Sunday, January 15, 2023

Time travel back to 1988 - The Mimetics Framebuffer for the Amiga Review

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast we are going back in time to 1988 and looking at one of the first High Color Framebuffers for the Amiga 2000 - The Mimetics Framebuffer. While it has limitations, it can do some amazing things! 


#Amiga #Amiga2000 #Amiga3000 #Amiga4000 

many pictures in todays show were from the awesome creators who sent artwork to #AmigaArtContest - take a look at www.amigaartwork.com

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Amiga Art Contest 2022 - The Short Version

 In case you did not want to spend three+ hours watching the Amiga Art Contest Livestream, I have created a nice short 25 minute version for you! Join me as I display all the wonderful drawing, pictures, music and animations created by some of the most talented people in the Amiga community!

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https://youtu.be/RYBBdy3Kjzg

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GottaGoFazt3r 256 MB ZORRO 3 RAM Card Review - And the Amiga RAD: Drive

#Amiga #GottaGoFazt3r #10MARC
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the GottaGoFazt3r 256 MB RAM Card From Matt Harlum (LIV2) - This fancy-pants ZORRO3 card adds 128MB or 256MB to your #Amiga3000 or #amiga4000 machine. Join me as I show you the card and demonstrate what fun things you can do with all that RAM! 

Visit the Github page and make your own!

Or order one from a trusted vendor like Amigastore.eu 

Here is some awesome info on the RAD: Drive

If you need to force your RAD: drive into Fastmem, try this.

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Sunday, November 13, 2022

Amiga Art Contest 2022 Livestream

 #Amiga #AmigaArtContest

Thanks for all who joined us for this years livestream. It would not be an #AmigaArtContest stream if there were no glitches, though! Thanks for sticking with us.

This is by far the biggest year we have had. There were so many contributors with such beautiful contributions. Thanks you one and all!

Take a peek at the winners and all contributors:

https://www.amigaartwork.com

Kevin Quattro's "Q" YouTube channel

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

Anthony Jarvis "The Amiga Show"

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2a5umZHO7lyt8pcPcbdnQ

Jojo073 YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/jojo073


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Sunday, November 6, 2022

Amiga 4000 Adventures: Up close and personal with my Warp Engine 68060

#Amiga #A4000 #Amiga4000 #WarpEngine

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am heading back to my Amiga 4000 and trying to determine why my Warp Engine accelerator acts silly when trying to boot. I also introduce you to my new Magnifamometer used to look at motherboards and other parts up close!

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The AmiWest 2022 Report - Amiga Forever

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reporting on AmiWest 2022 that recently took place in Sacremento California from October 20th  - 23rd. 

This show has been occurring since 1998 and often specialized in the new Amiga One systems, although in recent years Classic Amigas have been resurging.

Join me as I talk about the show, the speakers including R.J. Mical, Tim Jennison of NewTek, Kiki Stockhammer and more! We also tour the show floor and look at the goodies for sale.


Take a peek at the AmiWest Website:

https://www.amiwest.net

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And here are the uploaded presentations:

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

Here is Kiki's presentation:

https://youtu.be/6iIGXVnPMPE

and R.J. Micals

https://youtu.be/bfn108PLw9Q

My presentation is up now, too

https://youtu.be/Zp3oQYKXylA

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Video & Audio Capture Tutorial for the Commodore Amiga - Episode 136

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am sharing my methods for video and audio capture from my Amiga computers. Join me as I show you how to get HDMI output and HDMI capture for yourself.

#Amiga #Commodore 

Here are the goodies that I use:

4K Video Capture interface:

https://a.co/d/fQwWBgC

Here is the DigitNow Audio Capture

https://a.co/d/bJwGIe4

This is a different Mixer, but this Pyle brand should work OK:

https://a.co/d/aArAC2U

This 8 port powered USB Hub works nice:

https://a.co/d/0XSmXgP

This is the SCART to HDMI upscaler you need:

https://a.co/d/9rKIpoQ


AmigaKit and Amigastore.eu carry the RGB to SCART cable.

Get your Retrotink from Mike Chi here!

https://www.retrotink.com/


The RGB to Component adapter is available here:

https://www.retronicdesign.com/en/store/

Download OBS from here:

https://obsproject.com/

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