Saturday, July 3, 2021

Upgrading my Amiga 4000 with a Hybrid AmigaOS 3.1.4/3.9 system to AmigaOS 3.2 - Episode 101

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am upgrading my Amiga 4000 from AmigaOS 3.1.4 up to Amiga OS 3.2 - but this is no ordinary installation. My machine started life as an AmigaOS 3.9 machine for years, and was updated via script to AmigaOS 3.1.4

Join me as we try together to see if it will take the new upgrade or if the entire things will crash and burn. Want to buy a copy of Amiga OS 3.2? Try one of these trusted vendors: https://retrorewind.ca - For North America https://retropassion.co.uk - in Europe Try the awesome Imagemount program! http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/ImageMount Also check out the cool Dropbox Cloud Handler: http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/AmigaCloudHandlers Need your Amiga Recapped in the USA? Nobody does it better than Paul! https://www.acill.com Check out The Amiga Art Contest this year! https://www.amigaartwork.com Follow me on the Socials! https://10marc.com https://twitter.com/10marc1 Also follow me on my new instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/10marc_amiga/

Sunday, June 20, 2021

40/80 Column Adapter for the C128 from Sven Pook - The Chickenhead Chronicles EP 29

This week on The Chickenhead Chronicles I am reviewing the cool new version of the 40/80 column video adapter for the Commodore 128. I am showing it off on my C128D, but it works on all models just fine. Join me as I show off the nice little product! Wanna buy one? Check out Svens website! https://c128adapter.pook.nl/ How about giving David Z a follow on Twitch? https://www.twitch.tv/wideworldofretro I know you want to buy a copy of Monstro Giganto! https://rgcd.bigcartel.com/product/monstro-giganto-commodore-64 And probably Soul Force, too... https://www.protovision.games/games/soulforce.php?language=en Follow me on the Socials! https://twitter.com/10marc1 https://patreon.com/10marc https://www.10marc.com https://amigaartwork.com

Sunday, June 13, 2021

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro cast I am officially announcing the start of Amiga Art Contest 2021 #AmigaArtContest2021

Join me as we take a quick look at some past artwork, talk about the new category of Amiga Animation opening up, and look at the cool new prized for First, Second and the Best of Show prize! Grab your Deluxepaint Floppies and clean that mouse, and let's create some art! The Amiga ARt Contest runs from June 1st until October 11th - You can submit your Amiga Artwork, MOD or music files, and animations to me via email - art@amigaartwork.com Thanks to the great sponsors of this years show! Retro Rewind: https://retrorewind.ca AmigaKit https://www.amigakit.com A-Eon https://www.a-eon.com And very special thanks to Kevin Saunders AKA Invent71 for the awesome promo video and the donation of AmigaOS 3.2 as a prize! https://www.youtube.com/c/KevinSaunders/videos

Please check out Pixel Vixen's new awesome Manga - Future Saviors! 
https://linktr.ee/futuresaviors Take a look a Muadib3d's awesome Lightwave videos! https://www.twitch.tv/muadib3d Take a look at Kevin Quattro's cool Lightwave 3D videos! https://www.youtube.com/c/AmigaHouse/playlists Take a peek at the Amiga Art Contest 2019: https://youtu.be/rv_vsPgKvu8 And Amiga Art Contest 2020: https://youtu.be/BOZBNjg-PKc Visit the Amiga Artwork Website: https://www/amigaartwork.com Check me out elsewhere: https://10marc.com https://twitter.com/10marc1 Also follow me on my new instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/10marc_amiga/

Monday, June 7, 2021

AmigaOS 3.2 Upgrade installation and Feature Review

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast, I am upgrading my Amiga 1000 with my Apollo Vampire V2 from AmigaOS 3.1.4 to AmigaOS 3.2 - Join me as I show you how to both use a GoTek and the .ISO file from the CD to upgrade your machine. I discover a few little issues, but nothing we could not overcome.

I also cover some of the cool new features like the interactive bootup and ADF file mounting. This is great stuff! Want to order the new Amiga OS 3.2? Try these trusted vendors: https://retrorewind.ca https://retropassion.co.uk https://amigaonthelake.com https://www.simulant.uk https://amigastore.eu Need more info on AmigaOS 3.2? https://hyperion-entertainment.com Visit me online: https://twitter.com/10marc1 https://www.10marc.com https://www.amigaartwork.com https://www.facebook.com/10minuteamigaretrocast

Sunday, May 30, 2021

The Amiga PiStorm Review - (And it's not $11) - Episode 97

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the new PiStorm open source accelerator for our A1000/A500/A2000 Amigas. Is this the Golden Goose we have been waiting for, or a big old Goose egg? Spoilers: It is somewhere in between... Join me as I talk about what's involved in setting this complicated beast up, and as I explore why it does not quite act like you think it might.

**Addendum: The CHIP RAM Speed issue looks like it was associated with a commodity loaded by Best WB - Working with one of the Devs, we came up with a few ideas, mostly related to mouse driver / middle mouse wheel driver problems. I disabled all my commodities to be thorough, and the CHIP RAM access sped up and is now only about 10% slower than normal instead of 30%. I re-enabled the commodities... And cannot recreate the problem I have been having for a week. Silly Computers... Check out the Github here for the PiStorm: https://github.com/captain-amygdala/pistorm How about joining the Discord Server? https://discord.com/invite/j6rPtzxaNW Meet me on the Socials! https://twitter.com/10marc1 https://facebook.com/10minuteamigaretrocast https://www.10marc.com https://www.amigaartwork.com

Sunday, May 9, 2021

Turbo Sprint for AGA Amigas Review - Featuring Daniel - Episode 95

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast, Daniel and I are reviewing the brand new arcade conversion Turbo Sprint for AGA Amiga's from our good friend Graeme Cowie, AKA McGeezer. This awesome game uses Hi Res AGA graphics to bring the Atari Arcade Classic "Super Sprint" to the Amiga! And... I teach Daniel how to count to the color "D"... Wanna buy the game? Sure you do! https://mcgeezer.itch.io/turbo-sprint There is a 5 minute timed demo for free of the game on his website, too. How about subbing to his YouTube channel while you are at it? https://www.youtube.com/user/Mcgeezer1000 Want to buy one of the new Atari VCS consoles? No? Nobody? Anybody? Visit me on the Socials! https://twitter.com/10marc1 https://facebook.com/10minuteamigaretrocast https://www.10marc.com https://ww.amigaartwork.com https://patreon.com/10marc