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Forum: News 02 April 2024, 16:05
Replies: 34
Views: 6,281
Posted By bdb
A more standard alkali paint removal chemical is...

A more standard alkali paint removal chemical is Trisodium Phosphate (TSP). It is safer than Sodium Hydroxide, can be purchased in hardware stores, and works well.
Forum: support.Hardware 22 March 2024, 19:36
Replies: 0
Views: 161
Posted By bdb
Floppy disk Suggestions for an Amiga Floppy Drive that does not read disks properly.

[This is a suggested approach to a non-working drive, please use your own knowledge and abilities, if this article seems inadequate]

"All I see is the Kickstart screen when I try to boot...
Forum: support.Hardware 14 January 2024, 14:52
Replies: 16
Views: 1,949
Posted By bdb
Has anyone tried the 3Com cards with the newly...

Has anyone tried the 3Com cards with the newly released TF1232?
Forum: Amiga scene 29 October 2023, 22:18
Replies: 61
Views: 7,136
Posted By bdb
I must have missed that upgrade

I'm still on OS3.2.2.1...
Forum: News 02 October 2023, 19:48
Replies: 12
Views: 4,378
Posted By bdb
No one decided 3.5 & 3.9 "didn't count," but the...

No one decided 3.5 & 3.9 "didn't count," but the number of OS hacks/patches in 3.9 lead to the decision to make these part of a new OS and make its foundation better. OS 4.1 took a broad step away...
Forum: support.WinUAE 02 October 2023, 17:09
Replies: 12
Views: 1,093
Posted By bdb
Excellent suggestion; I'll have to check it out...

Excellent suggestion; I'll have to check it out once I finish up the Pi-32 build
Forum: support.WinUAE 30 September 2023, 17:53
Replies: 12
Views: 1,093
Posted By bdb
User error, I was selecting the whole TF card and...

User error, I was selecting the whole TF card and not just the "76" partition for use. It seems the instruction from the web that I was following, left the piece of information out.

Sorry!
Forum: support.WinUAE 30 September 2023, 16:26
Replies: 12
Views: 1,093
Posted By bdb
Anyone have a suggestion as to why a Lexar 32GB...

Anyone have a suggestion as to why a Lexar 32GB TF card (with one FAT partition for the PI, and one 76 ID partition for the Amiga) would have its Access Denied?

Back to use stable version 5.0.0
Forum: support.WinUAE 29 September 2023, 22:16
Replies: 12
Views: 1,093
Posted By bdb
No go; WinUAE 4.9.0, 5.0.0, and 5.1.0 Beta2 all...

No go; WinUAE 4.9.0, 5.0.0, and 5.1.0 Beta2 all fail to let me access the TF card as a r/w device, so I am doing it the hard way by copying the file from an IDE HDD to the R Pi's card
Forum: support.WinUAE 29 September 2023, 17:02
Replies: 12
Views: 1,093
Posted By bdb
Thanks for the suggestions, but 5.1.0 Beta 2...

Thanks for the suggestions, but 5.1.0 Beta 2 still grays out the R/W.

I'll try just one 76 ID and see what happens
Forum: support.WinUAE 29 September 2023, 14:18
Replies: 12
Views: 1,093
Posted By bdb
Tried using TF card & Hard Drive R/W greyed out

I am trying to use WinUAE to build a TF card (uSD) for a PiStorm32Lite setup and have all the partitions set as described: wiki.amiga.org/index.php/Pistorm32-Lite
Running in admin mode, I can add...
Forum: News 24 September 2023, 15:25
Replies: 1,647
Views: 450,376
Posted By bdb
I had 2 years of CS classes in high school (IBM...

I had 2 years of CS classes in high school (IBM 1130) and at university (1975) my first programming class was on a rebranded Xerox Sigma 7 (Samsung SDS). Naturally, at the low course levels, punch...
Forum: support.Hardware 19 September 2023, 20:01
Replies: 7
Views: 898
Posted By bdb
Thumbs up Thank you for the information, it worked...

Thank you for the information, it worked perfectly!
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 20 August 2023, 16:54
Replies: 25
Views: 2,607
Posted By bdb
The remastered version has better shadows. It...

The remastered version has better shadows.
It also introduces a new bit of lag, a new Berserker action of jumping onto you.
The bad guys are more mobile, leaving the area where they are normally...
Forum: News 20 August 2023, 16:45
Replies: 140
Views: 23,196
Posted By bdb
It works perfectly with the Logitech -- and the...

It works perfectly with the Logitech -- and the MX Master series are great mice with my Amigas.
Forum: support.Hardware 19 July 2023, 19:26
Replies: 2
Views: 631
Posted By bdb
Poseidon supports USB audio dongles

Poseidon supports USB audio dongles
Forum: support.Hardware 14 July 2023, 00:20
Replies: 4
Views: 407
Posted By bdb
Success

I found the solution, not only do users not like Windows, but Amigas don't as well.
I was using the Windows: "fsutil file createnew HD0.hda 118073741824" (118 GB) file creation, and fiddled with the...
Forum: support.Hardware 12 July 2023, 20:12
Replies: 4
Views: 407
Posted By bdb
HD_ToolBox Version 47.10 dated 4.11.2020

From the 3.2 CD - HD_ToolBox Version 47.10 dated 4.11.2020.

I used fixhddsize from Aminet, and it gave the same 36 GB size (36348 MB) as HDToolBox
Cyl - 4635
Heads - 255
Blocks per track - 63...
Forum: support.Hardware 12 July 2023, 18:44
Replies: 4
Views: 407
Posted By bdb
A4091, ZuluSCSI Mini/Compact and uSD card wrong sizes size

My A4091 came in last week and works beautifully with my SCSI devices.

However, my ZuluSCSI "Compact RP2040 Homebrew Kit" when setup with a Sandisk 128 GB card and a 119 GB HD0.hda file on my...
Forum: support.Hardware 24 May 2023, 16:18
Replies: 27
Views: 2,902
Posted By bdb
A4000 ram

Yes, there could be a bad contact between the socket and the SIMM; brush both with a tooth brush and wipe the SIMM contact s with alcohol (+/- De-Oxit the Socket).
Forum: MarketPlace 25 March 2023, 02:44
Replies: 4
Views: 924
Posted By bdb
Disk Imaging solutions

I've owned 4 different imaging "solutions" over the years and sold off my 100+ USD KryoFlux, because it was a pain to use the command line interface to write disks back (and this feature was...
Forum: News 14 January 2023, 18:15
Replies: 1,647
Views: 450,376
Posted By bdb
You mean emulate the chipset and hardware in...

You mean emulate the chipset and hardware in software? I ask because I believe I've seen this done before on other CPUs and Operating Systems.
Forum: MarketPlace 22 November 2022, 20:23
Replies: 1,943
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Posted By bdb
Thumbs down Not "Speechless," but Really???

Here is another one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/385232160010 -- $25 USD + $15 USD shipping ~ $40 for this "service."

He sells the freely downloadable (archive.org) Amithlon CD and at the bottom...
Forum: support.Apps 12 September 2022, 06:08
Replies: 24
Views: 3,633
Posted By bdb
As an aside, it is not an Amiga browser that...

As an aside, it is not an Amiga browser that can't handle modern web sites, it is the Amiga itself. Computing power advanced in parallel with the internet in most cases, but the Amiga didn't advance...
Forum: support.Apps 08 September 2022, 22:28
Replies: 19
Views: 3,320
Posted By bdb
I have TxEd and I use it routinely in the...

I have TxEd and I use it routinely in the pre-Startup-Sequence area when I need to edit files without loading the full OS. Despite its OS 1.X limitations, it works much better than Ed, Edit and...
Forum: support.AmigaOS 08 September 2022, 22:03
Replies: 14
Views: 1,892
Posted By bdb
"Note: For your boot partition you can use FFS or...

"Note: For your boot partition you can use FFS or SFS, but many users choose SFS because it is faster than FFS, does not require long “validation” in the event of a disk error , and is more efficient...
Forum: support.AmigaOS 08 September 2022, 20:42
Replies: 7
Views: 1,868
Posted By bdb
The OS 3.2 CD comes with a copy of the ROMs in...

The OS 3.2 CD comes with a copy of the ROMs in both .bin and .rom format (.rom = emulators). It will boot using 3.1 ROMs with a reboot thrown in there.

Buying the CD with a serial number gets you...
Forum: support.AmigaOS 08 September 2022, 20:30
Replies: 14
Views: 1,892
Posted By bdb
I hate to jump in, but are you trying to use...

I hate to jump in, but are you trying to use PSF/3 on the boot partition?
If so, it will fail (it is in the install instructions book).
To the best of my recollection, it works on the other...
Forum: support.AmigaOS 08 September 2022, 20:23
Replies: 8
Views: 1,178
Posted By bdb
I've done this by just using 2 CF card readers,...

I've done this by just using 2 CF card readers, AOMEI Partition Assistant and a simple "Clone Disk" of the otherwise, unknown CF Card. It works like the Linux DD command, and makes a perfect copy of...
Forum: support.Hardware 01 September 2022, 17:59
Replies: 11
Views: 919
Posted By bdb
Using a SUM 1200 interface, or something else?

Using a SUM 1200 interface, or something else?
Forum: support.Hardware 01 September 2022, 04:57
Replies: 11
Views: 919
Posted By bdb
Thank You!

Thank You!
Forum: support.Hardware 31 August 2022, 21:13
Replies: 11
Views: 919
Posted By bdb
Is there a model number for it?

Is there a model number for it?
Forum: support.Hardware 31 August 2022, 18:58
Replies: 11
Views: 919
Posted By bdb
Exclamation Help needed for the SUM 1200 keyboard interface

I bought 2 of these (by https://retro.7-bit.pl/) to use external USB keyboards with case-based 1200s and none of the 6 keyboards I have tested work (4 are made by Rii, one is an unbranded from the...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 24 August 2022, 02:06
Replies: 17
Views: 3,360
Posted By bdb
As well you should!

As well you should!
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 23 August 2022, 19:53
Replies: 17
Views: 3,360
Posted By bdb
dreadnought's solution

To rephrase, the aforementioned item, the Medusa Retro Scandoubler, available at RetroLemon [ https://retrolemon.co.uk/audiovideo-devices/180-medusa-retro-scandoubler.html ] for 199 GBP or [...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 23 August 2022, 19:20
Replies: 17
Views: 3,360
Posted By bdb
Amiga-to-SCART-RetroTink RGB2COMP

The way this was put together, was to let someone who just bought an Amiga from an Auction site find a way to connect their 30 year-old computer to a currently available monitor or TV.

Let me do...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 23 August 2022, 18:58
Replies: 17
Views: 3,360
Posted By bdb
The way this was put together, was to let someone...

The way this was put together, was to let someone who just bought an Amiga from an Auction site find a way to connect their 30 year-old computer to a currently available monitor or TV.

I can take...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 23 August 2022, 15:13
Replies: 17
Views: 3,360
Posted By bdb
D520

My German language skills are poor, and the D520 did not come up in my research. As best I can tell using Google Translate, the item is sold out and that the device's cost was in the $190 USD range....
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 22 August 2022, 21:28
Replies: 17
Views: 3,360
Posted By bdb
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 22 August 2022, 19:31
Replies: 17
Views: 3,360
Posted By bdb
Amiga Video Output - Currently Available Solutions

Amiga Video Output Options - Currently Available

Ok, you just bought a real Amiga 500 and you will need a (purchasable) way to connect it to a monitor. Out of the box, it has a composite B/W port...
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