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Deluxe Paint was revolutionary.
So was Digi View and Digi Paint.
ImageFX (Hi Kermit!) was incredibly powerful.
Directory Opus exists for Windows and I use it every day. Respect to Jon and Greg.
The Video Toaster and Lightwave 3D changed the world. Mad respect to Allen (remember Videoscape) , Stuart (Modeler) , Brad Carvey and all the NewTek mad scientists.
Anybody ever use World Construction Set?
Amiga Forever is by far the easiest way to go about it.
It uses its own RP9 format, which contains the game and configuration so that you don't have to mess around with the multitude of options just to get a game to work.
You can drag in any game .ADF file and it will bring up the RP9 creator. It connects to a game database online so will try to determine what the game is. If It gets it right, you can just click and that's it; everything is set up. Otherwise, you clear the Name box and start to type in the game name and it will show you a list of suggestions as you type. Pick the correct one and then press okay. No messing about with computer types, amount of RAM, types of RAM, joystick ports, floppy drive compatibility. Just play the game.
I'm not an expert as I haven't ever used the modern hardware, but for those capabilities I believe you would need a PowerPC based Amiga mother board and AmigaDOS 4.1.
The AmigaOne X5000 system is available but cost is definitely at a premium over what you would pay for a similarly equipped PC compatible. Obviously it is a niche product and only produced in small quantities.
These newer machines run older Amiga software under emulation, since the processor and video are totally different from the original Amigas.
Alternately, if you just prefer to use the Amiga operating system, you can run all versions including 4.1 under emulation on a PC. There is an officially licensed emulation package called Amiga Forever, which includes preconfigured environments for up to AmigaDOS 3.1.
If not E-Motion like /u/NoShirtNoShoesNoDice suggested then perhaps the sequel Vaccine which, unlike E-Motion, was played on a landscape but it has all the coloured balls like you've described.
The game didn't come in a box, it came in a circular metal tin with lots of medical terms over it.
Best place for amiga help: http://eab.abime.net/
Thank you for sharing your find! I love that the moral of the story is be nice and be patient!
Your SCSI network idea is interesting, keep us updated. By far the easiest way to transfer stuff to/from an old amiga is with Amiga Explorer: https://www.amigaforever.com/ae/
Another thing that is helpful to know: your Amiga has a monochrome RCA output built in. If you can't get any other display options to work, that will at least get you going. It can be plugged directly into a TV that has an RCA input or even a 3-plug component input (I think you use the green plug). I ran my Amiga like this for years.
There is the Cloanto Workbench 3.X and they also have a Kickstart 3.X, Hyperion is still developing Kickstart 3.1. A bit more info is available at: https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/15-107
Does it have to be 3.0? You can find all the install disks for 3.1 here. You should also be able to find 3.9 in there somewhere, as a bonus.
Carrier Command and Firepower are two..
Edit: Here is a bunch of them http://www.mobygames.com/attribute/sheet/attributeId,84/p,19/
and this one
I wish!
Varnish (which is what you see above) and VirtualBox both use "Guru Meditation" as their error messages. I'm sure I've seen others do it too.
The Internet Archive has better quality video of all Computer Chronicles episodes, here's the page for this one. It's also worth noting that GEM was developed by Digital Research, Inc., which was founded by Gary Kildall, who was one of the hosts of Computer Chronicles and the creator of CP/M.
Either will be fine. It's the PowerPC stuff where FS is slightly behind.
You can buy a set of ROMS from Amiga Forever, or you can find them in the usual places on the net if you can't/don't fancy extracting yours from your own machine.
If you have floppies then Amiga Explorer can copy anything onto your Amiga see http://www.amigaforever.com/ae/
But you need at least a Workbench 1.2 first.
If you have nothing you can use a Cortex Floppy Emulator:
https://cortexamigafloppydrive.wordpress.com
With the Floppy Emulator you can basically mount any game or program. I have installed workbench with it.
I'm glad to see no one jumped down your throat for talking about emulated Amigas. On other forums I've seen people get flamed for suggesting that they're not ready to spend dough on real hardware and games.
That being said, Amiga Forever is a popular collection of legally licensed (AFAIK) firmware and games that you can buy.
Oh, super cool, thank you!
I found the Amiga-Stuff listing earlier (second edit on my post above) but hadn't seen it in an Amiga Format listing since I couldn't get the web site with the AF index to load.
For anyone looking, it's listed in Amiga Format on this page under the heading "Top Ten Utilities", which mentions it being from TBAG 31. So, going to the TBAG (Tampa Bay Amiga Group) page, there's the disk (#31) for download. And yup, ShowWiz is on it.
Thanks /u/fsckit!
Interestingly enough, I lived in Tampa right around the time this disk came out, but I wasn't in the group so I had no idea.
the old stuff is getting creaky, and WinUAE only gets better.
It's even good for rescuing old Amigas. I liked my 600, but left it in the UK. Although it needs re-capped anyways. And anything you find will need it as well.
WinUAE does a great job of emulating an Amiga 3000.. it'll even run AMIX if you wanted to.
Yeah, the new elite:dangerous seems amazing.
But if you can't wait, have a look at Pioneer Space Simulator, it's kind of a remake of Frontier:Elite, and really well made.
Does he play Amiga games already?
If not, then you could always consider getting him some emulation software like Amiga Forever:
https://www.amigaforever.com/ https://www.amigaforever.com/popup-compare/
amikit is a pack of amiga apps, for various platforms (including native amiga) - not sure what exactly is in the mac port though
http://amikit.amiga.sk/downloads.htm
edit: aros has ppc port that runs under mac os - http://aros.sourceforge.net/nightly.php
I thought it did...? I still remember it was used for doing 'preview' channels for a while as the hardware was getting old and would guru on tv... Their breakout product, lightwave, is still being made/sold!
No I meant I bought the "really cheap" Chines one, this one.
And I had luck. For those who are searching for it this is the one I ordered:
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B099X4Z71X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It seems the same you linked in your reply u/_Wasteful. Thank you!
Sorry, you lost me as a customer a long time ago by refusing to answer my emails then.
Millon's book (https://www.amazon.com/Disorders-Personality-Introducing-Spectrum-Abnormal/dp/0470040939/) is available.
There are versions of UAE for Android, so you can either play it on your phone or on a dedicated Android emulation handheld which would be much cheaper than a Steam Deck. Cloanto sells a version of Amiga Forever with the kickstart ROMs and workbench disks on the Play Store to use with emulators.
I have done the exact same thing - your scenario is the same as mine - except Ive also got an RGB2HDMI in there as well (Recommended!)
The CPU Relocator that came with my TF536 (from AlenPPC) arrived with a single row of pin headers as an extender - raising the legs of the CPU relocator a little - enough to clear the ACE2B.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0778TFL39?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
I also put some insulating tape on the bottom of the relocator when it now hovers above the ACE2B - just in case.
Would screen capture work for you or are you determined to record the CRT monitor with a camera? When I wanted to capture the output from a real C64, this device was quite helpful:
https://www.amazon.com/Converter-Digital-Capture-Support-Windows/dp/B087TDN2FL
Plugs into a modern computers USB and is identified as a generic webcam but shows the s-video feed from the C64.
I’m using a powered Anker hub and it works perfectly. I power the mini from the same hub so I only need a single power outlet.
This is the one I’m using but it’s overkill for this purpose so I’d recommend a 4-port from the same range: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00VE4UJD4/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Have you cleaned the drive heads? This can be done with a cleaning disk (+ Isopropyl Alcohol) [https://www.amazon.com/Nexhi-NXH-6000-Premium-Floppy-Cleaning/dp/B07T741JY7/ref=sr_1_1] or by opening the drives and cleaning the heads delicately with alcohol on a cotton tip swab; if you go the latter route, clean and re-oil the spindle and drive rails so that the heads move easily when trying to read a disk.
Are you looking specifically for a CRT monitor? There are now a few flat-panel monitors that will sync down to 15khz (even though they don't advertise it--they say the range starts at 30) and work directly with the Amiga. I bought two of the AOC 24G2 freesync monitors and they work great:
https://www.amazon.com/AOC-24G2-Frameless-Adjustable-Guarantee/dp/B07WVN6CWT
The only thing you'll need is a 23pin RGB to DB15 VGA either adapter or cable. I got mine off ebay. Hope this helps.
Different versions of HDTools under different versions of WB offers more support for newer hardware. So I know if I use a UDMA CF card on my A2000 TF536 I may get paritioned one time but the system won't format it.
If I use a generic (blue/white) CF card it works without issue. These are the type of cards that work for me under 3.1.4 and 3.2(1). UDMA cards don't work.
Yeah I know what you mean, I had a similar reaction when I opened it. it looks great but the keyboard makes it seem like a model.
i've ordered this keyboard, fingers crossed it is the right shade of beige. just need to find someway of making the windows key look like an 'A'
Thanks for the link, Alecpc wasn't too much more help. Last night I ordered a SD card to 2.5" 44pin IDE adapter (https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08SK4G7RP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) from Amazon.ca and it came today, I also found a Scandisk 64GB Ultra SD card which I ordered to.
I married the SD card with the reader, and installed on my A2000, and booted with Install3.2, now I am about done installing WB 3.2, still need to upgrade to 3.2.1 and Alecpc said I needed to install the MMULib from aminet, the latest one includes the MuFastRom which he said I needed to install as well. I tried it on WinUAE and it installed but when I reboot I got a SYS:MuTools/MuFastRom failed returncode 10, I am not sure if thats a WinUAE thing maybe, and I am not sure if I want to try it on my TF536??
Thanks,
En hdmi audio extractor like this one and a pair of pc speakers. https://www.amazon.com/Extractor-Splitter-Adapter-Converter-Compatable/dp/B08KVR1LNG/ref=sr_1_10?keywords=HDMI+Audio+Extractor&qid=1649863937&sr=8-10
Actually getting and configuring a raspberry is a a bit harder than that - I dont think their supply problems are dealt with as yet I had to use a 3 in my Voron as I couldnt get a 4 a few months back.
As a side issue - I already have a Rpi3 in a case for the last two years for that purpose (https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B084H2L372/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)
The Mini is not a scam its not pretending to be anything its not, though I wish that you could use zipped files.
I loved the the64 but this leaves me a little more lukewarm but it fits on my desk way better and thats one of the reasons I bought one.
My USB Hub and Keyboard/Mouse switcher work perfectly. As do my Logitech unified wireless mouse and keyboard. I have the USB drive, wired keyboard and wired mouse plugged into the hub/switcher and it works flawlessly I am using this. https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08MBXMZLV/.
If you want a Tank Mouse, I've ordered 4 of these -- https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B09F18BZSZ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
They aren't free and are described as smaller than the original, but they are USB & Laser mice and look the part
An even cheaper option ($2) if you have an Android device is to buy Amiga Forever Essentials. They get extracted to a folder on the filesystem, then you could just hook your phone up to your PC and copy the ROMs off.
The Amiga Forever package has a fair bit to say on the matter.
You are legally obliged to buy a copy if you plan to emulate an Amiga (for the ROMs);-
If the floppy route is a no go and you don't have a scsi, it's another method.
http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/13-108
If the Amiga floppy drive is faulty, you can fit a Gotek replacement. Might be more expensive method though. (You need that AND emulator to read at the PC end, I think).
The most expensive method would be to fit a network card in the A3000. Can't help you with that, they cost a bomb and are rarely available to buy.
For some reason I was thinking about this. I am sure it was Craig Dorrel, not Craig Dorre.
Which lo and behold turned up this link ;
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.listserv.i-amiga/GoIa1o-12kw
Upgrades and expansions are still being actively developed for the Amiga today, the first that comes to mind is a PiStorm, you can literally build an accelerator from a cheap Raspberry Pi.
Not a very practical way to store your disks. Try something like: Floppy Disk Storage Box
Just in case (no put intended) .... </sarcasm>
You can add your own games to it as well:
https://www.amazon.com/A500-Mini-electronic-games/dp/B09CM1C3LX
"Side-load your own games via USB stick with full WHDLoad support and an array of options to choose from - plus, save and resume your game at any time to help you finish those punishingly difficult classics
The A500 Mini is compatible with 100s of classic Amiga games and demos, utilising WHDLoad for simplicity (games must be legally obtained/purchased from the legal owners), 50/60Hz in 720p HD via HDMI, Multiple scaling options & CRT filter"
Unfortunately, i didn't see anything about storage size and how many games you can load. You might have to keep a spare USB flash drive plugged in to store them!
I have an email from March, but it has links to purchase Ver 9 of the software and mentions if you have an upgrade licence that you should check the upgrade instructions sent via email. I don’t have the lifetime licence. See if the second paragraph on this page here helps.
This is sage advice. A really easy way in is to buy the Amiga Forever package from Cloanto, which comes with a nice front end to the (slightly techy) emulators and loads of systems pre-configured. That will give you plenty to get you going for very little outlay.
There's nothing stopping you getting a real miggy later on, if you decide it's something you want to get into.
Can't say I've ever tried to use winRAR to unpack a .7z file. Any reason for not just downloading the windows version of 7zip itself?
(and once I have 7zip installed I usually just use it to unpack ANYTHING on my win10 box and ignore winRAR ever after)
Why not use an emulator? I know that's not your ultimate goal, but an Amiga emulator can run very well off of a Raspberry Pi set up, the I/O ports can be hacked to work via USB, it can be expanded upon and can fit inside the original Amiga case if that is important to you. https://www.hackster.io/news/fitting-a-raspberry-pi-into-an-amiga-500-without-modifying-the-original-case-451b18c1294b
Amiga Explorer worked for me the last time I tried to do this. As long as the Amiga will boot to Workbench 1.2 or higher you can transfer files via a null-modem serial link. The noob solution probably but it works exactly as described without needing to do much tinkering; it mounts the Amiga as a virtual device like a network drive.
The two drive trick needs an old PC with a motherboard that supports 2 floppy drives on the same chain in the BIOS and adfread (available from WinUAE site, works on 2K and newer) or... I forget it's name, but there's another solution for 98 and older but you have to pay for it and word is adfread is better.
> as far as I know there is no way to get them on a floppy using mac or win pcs.. :(
All you need is to wire a floppy drive to the parallel port.
There's also the KryoFlux mentioned in another post.
And there's this "manpage" with a lot of relevant info:
http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/13-118
Also, can you run anything in the Amiga? If you have any workbench, you might be able to use your serial port and primitive ways (eg: shell and pipes) to get proper serial transfer software into the Amiga side.
I’d recommend buying the Amiga Forever Plus edition from Cloanto. It is however only installable on Windows, but it contains a lot of nice Amiga stuff including ROMs used to run e.g. WHDLoad. It also includes ADF-files of WB from 1.x all the way up to 3.1.
Does anyone know if AROS' status page gets updated? http://aros.sourceforge.net/introduction/status/everything.php
I'm mainly interested in AmigaOS 3.1 and Extensions, but it seems like everything's been stalled for years.
Has there been progress in those areas or is the status page up to date and literally nothing's been done?
I wonder if there is any tie in to Friend: https://friendup.cloud/
David Pleasance is a common denominator between the two:
https://friendup.cloud/employees/david-pleasance/
? Speculation to be sure though.
Did you run sudo apt-get upgrade when in Rasbian?
As well as updating the OS, it will also update the EEPROM which may be why the image isn't booting.
PiMiga is based on dietpi - try booting that distro and see if that's ok?
Your wireless mouse shouldn't cause that. You could always boot without that plugged in, though, to make sure.
You could try diet-pi with Amiberry built in while you wait on a MiSTer.
https://dietpi.com/ Downloads/choose pi version/download amiberry image.
It takes a bit of setting up but it's installed on a low resource linux build.
Might need to do some work yourself but DietPi has an x86 variant and I recall Amiberry is there at least for the arm versions - maybe Amiberry isn’t there but that and say FS-UAE might get to to an Amiga operating workbench fairly quickly
Saving vusb in my bookmarks, thanks. I was slightly joking with the RPi zero but at $5 for a board it's incredibly hard to beat the price. Overkill ... yup. But this isn't only for keyboard, it could connect to mouse and serial (PPP server). Also right now I'm using Synergy as a virtual keyboard switch so having an Ethernet-driven keyboard/mouse is intriguing. Since my Amiga is still collecting dust it'll have to wait a while.
For actual signal interfacing I had gone a different route and used an actual open collector configuration with NPN transistor. Connecting I/O connectors directly to an IC pin is generally a bad idea if you can avoid it. Chip level ESD protection is barely good enough.
My complete Gameroom ! a video is better than pictures ;)
https://d.tube/#!/v/foulweb/nca7sefp
Commodore Amiga 1200 : A1200 2.0B Fixed + B1260/72Mhz/128Mb KS/WB 3.9 + CF Kingston 16Gb/PFS3 AIO + 2x PSX to DB9 + Kipper2k CF card external Adapter + Cumana CAX354 + ORINOCO Gold WIFI PCMCIA + PS/2 USB Mouse adapter + M1201A and more stuff !!!
Commodore Amiga 500 (hacked to A500+) : A500(+) (1,5Mb Chip + Clock) rev 8A.1 KS 1.3 + AMRAM 500+ + Gotek (with sound hack) + buttons for Gotek and interruption
There is a solution for Windows, a plugin for Total Commander. It is quite old, 2012, but it works quite well with ADF and partially HDF. I would like to find a solution for full-fledged work with HDF, as with an archive, or if someone would modify this plugin so that you can open this container of any size as an archive.
Link to the plugin author's page http://www.coderbug.rs/projects/amigadx
And a plugin repository for Total Commander https://www.ghisler.com/plugins.htm
Theres also coinops which has an amiga collection made for xbox / playstation controlers, arcade cabs or stream to you TV with steam link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yA9dB0Neyg https://moonlight-stream.org/
You could try an Ethernet to WiFi dongle with a Ethernet PCMCIA card, like this: https://www.amazon.com/IOGEAR-Ethernet-2-WiFi-Universal-Wireless-GWU637/dp/B018YPWORE/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B018YPWORE&psc=1
I bought a gender changer for my serial port so I could use a WiFi modem there with ease. This is the gender changer adapter I got about 4 years ago (currently not in stock). This looks to be the same thing. The only downside is I have to flip the little modem upside down when I plug it in, but who cares?
I bought three of those from eBay, and none of them worked with my Amiga 4000s.
Only the original [https://www.amazon.com/TNP-Converter-Adapter-Upscaler-Connector/dp/B0177DG71S/ref=sr_1_4] works properly.
Hi, thanks for the response. I have exactly this model:
When i will get home i will try also MONO composite if there is a signal...
THe cheapest and easiest way is this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cloanto.amigaforever.essentials&hl=no&gl=US copy the rom files to your computer and off you go :) It is 2USD
I found the PCB design files for the trapdoor ram board here:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=85395
I chose the largest trace I could find to VCC for +5v, happened to be that capacitor next to the clock battery. Ground was easier.
Using this wifi bridge, which is easily configurable and takes 100 mA at 5V (and conveniently has a barrel jack power supply connector):
I would use a fiberglass scratch brush to remove the remove the solder mask by the battery terminal near R469. The 2 diodes near the other side of the battery should be removed to clean up that area. The Amiga will run fine without those diodes since they are used to charge the battery and power the clock circuit.
Overall the damage doesn't look too bad. I'm currently working on an A3000 with more extensive damage.
It took me a long time to find a monitor stand big enough for the GVPa530, and I am about 80% happy with the one in the picture. Getting to the floppy drive on the side is a bit of a pain, so a hard drive is a must or at least a external floppy drive. Really its kinda a weird angle for disk swapping. I also had to unscrew the bottoms to get the height i wanted on it(also i wanted more air flow). I got this one on amazon and i'm putting a link below and product info.
Monoprice 116356 Multimedia Riser Desktop Monitor Stand - Clear Glass, Large 30.8 x 11 Inches - Workstream Collection
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MAYTHPT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I've been using a cheap box after having it recommended to me by others. It was on eBay and the listing seems to have disappeared so I can't link to it, but a similar one on Amazon looks like this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y43RVLH/
Unfortunately I can't vouch for its quality since I think this is a generic box design by Asian manufacturers. The reviews on that one look good but it's a $33 gamble.
msmadlemon on YouTube has a video where she shows picture quality on hers. The video is about her Scart switcher, but she's using one of these boxes for the Scart -> HDMI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIFdstJ19kg
It's something I'm picking up this year. Got an Amiga a few months ago and bought a copy of Mastering Amiga Assembler; it's basically a means of motivating me to learn how to manipulate the 68000's instruction set on dated, resource-restricted hardware.
Just need to finish a couple of projects first.
>Why pay for it again?
I'm not suggesting you get them from there, you already have them. Like you my ROMs come from my real Amigas.
I'm saying that you might suggest other people could get them from there. It is the official channel, after all.
> I run Linux, and Amiga Forever does not.
It doesn't matter, you're only using the ROMs from the disk, not the emulator.
There is even an Amiga Forever Essentials which contains just the OS and a few demos, and while aimed at Android users, will work perfectly well on other platforms.
(You know that the Amiga Forever disk is a Linux distro in its own right, don't you?)