#vintagehardware — Public Fediverse posts

Hackaday: How Gold Plastic Syndrome Is Killing Toys And Game Consoles. “In a recent video [Sqwerks] does a deep-dive into the problem of disintegrating plastic enclosures of Nintendo DS consoles. These original NDS handheld consoles have a metallic-like coating that appears to interact with the ABS plastic, causing yellowing as well as extreme brittleness and correspondingly broken hinges. […]

At long last -- my Amiga 2000 has a CPU speed switch!

( Fast and Faster )

A "new" 40MHz 68030/882 accelerator with 8MB 32-bit FAST RAM is slotted in and wired with a switch, there on the front. Base 68000 system has 8MB 16-bit FAST RAM, a respectable fallback for cycle-exact OCS/ECS demos.

#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #A2000 #Amiga2000 #MC68K #MC68000 #MC68030 #GVP #onlyAmiga #accelerators #hardware #vintagehardware #tech #vintagetech #Commodore #demo #demoscene #scenedemo #hxc2001 #CRT #posters #gameroom #ECS #ByteCellar #video #nostalgia #retrogaming #Boogietown

Amiga 1000 SCSI Sidecar: Connect Your System to SCSI Storage
#Amiga #AmigaSCSISidecar #Amiga1000 #SCSI #RetroComputing #AmigaUpgrade #VintageHardware #RetroMods
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-1000-scsi-sidecar-connect-your-system-to-scsi-storage/?feed_id=3452&_unique_id=6830742fc4150

The Commodore 1570: A Unique Stopgap Disk Drive for the C128
#Commodore #Commodore1570 #RetroComputing #C128 #FloppyDrive #VintageHardware #CommodoreHistory #TechExploration
https://theoasisbbs.com/the-commodore-1570-a-unique-stopgap-disk-drive-for-the-c128/?feed_id=1963&_unique_id=67c70850a2068

New Mechanical Keyboard for Amiga 1200 Released
#Amiga1200 #MechanicalKeyboard #RetroComputing #VintageHardware #Commodore #AmigaUpgrade
https://theoasisbbs.com/new-mechanical-keyboard-for-amiga-1200-released/?feed_id=1931&_unique_id=67c5b62d2f40c