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[Atheist]

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

[tonyyeb]

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

Well this thread was started by the guy who develops a version of the software for the minimig and pretty much all of the things you have asked for would require hardware changes. Hence why I thought you were joking... maybe you just didn't quite understand this thread is about core updates and not the hardware.

[yaqube]

alexh wrote:

yaqube wrote:
The Picasso IV built-in FF doesn't work very well with most of LCD monitors.

How do you mean?

I mean the 910(NTSC)/908(PAL) pixel clocks per line problem. Additionally vertical sync of the PIV FF is not in sync with Amiga's one. That's why some people can notice some glitches in scrolling. And my PIV has rev.5 FF which takes blue component from neighbouring pixel and makes text display blury, it annoys me a lot. That's why I use it in 12-bit non-AGA mode.

[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.

[yaqube]

tonyyeb wrote:

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

Well this thread was started by the guy who develops a version of the software for the minimig and pretty much all of the things you have asked for would require hardware changes. Hence why I thought you were joking... maybe you just didn't quite understand this thread is about core updates and not the hardware.

Thank you tonyyeb for pointing this out, it was exactly what I meant when posting here. But nevertheless it's good to know what people's expectations regarding hardware are. It would help in designing the future hardware version.

[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

[yaqube]

Atheist wrote:
[...]
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.

Wouldn't it be better to have an Ethernet port instead of a modem?

8 mega bytes of chip ram are possible, mine currently has 2MB. But I am afraid that the Minimig with all this stuff would cost so much that nobody could afford it.

[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?

[tonyyeb]

Memory used on the minimig (for various reasons including compatibility) is very expensive.

Many people still don't have an internet connection. Isn't a modem link up easier to do?

The people who want a minimig WILL have an internet connection! An ethernet port is a better option. 56k external modems can be plugged into the serial port if needed (which I doubt would be used by less than 1% of potential/current minimig owners). No competition.

[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)

[quarkx]

Atheist wrote:
Hi tonyyeb,

Some people want a simpler experience. It should be a 56 K modem built into the Minimig..
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I have to jump in here. More and more people are getting rid of any form of lan line (home phone). in less then 20 years it will be a thing of the past. For example, I, myself have had a Cell, and since the year 2000, have not had a home phone line. Why pay for a service i don't need, since I (for the majority of the time) am not at home. - That's just me, but I know that the number of "new" home phone users are shrinking and with new cable phone services, the number is shrinking more. I thought ANY style of dail up service would have died off long ago and a 56 K modem would have been as obsolete as a tolken ring network.

[Atheist]

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

[mahen]

Yaqube : thanks for taking the time to reply

If the subdirectories support is not done soon, maybe in the meantime there could be a way to scroll through the filelist faster ? (one page at a time instead of one line at a time

You are refering to a "genlock" required to "sync with the line frequency". Do you mean it would require an extra hardware component ?

cheers !

[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?

[tonyyeb]

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

I can only speak for the UK here but our cell service has NEVER let me down, be it voice, text, data. No issues with being able to get a connection.

[tonyyeb]

Atheist wrote:
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?

Well I run wifi on my A1200 fine, and that is only a 14mhz CPU (Minimig can do 25mhz).