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I wouldn't mind seeing someone come out with a budget A500 or A600 FPGA accelerator based off the the 68020 CPU code in the Minimig core.
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Not a TV as such, but I had mine linked up to my Microvitec M1438 CRT before it died. Basically, just make up a pin adapter to go from the VGA out on the I/O board to the 23pin of the Amiga CRT (or Scart of the TV, or whatever).
It looked very nice until my CRT died. Actually, let's be fair, it looked identical to my 1200. Because it was identical to it. |
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Well, I can only tell you how it was for me. I’ve not used it for months and months now. But at the end of the day the signals coming out of the 15pin socket on the I/o board are the raw I/O signals.
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MiSTer + CRT shouldn't be problematic. I have tested several CRT TVs with both the IO board and using direct video (hdmi->vga->scart) and the picture is perfect. I have actually never seen such a crisp picture on a CRT before, no noise whatsoever for me.
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It's more about specific cores than the board itself. This is just what I've read in scattered posts here and there over the years, even the Wiki does not have a definitive answer, but obviously it also changes over time as cores develop. Initially it wasn't all great because HDMI was Sorgelig's main aim and he even explicitly stated it few times before that CRT compatibility is a very low priority feature. Also, people saying "it looks great!" is not always an indicator of actual quality or accuracy
Glad to hear people with real Amiga experience can confirm it's good though. Guess I should buy the bloody thing finally, been putting it off for a long time now. And displaying emulated Amiga on a CRT properly is one of my last frontiers, still can't do it on a RapsberryPi for example (nearly there, but not quite). |
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I guess if you brought yourself a new Amiga case and got one of Kippers new keyboards you could build yourself a pretty good 'new' A1200?
Probably the cheapest way to getting a 'new' A1200 these days.. |
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Not completely related to this entirely but since discussion of CRT was made, most if not all the games I have ever played looked better using original consoles or emulation on a CRT in comparison to any upscaling/HDMI etc. The consoles/computers of this era were made for resolution on CRT in general (although some would support other formats at higher resolution eg Amiga in Workbench).
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Ok, so now I've joined the club and I'm a total convert, MiSTer really has that right "feel", even if that's as subjective as you can get. But it works so who cares...
Some questions regarding Amiga: -is it possible to get rid of the credits splash screen? -I use the MegaAGS image. Most games I've tried (not many thou) seem to be stretched to fill the screen, which is absolutely wonderful. Does it mean this image serves up NTSC versions? Or is there some sort of scaling in Minimig? -in MegaAGS I can quit to Workbench and then browse stuff with Opus. It shows all the MegaAGS volumes and what not. But when I change HDD images in MiSTer menu tehy don't show in Workbench. Is it possible? |
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- once you save a working default config, there will be no spash screen
- you can switch between 16:9 und 3:4 with or without blank in the OSD - I don't know MegaAGS. But in gerneral there is no hotswitching of hdd images. You need to reboot to get the the new image working. |
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Thanks, R4M.
I use a CRT so probably the 16:9 switch does not apply (I can't see any such option under vid). I tried rebooting but these other hdfs still don't show. So, there are 4 HDD slots in OSD menu, let's say I put the MegaAGS in first one (it's got WB) and some other game hdfs in other slots. After MegaAGS/WB boots the other hdfs are not visible from WB. |
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There should be an "Aspect Ratio" option in "Audio & Video" in the OSD, if you have a somewhat current version of the MiSTer software. For HDD slots 3 and 4 you probably need a driver:
http://aminet.net/package/driver/media/IDEfix97 |
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I must admit, Minimig core is quite special. I'm kinda ashamed to say I don't even hang out with my real A500+ACA anymore...even think of maybe getting rid of the ol' girl...
Btw, has anybody tried Atari ST core on a 15khz CRT TV? For some reason it seems to be only outputting VGA frequencies (31khz or some such). |
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The MiSTer is excellent!
I got one recently and was playing Wing Commander 2 last night and it felt very authentic running under DOS 6.22. I'm going to set up my Amiga core next for some whdload fun |
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