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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
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8MB 16-bit FAST RAM installed! Now to drop in the 68030 board...
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #MC68K #MC68030 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #hardware #vintagetech #tech #Amiga2000 #RAM #techphotos #CPU #FPU #AmigaDOS #AmigaOS #ByteCellar #scenedemo #demo #dmeoscene #video
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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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After lengthy and somewhat casual searching, I've found and purchased (eBay) an accelerator with (critically) a hardware disable for my Amiga 2000, a GVP G-Force 030 with 40MHz 68030/882.
It just occurred to me that, oddly, this will be the first 68030 that I've ever had in the house.
68000, 68010, 68020, 68040, 68060 - yes, but never a 68030.
(Currently using an A2620 14MHz 68020/882/851 in the CPU slot.)
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #Motorola #MC68K #MC68000 #MC68030 #accelerators #vintagetech #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #eBay
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Amiga people: Do any of the new accelerators that work with the Amiga 2000 allow fallback to the original 68000 by way of a PHYSICAL SWITCH or jumper?
I want an accelerator that can be disabled (without using soft-menus to control the state) so that the Amiga is able to fall back to its 100% exact original 68000 state, which some demos require to run properly, due to cycle-precise coding.
I have an A2620 68020 accelerator in my NTSC A2000, but it does not have a physical switch (just a soft menu) and the state gets lost when I juggle that soft menu and the need to also use Degrader to reboot into PAL mode.
Apparently the A2620 can be modified to add a switch, but it's beyond my abilities.
Many thanks.
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #Amiga2000 #A2000 #accelerators #amigademos #demoscene #scenedemos #AmigaDOS #MC68K #help #vintagetech #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers
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This old FM tuner saves radio stations using punch cards. Nice! Plus, nixie tubes!
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This old FM tuner saves radio stations using punch cards. Nice! Plus, nixie tubes!
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This old FM tuner saves radio stations using punch cards. Nice! Plus, nixie tubes!
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This old FM tuner saves radio stations using punch cards. Nice! Plus, nixie tubes!
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This old FM tuner saves radio stations using punch cards. Nice! Plus, nixie tubes!
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The Syquest Part 1. 27 years ago, I shut down this 1994 Syquest and its 88MB cartridge for the last time. It stayed in a box all this time, until I recently decided to plug it into the Power G4 I acquired a few months ago.
For that, I bought an Adaptec SCSI 2930 card and the appropriate cable... But when I plug the Syquest into the Mac and boot, I get a gray screen with the mouse cursor... nothing happens until I shut down the Syquest, and then the Mac boots up normally. It seems I need a SCSI terminator... to be continued...
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New video day! I've been spending some time with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX3XP. a 20-year-old carbon fiber ultra-portable that still puts some modern "thin and lights" to shame.
I tried modern 32-bit Linux (#antix), but ultimately decided to return it to its Windows XP glory.
Watch the teardown and setup here:
https://youtu.be/DR2uSzE6uusor on
#PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/n1NiAxBEWZj46H6qgtcD4t
#SonyVaio #RetroComputing #WindowsXP #VintageTech #Linux #Hardware #SelfHosted
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New video day! I've been spending some time with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX3XP. a 20-year-old carbon fiber ultra-portable that still puts some modern "thin and lights" to shame.
I tried modern 32-bit Linux (#antix), but ultimately decided to return it to its Windows XP glory.
Watch the teardown and setup here:
https://youtu.be/DR2uSzE6uusor on
#PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/n1NiAxBEWZj46H6qgtcD4t
#SonyVaio #RetroComputing #WindowsXP #VintageTech #Linux #Hardware #SelfHosted
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New video day! I've been spending some time with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX3XP. a 20-year-old carbon fiber ultra-portable that still puts some modern "thin and lights" to shame.
I tried modern 32-bit Linux (#antix), but ultimately decided to return it to its Windows XP glory.
Watch the teardown and setup here:
https://youtu.be/DR2uSzE6uusor on
#PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/n1NiAxBEWZj46H6qgtcD4t
#SonyVaio #RetroComputing #WindowsXP #VintageTech #Linux #Hardware #SelfHosted
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New video day! I've been spending some time with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX3XP. a 20-year-old carbon fiber ultra-portable that still puts some modern "thin and lights" to shame.
I tried modern 32-bit Linux (#antix), but ultimately decided to return it to its Windows XP glory.
Watch the teardown and setup here:
https://youtu.be/DR2uSzE6uusor on
#PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/n1NiAxBEWZj46H6qgtcD4t
#SonyVaio #RetroComputing #WindowsXP #VintageTech #Linux #Hardware #SelfHosted
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New video day! I've been spending some time with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX3XP. a 20-year-old carbon fiber ultra-portable that still puts some modern "thin and lights" to shame.
I tried modern 32-bit Linux (#antix), but ultimately decided to return it to its Windows XP glory.
Watch the teardown and setup here:
https://youtu.be/DR2uSzE6uusor on
#PeerTube: https://tube.devwithzachary.com/w/n1NiAxBEWZj46H6qgtcD4t
#SonyVaio #RetroComputing #WindowsXP #VintageTech #Linux #Hardware #SelfHosted
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An original #Atari #Pong videogame at the enter.ch technology world in Switzerland.
Very nice 70s themed setup.👌
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This is the original video cassette we got free with our first VCR #retro #technology #throwbackthursday #AnalogVideo #VintageTech
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Amiga CDTV Repair Continues: Troubleshooting Persistent Boot Issues
#AmigaCDTV #RetroComputing #HardwareRepair #TimRetroCorner #Commodore #VintageTech
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-cdtv-repair-continues-troubleshooting-persistent-boot-issues/?feed_id=6895&_unique_id=6932e5aec510b -
So what does a mathsphobe do with their Saturday morning?
She cleans and lubricates her slide rules, obviously!
#contradictory #mathsphobe #ClassicEngineering #SlideRule #Pickett #VintageTech
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#Introduction #fedinewbie #pluralgang
Hello everyone! We're the Comet Observatory, a #PluralSystem from #Maryland. We're interested in #vintagetech, #FreeSoftware, #Linux (both kernel and operating system) and #Theatre. We've been hanging out on #tchncs for a few weeks, but decided to #MoveInstances.
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Vous pouvez prendre n'importe quelle cassette audio pour votre micro-ordinateur.
Mais avouez que la Datassette Computape C15 donnera des airs de dérouleur de bandes
de site central à votre modeste 8 bits.
J'ai vite choisi. Et vous ?#retrocomputing #remaking #computer #VintageTech
#electroretro #heritage #toulouse
#geek #retropc #oldcomputer
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🖥️ PowerPC Apple Macs (G4 or older)
🎵 Creative Zen Vision M
📼 Any Zune models
📱 HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1
📱 Motorola Atrix
📱 Motorola Milestone / Droid
📱 Motorola XoomOr anything else cool from the 2000s era you think I should check out!
#RetroTech #TechCollector #OldSchoolGadgets #2000sTech #YouTubeCommunity #Zune #CreativeZen #MotorolaDroid #HTCDream #AppleG4 #VintageTech
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I really liked Google+. I wanted it to thrive. When it was there, I used to spend equal time on Instagram & Google+. Its UI was nice and clean. I rarely encountered any hatred or negativity on it. Pressing the +1 button was satisfying.
#mastodon #nostalgia #Google+ #socialmedia #past #opinion #view #insights #reflection #thought #pointofview #tech #fedithought #fediopinion #fediverse #EvolutionOfTech #EvolutionOfSocialMedia #TechInsight #techview #vintagetech #history #historyoftech
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L'Imprimante du #Minitel
avec mon bottin des services de 1994, à moi l'accès à la puissance télématique.
Qui coutait fort fort cher, c'est vrai.
Mais n'était-ce pas un fabuleux outil ce terminal ?#retrocomputing #remaking #telematique #VintageTech #heritage #toulouse
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Forty years ago today, the Commodore Amiga 1000 was released to the world. With its unprecedented graphics & sound capabilities, powerful 16-bit CPU and custom chipset, and UNIX-like multitasking OS, the Amiga was a truly revolutionary system for its time. And, many are still in use to this day, with the platform seeing new software and hardware development from month to month.
I presently have three, myself. :-)
Happy 40th, Amiga!
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #vintagtecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computinghistory #computers #MC68K #AmigaDOS #AmigaOS #tech #technews #vintagetech
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More Fun Talking Retro Podcast Ep. 3 – Adam Commodore Lad Shares Commodore 64 Stories
#AdamCommodoreLad #Commodore64 #C64 #RetroComputing #VintageTech #RetroPodcast #MoreFunTalkingRetro
https://theoasisbbs.com/more-fun-talking-retro-podcast-ep-3-adam-commodore-lad-shares-commodore-64-stories/?feed_id=2527&_unique_id=67ea94ae42133 -
"In 1966 [...] five megabytes of data—a relatively small amount by today's standards—required an astounding 62,500 punched cards."
https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/5-megabytes-of-computer-data.html
#technology #history #TechHistory #VintageTech #RetroComputing #data #PunchCards
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Here's a pretty thing that came in the mail today.
#MC68010 #Motorola #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #CPU #retrocomputers #tech #vintagetech #SoC #desk #photo #ceramic #gold #MC68K #ByteCellar
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It was 40 years ago this week that the Atari ST was announced at the January 1985 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
Not long after, in the fall of 1986, I got my own Atari 520ST system and count it as one my favorites among the many systems I haveowned over the years. Here, at the ST's 40th Anniversary, I share one of my earliest and most memorable experiences with my beloved 520ST, which took place on a Halloween night long, long ago.
https://bytecellar.com/2016/11/10/the-year-that-starglider-and-the-atari-st-saved-halloween/
Today, I have a nearly identical 520ST setup here in the Byte Cellar and I still count it among the most beloved of my vintage systems. I hope you enjoy the memory.
#Atari #AtariST #Atari520ST #vintatgecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #computinghistory #JackTramiel #Jackintosh #Halloween #blog #memorylane #nostalgia #CES #CES2025 #vintagetech #ByteCellar #retrogaming #retrogames #Firebird #Rainbird #Starglider
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Unveiling the True Sales Figures of the Legendary Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #RetroComputing #VintageTech #TechHistory #C64 #GuinnessWorldRecords #CommodoreHistory #RetroGaming #TechNostalgia
https://theoasisbbs.com/unveiling-the-true-sales-figures-of-the-legendary-commodore-64/?feed_id=1077&_unique_id=677e86510b83a -
Take a look inside the #tech and #creativity fueling the current golden age of #pinball, with Stern Pinball #GameDesigner Keith Elwin and chief creative officer George Gomez. #vintagegaming #vintagetech #vintagetechnology #gaming https://www.fastcompany.com/91142280/pinball-is-cool-again-and-these-stunning-machines-are-why
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This is a '99er.
Check out this TI-99/4A setup ... collection ... room. It's the most impressive TI-99 situation I've ever beheld. Just, wow. Posted by John Carr on Facebook, showing the culmination of his lifetime of collecting.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/W3tZYPPRGCbKeMbp/?mibextid=K35XfP
#TI99 #TI994A #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #nostalgia #vintagetech #tech #collecting #collection #photos #gallery #TI #TMS9900 #TMS9918 #cartridges #computerroom
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This is my Gravis Ultrasound. There are ... several ... like it, but this one is mine. (And it's ill, quite sadly.)
#GUS #Gravis #soundcard #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #scenedemos #demoscene #GF1 #Forte #DOC #Ensoniq #PC #hardware #vintagetech
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Ever wonder what happened to #IBM #OS2? Wonder no more. #ArcaOs
#RetroComputing #RetroGaming
#VintageTech #ThrowbackThursday
