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A dead Amiga power supply is only the first issue! This video is sponsored by PCBWay, you can get $5 Free Credit for new users https://pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG I've taken on the challenging yet rewarding task of bringing an Amiga 2000 back to life. If you’ve been following along, you know the journey hasn’t been smooth. The last update left the Amiga half-assembled with a problematic CPU slot and an overheating hard drive. As if that wasn't enough, the power supply decided to give up on me. Upon deeper inspection, it was clear that more work was needed... Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators 🎵 Crystal Fires by David Edward Holden, https://t.lickd.co/Q1B1LwP9E7L License ID: gNZOzLpw56z 🎵 Forever Rising by David Edward Holden, https://t.lickd.co/dyYVN7AA9Y2 License ID: bZxVNlMLxJD 🎵 Replica One by David Edward Holden, https://t.lickd.co/0XYMg2Mk0jn License ID: aP2bDa1JM7Q 🎵 In Suspension by Paul Mottram, https://t.lickd.co/k4594r2ZmNn License ID: 8ZQdKrD0jOd 🎵 Night Rolling by Gavin Harrison, https://t.lickd.co/3pxZ9P2D4wv License ID: p7VRBJ72VO5 Try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/cee50126c18b4681883f4a012603f120
Reviving an Amiga 2000: A Journey of Restoration and Problem-Solving
Upgrade a GOTEK for Amiga with OLED Display and encoder. This video is sponsored by PCBWay, you can get $5 Free Credit for new users https://pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG #hackbuildrestore #GOTEK #amiga In this video, we take a deep dive into upgrading a GOTEK Floppy emulator for the Amiga adding OLED screen and rotary encoder, all housed in a retro Amiga CUMANA external drive enclosure complete with livery. Learn about the history of the GOTEK drive and how this upgrade can enhance your retro computing experience. From its humble beginnings as a replacement for traditional floppy drives, the GOTEK drive has become a popular choice for retro computing enthusiasts looking to breathe new life into their vintage machines. With the addition of an OLED screen and rotary encoder, navigating through your floppy disk images has never been easier or more stylish. Join us as we explore the process of upgrading the GOTEK drive, installing the OLED screen and rotary encoder followed by installation into an original 80s external drive enclosure complete with nostalgic livery. 🔗Links 🔗 💾Flash Floppy GitHub - https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy 💾Flash Floppy GoTek Programming - https://github.com/keirf/flashfloppy/wiki/Firmware-Programming 💾Artery Downloads - https://www.arterychip.com/en/product/AT32F435.jsp#Resource 💾Artery ISP - https://www.arterychip.com/file/download/1764 🎶 Music 🎶 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators 🎶 Crystal Fires by David Edward Holden, https://t.lickd.co/Q1B1LwP9E7L License ID: gNZOzLpw56z 🎶Superhighway by Matt Hill, https://t.lickd.co/YNGQdVnWKlV License ID: rP0lOnNjq1D 🎶Electric Lullaby 3 by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble, https://go.lickd.co/MusicLicense ID: lyQeBYdVwRX 🎶Synthetic Life 6 (60) by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble, https://go.lickd.co/MusicLicense ID: BmkAMElDkza Try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/cee50126c18b4681883f4a012603f120
Amiga Vintage Vibes: GOTEK Drive's Nostalgic 80s Upgrade
Build and test of #BlueSCSI V2 Kit initiator mode. This video is sponsored by PCBWay, you can get $5 Free Credit for new users https://pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG Well I need to replace my spinning rust, as much as I love it, for something more heat efficient... But I don't want to have to rebuild my setup after getting everything working... Enter BlueSCSI V2 (Blue SCSI) Initiator mode which promises to be able to image SCSI devices outside of a host machine. Can it image my 73Gb Amiga Disk to an SD Card? First I need to build the Blue SCSI Kit and setup the Pi Pico and SD Card Ready to image the drive. (I'm using the Pi Pico W) My aim is to spin my #Amiga 2000 Image up in WinUAE emulation to verify that the imaging works! #hackbuildrestore Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:13 The Kit 00:33 The Build Plan 00:54 PCBWay 01:20 The Build 01:44 Disk Imaging Setup 05:11 Image Test in WinUAE Links BlueSCSI - https://bluescsi.com/ BlueSCSI V2 GitHub - https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2/ PCBWay - https://pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG WinUAE - https://www.winuae.net/ @RobSmithDev - Amiga SCSI Networking with BlueSCSI V2 & PicoW - https://youtu.be/XJIrfQ9C0J4 Music Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators 🎶Destiny Awaits by Paul Mottram, https://t.lickd.co/PrARd6myD31 License ID: vegEr0d6RXK 🎶Naked Ambition by Paul Mottram, https://t.lickd.co/lmjLKxNrZJe License ID: Ry9qpv2bP5M 🎶Computers Take Over by Kes Loy, https://t.lickd.co/wAlZraRrl5D License ID: 9oVq8vp0lG8 Try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/cee50126c18b4681883f4a012603f120
Unveiling the Ultimate Disk Imaging Trick!
Join me on my audio installation journey, and find out what new issues my Amiga 2000 has developed! The MNT ZZ9000AX is an audio expansion for the MNT ZZ9000 multifunction graphics card designed for Commodore Amiga computers. The SigmaDSP audio chip on ZZ9000AX is an Analog Devices ADAU1701, featuring a 28-/56-bit, 50 MIPS SigmaDSP for digital audio processing. PCBWay $5 Credit for New Customers - https://pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG #amiga #zz9000 #hbr Music 🎶 Synthetic Life 6 (60) by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble License ID: BmkAMElDkza 🎶 Crystal Fires by David Edward Holden, License ID: Q1B1LwP9E7L 🎶 Forever Rising by David Edward Holden, License ID: dyYVN7AA9Y2 🎶 Electric Lullaby 3 by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble, License ID: lyQeBYdVwRX Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Over 1M + mainstream tracks, try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/cee50126c18b4681883f4a012603f120
Revolutionize Your Amiga 2000 Sound!
Mini Build project to connect Amiga 500/600/1200 to ZIP100 Drive. Shop links and driver can be found here ... https://hackbuildrestore.com/ioamiga Now available from the HBR store ... https://hackbuildrestore.com/store project on PCBWay ... $5 Credit for New Customers - https://pcbway.com/g/sa8ruG ioamiga - https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/_IOAMIGA_Amiga_to_Iomega_ZIP_100_24b295ee.html #amiga #zipdrive #hbr I have sent a kit to @CRG so he may choose to give it a go too 🙂 Use of a parallel port Iomega ZIP 100 Drive on an Amiga 500 / 500+ / 600 / 1200 is not straight forward as it would seem. Join me as I build a solution based on a 22 year old piece of innovation from Bruce Abbott. This genius device allows the use of a parallel ZIP100 drive, and bridges the incompatibility gap with the Amiga's printer port by using additional signaling from the joystick port. Music 🎶Into The Unknown by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble, License ID: lg9aWr8m284 🎶Neon Love by Jeff Dale, Gavin Harrison, Tim Reilly, License ID: nbB7Rx37Dq0 Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Over 1M + mainstream tracks, try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/cee50126c18b4681883f4a012603f120
Finally! Game Changing File Transfer, on the Amiga?
Follow the ups and downs of my Amiga Upgrade, installing a ZZ9000 with existing GVP 030 Accelerator and 8UP! RAM Expansion board. Find out the issues I cause myself during the Amiga 2000 rebuild. #amiga #zz9000 #hbr Music 🎶Into The Sky by David Edward Holden, License ID y0ldQgme9Ym 🎶Synthetic Life 6 (60) by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble, License ID: BmkAMElDkza 🎶Electric Lullaby 3 by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble, License ID: lyQeBYdVwRX Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Over 1M + mainstream tracks, try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/cee50126c18b4681883f4a012603f120
The Ultimate Amiga 2000 Upgrade?: MNT Research's ZZ9000
In this video, we unbox a donation from CRG, as well as some exciting Amiga purchases! (These hint towards new Amiga 600 and 500 content coming in the new year) See what I sent to Glen @CRGin this video https://youtu.be/xGlk9Eo4UrI?si=IQNH2nycn4xOZ2PK Watch this video to find out more about this amazingly generous donation from CRG, what did Glen send me...
What did he send? CRG Mystery Box + Amiga Purchases Revealed
SEGA Mega Drive II on Christmas Day #retro #retrogaming
A Special Gift: Join me as I restore a Sega Mega Drive, or Genesis if you're in north America, just in time for Christmas! My mission is to get it up and running so that my wife can enjoy playing Sonic the Hedgehog on Christmas morning. Will I be able to fix it before the big day? Watch to find out! Don't forget to subscribe for more exciting hack, build and restoration projects! #sega #megadrive #hbr Christmas Day Update ➡️https://youtube.com/shorts/hjtZcNGqcf4?feature=share Music 🎶Christmas Is Here by Igor Dvorkin, Duncan Pittock, Ellie Kidd, License ID: dpNZJ4waNrx 🎶Christmas Past by Christian Marsac, License ID: 3jdRYoa4LrE 🎶Ace Invader by Richard Lacy, Sarah MacDonald, License ID: 4YW79xaPRD9 🎶Electric Lullaby 3 by Julian Emery, James Hockley, Adam Noble, License ID: lyQeBYdVwRX 🎶Hip Hop Merrily Get High by Christopher Ashmore, License ID: ENljRowPlQb 🎶Music licensed from Lickd. The biggest mainstream and stock music platform for content creators. Over 1M + mainstream tracks, try Lickd FREE for 14 days for unlimited stock music and get 50% off your first mainstream track: https://app.lickd.co/r/cee50126c18b4681883f4a012603f120
A Special Gift: Restoring a Sega Mega Drive for Christmas
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