What did you buy today.

[ransom1122]

Personally i prefer the up for jump on giana sisters. For me i feel as though i have more overall control of Giana.

[TroyWilkins]

Originally Posted by ransom1122

Personally i prefer the up for jump on giana sisters. For me i feel as though i have more overall control of Giana.

For me, I had trouble getting used to it, as I'd played plenty of Super Mario Bros on the NES and Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the SMS, both of which use a button to jump, and so when I did try platformers on the Amiga that used up to jump, it was hard to get used to, and I never really tried. I suspect that if I'd never played Mario or Alex Kidd, and my first experience had been playing Giana Sisters, up to jump would feel natural to me, and pressing a button may feel odd, but that's just my theory.

[ransom1122]

Originally Posted by TroyWilkins

For me, I had trouble getting used to it, as I'd played plenty of Super Mario Bros on the NES and Alex Kidd in Miracle World on the SMS, both of which use a button to jump, and so when I did try platformers on the Amiga that used up to jump, it was hard to get used to, and I never really tried. I suspect that if I'd never played Mario or Alex Kidd, and my first experience had been playing Giana Sisters, up to jump would feel natural to me, and pressing a button may feel odd, but that's just my theory.

Using a dpad whilst pressing up is hard. Using a joystick whilst pressing up is easy.

[BarryB]

More C64/Amiga Stuff:

C64:


Amiga:

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by TroyWilkins

Attachment 49821
I had 2 of these arrive yesterday, very very happy with them

These joysticks are great, good catch.

Yesterday I went to pick up this untested C64 lot. Usual "i don't have power cables or power supply" case which can go either way regarding functionality:



Opened it all up as I always do before powering up, for a proper cleanup. Noticed a rattle inside the C64, it was a nail! I am glad I didn't power up or it could have shorted. There was also copious amounts of dirt and even some glitter

As it turns out, all was working, even the 1541:

I'm always amazed at how silent US disk drives are, compared to the European ones. Anybody knows how they achieved this? This 1541 I cannot hear loading, I have to put my ear really close to it to hear what is going on!

Black and white image because it's an NTSC machine and all my gear is PAl. Even though it's in a C64C case, this is an old motherboard, 6581R4AR machine.

To my surprise, even the printer still works! I guess thermal wax cartridges don't dry up.

[BarryB]

Nice catch!

Not noticed my 1541 is noisy, only the woodpecker can be heard at times! Which reminds me, I must get round to fitting those quiet drive stops I have!!

[trixster]

Nice c64! Btw, my c64 psu is on the blink, anyone know of any good modern alternatives?

[BarryB]

Check the Sav64 project on Amibay/Lemon64!

[Sinphaltimus]

SCSI2SD and Amiga RGB to VGA. Not really "today", this past Friday actually.

[SnkBitten]

Originally Posted by SnkBitten

Not today but basically this month..

An Amiga 4000
3.1 Roms
RGB to VGA adapter
Videotoaster 4000
Video Flyer
X-Surf 100
PS2 Mouse converter

Been playing mostly with Amithlon and WinUAE so it's nice to be playing with the real thing again

Since this, as I never think of posting when I buy something, I've added:

WarpEngine4040
ROMY with 1 MB roms
68060 Full CPU w/adpater
RapidRoad USB to the X-Surf 100
Picasso II 2MB

Oh...and an A4000T with Video Toaster4000 (which most of the above stuff will be going in)


I've had a busy summer

[klokwirk]

Originally Posted by SnkBitten

Since this, as I never think of posting when I buy something, I've added:

WarpEngine4040
ROMY with 1 MB roms
68060 Full CPU w/adpater
RapidRoad USB to the X-Surf 100
Picasso II 2MB

Oh...and an A4000T with Video Toaster4000 (which most of the above stuff will be going in)
Attachment 50162

I've had a busy summer

FFS! = that is Soooo cool. Way to go. I'm jealous!

[TroyWilkins]

Nothing big, but still rather handy to prevent wear and tear on the poor old mouse port, and it makes sure nobody disconnects and reconnects anything while it's on, risking damage to the CIA:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BK42TpajHrV/

[Sinphaltimus]

In the past month, usb mouse adaptor, WB 3.1 upg, 2xGoTek drives, lcd panels and resistors for them, temp probes, and other old computer gear for my TI994a.

[StarQuake]

A Tank Mouse. Man this thing is built like a tank. The click sound is so bassy. Amazing piece of hardware.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

[BarryB]

Pity the cable isn't, it looks broke, or is it just the angle?

[StarQuake]

Originally Posted by BarryB

Pity the cable isn't, it looks broke, or is it just the angle?

The cable looks perfectly fine. Must be the angle.

Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

[trixster]

I've just paid for an A4000/040! My dream Amiga when I was growing up! Pics when it arrives.

[Predseda]

16GB mSata SSD as a 1GB CF replacement to my main A1200.
A-10 Tank Killer manual, that was missing in my game box.

[SnkBitten]

Originally Posted by trixster

I've just paid for an A4000/040! My dream Amiga when I was growing up! Pics when it arrives.

Congratulations! I remember when I got my first A4000/040 back in the early 90's.... It was my dream Amiga system as well.

[trixster]

Check this bad boy out!



Quite a yellowed keyboard but the main unit is a very clean colour. She works perfectly and I'm impressed with the Indivision AGA. It's not as 'crisp' as the dvi output from the mk II I have on my A1200 but it works really nicely.