28 January 2011, 18:02 | #1 |
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possible ACA for Minimig ?
why not ?
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28 January 2011, 19:56 | #2 |
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28 January 2011, 20:14 | #3 |
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A less offensive reply, to keep it short, the MiniMig isn't actually a *real* Amiga, more of a remake using FPGA. The Minimig is upgraded through firmware revisions.
Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimig |
28 January 2011, 21:15 | #4 |
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was just to know , i know minimig uses firmware revisions for upgrading , but why not imagine upgrading it by a new card as it has been already done by the ARM controler ?
Everibody can dream and i think Minimig is a " New Amiga " doesn't it use a 68000 cpu ? |
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No. As twiggy said, it uses a FPGA.
It's a completely different hardware. What you want simply doesn't make sense. |
28 January 2011, 21:19 | #6 |
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Isn't there an AGA MiniMig on the way anyhow? With more RAM and a faster CPU etc.
I kinda hope the Natami eventually gets made too. |
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http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...otherboard.jpg Later Minimig hardware like the Replay/FPGAArcade uses 68k in FPGA form (based on Tobiflex's 68k core IIRC), which is potentially very speedy, so with that in mind I don't really see the need for a Minimig ACA card. |
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28 January 2011, 22:39 | #8 |
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perhaps plugged to the 68000 cpu...as the ACA is ?
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28 January 2011, 22:42 | #9 |
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There is no 68k CPU on the MiniMig. Have a look what a FPGA is : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FPGA
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It has a FlatPack 68K. It just emulates the Chipset via the FPGA. Think you would have trouble clipping it to the 68K CPU, . |
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28 January 2011, 22:59 | #11 |
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MC68SEC000... sorry, you learn something new everyday
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http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...otherboard.jpg
So what is the chip marked 68000 in the left of the picture ? Well was just to know as my Minimig is already really fast with ARM and SPI mod , but was hoping that for more than 4mb of ram...the real miss of Minimig . @Fol , i have been to slow to answer , you did it , thanks. |
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lolafg, the 68000 on the Minimig board is much smaller than the ones on real Amiga boards, and because the ACA630 plugs directly on real Amiga 68000 chips, none of the pins will connect. The accelerator will just be loose on the Minimig as if you had just dropped it there.
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You are right , but i wasn't thinking in using ACA630 for A600 , but hopping a new hardware for the minimig...dreams are cool sometimes. |
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Why cant the minimig be built with a higher CPU in the first place? yaqube? |
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Likely because then nobody could run all the thousands of disk images of games/demos, which is basically what it's for. That's the reason why it didn't have one, no reason why it theoretically _couldn't_ have one.
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So you would need to redesign the board. |
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