Great video as always, and Yes the sound is unique i can tell you with certain amiga games what is loading, Lemmings is just one that come to mind! I remember being told to unplug my faulty internal drive as a kid to enable me to load anything from my external drive until i could afford to get it replaced.
It is fun listening to FDDs working, computers today are too quiet really, it's nice to hear them doing something to make it seem like it's working, and when the ominous silence occurs, you know it's gone wrong... :P
Like Barbie hair, wires don't regrow once cut. I always remind my self to rough cut longer than I will ever need then trim to length once I know were the switch will be mounted. I like to give the wires a little extra length so they don't get accidentally get ripped from their solder joint. Zip ties, heat shrink and strain relief are your friends. (mostly cause I don't have any 😭)
The Amiga has a Shugard floppy connector and therefore the ability to connect DF0 to DF3 floppys. In contrast, PCs only have the option of Disk0 and Disk1 on the same bus. The Amiga uses a straight 1:1 cable, while the PC swaps part of the data cable. When inserting a floppy disk, the Amiga signals this via a PIN. The PC reads at intervals to determine whether a floppy disk is present. All Amiga have one drawback: the Paula IC is responsible for sound and the floppy is too slow for HD floppy disks.
Great video as always, and Yes the sound is unique i can tell you with certain amiga games what is loading, Lemmings is just one that come to mind!
I remember being told to unplug my faulty internal drive as a kid to enable me to load anything from my external drive until i could afford to get it replaced.
Great video Jan, that little kit is a great solution.
It is fun listening to FDDs working, computers today are too quiet really, it's nice to hear them doing something to make it seem like it's working, and when the ominous silence occurs, you know it's gone wrong... :P
Amazing Video! Thanks so much for sharing (and for the mention)☺
Gran video e bel lavoro Jan!
Hehe I think everyone who built anything in their life has had that: "He it doesn't work" moment on path to glory :) Great video 👍
Good job soldering to those sockets. I've tried doing that before and made a mess of it.
Like Barbie hair, wires don't regrow once cut. I always remind my self to rough cut longer than I will ever need then trim to length once I know were the switch will be mounted. I like to give the wires a little extra length so they don't get accidentally get ripped from their solder joint. Zip ties, heat shrink and strain relief are your friends. (mostly cause I don't have any 😭)
Why do I need to boot from an external drive when i have a working internal drive?
Coole Lösung mit dem Fire Switcher, ich stehe ja auf diese feinen,leisen Biepser....
The Amiga has a Shugard floppy connector and therefore the ability to connect DF0 to DF3 floppys.
In contrast, PCs only have the option of Disk0 and Disk1 on the same bus.
The Amiga uses a straight 1:1 cable, while the PC swaps part of the data cable.
When inserting a floppy disk, the Amiga signals this via a PIN. The PC reads at intervals to determine whether a floppy disk is present.
All Amiga have one drawback: the Paula IC is responsible for sound and the floppy is too slow for HD floppy disks.
Nice
Ottimo !
Cool ich hab mir gerade einen Amiga 500 gekauft. Mein 1000er ist verschwunden. Oder wurde mitgenommen 🤫
😁👍