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Hack Build Restore! Retro tech infotainment, Repairs & Reviews.
Videos cover a wide range of topics, including troubleshooting and repair guides, DIY modifications, and reviews of retro hardware and the latest retro accessories. Whether you're a seasoned retro tech enthusiast or just starting out, we hope we have something for you.
Videos cover a wide range of topics, including troubleshooting and repair guides, DIY modifications, and reviews of retro hardware and the latest retro accessories. Whether you're a seasoned retro tech enthusiast or just starting out, we hope we have something for you.
Vintage 286 PC Upgrade with Jazz & Gin
Enjoy a relaxing jazz soundtrack while upgrading a vintage 286 PC with 4MB RAM and XT IDE ROM, all while sipping on a classic Gin and Tonic. A soothing, silent montage of tech restoration.
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🎵 'Blue Moon' by Alan Glen, License ID: aA8ZejVwXR0
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🎵 'Blue Moon' by Alan Glen, License ID: aA8ZejVwXR0
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Reviving a Vintage PC: The IBM with a Dark Secret
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Join me as I dive into the mysterious world of a vintage IBM 5170 and an AT clone motherboard. What started as a promising restoration quickly turns into a puzzling challenge, revealing unexpected damage and quirks that push my repair skills to the limit. Will this classic machine rise from the ashes or be doomed to...
Retro Revamp: Drab Floppy to Fab GOTEK with "PURPLE OLED"
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Watch as I transform a mundane beige external floppy drive into a retro masterpiece! This video takes us on a journey of modifying a GOTEK drive with a vibrant purple OLED display, and installing it in an transformed outer shell. Perfect for vintage tech enthusiasts and DIY tinkerers, this project combines nostalgia...
Battery Powered Amiga? Modern PicoATX & USB-C Magic!
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Join me as I dive into building a compact and portable power supply for the Amiga 500. After experimenting with ATX-based solutions, I decided to create a more compact option that fits inside the original Amiga power supply case. And then, by combining off-the-shelf components like a Pico ATX board and a USB-C to 12...
Revealing the Secret to a Universal 68k Amiga ROM Switcher
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Join me on my quest to create a universal 68k Amiga ROM switcher, my challenge to create a ROM switcher that will work in any of the 68k OCS/ECS Amigas without any modification to the Amiga. This solution has to work in the Amiga 1000, A500 Rev 3/5/6a/8a , Amiga 2000 rev 4 & 6, Amiga A600 and the CDTV. Thanks to "Ca...
Abandoned to Amethyst: A UNIQUE Amiga 500 for Charity Auction
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Check out this unique Amiga 500 for charity auction, featuring a custom case color upgrade and signed by popular CZcamsrs. Don't miss this opportunity to own a one-of-a-kind Amiga! Charity Just Giving page: www.justgiving.com/page/mfmi2024 Evil Genius RobSmithDev Floppy Cleaner czcams.com/video/mqdionqLqqs/video.htm...
Reviving Nostalgia: How WHDLoad Rescued My Amiga Gaming Experience!
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Join me as I visit Doncaster Gaming Market, and find an original Vintage copy or Video Kid for the Amiga. How hard can it be to play an original game on real Amiga hardware? watch and find out! This isn't as simple as I thought, can I get the nostalgia I'm seeking, that Vintage Game Hit ? Can I get WHDLoad to work?
Restoring an IBM 5170: Are We Back to Square One?
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Join me on my journey as I restore an IBM 5170 to try and rekindle my childhood computer experiances, the IBM 5170. Will I be back to square one or will I be able to bring this vintage computer back to life? Watch to find out! Music 🎵Forever Rising by David Edward Holden, t.lickd.co/dyYVN7AA9Y2 License ID: 🎵Crystal ...
Frankenstein or Custom? Building an A500 for Charity, from parts!
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PCBWay sponsor this video, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Join me as I try to pull together all I need to build and Amiga A500 that's unique and desirable enough to auction for charity. Music 🎵Forever Rising by David Edward Holden, t.lickd.co/dyYVN7AA9Y2 License ID: 🎵Get Into The Unknown by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble License ID: lg9aWr8m284 🎵Night Rolling by G...
Improvement on my previous HACK?
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The PCBs in this project where made by PCBWay, new users can get $5 Free Credit pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Use my link and help support the channel. This mini build project is bore out of my previous, very ugly, hacked together tick generator. After swapping out the internals of my PSU with an ATX unit sourced from an old COMPAQ I was missing just one thing the Tick signal, this is required for the Am...
Amiga Retro Revamp: New CPU & Stylish BlueSCSI Bracket!
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Get a look at the new appearance of the 68030 accelerator and BlueSCSI mounts for the Amiga 2000. This GVP accelerator and BlueSCSI bracket has improved the look! And the addition of an 60030RC to replace the 68030EC means I have an MMU and a better looking CPU! Music Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators 🎵 Night Rolling by Gavin Harriso...
Reviving an Amiga 2000: A Journey of Restoration and Problem-Solving
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A dead Amiga power supply is only the first issue! This video is sponsored by PCBWay, you can get $5 Free Credit for new users pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG I've taken on the challenging yet rewarding task of bringing an Amiga 2000 back to life. If you’ve been following along, you know the journey hasn’t been smooth. The last update left the Amiga half-assembled with a problematic CPU slot and an overhea...
Amiga Vintage Vibes: GOTEK Drive's Nostalgic 80s Upgrade
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Upgrade a GOTEK for Amiga with OLED Display and encoder. This video is sponsored by PCBWay, you can get $5 Free Credit for new users pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG #hackbuildrestore #GOTEK #amiga In this video, we take a deep dive into upgrading a GOTEK Floppy emulator for the Amiga adding OLED screen and rotary encoder, all housed in a retro Amiga CUMANA external drive enclosure complete with livery. Lea...
Unveiling the Ultimate Disk Imaging Trick!
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Build and test of #BlueSCSI V2 Kit initiator mode. This video is sponsored by PCBWay, you can get $5 Free Credit for new users pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Well I need to replace my spinning rust, as much as I love it, for something more heat efficient... But I don't want to have to rebuild my setup after getting everything working... Enter BlueSCSI V2 (Blue SCSI) Initiator mode which promises to be abl...
Finally! Game Changing File Transfer, on the Amiga?
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Finally! Game Changing File Transfer, on the Amiga?
The Ultimate Amiga 2000 Upgrade?: MNT Research's ZZ9000
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The Ultimate Amiga 2000 Upgrade?: MNT Research's ZZ9000
What did he send? CRG Mystery Box + Amiga Purchases Revealed
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What did he send? CRG Mystery Box Amiga Purchases Revealed
A Special Gift: Restoring a Sega Mega Drive for Christmas
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A Special Gift: Restoring a Sega Mega Drive for Christmas
"SOLDERLESS" Chip RAM Expansion Goes Very Wrong!
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"SOLDERLESS" Chip RAM Expansion Goes Very Wrong!
Sorrow for Zorro 2: Amiga 2000 Restoration.
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Sorrow for Zorro 2: Amiga 2000 Restoration.
Unveiling the restored IBM case: A remarkable transformation
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Unveiling the restored IBM case: A remarkable transformation
Repairing an Old ATI APG Card & Guessing the price of a 00s PC
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Repairing an Old ATI APG Card & Guessing the price of a 00s PC
Warner Bros to Musk: Retro West Coast Adventure | Planes, Pinball and Automobiles
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Warner Bros to Musk: Retro West Coast Adventure | Planes, Pinball and Automobiles
Amiga 500 Powered with ATX PSU Hack! 🔧⚡
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Amiga 500 Powered with ATX PSU Hack! 🔧⚡
Vintage Computing: Can You Fix a 30 Year old IBM Disk & Controller?
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Vintage Computing: Can You Fix a 30 Year old IBM Disk & Controller?
IBM 5170 Case Restoration: Wait, Is This Even Possible? 😲
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IBM 5170 Case Restoration: Wait, Is This Even Possible? 😲
The Worst IBM 5170 Ever? | Unboxing and Tare Down
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The Worst IBM 5170 Ever? | Unboxing and Tare Down
How I Made a £3 Joystick Work with a Vintage BBC Micro!
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How I Made a £3 Joystick Work with a Vintage BBC Micro!
About 15 years ago I just connected a SCSI Zipdrive to my Amiga, and had an IDE Zipdrive in my PC. No drivers needed Amiga side, and readily available drivers PC side. The parallel port version is very slow. There should be drivers for it already from back then. Currently my solution for file transfers Amiga-Amiga is to just have a single CF card, and use the CF card with the Amiga I want to use ATM. This also works well in WinUAE and you can transfer file to PC folders. CF is not removable media on the Amiga end, though. Right now, the parallel MicroSD card adapter looks good for not opening or modding the case, but I'm using something even better: Ethernet. Nothing to eject or insert. But one thing doesn't exclude the other, of course. You can have CF, Ethernet, and parallel port devices!
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.
Nice solution. However, as the switches for selecting the ROM are just setting the adress lines permernently to high or low, there shouldn´t be a problem to extend them. So jumper pins 90° angled might be better than switches here. So you do not need to open the Amiga to change the Rom to use, but instead use 3 wires with dupond connector and a switch (2 if using 4 kickstarts to select). On an A500/500+ you could 3d print a trapdoor with the switches, on an A2000 a slot cover with the switches and on a CDTV a backplate were the TV modulator was. So easy to access switches without damaging the original case.
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.
Nice. Your framerate seems a little bit low btw..
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.
When low-tech and high-tech meet 🤝
Thanks for watching, that does describe it well 😄
Superb!
Thank you glad you liked it 😊
A nice fun idea =D I was thinking that one of my machines would probably run off its RTC battery as you will see later lol
Glad you liked it, and I'll be watching out for your "UltraFire" video :)
Really like this idea, I might need to borrow it 😉
Thank you and Please do! :)
Now get it to run on a power bank and a suitable monitor on the go, a solar panel and you're all set! Amiga computing on the fringes of society ;)
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?
But why not? Is there a point to any hobby really, outside of being a creative outlet?
Very nice. Gets you thinking about the next logical step. Would it be possible to mount that to some kind 3d printed bracket internal to the A500, replacing the original power socket with a USB-C one.
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it! All I can say is great minds think alike!
@@hackbuildrestore <mr burns> excellent </mr burns>
Nice hack!
@@RobSmithDev Thanks Rob :)
@andrewenglish3810 I saw your comment re heat issues if you check these videos out, my journey continues, czcams.com/video/Vw9inIMJZMY/video.html and then czcams.com/video/f155QhTNB_c/video.html :)
A for effort. But it's not the best solution. Some UK guy (forgot his name) made a flash ROM emulator. You can flash it via USB while it is in the Amiga, you can configure it to several different layouts for multiple ROM images, and you switch ROMs by holding down the reset key combination for like five seconds. Use two of them for the 32bit Amigas, connected by a wire to synchronize them on reset. I got five of them. They're very nice.
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.
sorry to say, but i dont think you can fit this in a A500. due to lack of space below keyboard 🙂
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 :)
So curious, how long did it take to transfer the 2MB version of Worms from the ZIP to the A500+?
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 :)
I use a zip drive on my Atari St to move files. Works greatmn
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.)
Well it realy isn't complete... you have to take it to the cave and get his signature on it 😁
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 :)
That music when you are all signing the A500 is so 80's.. love it ! This: Born A Hero by Jake Shillingford
Glad you enjoyed the video. It's nice, and useful, to get feedback on music choices!! Thank you 🙏
Jesus, why you so close to the camera XD. Shit me up.
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 decouvre whdload
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 the content and for taking time to create it. I am getting ready to install my zz9000/zz9000ax into my a3000. (just some minor feedback, the volume of the music when you stop talking is much too loud.)
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the feedback.
Noo cliffhanger ending! Nice video Andy, great tips with the cleaning I did not know about the dishwasher tabs anti corrosion properties, but makes total sense.
Glad you liked it... You know more than most as to what is to come ;)
Lovely restore. Pink goo attracts cats!
Thanks... It actually does attract cats, they seem to like the smell !
Fantastic Andy! Love the tease at the end 😂
Glad you liked it, I'll get some more feedback tomorrow 🤪
That is a very nice thing you are doing. I wish more channels, especially the fix me-up ones, would do exactly what you did. You get the fun of repairing / content, the charity gets help and someone with lots of disposable income who wants it for themselves or the next generation to experience also wins out.
Thanks for watching! glad you liked it... Their are more youtubers involved than just me, check out @MoreFunMakingit for more details!! ( youtube.com/@morefunmakingit )
Shared Project on PCBWay is now up - www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/_JazzTick_Amiga_Tick_Signal_Generator_4787ae3f.html
Could have been done with an Arduino Nano and minimal amount of code though with selectable 50/60 Hz... Probably cheaper too.
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 ;-)
The thing I miss about these kind of videos is (a) a discussion of what it's for, (b) a schematic and (c) how it works. As this is the first time I have viewed your videos, and from my perspective as someone trying to learn the fundamentals of electronics, this is where I am left after watching. I did have concerns on the repeatability of trial and error testing of components on a prototype grade PCB. How many times can the solder/desolder process occur before the adhesive of the pads begings to fail? Over all though, nice video!
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
Why not use a 10 turn trimmer pot to adjust the frequency? Nice project otherwise! What was wrong with the Agnus signal, you said it wasn't clean enough? Maybe just a buffer would've been enough to clean it up and keep things properly in sync?
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!
Na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na na na na na, na na na na na, na na na na na na na na, she's got the look
Thanks Rees!!
@@hackbuildrestore Yeah, that thick Swedish accent meant I had no idea what they were on about. Now... all is clear!
I don't understand. Did you actually make a video showing how to paint 3D printed parts in the wrong color? What is the point?
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?
dont drown parts in spray paint...thin multple coats wins everyday
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 :)
Looks nice. My BlueSCSI V2 is floating around in a quick 3d printed case in a drive bay on my A4000. Where did you get the 3d models?
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.
Nice tool to remove the CPU, I wonder where you got that from ;)
It's awesome !!! ... I wonder 🤔 where indeed 🔎 lol
Great work on the amiga. The AI content (correct me if I'm barking at the wrong tree here) is immediately off-putting and makes your video work look generic from the outside. Maybe there's a way to incorporate some of that automation without it being so on the nose. Just my two cents
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!
That powder blue colour comes across as grey on the camera but the black is much better. Absolutly love your vids, nicely edited and a nice voice over voice. This channel deserves to be so much bigger but lets hope the CZcams algorythm picks it up for the rest of us Amiga lovers.
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
Good job on that tick signal
Thanks for watching, I'll have an update on the tick generator at some point in the future.
All you need is a TICK signal generator and jobs done on that side of things :) EDIT: I was given a link for something which is brilliant! its a combined atx to amiga plug with the tick generator inside it, all in one neat package. I will hunt the link down.
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 :)
I'm guessing voltage regulator on a heatsink, which is why after recap it worked and then shorted out again. Check voltage across all 3 combinations of the three legs to verify (1 to 2, 1 to 3, 2 to 3)
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.
Also regarding the undershield. I have 6 x A2000 machines. Only 1 has the metal RF shielding with a plastic sheet fitted. The rest of the machines have the boards just screwed into the case, no metal or plastic sheet. Is this correct? I just assumed only the USA machines had these extras?
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...
Can I please know the source of the extra edge connectors, the ones fitted to make the ISA slots full 16bit. I have some but the quality is not like the original commodore stuff, ideally I want the same brand as commodore fitted.
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 ...
I literally just bought this version of the BlueSCSI and I was unaware that it could do this imaging thing directly! I was gearing up to image some scsi drives, the way you did it will make this so much easier :)
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 :)
What guage cable are you using? I bought a 5 core cable, but it's uber thick. I want to build in a switch, was looking at a latching led switch and then have an inline reset button which will go through a project box to keep it sat on the desk.
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?
Great work 🎉 I wish something like this could be done for the N64 or 64dd
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.
Nice videos, personally, Id drop your music volume a tidge, as its competing with your voice a bit...
Thanks, glad you liked it, hopefully the music to voice balance is improving as I go 🤞
Buy a "3rd hand" with multiple, articulated arms. I use one extensively to hold small parts whilst soldering/gluing etc. Mine came with a magnifying lens.
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.