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Thanks for watching. I run SCSI Zip drive on my Amiga 2000, use Blue SCSI for main boot and ZZ9000 for Ethernet (Could use blue SCSI too thanks to @RobSmithDev) internal Compact Flash in my 500+ with parallel ZIP solution as shown, which is faster than you think given period alternatives, it's faster than parallel ethernet :) but you do loose a joystick port.

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. I would absolutely go for 90 Deg headers and switches when using internally. On my rev 6 I have two switches at the rear with a cable soldered directly... There is a post in the community feedback that addresses using this internally czcams.com/users/postUgkx0Khsp_xsaPcBvJT3r7B3_yheBRzKc5nv?si=rs46lI9_PnUEnfj5 my main premise in the video is on the bench diagnostics and having an easy way to use it in early and late revisions of Amigas.

Thanks for watching and for taking the time to give feedback. I am still working on my setup. Sorry if this detracted from the content. Increased frame rate and better quality footage will definitely be a priority for future recordings. Thanks.

Thanks for watching, that does describe it well 😄

Thank you glad you liked it 😊

Glad you liked it, and I'll be watching out for your "UltraFire" video :)

Thank you and Please do! :)

Thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment.. It is running from a power bank in the video :) solar in the UK might be a stretch or at best a little impractical, but you never know :)

But why not? Is there a point to any hobby really, outside of being a creative outlet?

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! All I can say is great minds think alike!

@@hackbuildrestore <mr burns> excellent </mr burns>

@@RobSmithDev Thanks Rob :)

Thanks for watching, and the feedback :) One hopes you have a minimum of 5 Amigas (or other vintage computers) I have seen the emulators, and I agree awesome bits of kit! I agree my way is not right for everyone ! There are a couple of reasons why the more advanced solutions are not a fit for me, personally. The key reason I wanted to go more analog was I use this for diagnostics and when you don't have a keyboard or a mouse attached it's very difficult to use key combinations to switch, also knowing which ROM is selected from the jumper/switch positions is paramount :) The second is simplicity and compatibility i.e. there is nothing in this that you couldn't have built in late 80s and it's recycling some of the surplus ROMs out there :) I did have a whole rant on the more advanced switchers and it came across as I was against them, and I'm not, I may actually put one in my Amiga 2000 ... at some point.

If you're referring to the stacked adaptors in my zif test rig, then you're right, but the switcher alone does fit no problem as does the adapter :) also wouldn't have the vertical jumpers in that use case either...

Yes it's snug, but see community tab for pictures :)

Not that long, speed wise depending on the spec of your amiga the zip drive is 2-3 x faster transfer than a floppy disk. As for exact timing I'm not sure but at Kickstart 02 Expo I was copying 2-3Mb MP3 files from ZIP to Ram Disk in about 30s, I think; could even be way less than that :)

Cool, I will be using one on my Atari ST too!!

@@hackbuildrestore Use the small GEM (33 meg) partitions for windows comparability. Linux mounts them just fine (don't use AUTO mode in fstab use FLUSH instead or access will be really SLOOOOOW.)

Not impossible :) the plan was for Neil to sign at Kickstart, but family comes first!

@@hackbuildrestore Ahhh so you had a plan 😀 and yes family comes first... that kid is gonna be a computer wizz 🤣

... a vintage/retro computer wizz :)

Glad you enjoyed the video. It's nice, and useful, to get feedback on music choices!! Thank you 🙏

I'll be sure to ask Jesus to step back in the future... Any deity on screen can be a shock for anyone!

@@hackbuildrestore Chat GPT, nice.

If you say so, I guess... Maybe you should cut back though you seem to be confusing your AI interactions with reality :)

Le mec qui a vécu une expérience nostalgique en achetant et en jouant à des jeux grâce à WHDLoad. ;)

@@hackbuildrestore just a tickle ^^ , whdload is awesome for the Amiga

Thanks for watching, and thanks for the feedback.

Glad you liked it... You know more than most as to what is to come ;)

Thanks... It actually does attract cats, they seem to like the smell !

Glad you liked it, I'll get some more feedback tomorrow 🤪

Thanks for watching! glad you liked it... Their are more youtubers involved than just me, check out @MoreFunMakingit for more details!! ( youtube.com/@morefunmakingit )

Nano is 3.3v I/O so, to my knowledge, wouldn't be able to produce a 5v peak to peak square wave from an I/0 pin. It would need a level shifter or a Schmitt trigger to fix the output but possible I guess. 50 Hz for a micro controller is like me asking you to shout every decade :)

@@hackbuildrestore Nano is 5 V, Pro is 3.3 V :-) It might be overkill, but it's easy and it's precise. Could also divide the main Amiga system clock down with counters and end up with accurate 50/60 Hz - but this certainly is the "harder" way.

Thanks for the info on the nano vs pro, may prove to be useful for future projects (only really used Pi Pico). If the nano was doing something else useful as well I would feel better about using it for the tick, e.g. USB mouse, Keyboard and tick. Thanks for watching and taking the time to feedback and engage, I do hope you continue to check in on HBR :)

@@hackbuildrestore That probably would need some assembly coding to bit bang the USB protocol for mouse or keyboard, but seems very much doable ;-)

Hi thanks for watching, and thanks for the feeding back. I haven't put the link in to the shared project on PCBWay as yet but that includes the things you're missing, I think (I'll let you know when that's up). What kills PCBs is too much heat, not the number of solder-desolder. That said, it only really takes one maybe two goes to get the frequency right. I may do a version with a trimmer pot on so it can be tuned and glued. In terms of wat this does it generates a stable 50Hz (ish) square wave that the Amiga uses to sync its video output, the original power supplies provided this based on the mains AC frequency. Hope that helps a little?

Shared Project on PCBWay is now up - www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/_JazzTick_Amiga_Tick_Signal_Generator_4787ae3f.html

Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. So yes all valid points, it could use a trimmer pot, might even do one that does, but my aim was to make it easy to build from really cheap parts and because it's not meant to be perfect this approach was "Good Enough for Jazz". Again, yes you could use a Schmitt trigger on Agnus to solve the problem of noise, but it was the same thinking of cost, ease of assembly, and the likelihood of just having a 555 timer seemed higher. Thanks for taking the time to give feedback, which means a lot! 😀 Hope you come back and watch more ?

@@hackbuildrestore Fair point, though a 74LS14 is hardly expensive and the average electronics hobbyist has a few of those in stock I'm sure :) Yep, subbed!

Thanks Rees!!

@@hackbuildrestore Yeah, that thick Swedish accent meant I had no idea what they were on about. Now... all is clear!

Thanks for watching. To correct you're observation, I show in the first few seconds of the video that you can paint 3D parts. An instructional video on how to paint 3D printed parts would be a much more involved video, and for a different audience. I'm sorry feel I "painted 3D printed parts in the wrong color"... I feel I painted them the right colour! :) What's the point of anything?

Completely agree, the macro zoom and angle I guess makes it look like more paint is going on in one coat (that wasn't the full process either) Hope you enjoyed the remaining video all the same :)

Thanks 😊. My sister made them for me, it took a few iterations to get to the final version... Not sure if the 4000 has these slots like the 2000, I was planning to ask my sister if I can make this available maybe on PCBWay as a shared project...

@@hackbuildrestore The 4000 has slots exactly like the 2000. These are the same as ISA cards in old PCs and even modern PCs will still fit this.

Oh I know the ISA/zorro slots are the same. The 2000 has two special backplates for the CPU/fast slot they have two screw holes from the back not the L style... That said making an L shape ISA version wouldn't be too difficult, I may need one myself for a pc build, I'm thinking of getting a blue SCSI for that too.

It's awesome !!! ... I wonder 🤔 where indeed 🔎 lol

Thanks for watching, the Amiga is the main thing, the intro was an experiment so the feedback is appreciated! Hope you find the time to come back and watch some more 😊

​@@hackbuildrestore Apparently, pretty ladies is a sure fire way to get clicks... Its sad, but true. Its called marketing, its a thing.... But I guess here, at least there was a handsome man. Catering to all tastes. CZcams WILL NOT promote your videos if you are a small channel. So it appears some shenanigans are required to climb out of the no views pit of woe!

I think it depends on the light, it's more of a blue grey I guess :) Thank you so much for the kind words, so glad you enjoyed the video.

that powder blue comes across as grey on your display mate. it is light blue on my end. cheers from land of calibration

Thanks for watching, I'll have an update on the tick generator at some point in the future.

Thanks for watching... Options are always good, I have seen a few solutions, most cost more than the power supply (which you still need) plus I didn't need -5v gen and a 555 is like 80p and works a treat :) I'll be making a more polished replacement soon :)

Thanks for watching! Yes, your guess might be right! but ,for me, it got to the point of "not economical" really, I might take another look another time if I can find compatible parts.

It's honestly not clear, I think they all would have had the shielding but I can't know for sure, mine is a rev 4 case with a rev 6 board, so I'm assuming in that swap the shield was discarded probably because of corrosion ... Sorry I can't give you anything more concrete...

If you want them to match you will struggle as I don't think FOX are around anymore, however one possible trick is to use the video port connectors i.e. move them to the ISA positions and then use two new matching connectors to replace the video port connectors... The ones I used are just from china ...

Thank you for watching, and I'm glad you got some value out of it!!.. the drive I imaged was 73Gb and I had to leave it running over night but, I am now booting from that image with no issues :)

For wiring to the switch I used some CAT-5 cable I had laying around, doesn't need to be particularly thick for that, does that help?

@@hackbuildrestore Not really, I need to know what guage to use for the power cables.

Oh got you, for power connections from ATX I would go with 16 or 18 AWG which is 1.5mm2 or 0.75mm2

And 5v is where most Amps are pulled

@@hackbuildrestore So, +/-12 are for audio and serial/parallel then?

Thanks, not sure what expansion options are available on the N64. I wouldn't have thought anything close to a parallel port was even considered... There are some "ever cart" solutions that allow file transfer from what I understand, but not a platform I'm familier with.

Thanks, glad you liked it, hopefully the music to voice balance is improving as I go 🤞

Thanks for watching, a very valid suggestion! I do have one, my retrospective self was despairing at my not using it! That said it does get in the way when filming and mine is a bit worse for wear these days.