Minimig from Acube available (was: delayed)

[freqmax]

Ask Amiga Inc about Clone-A delivery times.. soon. . it's just a bit delayed..... :-)

I think when it comes to Amiga. Hard proof accompanied with REAL working stuff. Is the only thing that counts.

[CHR74]

who is this?

[Andeda]

Darrin wrote:

Andeda wrote:
why dont you order your psu now so that you have it when your minimig arrive   ;-)

Good point.  Actually, the first thing I need to do is go through the 5 gallon plastic container I have which contains all the transformers I've collected off old telephones, laptops, etc and see if one fits the bill.  There's proably about 30 of them in it and I'm willing to bet none of them are the correct type.  :-D

i bought  myself a universal psu which came with 6 different dc connectors and can be adjusted between 5v to 12v this cost me 15 euros :-D

[HenryCase]

CHR74 wrote:
who is this?

Whom are you referring to?

freqmax wrote:
Ask Amiga Inc about Clone-A delivery times.. soon. . it's just a bit delayed..... :-)

I think when it comes to Amiga. Hard proof accompanied with REAL working stuff. Is the only thing that counts.

Clone-A is nothing to do with Amiga Inc, it is the work of Individual Computers. They have already demonstrated the device working: http://ami.ga/news/news124_e.htm

As for release dates of the Clone-A, nothing is set in stone AFAIK. Some relevant information can be seen here: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47226
Jens Schönfeld, one of the main developers, said:
"Clone-A is making extremely good progress, but I have decided to make it a real product"
"Public demonstration is currently not planned. I'll do that after the whole deal of product safety, CE/FCC testing and all that stuff has been finished."
This was from about a month ago. From that I'm guessing Clone-A will be released in 2009 (late 2008 if we're lucky).

As for the ACube Minimig run, I did read about the slight delay, but I am not worried, better to make sure build standards are kept high than to unnecessarily rush production. I'm sure ACube knows that MiniMig uses MMC rather than SD cards, but it would be good to change this slight error on their website.

Can't wait to see how ACube speeds up interest in Minimig development, good times ahead. :-D

[denli]

09 Feb 2008 23:35:00 GMT+1
  Minimig available
  Bassano del Grappa (Italy), 10 February 2008.
ACube Systems is pleased to announce the availability of the highly acclaimed Minimig.

The Minimig can be ordered directly from ACube Systems and soon from other resellers. Two options are available:


Fully assembled board with 1GB SD Card at the price of 138 EUR.
Fully assembled board with 1GB SD Card and a PSU at the price of 149 EUR.
For both options the packaging includes a brief instruction manual translated in English, German, Italian and French.
All prices excluding local taxes and shipping costs.

You can order writing a mail to info@acube-systems.com.
Due to the high number of requests, all orders will be shipped whithin 7 working days.
 

[ChuckT]

MPJA.com (MPJA Online) has five volt power supplies.  I would just need to know the specifications for the MiniMig.

http://www.mpja.com/products.asp?dept=3&main=1

[Ami603]

I wonder how many different emulators could be implemented using the same minimig board.
mame/atari/spectrum/c64 emulators anyone?
 :-D

[A6000]

I would like to see it replicate the amstrad CPC xxx range of computers, using an eZ80 running at 50mhz. I know it won't get done, but you did ask.

[_ThEcRoW]

You can do the CPC thingy with the c-one. It can implement in the fpga a complete Amstrad/Schneider computer.

[alexh]

A6000 wrote:
I would like to see it replicate the amstrad CPC xxx range of computers, using an eZ80 running at 50mhz. I know it won't get done, but you did ask.

Dunno about the 50MHz, but CPC has already been done by Tobiflex who did the soft 68k core for MiniMig.

Just lookup CPC and TREX

[alexh]

Ami603 wrote:
I wonder how many different emulators could be implemented using the same minimig board.
mame/atari/spectrum/c64 emulators anyone?
 :-D

If Acube throw a few boards the developers way I am sure that is very possible. However most of the developers now have TerASIC DE-2 boards.