To all SSC Station occupants
Thank you for the donations over the past year (2024), it is much appreciated. I am still trying to figure out how to migrate the forums to another community software (probably phpbb) but in the meantime I have updated the forum software to the latest version. SSC has been around a while so their is some very long time members here still using the site, thanks for making SSC home and sorry I haven't been as vocal as I should be in the forums I will try to improve my posting frequency.
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Anyone got a Gotek drive for the Amiga?.
Just been looking at them on eBay, and was wondering what the difference is between this and a card drive.
So I finally bought one two years later 🤣 and I'm pretty pleased I did, in fact I'm going to get another for the A500. I will need to get some sort of 3d printed stand for the A500 and as I got one with the knob on it, it looks like I will have to cut the A1200 case or maybe take it out of the Gotek case as may fit in better.
One thing I would like to add to the A500 is a hard drive but most of the solution for adding a card drive also come with extra memory and accelerator which I don't really want.
Been looking at this Pistorm, might be a solution for my A500 hard drive, my Gotek adventure continues as I have decided not to cut the A1200 case and have ordered an internal one, still waiting for it to show up.
Also ordered a cable which can be used to turn the Gotek into a DF1 drive instead of the usual DF0
I 'm in a process of restoring/upgrading my old CD32. New powerpack, laser module, recapp, a Terrible Fire 328 accelerator, and I will turn it into a full fledged 68020 Amiga!! I plan to install some 3D games to it!!!
Nice 👍
I just realised that their is a new version of Workbench, 3.2 which confused the hell out of me as the last one I bought was 3.9, but it appears this is a rewrite as they longer have the rights to 3.5/3.9.
Finally got the internal Gotek for the A1200 which's is just a board on a 3D printed stand, also has a breakout VDU which is supposed to fit through the vents at the top of A1200 case, problem is they don't without stripping the wires or cutting the vents.
Also you have to use a pen or matchstick to press the buttons as they are pretty much flush with the side of the case, no nob on this one.
Back with the A500 and I'm going to the case Gotek as an external drive, hence the cable, works great on the A1200 but forgot you can't boot from an external drive on the A500 without some sort switcher installed in it.
This is turning into a marathon. 🤣
This is turning into a marathon.
This is always the case, when you are in the process of restoring a beloved retro machine!!!
This is turning into a marathon.
This is always the case, when you are in the process of restoring a beloved retro machine!!!
Very true 😀 sometimes thing I would be better off using an emulator.
How's that CD32 coming along CaptainKal.
@pinback I think that I will have to get the laser module replaced and the motherboard recapped!! It's going to take a little time!!!
Now this is interesting, makes me want to buy a soldering iron, but who knows what disaster would follow on from that. 🤣
makes me want to buy a soldering iron, but who knows what disaster would follow on from that.
<sniggers> Good grief, it's been yonks since I last wielded a soldering iron!
I always find it a problem with watching stuff on YouTube, as they tend to make it easier than it really is.
A small tale of two cables for a 1084s monitor which look the same but are not the same, my old cable works perfect with the A1200 the new one would not and on closer inspection I could see nothing wrong with it.
Bollocks I thought I've been ripped off with a non working cable but in a last bid of desperation I tried the A500 with it and you guessed it, works perfectly.
I will put this down to one of life's little mysteries or some one modded the old one.
I see in the news that they going to release a maxi of the mini Amiga that was released a while ago. 😎 😎
@pinback I bought and installed a Pistorm32 lite with a Pi3B, in my A1200!!! It's like having my dream Amiga, come true!!!! Fast CPU and an RTG, all in one package!!!
@pinback I bought and installed a Pistorm32 lite with a Pi3B, in my A1200!!! It's like having my dream Amiga, come true!!!! Fast CPU and an RTG, all in one package!!!
Will have to check it out as I'm bit out of date with what has been happing on the Amiga hardware front.
And another Amiga mini appears called the A600GS from Amigakit, interesting looking device but not sure what the point is.
@pinback from what I 've read, it's something of a next gen amiga running on arm, under emulation (Amiberry). Altgough the Amiga graphics API, runs native. It is more of a professional solution, than a game console.
@pinback from what I 've read, it's something of a next gen amiga running on arm, under emulation (Amiberry). Altgough the Amiga graphics API, runs native. It is more of a professional solution, than a game console.
And that maybe the problem with it as in will anyone write software or convert software to it or will it just become another emulator.
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