The Newtek Digiview Review for the Amiga - Episode 128

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the wonderful DigiView Gold from Newtek! Join me as we capture some fun images and go over how this marvelous device worked. Thanks to my friends from Pintz and Amiga for the gift!

And yes, I am aware that the images were all captured at 16:9 aspect ratio. That is what this capture card does, and I can't seem to change it. I may go back to an old one, as I think it captured in 4:3 OK.

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Amiga 2 MB CHIP RAM Upgrade - Introducing the RAMesses - Episode 127

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing and installing the RAMesses 2MB CHIP RAM board from Andrew Hutchings AKA @Linuxjedi . Join me as we cover installation and use of this wonderful and economical device. Bring your own 8375 AGNUS chip, please!

Take a peek at Andrews store!

https://www.retrosupplies.co.uk/

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Please also check out his Blog

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Let's Explore the Amiga A1020 5.25" Floppy Drive - Episode 125

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am looking at the Amiga A1020 5.25" Floppy Drive I purchased at AmiWest in 2021. This handsome little guy is really made to be used with an Amiga Bridgeboard like the A2088, A2286 or A2386 as an external PC drive, but also works just fine as a 440KB Amiga Floppy drive! Join me as I show you how to connect one to your Amiga using the Mountlist options and we fix it and get it working!

Here are the scripts you need for Amiga OS 1.x Mountlist, or Amiga OS 2.x and 3.x in the DEVS:/DOSDRIVERS folder.

Mountlist sample (1.3 style)

/* Mount a 5.25" disk drive to be mounted as DF1: */

DF1:       Device = trackdisk.device

           Unit   = 1 /* first external unit */

           Flags  = 1 /* important ! */

           Surfaces  = 2

           BlocksPerTrack = 11

           Reserved = 2

           Interleave = 0

           LowCyl = 0  ;  HighCyl = 39

           Buffers = 20

           BufMemType = 1 /* or 3 if you run OS 1.x */

#

Dosdriver form (2.x/3.x style)

           Device = trackdisk.device

           Unit   = 1 /* first external unit */

           Flags  = 1 /* important ! */

           Surfaces  = 2

           BlocksPerTrack = 11

           Reserved = 2

           Interleave = 0

           LowCyl = 0  ;  HighCyl = 39

           Buffers = 20

           BufMemType = 1 /* or 3 if you run OS 1.x */

Simply save it as DF1 (or A1020 if you prefer) in your Dosdrivers directory (generally in Sys:storage). Open a shell and try mount df1: (or A1020:) !

According to (french programmer) Etienne Vogt, the important thing is to set Flags=1 (tells the trackdisk.device that you really want to mount a 40 track drive, else it will ignore it)

Info from BigDan in the Amiga.org forums. Thanks!

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USB Mouse Adapter for the Commodore Amiga Review - EP 124

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am doing a quick (honest! Under 10 Minutes) review of a cool USB mouse adapter for our Amiga Computers! Join me as I check out this little doo-dad and see if she is worth it!

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Amiga 600 - A630 Accelerator Review - Episode 123

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the new Accelerator for the Amiga 600 - The A630.

This nice 68030/50 Mhz card has 64 MB of RAM and is fully compatible with the PCMCIA Slot and works with all of the CF and SD cards I tried it with! Do we have competition for the Furia here?

Want to buy one? Check here in Europe!

https://programatory.archi-tech.com.pl/en_US/p/Turbo-card-for-Amiga-600-A630-rev.2/235

In North America, our good friend Frank will have them! He also sells the Buffered IDE interfaces that should let any card with with the Furia.

https://retrorewind.ca/commodore-amiga

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Nintendo Wii NunChuck Converter for the Amiga? Episode 122

 This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the new converter from our friends at RetroBargains and Trumouse.com  that lets us use the Nintendo Wii Nunchuck as a two button joystick! This cool little device also works on Commodore 64 and other 9 pin joystick port computers. 

Want to order one? Check this eBay link!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134051639339

You can also check out the other items on trumouse.com

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Wanna buy Turbo Tomato? Check it out here!

https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/product-category/commodore/

ReShoot-R is a fantastic AGA game! Check it out here.

https://www.amigashop.org/product_info.php?products_id=295

JOTD has made some great arcade conversions for the Amiga. Get them here!

https://jotd666.itch.io/

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Amiga 1200 TerribleFire 1260 Accelerator Review - Episode 121

This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the TerribleFire 1260 accelerator for the Amiga 1200. This budget accelerator makes a great addition to your lovely A1200. Today we are looking at installing it and checking out the speeds, but in the next episode we will be digging deeper into the features.

There are many great sources for the TF1260, but Amigastore.eu is the one I bought mine from.

Want to buy one? AmigaStore is a great place to do that!

https://amigastore.eu/es/873-terrible-fire-1260-128mb-ide.html

Want to learn more about the card? Check out the creator, Stephen Leary's forums!

https://www.exxoshost.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=65

Index

0:00

0:16 - Monologue 

1:26 - TF 1260 Intro 

3:10 - CPU Options 

5:45 - The Blizzard 040 being replaced

9:15 - Sysinfo for the 040

12:10 - ImageFX on the 040

17:05 - Installing the TF 1260

21:17 - Sysinfo on the TF 1260

23:25 - 680LC60 Limitations with my system

28:25 - ImageFX with the TF 1260

23:53 - Doug's Thoughts on the TF 1260

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