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Happily, was able to find eight 30-pin 70ns FPM 1MB SIMMs, so I can populate the 16-bit Zorro II RAM+SCSI card to 8MB in this Amiga 2000 upgrade.
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #MC68K #MC68030 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #hardware #vintagetech #tech #photo #Amiga2000 #RAM #techphotos #CPU #FPU #AmigaDOS #AmigaOS #ByteCellar
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Happily, was able to find eight 30-pin 70ns FPM 1MB SIMMs, so I can populate the 16-bit Zorro II RAM+SCSI card to 8MB in this Amiga 2000 upgrade.
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #MC68K #MC68030 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #hardware #vintagetech #tech #photo #Amiga2000 #RAM #techphotos #CPU #FPU #AmigaDOS #AmigaOS #ByteCellar
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Cracked open the Amiga 2000 and am moving from a 14MHz 68020 to a 40MHz 68030, and increasing FAST RAM in both 16-bit Zorro II space and 32-bit extended space.
The "new" accelerator is a GVP G-Force 030 (Impact A2000-030 Combo Series II) with 8MB 32-bit FAST RAM and 68882 FPU.
This board has a jumper allowing it to be fully disabled, which I will bring out to a toggle switch (for cycle-exact 68000 scenedemos).
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #MC68K #MC68030 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #hardware #vintagetech #tech #photo #Amiga2000 #RAM #techphotos #CPU #FPU #AmigaDOS #AmigaOS #ByteCellar
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Cracked open the Amiga 2000 and am moving from a 14MHz 68020 to a 40MHz 68030, and increasing FAST RAM in both 16-bit Zorro II space and 32-bit extended space.
The "new" accelerator is a GVP G-Force 030 (Impact A2000-030 Combo Series II) with 8MB 32-bit FAST RAM and 68882 FPU.
This board has a jumper allowing it to be fully disabled, which I will bring out to a toggle switch (for cycle-exact 68000 scenedemos).
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #MC68K #MC68030 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #hardware #vintagetech #tech #photo #Amiga2000 #RAM #techphotos #CPU #FPU #AmigaDOS #AmigaOS #ByteCellar
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Wer von euch hätte gewusst, dass die Ursuppe von Java mal Oak hieß? Und ursprünglich gedacht war für interaktives Kabelfernsehen? Zur Wochenendunterhaltung habe ich für euch heute eine gute Stunde Java-History mit den Menschen, die von Anfang an dabei waren, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #java #techhistory
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Wer von euch hätte gewusst, dass die Ursuppe von Java mal Oak hieß? Und ursprünglich gedacht war für interaktives Kabelfernsehen? Zur Wochenendunterhaltung habe ich für euch heute eine gute Stunde Java-History mit den Menschen, die von Anfang an dabei waren, enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #java #techhistory
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Thanks to @rexyislive, there are now also Linux builds of our Hoi and Clockwiser games! 💚
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #windows #linux #1990s #tech #FOSS #OpenSource #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Thanks to @rexyislive, there are now also Linux builds of our Hoi and Clockwiser games! 💚
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #windows #linux #1990s #tech #FOSS #OpenSource #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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UNIX at Yosemite! Packing for ~30 miles of backpacking, followed by Low Resource Computing was strange.
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UNIX at Yosemite! Packing for ~30 miles of backpacking, followed by Low Resource Computing was strange.
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I love old Japanese NEC computers, and R2-D2, and tricked out Amigas. Galaga is also cool.
#tech #vintagecomputing #vintagecomputers #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #starwars #nec -
I love old Japanese NEC computers, and R2-D2, and tricked out Amigas. Galaga is also cool.
#tech #vintagecomputing #vintagecomputers #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #starwars #nec -
New video! Troubleshooting and repairing the low volume audio output issue with the C64 from the previous episode.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y_l8fl9VtmU
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/2pZpJeZr5cYAf5vKeSBL3L#Commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #Repair #Troubleshooting #SID #LowAudio #AudioLevel #MOS6581 #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
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New video! Troubleshooting and repairing the low volume audio output issue with the C64 from the previous episode.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/Y_l8fl9VtmU
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/2pZpJeZr5cYAf5vKeSBL3L#Commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #Repair #Troubleshooting #SID #LowAudio #AudioLevel #MOS6581 #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
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Also added the recent re-release of our 1994 Clockwiser puzzle game to my Itch repository.
Give it a try. You might find yourself hooked… 🙂
https://metinseven.itch.io/clockwiser-1994-puzzle-game
#TeamHoi #puzzle #puzzles #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #CD32 #windows #MSDOS #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #GraphicDesign
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Also added the recent re-release of our 1994 Clockwiser puzzle game to my Itch repository.
Give it a try. You might find yourself hooked… 🙂
https://metinseven.itch.io/clockwiser-1994-puzzle-game
#TeamHoi #puzzle #puzzles #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #CD32 #windows #MSDOS #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #GraphicDesign
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Mystery Commodore 64 Turns Out to Be a Frankenstein Build
#Commodore64 #C64 #RunStopRestored #RetroComputing #Commodore #VintageComputing #C64Repair #RetroHardware
https://theoasisbbs.com/mystery-commodore-64-turns-out-to-be-a-frankenstein-build/?fsp_sid=11641 -
Mystery Commodore 64 Turns Out to Be a Frankenstein Build
#Commodore64 #C64 #RunStopRestored #RetroComputing #Commodore #VintageComputing #C64Repair #RetroHardware
https://theoasisbbs.com/mystery-commodore-64-turns-out-to-be-a-frankenstein-build/?fsp_sid=11641 -
It's cute that the PDP-1 (1959) calls its condition flags flip-flops throughout documentation. The hardware was still simple and they apparently hadn't abstracted much from it.
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp1/F15D_PDP1_Handbook_Oct63.pdf
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It's cute that the PDP-1 (1959) calls its condition flags flip-flops throughout documentation. The hardware was still simple and they apparently hadn't abstracted much from it.
https://bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/pdp1/F15D_PDP1_Handbook_Oct63.pdf
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Added the Hoi re-release for Windows and MacOS to my Itch repository.
What? You haven't played Hoi yet?! Go get it right now! 😉 It's the 1992 Amiga prequel to Moon Child.
https://metinseven.itch.io/hoi-1992-amiga-platform-game
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #MoonChild #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #GraphicDesign
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Added the Hoi re-release for Windows and MacOS to my Itch repository.
What? You haven't played Hoi yet?! Go get it right now! 😉 It's the 1992 Amiga prequel to Moon Child.
https://metinseven.itch.io/hoi-1992-amiga-platform-game
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #MoonChild #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #GraphicDesign
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I now got UNIX V4 working with 32 terminal lines! I believe this is the highest number of terminals ever configured for any UNIX V4 installation. It required three kernel modifications to increase limits (in init and the dc and kl drivers).
Technically the KL11 hardware supported a 17th terminal line, but UNIX V4 is not compatible with this and it took me half of the day to figure out why. Turns out, UNIX uses a clever trick of saving the device minor number to the processor status word when invoking an interrupt handler, as a cheap way to pass a small argument. Only the low four PS bits are safe to repurpose in this way (they're the condition codes), but the fifth is the trace bit, which causes a kernel panic when set. Well, the 17th KL line has minor number 16, which fills 5 bits and sets the trace bit, causing a kernel panic!
So even though the hardware supports 33 terminal lines, I have to settle for 32, unless I rearchitect the interrupt vectors.
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I now got UNIX V4 working with 32 terminal lines! I believe this is the highest number of terminals ever configured for any UNIX V4 installation. It required three kernel modifications to increase limits (in init and the dc and kl drivers).
Technically the KL11 hardware supported a 17th terminal line, but UNIX V4 is not compatible with this and it took me half of the day to figure out why. Turns out, UNIX uses a clever trick of saving the device minor number to the processor status word when invoking an interrupt handler, as a cheap way to pass a small argument. Only the low four PS bits are safe to repurpose in this way (they're the condition codes), but the fifth is the trace bit, which causes a kernel panic when set. Well, the 17th KL line has minor number 16, which fills 5 bits and sets the trace bit, causing a kernel panic!
So even though the hardware supports 33 terminal lines, I have to settle for 32, unless I rearchitect the interrupt vectors.
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I've just used up a full roll of paper for the first time!
My new Silent 707/1200 is just so pleasant to develop with, as it types 4x faster than my previous favorite, the Silent 703, at 1200 baud instead of 300, and all keys work perfectly—no stubborn keys like the other.
The stack of paper is trimmings from previous sessions on this and other terminals. Literally cut/paste.
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I've just used up a full roll of paper for the first time!
My new Silent 707/1200 is just so pleasant to develop with, as it types 4x faster than my previous favorite, the Silent 703, at 1200 baud instead of 300, and all keys work perfectly—no stubborn keys like the other.
The stack of paper is trimmings from previous sessions on this and other terminals. Literally cut/paste.
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I got telnet working with UNIX V4, multiplexed with my physical terminals so more Low Resource Computing attendees can play with it at once!
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I got telnet working with UNIX V4, multiplexed with my physical terminals so more Low Resource Computing attendees can play with it at once!
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If you suddenly find yourself in a conversation with a 3D artist, and you want to seem knowledgeable, just pseudo-casually throw the Utah teapot into the discussion… 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot
#3D #RetroComputing #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #computing #IT #1970s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #design
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If you suddenly find yourself in a conversation with a 3D artist, and you want to seem knowledgeable, just pseudo-casually throw the Utah teapot into the discussion… 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_teapot
#3D #RetroComputing #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #computing #IT #1970s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #design
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Made this in the mid-2010s for an Amiga demo. This is the 24-bit high-res version. For the Amiga, the image needed to be downscaled and reduced in colors.
#VoxelArt #voxels #illustration #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #commodore #amiga #tech #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Made this in the mid-2010s for an Amiga demo. This is the 24-bit high-res version. For the Amiga, the image needed to be downscaled and reduced in colors.
#VoxelArt #voxels #illustration #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #commodore #amiga #tech #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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COMPUTE!’s Gazette Anniversary Issue Ships to Subscribers
#ComputesGazette #Commodore #Commodore64 #Amiga #Atari #TRS80 #AppleII #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/computes-gazette-anniversary-issue-ships-to-subscribers/?fsp_sid=11321 -
COMPUTE!’s Gazette Anniversary Issue Ships to Subscribers
#ComputesGazette #Commodore #Commodore64 #Amiga #Atari #TRS80 #AppleII #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/computes-gazette-anniversary-issue-ships-to-subscribers/?fsp_sid=11321 -
If you are in the Washington, DC metro area I am hosting my next DMV VCM on 29 August 2026 in Chantilly, VA.
Come check it out!
https://www.bluewizard.net/dmvvcm/vintagecomputermeetup/
#amiga #commodore #atari #sun #mac #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
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If you are in the Washington, DC metro area I am hosting my next DMV VCM on 29 August 2026 in Chantilly, VA.
Come check it out!
https://www.bluewizard.net/dmvvcm/vintagecomputermeetup/
#amiga #commodore #atari #sun #mac #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
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… Already altered something in a list. 😅
Replaced the Rambo game for the Commodore 64 with Henry's House, also for the Commodore 64. Such a charming little game, entirely made by a sixteen years old solo dev in 1984. 💪
https://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2017/08/henrys-house-commodore-64.html
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt
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… Already altered something in a list. 😅
Replaced the Rambo game for the Commodore 64 with Henry's House, also for the Commodore 64. Such a charming little game, entirely made by a sixteen years old solo dev in 1984. 💪
https://retrovania-vgjunk.blogspot.com/2017/08/henrys-house-commodore-64.html
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt
