Minimig new Case! and a Pistorm EMU68 deep dive how to
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- E448: Whoa is me, a new All Aluminum case for the Minimig! only 80$$ but wait theres more. Based on viewer requests. I show a deep dive step by step how to setup the pistorm for the minimig!
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I do like how small and compact they are, they are kinda cute. ❤
what a beautiful thing this is, I hope one day I can buy it. Thank you dr Chris for showing true values in the amiga world ❤
I want a handheld Amiga. The SF2000 seems to be a thing to go to, cheap, open source, loads of firmware. Great modding community
Nice! I have an unAmiga that I already never use, so I probably would never use thos either. (Too busy with real Amigas). Doesn't mean I wont buy one, though!
This might be the best option to get close to my old Amiga. You had my curiosity and now attention meme here. Thanks for the knowledge.
Got my case yeserday! Woot! I had previously recevied the board, now I just need to replace a few componects grab that ITX power adapter, shave my buttons down a smidge and I'll be golden! The quality of the case is supurb! Ranko is awesome!
Tell your wife it's 50 bucks!! 🤣🤣🤣 I hear that brother.👍👍
Thanks for this Chris, I just got my Pistorm for my Minimig and I was a bit hesitant. Love the amount of detail!
Glad I could help!
Great video, thanks for all you do to help the Amiga community. Wanted to also mention that the original v1.1 ACube and this v1.97itx MiniMig seem to have their CPU Speed bound for some odd reason to the "Scanlines" setting, when set to off performance plummets vs. "VGA Alike" or "TV Alike" which results in max. speed.
I dont run scanlines. But thanks for the info!
Great review Chris! Thank you soooooo much for informations and all tests 👍👏👏👏
This is a great video! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. I also love the purple Minimig so that's the 1.97ITX color I bought a few months ago. It's a beauty. I also feel extra-motivated to try getting the Pistorm working on the Minimig (though the Pistorm I bought probably arrived DOA) or at least buying another one.
nice case like it , way its spoda bee. ;)
Cheers 🍻 Dr Chris 👍🏻
WOW! This one looks so cool. Bruh. Amazing. 👌
That case...... beautiful ❤
Thank you Chris
Did you see the grunt?
Thank you for making stuff like this :) realy helpfull
Glad it was helpful!
hello from greece this is real amiga 500
Hey Chris, I get to this point 18:59 but then when I boot up the Minimig I get nothing on either monitor. Did I miss something?
did you swap the minimig1.bin file for the one that works on the pistorm? did you set only 2mb chip and turn the fast off?
Thanks
wow thank you so much!
would be great to have a gotek drive added...or a real external floppy
And, did you notice the font used for the case? Nice touch.
Aye yi yi, gotta explain to the Mrs why I’m buying more Amiga stuff
Or not
So I am confused. I have a PI400 and am using Pimiga to do my daily Amiga stuff (since all my original Amiga hardware has died long time ago). What would I be able to do with this? Is it better than Pimiga?
Its another alternative. Not as good as pimiga can emulate features but this is a real amiga recreation on modern hardware. Pimiga uses linux. This uses real motorola cpus
Hi, this is Fernando from Brazil, I need to know which is the best "Amiga 1200 FPGA AGA" on the market. And if it is expandable like the minimig.
Well hang tight fernando. Theres a new aga minimig coming like really really soon and its very inexpensive
I don't see the link to the video about the Minimig that you refer to ?
Its on the minimig.ca website
Ah thank you :)
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
Chris, I get to the point of powering up the MiniMig with my RPi 3A+ / PiStorm combination but I get nothing happening on the MiniMig side. I don't have a monitor hooked up to the Pi side. Some of the files in my EMU68 download looked a bit different than yours - specifically you have emu68.img as your kernal image, where mine shows kernel=Emu68-pistorm, and there is an Emu68-pistorm file. Scratching my head on this! Can you help?
On the Minimig website software page, there appears to be a separate firmware for the board to support the PiStorm (I guess the board ships default with the ARM firmware installed). @Chris - is your Minimig running this PiStorm firmware?
@@Jody_VE5SAR I have the following .bin files in my root; minimig1.bin and Minimig1-v197itx-68k-pistorm-56MHz-FMG230427.bin. In a directory called ARM Firmware there is a single file - ARM_ASB230314.bin. And in a directory called Minimig-Cores-6MB there are three sub-directories called Minimig1-v197itx-68k-pistorm-6mb-FMG230427-bin, Minimig1-v197itx-68k-pistorm-6MB-FMG230608-bin and Minimig1-v197itx-terriblefire030-6mb-FMG230217-bin. In the two 68k-pistorm directories there are 14 different .bin files differentiated by processor clock speed.
I picked up my MiniMig from Ranko only about a month ago so I assume that all the files are relatively up to date.
yes, the trick is you pick one and rename it minimig1.bin and that becomes your "core"
you can pick and choose speeds to match what your doing. the pistorm i just used the 34mhz one as it worked on MY 68000 and is the same core. but results may vary depending on WHO built your pistorm.
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Okay, thanks Chris. I think I tried that with the 60MHz one, but will try others. Are you attending World of Commodore in Toronto this year?
@peterlanglois65 yes i will be there all weekend and i am speaking on the panel
Thanks Chris, for this and your other videos!
I have a couple of questions you might know the answer to:
- If using the Minimig only with a Pistorm, am I correct in understanding that only 2MB of RAM will ever be used? Only for chip, right?
- What happens if you try to run the Minimig with >0MB of fast and/or slow RAM enabled with the Pistorm?
- Can you preconfigure the Minimig's settings before turning it on? Is there an example config file?
Thx!
you need 2mb on minimig chip, pistorm control fast from pi side. if you have no memory nothing happens, and you can never boot again. you would need to remove card and edit the config on windows and put the 2mb chip back in its config file then you can boot again. its best to just boot minimig press F12 and set to 2mb chip save and reboot, / turn off install pistorm , your done
I prefer the Brit way to pronounce aluminum as it rolls off the tongue easier. $80 for a computer case is a good price for an …ATX case. ;)
My wife and friend can’t for the life of them pronounce aluminum. I finally told them to go with the british version. Works!
Thanks again Chris! Could you post a link for the Hoojama whats please? I can't find any :)
Minimig.ca
Those Minimigs are getting better and better. If they add a parallel port it would be a perfect Amiga replacement.
I noticed the serial port, can you plug a MIDI adapter and software can see it?
never tried. it does have serial though. was going to run a bbs dialer on a real modem to give it a test
I am happy with my 1.91 version, but just wondering what the 2.0 Minimig will be? I think it would be cool to max out the 68000 RAM.
Aga
DAMN YOU CHRIS!!! Now I have to have one..... Like right now!!!
Looks awesome, can you plug in a USB stick and use the USB as a Gotek?
Unfortunately not, its for flashing the cpld
Old fat dudes can be pretty cool to hang out with ^^ especially Amiga dudes! Old, fat, young, skinny, makes no difference in Amiga land! Actually, a minimig is pretty cool, might get one at some point
I have a v1.91 and have you had any luck updating the Arm firmware? All I get is it telling me the file is no good.
Yeah works fine you rename them to minimig1.bin
@ChrisEdwardsRestoration I am tryng to update the ARM core, not the FPGA core. There is an option on the 1.91 to update it, but so far I have failed to do so.
oh my bad, email ranko, i know the minimig code is unique
@@dougjohnson4266
Question with the Pistorm install can you get AGA screen modes?
You can have rtg which is 32bit. Aga is only 8 bit
@rlui123 amiga rgb modes are still handled by the rgb port
I am very interested in this, how much setting up is there to do with a new one, or is it plug and go ?
Fire up and enjoy
Thank you
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
I bought one. I blame you. LOL…
i need this NOW!
2:18 you know you were about to say it... "Where Jesus lives".
yes indeed! I missed that, too. I ALOMST heard it 🙂
Does it play aga games.
You didn’t watch the video then
Do you think there is room to fit an rgb2hdmi inside the case? I would be cool to have hdmi output of the native amiga. PiStorm is only Rtg, right?
denise is emulated so not required. plus theres no denise to even plug it into. it auto does its 15/31khz flicker free. you can convert the signal i guess.
And no, PiStorm is RTG or real Amiga output. Both work fine.
@@10MARC Thats a nice option. I’m running out of room on my desk!
easily solved, get a bigger desk!
Will they have AGA support?
soon soon
When do you think they will ever get a handle on the chip speed slowdown.
pistorm cores have always been updated. supposidly its better? i have a older core on this machine at the moment. they do have nightly builds on their github
Does anyone know if you can change CPU type in EMU68, I did not see it anywhere in the docs.
020 030 or 040, top line of config,.
Hmm, I dont see it, do I write it in?
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
I just found out on discord that there are no options to change cpu type.@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
i was thinking musashi.
my bad!
Not lucky in Europe, with post and taxes, this minimig is too much expensive :(
not really its like 250 euro the DE10 nano and mister run over 700 with all the boards needed. minimig is the way to get your quick fix
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration slow shipping $73, trackable (probably faster) $208, total before VAT + postnord charge = $598, estimated total including tax and fee (don't know if there will be some customs % too): $765 (usd or cad)
I am disappointed, I thought you were going to discuss a MIG welder. :-)
sorry!
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration I just happen to like Amiga Computers, and welders. An odd combination, I know.
Has anyone modernized rhe minimig to include USB-C and HDMI or micro/mini HDMI?
the aga version thats coming soon will!
Why the hell has this aluminati-thing three power buttons? :p
its not 3 power buttons, its 3 functions of the lights, which mimick the buttons on the board for those without the case. i asked the creator and when in atx powered mode (which i didnt have) the power button works like a normal atx pc power. the other lights are system core ready alternative F12 button and hard disk (sd card) activity alternate/reset
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration I know. I just asked out of fun, because all of the buttons have the power button symbol...
@steffenjachnow8176 ahh idk guess thats what they could get with that massive power light
Too bad its not aga at that price.
yes but the 2.0 board is supposed to be 8mf 2m chip and aga coming sometime later
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration can't wait! thank you so much for your in depth review!
what does the MCU do
As I said in the video, power is power on atx. Mcu is f12 or menu, and the other is reset
So the usb port on the front is for power@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
Just to be sure were talking about the same thing I'm referring to the connector to the right of the SD slot . Not the MNU button@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
Sorry thats a usb programmer for firmware updates
Thanks for the reply I just purchased one on your recommendation. I'm know I'm nitpicking here, but I would love to be able to use the new USB amiga keyboard that was also just released along with an actual floppy drive do you know if any of this is in the works?@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration
Al-u-min-e-mum
mum or um.
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration your mum.
What is the color of your aluminum armor?
'Murica
@@10MARC "grey"