When the myth becomes... mini!

[CD32Freak]

Bassano del Grappa - Italy - 23 december 2007:
ACube Systems is pleased to announce the availability of MiniMig motherboards based on the famous Dennis van Weeren project (version 1.1).

The fully assembled motherboard will be available mid-january directly from ACube Systems and later from other resellers too. The prices and bundles will be announced in the upcoming days.

The MiniMig features an FPGA re-implementation of the A500 chipset with a real 68000 processor onboard and connectors for real Amiga compatible joystick and mouse as well as a PS2 one and a VGA monitor that accepts 31Khz output.

To run the MiniMig it is necessary to copy on a SD memory card a 1.3 ROM that can be legally obtained from Cloanto's Amiga Forever package (www.amigaforever.com).

To order your MiniMig contact ACube Systems at info@acube-systems.com.

Let the myth live again!
http://www.acube-systems.com/eng/news.php?id=20
:-o
:banana:
Now we know where all the Xilinx XC3S400-4PQG208C FPGA's from Digi-Key went to :lol:

[cv643d]

Thanks,, I will be buying one!

[Homer]

Hmm, doesn't the word "myth" mean that it didn't actually exist in the first place  :-?

Sorry, just been watching "Hitch Hikers Guide", and it puts the old brain in a kind of "42" situation  :crazy:

More beer :pint: and Happy Xmas to all  :lol:

[XDelusion]

 Wow! Looks like I'll be having a real A500 as well as a MiniMig this coming year!

 I hope that someone can write a driver to fully support the PS2 pad so that modern games can be written for the hardware that take advantage of the analogs and what not. That would be interesting.

[AMC258]

just been watching "Hitch Hikers Guide"

Which one?  The good one or the new one?

[HenryCase]

Best Amiga Christmas present yet!!!

Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!!

Thank you ACube! :-D

Someone submit a news story about this, when I clicked on this topic I wasn't expecting such a bombshell.

[alexh]

cv643d wrote:
Thanks,, I will be buying one!

You dont know how much they are yet!

It is very good news, and if they are cheap enough (sub €100) then I will be parting with my money but I doubt they will come close to that price.

The MiniMig v1.1 board is unfortunately too limited. Scandoubler and ADF support is nice, but the 1.5Mbyte RAM and no hard drive (yet) cannot compete with a €20, A600.

[alexh]

XDelusion wrote:
I hope that someone can write a driver to fully support the PS2 pad so that modern games can be written for the hardware that take advantage of the analogs and what not. That would be interesting.

I can see where you get you nick from ;-)

[McVenco]

AMC258 wrote:

just been watching "Hitch Hikers Guide"

Which one?  The good one or the new one?

Since the new one has got Zooey Deschanel in it, I would qualify it "good" as well.

[cv643d]

Alexh: wouldnt you pay at least 200 euro just to support the Amiga market?  :-)

[thanos]

Hmmm...

Will this product really cost $300-400 CAD?

I would love one, but I doubt I could justify spending more than $200.

I always seem to have too many hobbies but not enough time or money.

Still I'm glad that some people will be able to enjoy this super cool toy!  I hope it is a great success.

[arnljot]

When I get my paycheck, I'll get myself one of these puppies!

[Colin_Camper]

@alexh

The MiniMig v1.1 board is unfortunately too limited.

I am shocked!

The minimig project is open source.

I would have thought that a world class ASIC designer such as yourself would be too busy rolling up their sleeves and getting stuck in to find the time to moan about V1.1 on forums.  ;-)

[Ian-uk]

Best news i've heard this christmas. I've had a nightmare trying to track down the parts for mine.

[skurk]

Yes, AWESOME!

I've already sent them a mail showing my interest.  I'll order one once it is available (provided that the final price isn't sky high)

Oh, and merry xmas, fellow Amigans! :-)