Amiga Mini review - Page 9

Seiya · 30 April 2022, 12:19

in the end in power and compatibility, what is real difference from mini PC inside Amiga 500 case and Amiga 500 mini ?

gimbal · 30 April 2022, 13:17

Bit of an open ended question, you say that as if there is only one device in the world that carries the description "mini PC". The A500 mini itself contains a mini PC.

Seiya · 30 April 2022, 13:58

Mini PC i intended a x86 that run WinUAE at boot from A500 case.

Gzegzolka · 01 May 2022, 11:34

I have some questions and I wonder about few stuff. By default Amiga mini is some kind of mini pc with nice looking front end to load whdload games? Right? But can it load more demanding Amiga games like Genetic Spiles, T-zero or Land of Genesis? Can it load cd32 games with soundtracks or hd games that need to be installed on hard disk? Is that nice looking gui can be extended to support mentioned above fame types or You need to install other application for that?

gimbal · 02 May 2022, 13:38

It finally arrived. Oh my god out of the box and playing the Chaos Engine within 2 minutes, now that's what I'm talking about. Silky smooth video, awesome sound output.

Don't care very much for the joypad though, very resistent buttons. That definitely needs replacing

And if you want to play on the couch, have some USB cable extenders handy because they are quite short as per usual. Also you don't get a power adaptor, only the USB charger cable. So you'll have to use what you have lying around.

Anubis · 02 May 2022, 16:01

That is shitty considering its costs. C64 MAXI came with proper adapter.

gimbal · 02 May 2022, 16:05

It's an expensive beasty because of the required licensing is my guess.

Galahad/FLT · 02 May 2022, 17:25

Also chip costs have gone up significantly because of COVID, price rises out of Retro Games hands

ransom1122 · 06 May 2022, 22:50

I see that RG are in final testing phase of the first firmware update.

Does anyone know what changes this update will have?

I'm hoping both ADF & HDF direct boot off usb will be implemented so I dont have to continue making a custom boot.zip launcher for each of my single boot hdf games.

Superman · 07 May 2022, 13:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by ransom1122

I see that RG are in final testing phase of the first firmware update.

Does anyone know what changes this update will have?

I'm hoping both ADF & HDF direct boot off usb will be implemented so I dont have to continue making a custom boot.zip launcher for each of my single boot hdf games.

I would expect ADF support and they have hinted at extra joysick support which would be good as the Speedlink doesnt work correctly (no left fire button support).

Octopus66 · 10 May 2022, 00:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amigajay

It didn’t on Pinball Dreams, i didn’t check with PF. Of course you can just use save states in the meantime.

I have managed to get Pinball Fantasies to save games by using an HDF and customised Amiberry config files based on the rather great AGS2 by Paul Vince. Also working for PGA Tour Golf.

By creating a file per game approach I can configure the config files to suit each game (e.g. Screen cropping & timing/cpu). Only trouble is it is fully manual and if you go into the friendly config screen on A500 mini it breaks again. Plus save states do not work. But for games such as Pinball Fantasies and PGA Tour this is only way to enjoy for me.

Other hacks etc. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=110363

06 May 2022, 22:50	#169
ransom1122 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Omnicorp Age: 45 Posts: 5,812	I see that RG are in final testing phase of the first firmware update. Does anyone know what changes this update will have? I'm hoping both ADF & HDF direct boot off usb will be implemented so I dont have to continue making a custom boot.zip launcher for each of my single boot hdf games. Last edited by ransom1122; 07 May 2022 at 01:09.

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30 April 2022, 12:19	#161
Seiya Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Italy Posts: 2,342	in the end in power and compatibility, what is real difference from mini PC inside Amiga 500 case and Amiga 500 mini ?

30 April 2022, 13:17	#162
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,906	Bit of an open ended question, you say that as if there is only one device in the world that carries the description "mini PC". The A500 mini itself contains a mini PC.

30 April 2022, 13:58	#163
Seiya Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Italy Posts: 2,342	Mini PC i intended a x86 that run WinUAE at boot from A500 case.

01 May 2022, 11:34	#164
Gzegzolka Registered User Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Warszawa / Polska Posts: 1,858	I have some questions and I wonder about few stuff. By default Amiga mini is some kind of mini pc with nice looking front end to load whdload games? Right? But can it load more demanding Amiga games like Genetic Spiles, T-zero or Land of Genesis? Can it load cd32 games with soundtracks or hd games that need to be installed on hard disk? Is that nice looking gui can be extended to support mentioned above fame types or You need to install other application for that?

02 May 2022, 13:38	#165
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,906	It finally arrived. Oh my god out of the box and playing the Chaos Engine within 2 minutes, now that's what I'm talking about. Silky smooth video, awesome sound output. Don't care very much for the joypad though, very resistent buttons. That definitely needs replacing And if you want to play on the couch, have some USB cable extenders handy because they are quite short as per usual. Also you don't get a power adaptor, only the USB charger cable. So you'll have to use what you have lying around.

02 May 2022, 16:01	#166
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,058	That is shitty considering its costs. C64 MAXI came with proper adapter.

02 May 2022, 16:05	#167
gimbal cheeky scoundrel Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Spijkenisse/Netherlands Age: 42 Posts: 6,906	It's an expensive beasty because of the required licensing is my guess.

02 May 2022, 17:25	#168
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,986	Also chip costs have gone up significantly because of COVID, price rises out of Retro Games hands

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