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  1. I'm a bit worried about the temperatures in my #Amiga500.
    The CPU is a ST TS68000CP8 and according to the datasheet, the operating temperature range is 0 to 70°C. After an hour of activity, it is almost 80°C...
    The Denise (OCS) has same operating range and stays under 60°C, so inside the range.
    The fat Agnus (ECS 1MB) almost reaches 60°C, but I couldn't find a datasheet, yet. I suppose it's fine, too.
    The MC1488 (U38) is the serial line driver, and reaches almost 50°C, although I can't explain to myself why - I have nothing connected and it is a high temperature for idle.
    The 74F244 buffer (U35) in the RAM circuit almost reaches 50°C, too - also within the 0 to 70°C range.
    The CPU is worrying me most.
    #Amiga #A500 #68k #m68k #retrocomputing

  2. Today, I received my #RGBtoHDMI for my #Amiga500 and the first thing I did after initial test was installing the audio board.
    I had two options, #soldering it to the RGBtoHDMI, floating in the air, or at the back of the #RaspberryPiZero. I decided to try the first. Luckily there was enough clearance underneath to not touch any components. I did bend the legs of the capacitors a bit first.
    The image is a lot clearer now, I'm satisfied.
    #Amiga #A500 #retrocomputing

  3. Do it yourself: Dual SD card and ethernet controller for Amiga 500
    The a500-sd-plus-controller is plugged onto the CIA A chip of the Amiga 500, enabling the use of two SD cards and a 10 Mbit network connection. One SD card is intended as hard drive, the other as a hot-swappable medium.

    amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-

  4. Is it just a bit of fun, or is it research for my next FREEZE magazine? 🤔😊
    FREEZE64.com
    #Amiga #A500 #Amiga500

  5. Found this in an auction for a bargain. Untested, sold as scrap. I couldn’t resist. Does it work? What revision it is? Is there a memory expansion? It’s like a mystery bag!
    #amiga #amiga500 #a500 #zsákbamacska

  6. The change from 8bit to 16bit was huge as you can see from this images. Both images are from the same game and very same screen. The game is "Jabato" a Spanish interactive fiction game of the 80s.

    On the left you can see the 8bit MSX version, on the right you can see the 16bit Commodore Amiga 500 version.

    #retrocomputing #retrogaming #MSX #Commodore #Amiga #A500 #Amiga500 #8bit #16bit #InteractiveFiction

  7. Ok, found all my broken traces. Will have to flip the image when I put in the sockets to make jumpers on the underside. For those curious, its a Rev6A board.

    #retrocomputing #commodore #amiga #a500 #amiga500

  8. We are not yet continuing with Wonderland, but some days ago I upgraded the black A500 to 1MB of chip RAM by way of mainboard swap. And a quick session on one of the later savegames didn‘t reveal any crashes. Even with lovely graphics enabled! So this bodes well.
    #retrogaming #commodore #amiga500 #interactivefiction #magneticscrolls