Saturday, November 20, 2021

A500 Adventures: Planning our Repair - Episode 113

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am starting a new Mini Series about the Amiga 500, along the same lines as my A2000 Adventures series from a few months back. This machine has some reliability issues, so we are going to get busy getting her all fixed up. In Episode 1 we are introduced to the machine, and to the A500 in general for newbies and make a road map of the repair process.

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Learn how to mod your Rev 5 board to support Kickstart 2.x thru 3.1:

https://retrozonesite.wordpress.com/2018/09/07/the-amiga-500-rev-5-kickstart-upgrade/

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Index:

0:00 

0:16 Monologue and Intro

1:18 About the Amiga 500

6:34 About Amiga Graphics Modes

9:43 A bit about Revision 5 boards

11:14 Retro Rewinds Donation Drive for Charity!

15:36 My A500 Woes... and  a fried keyboard!

19:30 Finally we talk about future plans!

24:37 Testing to see if she boots

26:23 The Outtro


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Amiga Art Contest 2021 The (un)Livestream

Thank you all for your patience with the #AmigaArtContest Livestream failure yesterday - a piece of technology failed miserably causing disconnects from the Internet every 30 seconds or so. I won't name names...  but take my advice and buy good quality cables!

The Amiga Art Contest 2021 lives on, though! Vicky and I reconnected later in the day and recorded the entire event anyway and now I can reveal it to you! Please join us as we share all of this beautiful artwork with you, chat about the Amiga in the art scene and dazzle you with witty repartee! (Two out of three ain't bad...)

Huge thanks to our sponsors for the prizes this year! You guys are all awesone!

Thanks to AmigaKit for the donation of the 8MB RAM & Flash ROM card with an optional FPU for the A1200 for the "Best of show" category.

http://amigakit.com/

Huge thanks to A-Eon for supplying our second place prizes of either a digital copy of ImageFX or Personal Paint for Classic or NG Amigas! This is also part of the "Best of Show" prize.

http://a-eon.com/

Giant Thank You to Frank from Retro Rewind in Canada for the lovely gift of $50 gift certificates to all of our First Place prize winners! 

https://retrorewind.ca/

Thanks to Vicky (Pixel Vixen) for her contribution to the show as Co-Host again this year. I appreciate it! Check her out on YouTube, and also check out her amazing new Manga project - Future Saviors.

https://www.youtube.com/pixelvixen

https://linktr.ee/futuresaviors

https://twitter.com/future_saviors

Check out all of the artwork, animations and MOD files on the Official #AmigaArtContest website!

https://www.amigaartwork.com/

Contributor Contact Information

Brent Santin - Prom Night on Callisto & Merry Jelly Bean Tramp

https://www.brentsantin.com

Paulee Alex Bow - Wicked Game Remix

https://www.youtube.com/user/elmosexwhistle

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUNvHbt_XCxQgrox7gC0NwA

Sophie Rose - Into the Night Mod & Xmas Amiga

https://sophie-rose.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/sophierosemusics

Follow Eric Schwartz on Twitter:

@ProductionsEric

Check out "The Most Poorly Produced Amiga Show On YouTube" - Hold and Modify with Kevin Quattro:

https://www.youtube.com/c/HoldandModify

Be sure to subscribe to Cityxen! They are so much fun!

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0:00 Index

0:16 Intro and Monologue

7:30 Equipment used for Presentation

9:04 Animation Category

44:08 Animation Winner Reveal

45:52 3D Category

1:02:03 3D Winner Reveal

1:05:00 Music Category

1:39:20 Music Winner Reveal

1:41:24 Photo Category

2:00:16 Photo Winner Reveal

2:04:00 Hand Drawn Category

2:48:50 Hand Drawn Winner Reveal

2:53:00 Best Of Show Reveal


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Enter: The Greaseweazle - Episode 112

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the fantastic GreaseWeazle Version 4 from Kiers Fraser and assembled and sold by AmigaKit. This wonderful device allows us to use a PC Floppy drive to read and write Amiga 880 KB floppies and create ADF files. And now we can use it in WinUAE as a real Amiga Floppy! Nifty! Join me in reviewing this product and learning how it works.

Want to buy a GreaseWeazle? Check with AmigaKit!

https://amigakit.amiga.store/greaseweazle-p-91279.html

Check out Kiers Github page here:

https://github.com/keirf/Greaseweazle

Everyone needs a FluxMyFluffyFloppy GUI!

https://github.com/FrankieTheFluff/FluxMyFluffyFloppy

Update to WinUAE Beta to read the GreaseWeazle:

https://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/winuae

Here is some HxC Floppy Emulator software that can be used to convert files.

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/

Check out Jan Beta's YouTube channel, too:

https://www.youtube.com/c/JanBeta

Join the GreaseWeazle Facebook Group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/greaseweazle/?ref=share

Index of all the fun!

0:00 Intro

0:25 Monologue

2:02 Enter... The Greaseweazle

3:12 Anazlyzing the Hardware

6:19 Installing the Software

11:16 FluxMyFluffyFloppy GUI

18:43 Testing a disk on an A1000

19:34 Using Greaseweazle with WinUAE

27:41 Issues I found

29:54 Patrons and Outro


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Saturday, October 30, 2021

The AmiWest 2021 Report - Episode 111

https://wwwThis week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am looking back on my trip to Sacremento to Amiwest 2021, and sharing some of the fun things found there. Join me! What is AmiWest you ask? Take a peek! https://www.amiwest.net/ How about all those AmiWest Livestreams? Day 1: https://youtu.be/zAqSeaM_uHk Day 2: https://youtu.be/hrCFEjoUtng My presentation: https://youtu.be/-nh_wcQr33c Here are my AmiWest videos from the past: 2019: https://youtu.be/rxceGNRexSc 2019 Presentation: https://youtu.be/hdEwsifYOu0 2020 Livestream: https://youtu.be/KsM-rDlxhi4 Me speaking at CRX 2021: https://youtu.be/VrvcoTNUagc Hanging out With Amiga Bill and talking some serious Amiga Art: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1191656523
Here is the website for Retronics Designs - Pick up an RGB to Component or USB to Atari adapter! https://www.retronicdesign.com/en/
Francis did a presentation for Amiwest this year, too! https://youtu.be/OyyNL1fhk3s Chapters: 0:00 0:17 Start of Monologue 5:41 The V-Lab Motion Card 6:49 Retronic Designs 9:00 The AmiWest show floor 27:10 Goodie I got at the show 32:42 Patreon Thank Yoy 33:35 Outro Links to the Socials: Want more info on Amiga Art Contest 2021? Find it here! https://www.amigaartwork.com Interested in supporting the show? Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/10marc 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/.instagram.com/10marc_amiga/

Monday, October 11, 2021

Getting my Amigas ready for AmiWest - Episode 110

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am getting ready for the AmiWest show on October 16th & 17th in Sacramento, California. Join me as I talk about the show the past few years and what to expect from this years show!


All your AmiWest info is available right here!

https://www.amiwest.net/

And here is a link to the speaker schedule.

http://amiwest.net/broadcast/

The YouTube Livestream should (in theory) be right here!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsM-rDlxhi4

Be sure to catch up with all the awesome sponsors for the show!

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Whew! That's a lot of sponsors!


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Saturday, September 25, 2021

Amiga 1000 - 3D Printed Backplane for Cable Management - Episode 109

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am cleaning up the messy cables on my Amiga 1000 with the Vampire and RGB2HDMI, and installing a new 3D printed Backplate to organize all the connectors.  

Want to 3D Print your own backplate? 

Take a look at this post on Amigalove.com for links

https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1544&hilit=nonarkitten


How about those cables for HDMI?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WJGPQSW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1


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Friday, September 17, 2021

Commodore VIC-20 Tape & Datasette Rescue - ChickenHead Chronicles

This week on The ChickenHead Chronicles We are returning to my Roots: The Commodore VIC-20. Recently in eBay I found a really cool Tape Cassette case from an Estate Sale that still had about 70 VIC-20 tapes in it. Join me as we talk about the Datasette, the history of the tapes and the legacy that I am trying to preserve.

You need a Penultimate cartridge. Just buy it. Now. Go!

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How about some awesome Retro Badges from The Badgeman! Take a look!

https://retro8bitshop.com/retrostore/badgeman/

Want to test your Azimuth? Who wouldn't? Download the VIC 20 version here:

https://theokoulis.com/index.php/2020/11/15/some-notes-on-adjusting-the-datassette-head-azimuth-on-the-vic-20/

Subscribe to 8 Bit Show and Tell, and bring your favorite hand moisturizer!

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Chuck Hutchins has some of the Coolest 8 bit stuff on the Interwebs! Check him out!

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