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Well this is a fun discovery! Someone called Stephen wrote a very nice #Gemini / #Gopher / etc client for #Amiga OS.

I discovered this installed on the excellent #caffieneOS pre-configured system which I have started using instead of #Amikit for the speed and the pre-installed #WHDLoad games and demos.

Neat Stuff!

Well this is a fun discovery! Someone called Stephen wrote a very nice #Gemini / #Gopher / etc client for #Amiga OS.

I discovered this installed on the excellent #caffieneOS pre-configured system which I have started using instead of #Amikit for the speed and the pre-installed #WHDLoad games and demos.

Neat Stuff!

Here's a little something I think is super nifty, and maybe some of you will give a shit, too.

I bought my #commodore #amiga 2000 HD Pro back in 1990. I've been hacking little upgrades into it ever since. Every place I have ever lived that had the room for it, it's been set up and functional. A year or two ago I switched from a #Vampire 2K accelerator card, which is pretty neat in it's own right, to a newer and actively supported #pistorm 2k.

For those who haven't been full immersed in the world of Commodorkia for the past 36 years, I have a souped up computer from the 90s that can do a lot of modern stuff by using a raspberry pi as an JIT version of a very fast model of the original CPU as well as give it a bunch of new super powers like HDMI video for desktop, WiFi, and TF card storage.

To play old games and use applications that use their own native screen modes and are "dumb" to other video outputs like this newfangled HDMI, one has to keep an old compatible CRT or LCD attached to the original NTSC video output on the Amiga. Dual monitors are always cool, but I last week I discovered the power switch on my OG Amiga Multisync CRT needs to be replaced. I'm sure that will be a delightful sidequest. 🙄

Recently, the geniuses who invented and maintain the PiStorm and Emu68 projects came up with a VERY CLEVER way to hijack the Amiga video signals right off the Denise video chip, do a little upscaling and other wizardy, and pipe them into the RPi's camera interface. From there, the RPi then automagically switches the native video to the HDMI output in the proper 4:3 aspect ratio and Bob's your auntie you dont NEED that CRT hooked up to play old games and use old apps.

I ordered my #flamethrower last week and it arrived today. I took my A2K apart, did the install without any problems, and it worked on the first boot. I've since reassembled everything including the fate-tempting madness of putting all the case screws in and it's happily humming away on my desk as usual.

This PiStorm hardware is ABSOLUTELY GENIUS. If you have an Amiga and you've always wanted to beef it up a bit without having to spend a lot of money, the PiStorm route is the way to go. It's truly amazing.

Here are some useful linkydinks:

github.com/captain-amygdala/pistorm
github.com/PiStorm/Framethrower_Denise
github.com/michalsc/Emu68
github.com/michalsc/Emu68-tools
www.patreon.com/michal_schulz
www.tindie.com/search/?q=pistorm
shop.leapmaker.com/
amigakit.com/

And if you're into pre-configured UIs just to take some of the sting out of building a modern Amiga, #amikit is really great.
www.amikit.amiga.sk/

Adding another prebuilt system called CaffeineOS to this list, since I just leeched the image and im about to cook it off to a TF card and see how it goes.
caffeineos.neocities.org/

Thanks for coming to my #amiga ted talk. I hope you're still as fascinated with your 36 year old home computers as I am. 😁

Rocking an Amiga? Tell me me about it!


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La Resiliencia del Amiga: Reflexiones de Trevor Dickinson https://amigatronics.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/la-resiliencia-del-amiga-reflexiones-de-trevor-dickinson/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Actualidad #A500mini #amikit