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[amigadave]

Originally Posted by kamiga

I sent him a PM about an hour or so ago claiming it.

Thanks

Good choice! Congrats on deciding to buy it (drats!).

I hope that someone like AmigaKit, or ACube gets the design from the creator(s) and mass produces it with the MiniMig v1.1, as it appears to make it a much better computer system.

[kamiga]

Originally Posted by amigadave

Good choice! Congrats on deciding to buy it (drats!).

I hope that someone like AmigaKit, or ACube gets the design from the creator(s) and mass produces it with the MiniMig v1.1, as it appears to make it a much better computer system.

Thanks AD.

So payment is sent, and hopefully I'll have my ARM board soon enough.

YAY!

You know, I wish that we could form some sort of consortium or association, with the various DIY'ers, creators, amiga dealers where there was a consistent place to store project info/status, designs/specs/manuals, access to common resources like PCB manufacturers, part suppliers, a store front, and so on. We have so many different silos operating now where we could take advantage of economies of scale, one-stop shopping, centralized documentation pools, and so on.

The regular amiga consumer would benefit in multiple ways, the creators would sell more boards, the dealers would move more product, and it would be an overall benefit to the amiga community.

kamiga

[amigakit]

We are always happy to support these type of products By taking financial risk and provide on-going after sales support. We have been in the Amiga market for many years now providing support and Amiga hardware providers trust us knowing that we can distribute their product and be there in years to come to provide support and customer service. This could have been the case with the ARM controller.

[Dwyloc]

Originally Posted by amigakit

We are always happy to support these type of products By taking financial risk and provide on-going after sales support. We have been in the Amiga market for many years now providing support and Amiga hardware providers trust us knowing that we can distribute their product and be there in years to come to provide support and customer service. This could have been the case with the ARM controller.

As a customer how has purchased a good amount of Amiga equipment from you over the years including 2 Minimig's 1 with 2MB and a second with 4MB plus my sam440ep and a good amount of other toys for my A1200's I would like to say thanks for always providing a first class service. :-)

At some point in the future I would love to purchase a second arm controller for my original Minimig from you if you secure the rights to manufacture and sell them, as I expect it will be a few years before the FPGA Arcade reaches the same level of compatibility and maturity that the minimig v1.1 has currently and even at that stage the current Minimig's I own will run A500 games every bit as well as they do now so I expect to get as many more years of fun out of them.

[Darrin]

Originally Posted by Dwyloc

As a customer how has purchased a good amount of Amiga equipment from you over the years including 2 Minimig's 1 with 2MB and a second with 4MB plus my sam440ep and a good amount of other toys for my A1200's I would like to say thanks for always providing a first class service. :-)

At some point in the future I would love to purchase a second arm controller for my original Minimig from you if you secure the rights to manufacture and sell them, as I expect it will be a few years before the FPGA Arcade reaches the same level of compatibility and maturity that the minimig v1.1 has currently and even at that stage the current Minimig's I own will run A500 games every bit as well as they do now so I expect to get as many more years of fun out of them.

Seconded.

Even with my FPGA Arcade, I don't think I could ever part with my Minimig.

If it ever does end up on eBay though it will be a nice buy: 4MB, ARM, built into a black PS2 keyboard.

[amigadave]

Originally Posted by amigakit

.... This could have been the case with the ARM controller.

I hope this statement does not mean that you have given up on trying to work with the creator(s) of the MiniMig ARM board to get it produced in higher quantities and made available in your store?

Did you ever get a reply from him/them?

[amigakit]

If I remember correctly the rights were given by the author to IMM Informatique (Faranheit) but their website is now gone.

So maybe in hindsight the author of the ARM controller should have given the rights to one of the long-standing Amiga companies. This would ensure that the product gets a long shelf life and on-going after sales support.

[TheDaddy]

You might want to have a look here:

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60249