Minimig

[Keith]

Al Hartman wrote:
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was my understanding that the Minimig was only a partial reimplementation of the Amiga 500 hardware.

Al, that is correct.  You can read the source files to see basically 
what isn't done.

> 
> When last I checked the website, which is now down...

I've mirrored the old site, and provided links to new site

http://www.techtravels.org/amiga/minimig/minimig.html

  much work was left to be done to fully implement all the video modes, 
sprites, collision detection and other parts of the custom chip 
functionality.

I honestly have played with it too much, but a lot of games, etc run 
fine on it.  I would think that a large portion of what you mention is 
sufficiently completed for that to be true.

> I think that floppy support had yet to be implemented, so one had to make images on a real Amiga and transfer them via SDCard to the Minimig.

There is no interface for a floppy drive on the minimig.  Most software 
is available in .ADFs --- or you have to make them yourself.

> I really miss those days. Micros were a lot more fun in the early 80's than they are today.

No doubt. I had a CoCo II where I learned a fair bit about computers.

Keith