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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 13, 2012 23:00:53 GMT
Got my Amiga out of it's box, to retrieve some old art files.
Not content with that, I've added a CF hard drive to it and a ide cd rom. Discovered i needed Workbench 3.1 so I've hit ebay for it.
Quite enjoyed noodling about on it. Will need to clean up the case a little though, as it has yellowed with age.
No emulators for me.
Soon - Cannon Fodder will be played again!
Andy
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Post by Stomski on Mar 14, 2012 10:38:14 GMT
CD32 on the go here!
Managed to get some Playstation controller adapters from a guy on YouTube who did them as a hobby, programming up a PIC microprocessor and all the wiring as a hobby. Shipped them for only £15 each or something, bargain!
Is your Amiga a 1200/600/500+/500?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 14, 2012 11:00:46 GMT
A1200.
Andy
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Post by Stomski on Mar 14, 2012 16:22:36 GMT
Fond memories incoming! Alien Breed Alien Breed Tower Assault Hired Guns Lemmings Supercars 2 Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 Xenon 2 (by far the best implementation of this classic shooter across all the releases) Cannon Fodder Sensible Soccer '91 (I just prefer this to SWOS for some reason, less focus on management and no players who can turn easily with the ball) Chaos Engine Superfrog Skidmarks Need inspiration? www.lemonamiga.com/games/votes_list.phpwww.warblade.as/feature01.html |
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Post by kayevcee on Mar 14, 2012 17:59:07 GMT
Superfrog was immense (not just huge fun but the actual levels seemed to go on forever- amazing what they could do with a 20Mhz CPU and 1Mb RAM), but my favourite shooter was Team 17's Project X. I must have blown months of my life playing it to the point where I could finish the first level blindfolded. Never completed it. Insanely hard but not quite hard enough to make you think victory was impossible.
I remember they brought out a "special edition" that had shortened levels and some enemies taken out entirely so less dedicated players might someday see level 2.
-Nick
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Post by Stomski on Mar 14, 2012 22:17:40 GMT
Yeah, never got past level 2 on PX:SE though!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 20, 2012 0:19:06 GMT
WB 3.1 snagged and installed.
Sent off for some decent cables for the tv and a pcmcia adapter so I can get files from net via mac and pc and chuck them on the amiga.
Andy
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Post by Jim on Apr 11, 2012 14:10:46 GMT
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 11, 2012 21:32:09 GMT
Thanks for the recommendation, Kinja. I'm tempted to pre-order, but fear it will disappoint. The On the Edge: Rise and Fall of Commodore books have set a high standard.
I'm awaiting a decent book on Atari as well. I bought a huge bundle of Atari mags before Christmas, including a large number of ST Format, Atari ST User, ST Review, Atari World and Atari Computing. The 16-bit and 32-bit Atari machines were fantastic, but it's routinely dismissed as a poor quality Amiga wannabe nowadays.
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Post by Jim on Apr 11, 2012 22:14:32 GMT
The Atari is a bit underrated, but I remember much the same attitude back in the day! All my Amiga-owning friends looked down on it. If you're interested in earlier Atari stuff, the first book was on the Atari 2600 and was very good indeed: www.amazon.co.uk/Racing-Beam-Computer-Platform-Studies/dp/026201257XI've heard On the Edge is good; I expect the platform studies book will be looking from a different angle but will almost certainly cover some of the same ground. |
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Post by KnightBeat on Apr 11, 2012 22:47:35 GMT
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll put that on my wishlist and pick it up when I have a little more cash. I suddenly recalled that the folks behind the Atari History Museum were collecting donations for a new Atari book. The Kickstarter has $11,508 at the moment. I'm hopeful that this will become the definitive history of Atari, if and when it is released. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 17, 2018 22:53:28 GMT
I've recently ordered a nice brand new shiny case (traditional white) for my old Amiga 1200.
Going to sort out a nice CF harddrive for it, and a few other bits and bobs, as I have some old unfinished Transformers fancomics on disc. I think I might try my hand at sorting out and getting back to.
I do have OS 3.5 and a cd-rom drive for the beast already.
I shall keep people posted on the progress.
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Post by Stomski on Jul 18, 2018 14:03:06 GMT
Please do. I fired up my A500+ a while back only to find the RTC battery had leaked. May yet be salvageable, but don't have the time or the impetus when I have a working CD32 sat there.
Edit: Ooh, just learnt about the TF328 board for CD32. Finally a relatively cheap expansion board!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 18, 2018 16:59:36 GMT
Will do.
It has also been an age since I have drawn with a mouse, however I am aware of alternative solutions.
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Post by Stomski on Jul 18, 2018 18:43:30 GMT
TF328 Review...
Watched a few of this guy's videos before. He's got reviews of replacement cases and other mods. Could be worth you going through his old vids.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 18, 2018 21:42:26 GMT
I'm subscribed to Dan's channel already. They are pretty good and he keeps it as close to entry-level as you can get for the most part.
The new case is shipping as of now.
4 - 6 working days.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 21, 2018 10:44:51 GMT
Should be with me on Monday. Looks like I missed being CUTA’d.
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 21, 2018 20:16:03 GMT
TF328 Review... Watched a few of this guy's videos before. He's got reviews of replacement cases and other mods. Could be worth you going through his old vids. Oh my god, Im down the rabbit hole. 5 hours later Ive watch computer restorations, a man dismantle batteries and and build solar panels and now discussions of the worst games ever. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 21, 2018 22:09:32 GMT
ONE OF US...ONE OF US...ONE OF US...
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Post by KnightBeat on Jul 22, 2018 22:27:55 GMT
I'm tempted by the CD32 expansion, but would need to have my CD32's capacitors replaced before upgrading. I haven't seen any sign that they're going bad, but it's only a matter of time after 25 years. On a related topic, there's been a huge breakthrough in Amiga PowerPC emulation in the past few weeks. QEmu recently added support for the AmigaOne Sam460ex PowerPC board, allowing x86/x64 users to run the latest version of AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS. It's incredibly slow and glitchy at the moment, so don't expect to run games like Spencer or Tower 57, but it's a start. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 23, 2018 23:15:08 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 23, 2018 23:15:24 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 3, 2019 18:48:39 GMT
More cases and keycaps for those of a mind to tart up a battered old Amiga they might have lying around.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 20, 2019 18:36:19 GMT
Just catching up with last month's Retro Gamer. Their regular slot on forgotten and overlooked games covered the CD32, chiefly Guardian. Lovely game. I remember playing that on my CD32 and thumbing my nose at the on-rails Starfox fanboys of the day. Wasn't quite as classy as Zarch on my Acorn Archimedes, but this is why I love RG. Makes me pine for the proper days of home computing.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 20, 2019 20:55:56 GMT
Nosing around eBay... My word A1200s and CD32s go for a pretty penny these days don't they!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 20, 2019 21:01:28 GMT
Just catching up with last month's Retro Gamer. Their regular slot on forgotten and overlooked games covered the CD32, chiefly Guardian. Lovely game. I remember playing that on my CD32 and thumbing my nose at the on-rails Starfox fanboys of the day. Wasn't quite as classy as Zarch on my Acorn Archimedes, but this is why I love RG. Makes me pine for the proper days of home computing. Moving past the 16-bit era was a huge mistake for computers! -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 20, 2019 21:21:11 GMT
No it wasn't. Amiga 1200 was 32bit.
Embracing the IBM 386/486/pentium etc was the huge mistake. Allowing us to get to a point where rather than make software leaner and better, we just crank out new hardware instead. That's the big mistake.
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 31, 2020 10:03:30 GMT
Finally gotten round to doing this.
Picked up an 8mb ram expansion and a black case instead of the white. Sadly, the keyboard is not getting any power to it. Also couldn't get the IDE Compact Flash HD to work - the install disk was greyed out on next when trying to install WB 3.1 by floppy. Decided to do it manually, when I discovered the keyboard wasn't working when I needed to reassign the number value from a scsi HD to IDE HD.
Found a replacement keyboard membrane with locking connectors so will pick that up.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 31, 2020 21:07:55 GMT
Keyboard membrane ordered as well as a flickerfixer/scandoubler so I can use a more modern TV as well.
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Post by KnightBeat on Aug 31, 2020 22:20:16 GMT
I recently unboxed my Mac Mini and booted MorphOS for the first time in 2 years. I didn't have the energy to install the latest OS upgrade, just to play on a few freeware titles (and Wipeout 2097). The number of new freeware titles for the platform seems to have dropped significantly during the past few years. Most of the Amiga userbase is focused upon FPGA hardware nowadays, which give classic Amiga titles a speed boost. However, the upcoming MorphOS 4.0 release for AMD/Intel hardware may gain some new fans.
I've been contemplating buying a second-hand CRT for gaming purposes. Not sure I have room for it, but it would give my older computers and consoles a new lease of life.
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