hi tonyyeb,

I don't see a joke in what I wrote. Which part is making you laugh?

What's easier to carry around, wield and plug in, a telephone wire, or a 25 pin RS232 cable?

[Atheist]

I'm not joking about any of the things I've listed that I'd like in a Minimig.

[Atheist]

My mistake.

I thought perhaps the HARDWARE was going through a revison as well.

Sorry, but those are some new features I'd want before I would buy one. Essentially, it could TOTALLY replace my A2000 if I could get most if not all of those enhancements.

I'll list them again briefly.

Must haves:
8 Megs fast, 2 Megs chip
at least 1 56 K modem RJ25 jack

Would really like:
4 or 8 Megs chip ram (as well as 8 megs Fast.)
Second modem jack for ring or star lan.

[Atheist]

Hi yaqube,

Thanks for at least reading my comments, even though you aren't the "go to" guy for this.... But think about HOW USEFUL such a device would be.

And I'm serious, as much as I want a NatAmi, this is ULTRA useful, with what, a boot up time of under 15 seconds? I'd buy this for sure.

It's the PDA I've ALWAYS wanted.... except for an AGA version. :-D :-D :-D :-D

[Atheist]

Hi yaqube,

With a modem, you could directly connect through a phone line. And much easier to another computer. Many people still don't have an internet connection. Isn't a modem link up easier to do?

How would the price shoot through the roof?

8 more megs of ram, isn't that dirt cheap? And a 56K modem, is that REALLY expensive?

[Atheist]

Hi tonyyeb,

Have you ever considered that some people want privacy, want something that boots up in a few seconds, then send files back and forth, when they say go to someone's place that DOESN'T have a computer or internet feed?

Some people want a simpler experience. It should be a 56 K modem built into the Minimig.

Since the OGR-25 has quit, I don't leave both computers on 24/7 anymore (that being my xp and my AmigaOne XE), so when I go to turn on the computers and use the internet, I am using the xp ALOT less, I just CAN'T STAND the XPs boot up time, dread powering down, dread freaking out over how long it takes firefox to start, it's just a VERY VERY TERRIBLE eXPerience using widross!!!!! I realize now I am addicted to the Amiga way of everything.

(Who's kidding who, I knew I was for almost 2 decades now. :-D)

[Atheist]

I've ALWAYS found cell service unreliable. To this day.

[Atheist]

Ethernet port on a 7MHz device? Won't that use up all the CPUs time or flood it with data??? Isn't 2 * 56K max ports beter?

[Atheist]

What's with all the closed mindedness in the Amiga community?

I think it would increase the flexibility by leaps and bounds.

Who needs 65536 channels in an ethernet connection componding the complexity of what's a simple peer to peer transfer on a 25 MHz device?!?

Running 100 K SW rather than 2 Megs.