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MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY & NEW TURBO MODE!
« on: September 06, 2008, 09:21:43 PM »
Now that the new write enabled core has been released there is a sudden rush of new interest in the Minimig v1.1 boards.

The #1 question seems to be whether a potential customer's existing monitor will work with the PAL core or what model LCD would be a good purchase to go with the Minimig.

I can't find a good source for this information so I went to the Open Circuits Minimig Software Wikki page and added 2 more tables:

1.  Tested monitors.
2.  Tested SD Cards.

Please help me populate these tables.  If you have a Minimig and you use an LCD TV or monitor then either edit the page to include the information or post it here and I'll make regular updates myself.  The same goes for the SD Cards just in case there are particular brands that don't work.

For those of you who upgrade to the new cores, please post here and/or update the games list so that we can confirm which games that previously didn't work now function correctly.

Here's the links to the Wiki:

Main Page
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_compatibility

Software:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_Software_compatibility

SD/MMC Cards:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_SD-card_compatibility

LCD/Plasma Displays:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_display_compatibility

Thanks for your help.

New!

Boing4000 as released a "Turbo" version of Yaqube's cores here:

http://asc.dyndns.org/minimig/download/

Simply fit a jumper to the Minimig to have it running with a 68000 at 14MHz!
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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2008, 11:26:37 PM »
Monitors:

1. EIZO FlexScan L568: syncs to 50Hz in PAL mode, sampling clock can be set to 910 pixels per line in PAL and NTSC mode

2. EIZO FlexScan S1931: syncs to 50Hz in PAL mode, sampling clock can't be set to 910 pixels per line either in PAL or NTSC mode.

MMC/SD cards which work:

Kingston SD 1GB
Kingston SD 50X 2GB
SanDisk Ultra II 1GB
SanDisk MMC 1GB (this card is noticeably slower than the above ones)

MMC/SD cards which don't work:

Kingston MMC 128MB (this card is not detected by Minimig although it works in a card reader and in my camera).

 

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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2008, 12:27:56 AM »
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Now that the new write enabled core has been released there is a sudden rush of new interest in the Minimig v1.1 boards.


Yes, the increased interest is very cool and may lead to even more improvements to the core.  Thank you Dennis for inventing the MiniMig and to all of the people working on enhancements to the original design.

In addition to the information you are collecting on the Wiki, or anywhere else, I would like to know just how many MiniMig's have been sold to and how many have been built by A.org members?  Also how many total MiniMigs are out there by now?

The MiniMig is such a cool development in the history line of the Amiga.  We as a community should be very proud of Dennis and what he has done.  It has opened a door that will lead to many other amazing projects I think.
How are you helping the Amiga community? :)
 

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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2008, 12:30:26 AM »
Thanks.  I've added them to the list.  :-)
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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2008, 12:33:33 AM »
@ Amigadave

I don't think it has ever been stated how many complete v1.1 boards were produced by aCube.

Quite a few people ordered blank boards before then, but sourcing the parts and soldering the chips was harder than expected.
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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2008, 01:51:02 AM »
I splitted the page into software/sdcard/display sections:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_compatibility

Otherwise the software list will be seriously cluttered eventually.
 

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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2008, 01:54:55 AM »
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I splitted the page into software/sdcard/display sections:
http://www.opencircuits.com/Minimig_compatibility

Otherwise the software list will be seriously cluttered eventually.


Thanks for that.

Some of the games I retested that didn't work before, but now do have got 2 entries:  one to show that they don't work under the old core and another to show that they work with the new core.  Do you think I should delete the old entry and just have the new one?
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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2008, 07:09:43 AM »
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@ Amigadave
Quite a few people ordered blank boards before then, but sourcing the parts and soldering the chips was harder than expected.


Tell me about it!

I am still sourcing the last of the needed parts for my own MiniMig. :boohoo:
How are you helping the Amiga community? :)
 

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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2008, 08:02:49 AM »
Can I just add an SD brand here that works with my Minimig ?

Unity (UnityDigital) 1GB
A4000D - CSMKII//128MB/IDE CF/Indivision Scandoubler
A1200
A1000

(And now a Minimig) :>)
 

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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2008, 08:11:28 AM »
So Samsung 151s is actually tried and tested?
 

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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2008, 11:22:27 AM »
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So Samsung 151s is actually tried and tested?


Well, the manual says it's suitable so there's absoluetly no reason to expect anything different.
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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2008, 11:23:18 AM »
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Can I just add an SD brand here that works with my Minimig ?

Unity (UnityDigital) 1GB


Thanks.  Added.  :-)
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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2008, 01:10:43 PM »
I think it's better to add an entry (as done now) for a new core. And specify if works for it. That way you can figure out if a game works with the preprogrammed core. Or if you need to update it.
Suppose you can't have NTSC with the new core, but want to run a certain game.

Try to avoid the uppercase stuff:
"MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY"
vs
"Minimig hardware compatability"
 

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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2008, 01:20:57 PM »
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I think it's better to add an entry (as done now) for a new core. And specify if works for it. That way you can figure out if a game works with the preprogrammed core. Or if you need to update it.
Suppose you can't have NTSC with the new core, but want to run a certain game.

Try to avoid the uppercase stuff:
"MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY"
vs
"Minimig hardware compatability"


Cheers.  That was my logic in leaving the older entries in place, but I was getting concerned over how long that list was getting.  :-D
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Re: MINIMIG HARDWARE COMPATABILITY
« Reply #14 on: September 07, 2008, 05:44:50 PM »
monitor that doesn't work

Mecer 19 inch LCD Wide TW999-BK

works with yaqube's minimig1 file (released earlier this year) and the two I/O connectors shorted but with the new firmware/minimig1 file all I get is Input display out of range  :(
so had to reflash the PIC back to older firmware
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