Minimig AGA 060 RTG

[psxphill]

The old CRT monitors were 4:3 and showed 1280x1024 as slightly squashed pixels or with less border at the top/bottom.
 
The 1280x1024 LCDs are 5:4 with square pixels however.

It would depend on how you adjusted the h/v size. If you want full screen and square pixels on your 4:3 monitor then the only very slightly different 1280x960 is the mode to pick.
I would expect anyone that is running 1280x1024 to have a 5:4 display or at black bars. If they are stretching it to fit a 4:3 display then they deserve what they get.

[amigadave]

Every time I see this thread rise to the top of the "Front Page" of any Amiga website I get excited and hope to see that a price and date when orders can be placed has been posted.  Then I get disappointed to see that it is only some discussion about square pixels and displays.

What is the latest info MikeJ, about when the second batch of production (the next 50 boards) will be scheduled for manufacture & assembly?  Is it going to be in the next couple of weeks, or is there still some kind of materials delay, or wait for assembly scheduling that is the hold up?  Maybe I am out of touch and the boards are already assembled and only need to be tested, or have one or two final hand assembled items installed on them before they can be tested and then shipped out to buyers.  I don't know, as I have been traveling and without Internet connectivity off and on for the past 6 weeks and might have missed some forum postings in that time.

[wawrzon]

exactly! looks like it gets delayed forever in a similar fashion that x1k or lets even say natami. guys, get some hardware outta door.

[amiman99]

Every time I see this thread rise to the top of the "Front Page" of any Amiga website I get excited and hope to see that a price and date when orders can be placed has been posted.  Then I get disappointed to see that it is only some discussion about square pixels and displays.

What is the latest info MikeJ, about when the second batch of production (the next 50 boards) will be scheduled for manufacture & assembly?  Is it going to be in the next couple of weeks, or is there still some kind of materials delay, or wait for assembly scheduling that is the hold up?  Maybe I am out of touch and the boards are already assembled and only need to be tested, or have one or two final hand assembled items installed on them before they can be tested and then shipped out to buyers.  I don't know, as I have been traveling and without Internet connectivity off and on for the past 6 weeks and might have missed some forum postings in that time.

Same here, I have been watching these threads, but no dates and no pricing. I would really want to know what is the price range in their mind, especially with 060 board.
We want price, We want dates!

[freqmax]

MikeJ got a seriously delayed FPGA delivery, dunno about other components but they are proberbly ok. The PCB is done asfair. The remaining task ought to be assembly and testing. I guess he will send components and pcb for assembly as soon as he have the oppertunity.

The price is approximatly 200 EUR asfair. Delivery maybe within a month.

[amigadave]

MikeJ got a seriously delayed FPGA delivery, dunno about other components but they are proberbly ok. The PCB is done asfair. The remaining task ought to be assembly and testing. I guess he will send components and pcb for assembly as soon as he have the oppertunity.

The price is approximatly 200 EUR asfair. Delivery maybe within a month.

I think you are correct, as I remember now that the boards were done and he was only waiting for the delayed parts to arrive.  Now he has to wait for an assembly slot, as he stated that his small production run must be fit in between larger production jobs, or the price to run his would be higher than it is.  I am sure MikeJ will let all of us know when he is able to get his small production run scheduled for assembly and then there is the testing phase.  What I am unsure of, is the number of hand assembled parts that MikeJ must put on each board AFTER the assembly run is completed (if any) and how much testing he does on every board.

I will remain patient and wait for the good news of when I am able to send him some money.  I still have a v1.1 Minimig PCB and all the parts to assembly it sitting here in my home waiting for my soldering iron to heat up, but that project will most likely become a gift for my Grandson in the future when I finally complete the assembly and testing of it.

Keep up the great work Mike, we all are looking forward to your great design and results of your continued hard work in developing the firmware and menu software.

[Crumb]

Same here, I have been watching these threads, but no dates and no pricing. I would really want to know what is the price range in their mind, especially with 060 board.
We want price, We want dates!

Indeed. I will probably won't buy it until 060 board is available.

[mikej]

MikeJ got a seriously delayed FPGA delivery, dunno about other components but they are proberbly ok. The PCB is done asfair. The remaining task ought to be assembly and testing. I guess he will send components and pcb for assembly as soon as he have the oppertunity.

The price is approximatly 200 EUR asfair. Delivery maybe within a month.

Current status:
All parts are here and packed ready for assembly.

I am still waiting for an assembly slot and delivery of the paste mask. I will harass the guy again, but he is doing me a favour so I can only wait until they have time to fit it in between real jobs.

I need to confirm the assembly cost before I can take orders. It is still looking at 200/220Euro depending on option + VAT.

I will take a few pre-orders ASAP - I don't want to take anybody's cash before I have the boards in my hand.

Best,
Mike

p.s. I always said end August/early September for these and it is looking ok still.

[OlafS3]

Hello Mike,

sorry for asking, I have not too much knowledge about Minimig AGA. How is the Speed of Minimig AGA compared to (Classic) AGA. Are there CHUNKY modes? Are there improvements with the sound? The 060 card is not included? How much does it cost?

[whiteb]

Indeed. I will probably won't buy it until 060 board is available.

This.  As much as I am hanging out for the Basic Replay, I want an 060 on it too (It has a Minimig Core right ?)

Buying both would help save a just a bit on postage to Aussie land.

[espskog]

I wonder, if we use a 060 board, can the 680x0 logic be removed from the minimig-core and thus leaving more space for other nifty features ? Or does the minimig core rely on a softcore for starting up and then later on attach itself to the hardware-060 chip when booting the Amiga ?

[mikej]

I wonder, if we use a 060 board, can the 680x0 logic be removed from the minimig-core and thus leaving more space for other nifty features ? Or does the minimig core rely on a softcore for starting up and then later on attach itself to the hardware-060 chip when booting the Amiga ?

Correct. When using a daughter baord the FPGA on the main card does not have a CPU in it, so has more space for other stuff.

You can load the normal core as well then the daughter board is disabled.

/Mike

[joemango]

MikeJ:

I've speculated about the possibility of adding a second (or third) FPGA unit to the ArcadeReplay through the daughterboard connector, but never actually asked you directly if such an idea is possible/likely.  

So here goes... Is it a bad idea?  I imagine you would much rather design a smaller add-on for your current motherboard to add horsepower than redesign the whole board to accommodate a larger FPGA, no?   I'm not saying your board isn't cool or powerful, I just want it to keep being cool a couple years from now.  I'm thinking about the future when I want to emulate a PSX  or Sega Saturn or maybe even a PPC Amiga with it.  The idea of adding a real 060 is great if your primary aim is to use it as a MiniMig but seems to conflict with the initial idea of the board being totally reconfigurable.

In case you didn't guess, I'm an expansion fetishist  It made me a prime candidate for Amiga ownership.  I really wish the Walker had made it to market with its center spine expansion bus.  That would have been almost as cool as my friend's Bodega Bay case

[amigadave]

If I can get my Replay board delivered to me before Oct. 20th, I will have it with me at the AmiWest 2011 Show in Sacramento, California.

I have heard that some AROS guys might show up at this year's show and I have been trying to convince the Natami Team to send someone with a working prototype board to the show as well.

How many of you would try just a little bit harder to make it to this year's AmiWest 2011 Show if you could not only see an X1000 booting OS4, but could also see my demonstration of MorphOS2.x beta running on my 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook, the FPGA Arcade Replay Board, the latest AROS build on x86 & 68k, and a working prototype Natami board running AmigaOS3.x?

It is going to be a great show, even if not all of the above show up to display their stuff, so do what ever it takes to get yourselves to Sacramento over the Oct. 21st to 23rd weekend.  In addition to all the great gear and software, it is a hell of a lot of fun!  Hope to see many of you there.

Edit:  P.S. Paul Rezendes (aka Acill) will be there showing the latest development of AmigaOS3.x running on his iPhone (and/or iPad).

[espskog]

If I can get my Replay board delivered to me before Oct. 20th, I will have it with me at the AmiWest 2011 Show in Sacramento, California.

I have heard that some AROS guys might show up at this year's show and I have been trying to convince the Natami Team to send someone with a working prototype board to the show as well.

How many of you would try just a little bit harder to make it to this year's AmiWest 2011 Show if you could not only see an X1000 booting OS4, but could also see my demonstration of MorphOS2.x beta running on my 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook, the FPGA Arcade Replay Board, the latest AROS build on x86 & 68k, and a working prototype Natami board running AmigaOS3.x?

It is going to be a great show, even if not all of the above show up to display their stuff, so do what ever it takes to get yourselves to Sacramento over the Oct. 21st to 23rd weekend.  In addition to all the great gear and software, it is a hell of a lot of fun!  Hope to see many of you there.

Edit:  P.S. Paul Rezendes (aka Acill) will be there showing the latest development of AmigaOS3.x running on his iPhone (and/or iPad).

Hi. Dr. Dave I could lend you my cased Replay for the showcase if you want. I would have to bubble wrap it a zillion times (to be safe..hehe) and ship it over to ya. Yet, it would take probably 3 weeks to ship (I just shipped my old MiniMig ITX_V2 to TX and it took like 25 days or so).

I ask for nothing in return but you'd have to pay shipping back to me. And to take good care of it at the show

[espskog]

Correct. When using a daughter baord the FPGA on the main card does not have a CPU in it, so has more space for other stuff.

You can load the normal core as well then the daughter board is disabled.

That sounds cool. But will the other components of the daughterboard be disabled aswell as the 060 if I boot the "normal" core that has the 68020 inside or can I still access the usb+ethernet on the daughterboard ?

//Espen