Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Aug 2007 11:33 UTC, submitted by Meng
Amiga & AROS "Minimig [homepage] stands for Mini Amiga. Minimig is an FPGA-based re-implementation of the original Amiga 500 hardware. In it's current form, Minimig is a single PCB measuring only 12*12cm which makes it the smallest 'Amiga' ever made and the first new 'Amiga' in almost 14 years! Minimig is available for download as an open-source/open-hardware design under the GNU public license. This page describes the architecture and the inner working of the Minimig. All design files can be downloaded from the download section."
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RE: So close!
by Almafeta on Sun 5th Aug 2007 13:41 UTC in reply to "So close!"
Almafeta
Member since:
2007-02-22

"The Kickstart is a copyrighted piece of software. Therefore, ... You must own the original kickstart roms...
Well darn. I was starting to salivate, but this just removes it from grasp. "

Or, you know, just pay $10 or so to get them from Amiga's current owners.

You know, the idea of an $80 retro-Amiga thin client (one I posited the other day in the last Amiga thread) doesn't seem too far out of grasp now...

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RE[2]: So close!
by Thom_Holwerda on Sun 5th Aug 2007 13:45 in reply to "RE: So close!"
Thom_Holwerda Member since:
2005-06-29

Or you buy Amiga Forever from Cloanto, comes with a whole boatload of different ROMs. I have a copy here myself, actually.

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RE[3]: So close!
by Pixie on Sun 5th Aug 2007 17:06 in reply to "RE[2]: So close!"
Pixie Member since:
2005-09-30

My idea precisely! Besides it wouldn't add much to the cost of the board... $30 which could then be used on MiniMig, a PC, whatever... as long as it isn't used at the same time...

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RE[2]: So close!
by KenJackson on Sun 5th Aug 2007 15:57 in reply to "RE: So close!"
KenJackson Member since:
2005-07-18

Or, you know, just pay $10 or so to get them from Amiga's current owners.

I sense your sarcastic self-righteousness, but having 1990's ROM chips in hand does not equate to having a file on disk. Getting from ROM to file is the problem. Although perhaps purchase of (and therefore possession of) old hardware could be used to justify an illegal download.

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RE[3]: So close!
by Pixie on Mon 6th Aug 2007 13:26 in reply to "RE[2]: So close!"
Pixie Member since:
2005-09-30

Illegal why?
Illegal in the sense you are restricted to use in a given machine? Where's that contract one signs saying it? Right, there's none...

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