Category: Hardware
Bill and Anthony dig out their collection of genlocks for the Commodore Amiga and demonstrate why the Amiga was a huge advancement in desktop video production. Check out the video below and don’t forget to visit their YouTube channel for more awesome Amiga videos! [vsw id=”__XLZxN_1eE” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]YouTube: The Guru Meditation Website: thegurumeditation.org
Modern Vintage Gamer has made an awesome new review video about the Wicher 500i EX Accelerator for the Amiga 500. Check out the video below. [vsw id=”0jyXd3BlpN8″ source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]YouTube: Modern Vintage Gamer Website: retro.7-bit.pl, amigastore.eu
Chris from GadgetUK164 YouTube channel has made two Amiga CD32 repair videos. His Amiga CD32 has a faulty CD Drive, in the first video, a few tests and a quick look over the motherboard. In the second video, Chris deals with a couple of capacitors that Commodore fitted the wrong way around! [vsw id=”HmRy2TWIgWE” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]Part 2: Watch…
SID2SID & stereo SID (dual SID) Mod I’ve had a thing for the Commodore 64 SID chip ever since i’ve known about it and despite only briefly knowing the C64 breadbin/breadbox in childhood from the kid down the street. I’ve wanted to get that particular one in recent times and I do have a preference to the original 6581 SID…
John W. Linville has announced that the RetroChallenge 2017/10 is now accepting signups. For those unfamiliar, RetroChallenge is best summed up as “do something interesting with an old computer, and blog about it for month.” It gives us yet another reason to finish – or start – that project we’ve been working on or want to be working on. Usually…
Jan Beta has published a DIY video showing how to build a C64 Power supply by using a 9V transformer and a pre-made 5V power brick and putting it into a nice case. Although the project works, the author advises that only people that are experienced with that type of work should attempt to build something similar, but nonetheless, it is…
The XeNTaX C64 group — along with Lotus Electronics ApS and Sombetzki’s Hub C64 — are currently working on a reproduction of the Sound Expander system. The new “FM-YAM” cartridge adds 9 channels of FM synthesis sound to your Commodore 64. Used in combination with the on-board SID, you get a total of 12 channels of glorious sound! The cart…
We recently posted only the other day about the new “Ultimate64“, a C64 FPGA board with an Ultimate II+ built in! This is very exciting News and I have added this board to my “to-buy” list. However I have just found some more C64 News regarding a similar project, not FPGA based but a new reproduction C64 board. Casian over…
1541 Ultimate has just announced their intention to produce the Ultimate-64 – a re-implemented mainboard for the Commodore 64 computer. It features a complete FPGA implementation of a C64, including an Ultimate II+, and a socket for a real SID chip! The board is already capable of running some demos and will be software-upgradable to reach maximum compatibility as time…
In 1979, Atari released their 400 home computer. Despite its miserable keyboard, compared to its larger sibling (the Atari 800), it’s only real limitation was it’s 16k RAM limit. Luckily, Atari made available part CO61553 – a 48k RAM upgrade card – which could be installed with limited modifications to the board. This board continued to be available at BEST…
