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    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to All on Mon Mar 21 16:38:00 2022
    I must admit that I fell asleep somewhere around 5-10 minutes within this video, so when I woke up I was convinced that it had all been a dream.

    But then I rewound it and started over again, certain that it was yet another fake/click bait video. But the more I paused/rewound the video i realized that this really must be the Real Deal.

    Can this A500 mini really be true?

    I urge y'all to watch it (it's almost 50 minutes, I know...) and tell me if you think that this can really be an affordable product?

    Well, I think I'll have to watch again a couple of times, and do some Google work, before I believe what I see...

    https://youtu.be/h552-eR0cGA



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  • From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Bj÷rn Felten on Mon Mar 21 17:17:34 2022
    Hi Björn!

    21 Mar 2022 16:38, from Björn Felten -> All:

    But then I rewound it and started over again, certain that it was
    yet another fake/click bait video. But the more I paused/rewound the
    video i realized that this really must be the Real Deal.
    Can this A500 mini really be true?

    What do you mean can it be true?
    It is the same as the C64 Mini.
    A very cheap chinese CPU with an Amiga (or C64) emulator on it.

    But yes, it is true. (and not very good, sadly)

    CU, Ricsi

    ... Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.
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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Richard Menedetter on Mon Mar 21 19:07:08 2022
    But yes, it is true. (and not very good, sadly)

    In what way? Do you mean that the original A500 is better?

    I still have one A500 in its original box, waiting for it to be worth keeping rather than sending it to recycling...



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  • From Richard Menedetter@2:310/31 to Bj÷rn Felten on Mon Mar 21 20:05:22 2022
    Hi Björn!

    21 Mar 2022 19:07, from Björn Felten -> Richard Menedetter:

    But yes, it is true. (and not very good, sadly)
    In what way? Do you mean that the original A500 is better?

    No ;)
    I mean it is an overprized Raspberry Pi that pretends to be something else.

    It is just a funny looking case (the mini has a keyboard molded that looks nice, but is just a piece of fixed plastic. The Maxi [not yet released for the Amiga] at least has a functional keyboard on top of the Raspberry Pi like SBC emulator.)

    Anyhow the mini is just a SBC with an amiga emulator and a cheap USB mouse and a cheap USB joypad which is overprized.

    If you have some time, it is probably better to buy a Pi 3 or 4 and let it boot into UAE.

    I still have one A500 in its original box, waiting for it to be
    worth keeping rather than sending it to recycling...

    I also have an Amiga 500 and 1200 somewhere.
    Have not used them for ages.

    CU, Ricsi

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  • From Niklas Lindholm@2:201/420 to Richard Menedetter on Tue Mar 22 19:46:30 2022
    The 8-bit Guy checks it out in this video: https://youtu.be/igEpW8QJFQ4

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  • From Joe Phigan@1:305/3 to Strahinja Bojovic on Sun Apr 24 10:42:32 2022
    I got mine 3 years ago for 10 euros! :) This is my second Amiga after
    25 years, couse I sold mine 25 years ago. After buying this 10 euro

    That's pretty awesome. We actually had an Amiga store not far from my house when I was younger.. My friend was supposed to meet me there and sell me his Amiga 1200 for $100, but he never showed up. The Amiga store had an SX-64 for $100 and an Amiga 500 for $100.. so with $100 burning a hole in my pocket I just had to get one of those. It was a pretty hard decision, and even after picking the Amiga 500, I was never really sure I made the right one. The
    store did hook me up and upgraded it to 1MB AGNES RAM, then I could switch to PAL with software and watch the good demos.

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