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Member Intros • Greetings from the Seattle USA area!
I grew up with a VIC20 followed by a C64 and then an Amiga 1000. I jumped to an IBM compatible 486 DX2 when I saw a roommate playing Wing Commander, which wasn't out for the Amiga. I ended up selling...
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Conquests • Australian C64
I recently bought an Amiga 1000 that also came with a C64 in the uncommon aftermarket case from South Australia. It cleaned up nice, apart from the UV yellowed keycaps. It's an NTSC board and I'm not...
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Hardware • DKB Insider II - A1000 boots but shows no Fast RAM
Any ideas on what might cause a DKB Insider II board not show any fast RAM? The Amiga 1000 I recently bought had a DKB Insider II installed. I couldn't test the system before I took it apart to clean...
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Commodore 8 Bits • The Commodore Penny Farthing Adventures
As seems to be my way, I’ve just gone down one of the longest-running multi-year rabbit holes I can remember and I somehow made it back to the surface. Rabbit holes and vintage computing come...
View ArticleCommodore 8 Bits • COREi64 on Social Media
For those who were following me on 'X', I've moved over to Bluesky. I have deleted the COREi64 'X' account for personal reasons. I know some people don't have access to FB, so if you're interested in...
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Commodore 8 Bits • C128 Game: Iowa Jack and the Crystals of Chaos
This morning I was delighted to discover a really cool game that had been released for the Commodore 128 (you read that right) called Iowa Jack and the Crystals of Chaos. From the description by the...
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Hardware • Amiga Parceiro II+ Gets a Facelift
I’ve got a little something to show you all. The Parceiro II+ has gone through a bit of an impressive facelift for both the Amiga 1000 and 500. For the A1000For the A1500I find his font capitalization...
View ArticleSoftware • Email on Pistorm-equipped a500
Have tried getting email up using Simplemail and YAM. No luck so far. Anyone successful and willing to share your secrets?Statistics: Posted by Olliethebassett — Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:22 am — Replies 0...
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The Lounge • Remembering Silica Systems / Silica Shop - Amiga retailer
The latest Amiga Addict magazine will bring fond memories and nostalgia to Amiga users who remember buying Amiga bundles from Silica Systems (or even just drooling over their adverts!). Silica were...
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Commodore 8 Bits • Glorious DIY C-64 tower :)
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View ArticleSoftware • Are there high resolution versions of WB1.3 icons available?
Hi, I have a couple of setups of Workbench 1.3 and I'm wondering if there's a high res icon set that uses the same 4 colours but built for 640x400/512 displays? So like almost 1 to 1 versions but high...
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Commodore 8 Bits • C64OS Gets Major Update, Networking
Greg Naçu has published a major release to his impressive C64OS. After hundreds of hours of work fixing bugs and adding several new features, the latest version is now 1.07 and free for previous...
View ArticleThe Lounge • 3D Library for PiStorm-equipped Amigas
There's a crowdfunding campaign that's aiming to deliver a 3D library for PiStorm systems equipped with Pi4 or Pi CM4:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/3d-for-pistormThe campaign organizer is Steffen...
View ArticleMember Intros • Hello from Island VI in the Pacific!
I'm joining here in the hope that I can find some good advice in maintaining and building up my collection of Amigas. I have 4 of them: an A1000 I originally purchased in 1986; an A3000 that I bought...
View ArticleThe Lounge • Amiga 3000: CH01 - Inspection, Overview & Test
Amiga 3000: CH01 - Inspection, Overview & TestI received this wonderful Amiga 3000 to repair in late 2024. It has pretty bad battery damage. But just how bad is it? In this video I strip down what...
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Commodore 8 Bits • 64mb Version 2 RAMcard XL is finally done!
Can't tell you how many versions of the board I ended up making and building before I finally got it to fit like a glove inside both the version 1 and version 2 RAMLinks. It was a tight fit I tell you...
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Commodore 8 Bits • TurboMaster Version 3 is complete
I'm happy to report that I have successfully reverse engineered and improved the TurboMaster CPU.I reverse engineered all of the PALs including the super-rare U18MA (MasterAdapter version) of the U18...
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Commodore 8 Bits • Degaussing a CRT is a kind of magic
A couple of weeks ago an elderly woman in the Seattle area contacted me. She had some old Commodore hardware that her daughters used in the 1980s and wondered if I wanted it. Rather than it go to the...
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The Lounge • AMIGA/040 - Amiga 40th Anniversary Expo - August 1 & 2, 2025...
The organizers of Amiga 30 have teamed up with VCF West to bring you AMIGA/040 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, USA. The event takes place on August 1, 2025 and August 2,...
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Commodore 8 Bits • Commodore 128: Ultimate GEOS Setup with Wheels
iframe The Final Final Chapter, FinallyIn Part 1 of this series I demoed one of the peak GEOS setups that was possible for Commodore computers in the late 1980s. That setup included: C128Dcr - with an...
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