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Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 23 March 2024, 23:16
Replies: 143
Views: 8,036
Posted By PDrill
Should've been learning drinking, smoking and...

Should've been learning drinking, smoking and girls in the late teens rather than being a nerd.
Forum: Amiga scene 20 March 2024, 17:59
Replies: 160
Views: 10,119
Posted By PDrill
For me Amiga means Amiga 500 1.3 with 512k ram...

For me Amiga means Amiga 500 1.3 with 512k ram expansion and an external floppy drive. Sure the A1200 with networking and mild acceleration is the pinnacle of my 'collection', but the #1 is still the...
Forum: Hardware mods 30 January 2024, 18:41
Replies: 109
Views: 71,137
Posted By PDrill
I don't want to make permanent modifications to...

I don't want to make permanent modifications to my hardware, and I'm the kind of retro who wants to use real floppies anyway. Got a Gotek years ago and installed it in to an ext drive case, mostly...
Forum: support.Hardware 22 December 2023, 20:59
Replies: 9
Views: 996
Posted By PDrill
The Gotek can also be installed in a normal...

The Gotek can also be installed in a normal external drive. Remove the drive unit from the casing and insert Gotek. That's what I used for transferring stuff Amiga <--> PC before networking the...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 25 November 2023, 07:59
Replies: 174
Views: 57,643
Posted By PDrill
For the most years our little town had really no...

For the most years our little town had really no computer stores at all. Supermarkets had their departments and a book store chain sold computers and accessories and that was about it. Got most of...
Forum: Amiga scene 15 November 2023, 05:12
Replies: 20
Views: 1,669
Posted By PDrill
If the Amiga 3000 feet are something like this...

If the Amiga 3000 feet are something like this (https://www.etsy.com/listing/1476056755/commodore-amiga-3000t-tower-feet-3d), I'm 100% sure you'll be fine with PLA.

The only time I've had problem...
Forum: Amiga scene 07 November 2023, 15:48
Replies: 30
Views: 2,560
Posted By PDrill
Don't care that much about the A500 and A600 as...

Don't care that much about the A500 and A600 as they aren't that perfect anyway. But the A1200 that is in A1 condition (unboxed just a few years ago, got in contact with someone who sold them back...
Forum: request.Apps 03 November 2023, 19:49
Replies: 56
Views: 12,890
Posted By PDrill
^ that's the one I linked a few posts above.

^ that's the one I linked a few posts above.
Forum: request.Apps 03 November 2023, 15:07
Replies: 56
Views: 12,890
Posted By PDrill
I have a 'fish catalogue' from a Finnish...

I have a 'fish catalogue' from a Finnish PD-distributor, it's from 1989 and contains up to #410. It seems to list every program with a description, but the usability is so poor that I won't check...
Forum: Amiga scene 02 November 2023, 19:00
Replies: 20
Views: 1,669
Posted By PDrill
For a I beginner I'd suggest something plug &...

For a I beginner I'd suggest something plug & play. In the beginning there will be this and that to learn and things will probably not go that perfect and at that point at least I want to know it's...
Forum: support.Games 23 October 2023, 19:38
Replies: 0
Views: 363
Posted By PDrill
Giana Sisters audio quality

Not quite sure what would be technically correct way to describe what I mean, but it's about the filter that changes the audio quality (clear/not so) and brightness of the power led (on an Amiga 500...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 23 October 2023, 16:01
Replies: 72
Views: 4,378
Posted By PDrill
A friend of mine had one of those Amstrad CPC's...

A friend of mine had one of those Amstrad CPC's with a 3" floppy and I found specially the graphics commands something else. Naturally he tried to encourage me to get one of those, but all my other...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 19 September 2023, 18:17
Replies: 10
Views: 1,334
Posted By PDrill
Samantha Fox f'd up my printer ribbon

It was most likely summer '89 when I had my first summerjob, and when I got the first pay on some Friday I went to buy a printer. Commodore MPS1230 that was. It cost about 100% of my pay, but didn't...
Forum: support.Apps 19 September 2023, 18:06
Replies: 4
Views: 612
Posted By PDrill
Got a hint from another place, and most likely it...

Got a hint from another place, and most likely it was Fineprint. When I tried it first, the result wasn't as remembered and expected. Later I remembered the program had a setting for ribbon...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 19 September 2023, 17:29
Replies: 1,048
Views: 264,292
Posted By PDrill
There's a small chinese restaurant in my town,...

There's a small chinese restaurant in my town, and last time I visited I noticed a curtain. When it waved in the flowing air, it looked just like a (raster??)effect in the 80's demos. When I close my...
Forum: support.Apps 16 September 2023, 07:27
Replies: 4
Views: 612
Posted By PDrill
Can't find that anywhere to try. It was most...

Can't find that anywhere to try. It was most likely summer 1990 (at least it was earlier than 1991) when I got the printer and this software was already available.



Don't know. Didn't think...
Forum: support.Apps 14 September 2023, 17:21
Replies: 4
Views: 612
Posted By PDrill
I had a program for printing graphics, what was it?

Back then I used to print graphics with a program that used only one needle of the printer, it was damn slow and a real ribbon-killer but the result was amazing considering the hardware.

Anyone...
Forum: Amiga scene 21 August 2023, 21:36
Replies: 1
Views: 377
Posted By PDrill
Demo with Taylor Dayne's Tell it to my heart

My Amiga years were about 1989-1991 and there was a demo which had the mentioned song as music. There seems to be a music disk or something purely (?) for/of that song, but I'm talking about a demo....
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 07 July 2023, 16:33
Replies: 21
Views: 2,503
Posted By PDrill
I got my drivers license in 8/91 and that was it...

I got my drivers license in 8/91 and that was it for the computer stuff then, so for me A500 1.3 is The Amiga. Even though I now have also a slightly pimped A1200, the A500 is still the one I want to...
Forum: support.Hardware 14 May 2023, 18:11
Replies: 1
Views: 294
Posted By PDrill
How long should the RTC battery (3.6v) hold?

I have replaced the old battery with a new one, and it's of that original 3.6 volt recharging type.

I haven't done any through investigation, but it doesn't seem to hold the time for that long. If...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 25 March 2023, 19:39
Replies: 2
Views: 611
Posted By PDrill
What was this BBS/Terminal 'protocol'.

At the end of my Amiga era, 91-92, there was a BBS software which was quite peculiar on worked only with a specific terminal program but I can't remember what the whole system was. In the beginning...
Forum: support.Demos 24 March 2023, 18:28
Replies: 1
Views: 890
Posted By PDrill
Accessing another demo on disk (TEK-Dandelion/Amplifier)

This is just out of curiosity, I'm sure I can find the second demo somewhere else if I want to :-)

I don't remember where I downloaded the ADF originally so I put it here:...
Forum: support.Apps 12 March 2023, 13:42
Replies: 35
Views: 8,023
Posted By PDrill
For a beginner I would suggest using an open WiFi...

For a beginner I would suggest using an open WiFi network to get things going in the first place, at least I never managed to connect my Amigas to a secured network. And to add to that, I also...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 22 February 2023, 17:48
Replies: 67
Views: 5,071
Posted By PDrill
Oh, answered 64 right away but after reading the...

Oh, answered 64 right away but after reading the comments noticed there were consoles on the list too. The first was a Radofin 1392 but all the influence it had (??) is/was that just as the...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 08 February 2023, 11:42
Replies: 41
Views: 4,140
Posted By PDrill
I was killing time by chatting with the now so...

I was killing time by chatting with the now so famous ChatGPT and asked it about Snoopdos (the program). This is how it went:

http://wonk.sytes.net/ext/permanent/snoopdos.jpg

After that I...
Forum: support.Hardware 02 February 2023, 16:58
Replies: 3
Views: 426
Posted By PDrill
Replaced the 'replaced battery' of the expansion...

Replaced the 'replaced battery' of the expansion #1 and it got fixed. The 3v battery was completely dead at this time, but I am pretty sure it didn't work even when new. So can't be 100% sure it...
Forum: support.Hardware 01 February 2023, 16:30
Replies: 3
Views: 426
Posted By PDrill
A500 Ram expansion (2 pcs) RTC battery 3/3.6v

I have replaced the original 3.6v battery with a modern 3 volt equivalent but it doesn't seem to work. If I set the date & time and make SETCLOCK SAVE, the time is correct after reset and SETCLOCK...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 15 January 2023, 10:17
Replies: 17
Views: 1,189
Posted By PDrill
My choice was to get the 'optical conversion kit'...

My choice was to get the 'optical conversion kit' for both the tank and the A1200 mouse. Another mod I've made is to add some more weight for the A1200 mouse as it was so light that the old stiff...
Forum: Amiga scene 14 January 2023, 20:10
Replies: 3
Views: 691
Posted By PDrill
Demo (or was it a mod) with Eine Kleine Nachtmusic

Just watched the movie Bachelor Party from 1984 ("surprisingly" my gf wasn't that excited) and there was a moment which reminded me instantly of an Amiga production. By going through the soundtrack...
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 12 January 2023, 13:00
Replies: 91
Views: 7,386
Posted By PDrill
I didn't play that much so my selection is quite...

I didn't play that much so my selection is quite limited, but wonder if anything can be worse than Hard Drivin'! We used to shovel all our coins in to the arcade but the home version was so dumb that...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 10 January 2023, 19:07
Replies: 16
Views: 1,389
Posted By PDrill
Our local supermarket had quite many computers...

Our local supermarket had quite many computers available to try. Can't remember playing anything but watch from behind when some guys were on an Amstrad CPC coding something. When nobody saw, went to...
Forum: Amiga scene 19 December 2022, 16:53
Replies: 34
Views: 3,116
Posted By PDrill
Did we really need X-Copy and the like (if there was any)

All the games we copied back in the day were cracked to bypass any protection they might have had. So, did we really need to use the fancy X-Copy or similar or would a standard AmigaDOS diskcopy have...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 12 December 2022, 19:21
Replies: 63
Views: 5,811
Posted By PDrill
I turned 18 in August 1991 all the new fun began...

I turned 18 in August 1991 all the new fun began and computing was about done the same time. I still kept my BBS running as it didn't need any attention, but when the HD blew in spring of 1992 that...
Forum: support.Hardware 10 December 2022, 12:18
Replies: 7
Views: 851
Posted By PDrill
Do Furias just die?

I've had my Furia in use every now and then (max 20 hours as I usually use 1200) for a bit over two years, and after the problems in the beginning (the socket for the 68000 was too high and it...
Forum: support.Apps 08 December 2022, 15:46
Replies: 1
Views: 482
Posted By PDrill
Automatic cancel for requesters in Kick 3.1.4

For my old A500 1.3 I have a small program called CANCEL! which automatically 'answers' cancel for all requesters, like "Insert volume XXX: in any drive".


Not surprisingly it doesn't work in my...
Forum: support.Hardware 05 December 2022, 22:17
Replies: 6
Views: 648
Posted By PDrill
More serial ports, is that possible?

Is there any way of getting more serial ports for A500, 600 or 1200? 1 or 2 more would be nice.

Just recently I saw some article (scan of an old magazine) where they built a second serial port for...
Forum: request.Apps 03 December 2022, 17:04
Replies: 12
Views: 3,676
Posted By PDrill
Oh yes. Just found it anyway on my HD and went to...

Oh yes. Just found it anyway on my HD and went to upload it and found that it's there after all.
Forum: request.Apps 03 December 2022, 16:49
Replies: 12
Views: 3,676
Posted By PDrill
I'd be interested too. Finally got my BBS...

I'd be interested too.

Finally got my BBS answering calls but seems my backup is missing some files.
Forum: support.Hardware 01 December 2022, 19:44
Replies: 8
Views: 745
Posted By PDrill
A600 with 11.5mb RAM & PCMCIA

I have a A600 with 3.1/40.63 kick, Furia and total RAM of 2mb CHIP + 9.5 FAST. The PCMCIA doesn't work with all that memory, but resetting the computer with CTRL+A+A for more than 4 seconds reduces...
Forum: support.Apps 20 November 2022, 14:52
Replies: 2
Views: 776
Posted By PDrill
Hmm.. Somehow I managed today to get "PAL:...

Hmm.. Somehow I managed today to get "PAL: Super-High Res Laced" working. The ratio looks good, the whole screen is displayed but this still doesn't look quite as I'm hoping.

Now how do I get the...
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