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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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

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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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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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The 8-bit Guy checks it out in this video: https://youtu.be/igEpW8QJFQ4

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//Hello Bjoern,//

on *21.03.2022* at *18:07:08* You wrote in Area *AMIGA*
to *Richard Menedetter* about *"A500 mini"*.

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

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

Sure, the original A500 is much better in being an A500. It actually has a working keyboard und is absolutely a 100% cycle accurate in everthing it does ;)

Also, who whould have ever used THAT kind of gamepad with an A500.

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

There are for sure people who would like to have it. So please don't recycle.

Regards,
Tim

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

You could always send it to me :D. I have this Vampyre upgrade board for an A500 sitting here.. only I can't find my A500!

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

You could always send it to me :D. I have this Vampyre upgrade board for an JP>A500 sitting here.. only I can't find my A500!

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
amiga I just continued to collect them, so now I have a1000, a500x2
and a2000 and I hope I will soon have a1200 (childhood dream).


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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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Re: Re: A500 mini
By: Joe Phigan to Strahinja Bojovic on Sun Apr 24 2022 10:42 am

I got mine 3 years ago for 10 euros! :) This is my second Amiga afte
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 fo $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 t PAL with software and watch the good demos.

One of my buddies back in NET202 (San Diego) ran an amiga and even Amiganet. I remember him and me combining on the Y2K project to list all the compliant Amigaware. I seem to recall only 1-2 that had issues and they were cosmetic?

xxcarol
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