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Just released:

nov-30-2009: New Minimig core V2.01 fixes minor bug in OSD menu
Tobias released a new Minimig core today that fixes a minor bug that occured every now and then in the OSD menu. Random/phantom keypresses should not occur any more with this new version. As always, it's available from the download section of this website.

nov-26-2009: New Minimig core V2.0 includes ARM replacement
Tobias Gubener has done it again: A new port of Minimig is available in the download section of this website. V2.0 is based on Jakub Bednarski's sources of september 2009. Features include:

* emulation of four floppy drives (DF0: to DF3:)
* emulation of two harddrives using two image files of up to 4GB each
* FAT16 or FAT32 supported for the CF card
* long filenames for ADF images allowed
* max. memory 11.5MB: 2MB chipmem, 1.5MB slowmem and up to 8MB fast at the same time!
* horizontal and vertical image interpolation in VGA 31kHz mode
* scanline effect emulation like on Indivision flickerfixers

While some of these features cannot be used on the original Minimig hardware at all, others are possible using Jakub's ARM board as a replacement for the PIC chip. However, Tobias' implementation uses a different approach: A second instance of the 68000 processor replaces the ARM processor. This makes the C-One with FPGA extender the best-equipped Minimig on the market!


I haven't tried it out yet, but I'm hoping this makes my C-One usable. It's been .. what, 5 years and it's sat in the corner as more of a curiousity than anything. I would have rather have had it as a nice working C64 clone, but I'll take it as an Amiga 600 clone too.

The last major release earlier in the year added hard drive support... sort of. It kept locking up after installing Workbench on the hard drive. It was never resolved. Now we have a hardfile which is fine if it works... fingers crossed.
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