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- A (not so) short video about 'Denise'. A brand new reverse engineered PCB of the classic Amiga 500+ from MrA.
A few corrections:
At 16:55 I obviously meant the ReA600! Not ReCD32 lol. I got both at the same time, just picked the wrong PCB :)
The FAST RAM card is also 8M, but automatically limits to 6M if RTG is present as mentioned.
The Streacom chassis are called F1C Evo and F7C and nothing else :)
I love all of the people that are making new Amiga hardware!
Bravo, encore.
That's a very satisfying build. That case adds some modern quality to the computer. If these old machines are what you learned your skills on then they can be like your right arm.
No doubt. I know so many in tech that more or less owes their careers to Commodore et al :) Myself included.
@@StefanNordlander I had a Dragon 32. Disappointing for graphics but superb for programming. I already knew MS BASIC which was a plus for the machine and the Dream Assembler cartridge made it fantastic for creating machine code. I went on to get jobs with C and Assembler.
@@wayland7150 the Dragon 32 was cool. I owned one for a while but sold it to a friend so he could make a demo for it. Was released at the Swedish scene party GERP 2020, czcams.com/video/CF3u4OQr4A0/video.html
I am hoping one of these is under the tree. Will know next sunday
This is CZcams. It's not supposed to be professionally shot or edited. A lot of channels do that, which I kind of understand, but it isn't required by viewers. we want to learn stuff and/or be distracted from whatever is going on in our lives. As long as we're learning, laughing, the exact tone of your voice or the alignment of the camera is inconsequential.
I'm trying to say that CZcams allows you to grow as a content creator. Most viewers don't care about the technical specifications of the equipment you use or the timbre of your voice or the microphone used. You can make videos while you grow as a creator and find a filming & editing workflow that works for you, and you can exercise more and more perfectionism as time goes on.
Don't be afraid to produce videos. We love this stuff and will watch no matter how "perfect" it is.
And you my good sir, just got yourself another subscriber 🖖
@@StefanNordlander I don't post anything but ok. :) I subscribed to you as well.
I got my pcb and hope I can build it soon !! Thanks for this great product 🤩
Ohhh... I really need/want (villhöver! 😂) one of these! Have signed up! And throw jante out of the window! You are doing great so keep releasing your videos. I'm in the planning of a new channel at this subjekt in english and that will probably go to the woods (swinglish) 😮😮😎👍
Awesome! Looking forward to more videos!
I just fully love this. It is a great job, well done. I already build one of the ATX64 machines. That would be an Commodore64 in ATX form factor. But that project is on hold as of now. For multiple reasons. But I have it booting and working at least.
awesome work, would love to buy one when the project is finished and made available.
We've been delayed just a wee bit, but I'm hoping to add new boards to tindie.com in about 2 weeks.
I was in the market for an A500++ board to resurrect my dead A500+, but I think this looks far more interesting. I've signed up to the wait list on Tindie. :)
A few boards in stock now. 10% off.
@@StefanNordlander .... ordered :)
The RTG/Native switch is build onto the RTG card. The little card with VGA is serves the RTG and native signals :)
Precisely. Had a feeling I got that part on the bakfot ;) hence the disclaimer. Thanks Claes, and Merry Christmas mate!
@@StefanNordlander Alway trust the bakfot :) Ho ho ho!
About ReA600: Not installing, or Removing the very power-hungry A600s' RF-Modulator is the 1st great improvement to an A600, IMNSHO.
good job, please post more.
I am looking for an A500++ board to revive my dead A500+, I think this PCB would be a good solution, it looks much more interesting. :)
I would LOVE one of these boards in M-ATX form factor with more zorro slots, is there aynthing out there like that? This thing is cool as hell anyway.
I'm about 17 minutes into the video now, and just so you know you can get USB3 to USB2 adapter headers on ebay very cheaply.
And I've heard that a lot about swedes, and i frame it like this. You're not showing off to hold yourself above someone else, you're sharing what you love with other like minded folks.
Now, this is not my area of expertise but I believe that adding more Zorro slots and supporting multiple cards with DMA requires a Buster Chip. Adding this along with the relatively large Zorro II slots just isn't possible on this form factor. We did in fact discuss this, as well as potentially adding a PCI Bus controller (think; G-Rex, Prometius, ..). However this proved to be more complicated than we'd hoped. Amy & Denise both share the same 68k Bus expansion as the A1000 and A500(+), ie. some signals has to be generated to support Zorro II expansiosn. Just like Matthias Heinrichs (Matze) does on his sidecar Zorro II expansion for the A500(+) www.retroguru.eu/product/3632/ These expansions are also limited to 2 cards and only 1 may use DMA at any time.
I designed an Amiga 500 ITX case (for modern PC hardware). This should fit right in there if it uses standard ITX mounting holes and dimensions. I have a video on my channel of it with a link to the free 3D printable files.
Wow, that's awesome! Will definitely check out out, thanks for sharing.
Hmmm couldn't find the video. Learned a lot about 3D printed RC planes though 😆👍 Really impressive builds.
@@StefanNordlander Try searching for "I can finally play Doom Eternal on my Amiga!"
I have a dead early Amiga 500 with the revered Hi-tek keyboard. I don't know why collectors rave about that keyboard because, in my opinion, it's not all that great. Yes, it's better than a membrane keyboard, but still *YECHH!!*. With that aside, I also have a late 90s HP that takes a proprietary motherboard (which is dead in my unit). I would really like to build a better Amiga 500 with this Denise board inside that HP case. It does have an allotment for 3 cards, so maybe I could use 2 cards in the Denise board and a header in the 3rd card slot. 😁😸
Wow! This is interesting. But, how smart is it to cook your CF card above that 030 like this
The position was just temporary, but the heatsink actually doesn’t get that hot.
Tjena Stefan, om du behöver en dual USB, så har jag liggandes som jag kan skicka till dig. Har två Amy btw 😉 och är också en Amiga nörd..
Woo, så generöst. Tack så mycket! Har du kvar min email eller konto på Safir? Jag är så teknosocialt obegåvad att jag inte fattar hur man skickar DM på CZcams :p
@@StefanNordlander jag tror jag kan fixa detta via safir.. det var ett tag sedan jag var där iofs.. annars så har jag Johans RetroData på fejjan. 😉
The Amiga cannot die with this kind of support. Thinking you are better than anyone else is now known as Trumpism.
Great Video! Hopefully it will be sold soon! 🙂 Do you have any kind of mailing list, a discord channel or anything else to keep up?
Are you gonna sell the optional boards also, like the PicassoII-Clone?
Hi Andi, the boards have been available on tindie.com in the DIY category (Denise) but sold out a few days ago. I'll add more soon.
Feel free to sign up on the waitinglist there. That gives me an estimate on coming orders etc. As this is a hobby/spare time project and christmas is around the corner I can't give an exact date of availability.
I'm considering ordering some of the expansions too. So thanks for asking it's good to know there's interest.
There's no official Discord, but lots of builders including myself hang on the Retro Tinkering server. There's a Denise-pcb channel there too.
discord.gg/KbSpxKRA
You have a link to the Freeway Triton? I can't see to find it online.
tnx!
Sorry I don't.
Very interesting, thank you very much!
Any idea if/when, more will be available? I have and AMY-ITX I haven't built yet.
Hi, after the summer (later fall) a final batch of Denise is planned.
If you're interested I'm actually looking for an Amy-ITX board as I didn't keep one for myself 😆 Contact me privately if you want a 1:1 trade to Denise 🖖
@@StefanNordlander Thanks for the reply. I actually have an AMI-ITX Original. Given a recent Hackaday link to this video, I'm there is enough interest generated to get a new run of boards made.
Hey @@Ratteler, thanks for the heads up on the Hackaday post, that's cool! The next batch is imminent, so stay tuned.. 🖖
I think you need more monitors, you've got not enough
can you make this pcb with four zorro slots?
This is a fascinating project and I would like to learn more. Is there literature out there to read up on this board?
We're working on some form of webpage for the project. More cool stuff is on the horizon ;) Stay tuned!
@@StefanNordlander Commenting in the hope for notification when you post a link in comments in this video.
is this compatible pistorm ?
Hi, absolutely. Everything that works on an A500(+) should work on Denise. I have both an PiRGB and a PiStorm myself 👍
That’s nuts!
Amazing stuff
Where do you even buy PGA sockets these days? I've looked and can only find 3d printed ones, no idea of cost.
There's often NOS (new old stock) supplies on ebay or AliExpress or local vendors. In Sweden there's quite a few retro hardware suppliers that import from these sources.
Join the Retro Tinkering Discord channel and ask the friendly folks there. discord.gg/KbSpxKRA
Also Denise has no PGA ICs, you might be refering to PLCC which is available at most standard vendors. Personally I use Mouser, Digikey, Farnell and a few local suppliers.
Do you have any website links to these boards
Hi Alex, not yet but we're working on it. The PCB's will be available on our tindie store in about 2 weeks.
www.tindie.com/products/28553/
Where can i buy this motherboard from
Sold out at the moment. Check www.enterlogic.se for info and sign up on Waitlist on tindie.com
GREAT!
Tycker jag känner igen dig från Gerp23. Kan det stämma? :)
Ha! Precis 👍🏻
@@StefanNordlander Då köpte du nog öl av mig ;)
@@d_vibe-swe stämmer bra 🖖😁 kommer ev lite film från GERP i nästa video, om jag någonsin får tummen ur ...
@@StefanNordlander Gött! Ser fram emot det :)
Any links to those boards or projects? Thanks
Sure, you can find the boards here www.tindie.com/products/enterlogic/denise/ we're working right now to restock and fill back orders.