I remember the first time I opened an A4000 thinking this is like another PC case that I had worked on before. Then years later (97ish) when I worked for a PC manufacturer they also started to use what I believe to be basically the same case with different plastics. So there was (what I believe) a case manufacturer selling this design to anyone.
Glancing to the right I see Windows reinstalling quietly in the background which adds to my growing impression that we Amiga users have something in common: we all live in a permanent state of chaos and I love it.
4:28 - I name mine "Bench" all the time. This leaves "Work" available for the 2nd partition! Thus, I have Work Bench ... sort of :) 19:30 - "Everything pauses..." I'd like that... My PC (WIn10) allows user access before the POST is done, and it's like LAAAG until it finishes. With the speed of that machine, I think it would be acceptible. :) :)
Another great Vid Chris👍🏻 Yep I’ve learnt now, that to drown my Amiga sorrows I need Beer 🍺 👍🏻😉 Oh and it may also drown out the taste of the magic smoke that came out of my Amiga 1200 tower the other day, for some reason some of my Molex cables decided to melt 😳 So I take it you still recommend the 3.2 upgrade? I’m still sitting in the fence about it. Interesting that your A4000 locks up, must explain why mine does this too especially using a Cyberstorm/060/PPC with Amiga OS 4.1FE. It’s going off soon to a friend of mine who’s going to do a good all over recap, new Simm sockets etc.. Imreally need to start using my 4000 more. Look forward to the next video. Cheers 👍🏻
my sim socket is cracked, the one i replaced with a 90, but i have the correct metal tabbed ones, i should just do it,. but the 300+ solders i dont feel like it. lol yes the 3.2 update is a nice one, do a fresh install as many of the C commands are supersceded and or replaced entirely, no need for patches and hacks here and there. and once you get her all sorted it is very nice. sure a few bugs here and there. but its 2021 os. which is totally awesome.
The boot menu has a "Safe Boot" option, and an option to stepwise go through your startup. The expansion card display shows more information about add in cards, DiskDoctor is improved, and HDD access is faster by about 30% -- IMHO
Another interesting video Chris could I please ask a question is it ok to use polymer capacitors on the A1200 or stick with electrolytic capacitors many thanks Alan J
Hey Chris, it was cool to see that you burned your own Kickstart 3.2 ROMs for the 4000, but I was hoping that you'd show the entire step-by-step process since I am probably going to be doing that myself in the near-future and not sure how to handle the high/low ROM process. Jan Beta did one for the 16-bit models (500/600/2000) and that process seems much more simple and straightforward.
On the A4000D, the Hi ROM is U175, and the Lo is U176; on the A4000T Hi is U175A and Lo is U176A (if you see silk-screening on the board, D0-D15 is Lo, and D16 - D32 is High)
I don't think you actually assigned the new FFS to your partitions. You should have updated the older FFS instead of just installing another one into the RDB. Love your stuff, though! Keep rocking!
I learned to get your significant other to drink beer. (Ahem). I don't know what's wrong with me, on one hand I am excited about 3.2 but not motivated to open up anything to change the ROM's. Heck I have not even burned the ROM's I did make a copy of my 3.2 disk and yea I played with it in WinUAE but really have not done much with it unlike when 3.1.4 came out I put that on everything I had at the time.
It takes some getting used to and a fresh install is best because a lot of the libraries and utilities in the c dir i’ve been superseded or updated so we do not need aminet patches or utilities to do things that are now included and unfortunately some of those old utilities and patches cause conflicts That is why fresh install is best and re-add your programs however I’ve had several successful upgrades lately
anyone know why with OS3.2, toolmanager2 or 3 load up successfully but dont actually display anything in the tools menu and the docks dont appear either?
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration yeah i can see why the menu would be impacted but im not getting any image docks either, it "runs" but nothing at all appears.
I understand also remember that the icon.library was replaced you can get the Peter K-1 from aminet which displays the 24bit PNG files at lightning speed’s but make it back up of your current one first just in case
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration also any idea how you get registered on hyperions forums? ive tried registering twice now and both times it says its waiting review and never gets accepted, and you cant post anything to tell them their asleep on the job, its kinda insane why the forum is pretty much private/invite only and yet they dont even accept new users access.
I doubt you actually updated the file system for your partitions. IMHO all you did was installing yet another FFS into the RDB, sitting there doing nothing. Try the 'Update Filesystem' button instead to update the FFS in place or alternatively, select the newly installed FFS (it even seemed to have a different DOS type) for each partition.
I love your videos and it's amazing how much you know about Amiga's but it is so hard to follow you. You are all over the place with no path from on action to another often times. I know that is just the way you are and ain't goin-a-change ...just sayin. 🙂 P.S. regretfully my Amiga 4000 birthday stamp is unreadable.
Sorry i do need to write scripts. However I just try to do it like everyone else would nothing fancy just real life how to. I do get better as time progresses
I remember the first time I opened an A4000 thinking this is like another PC case that I had worked on before. Then years later (97ish) when I worked for a PC manufacturer they also started to use what I believe to be basically the same case with different plastics. So there was (what I believe) a case manufacturer selling this design to anyone.
"Give it the old Tonya" - makes me chuckle every time
Glancing to the right I see Windows reinstalling quietly in the background which adds to my growing impression that we Amiga users have something in common: we all live in a permanent state of chaos and I love it.
21h1 update i think it was.
I have myself still working Amiga 500. I should also look for the Amiga 600 and 1200 models. 😺😸👍🐈🐾🎸
Amiga forever! 💾💾💾💾💾
4:28 - I name mine "Bench" all the time. This leaves "Work" available for the 2nd partition! Thus, I have Work Bench ... sort of :)
19:30 - "Everything pauses..." I'd like that... My PC (WIn10) allows user access before the POST is done, and it's like LAAAG until it finishes. With the speed of that machine, I think it would be acceptible. :) :)
Another great Vid Chris👍🏻 Yep I’ve learnt now, that to drown my Amiga sorrows I need Beer 🍺 👍🏻😉 Oh and it may also drown out the taste of the magic smoke that came out of my Amiga 1200 tower the other day, for some reason some of my Molex cables decided to melt 😳 So I take it you still recommend the 3.2 upgrade? I’m still sitting in the fence about it. Interesting that your A4000 locks up, must explain why mine does this too especially using a Cyberstorm/060/PPC with Amiga OS 4.1FE. It’s going off soon to a friend of mine who’s going to do a good all over recap, new Simm sockets etc.. Imreally need to start using my 4000 more. Look forward to the next video. Cheers 👍🏻
my sim socket is cracked, the one i replaced with a 90, but i have the correct metal tabbed ones, i should just do it,. but the 300+ solders i dont feel like it. lol yes the 3.2 update is a nice one, do a fresh install as many of the C commands are supersceded and or replaced entirely, no need for patches and hacks here and there. and once you get her all sorted it is very nice. sure a few bugs here and there. but its 2021 os. which is totally awesome.
The boot menu has a "Safe Boot" option, and an option to stepwise go through your startup. The expansion card display shows more information about add in cards, DiskDoctor is improved, and HDD access is faster by about 30% -- IMHO
Maga. Make Amiga great again! :)
I guess you could drill holes in the grooves so it shows less and allows more air flow. I guess.
yes but i do not want to alter the case. i ended up slapping a ton of fans in it and some cable management.
nice to see you at least protect the table with the mat.... ;-)
Lol
Would love a 3000 or 4000 with a full tower.
Me too!
Another interesting video Chris could I please ask a question is it ok to use polymer capacitors on the A1200 or stick with electrolytic capacitors many thanks Alan J
The best are organic polymer caps. If you can afford them go for it. They dont leak ever
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Thank you
I just updated my A4000 ROMs, prior to updating the HD boots, after the new ROMs it only goes to the Boot Screen is that expected?
You sure it was 4000 and not 1200’s.
Hey Chris, it was cool to see that you burned your own Kickstart 3.2 ROMs for the 4000, but I was hoping that you'd show the entire step-by-step process since I am probably going to be doing that myself in the near-future and not sure how to handle the high/low ROM process. Jan Beta did one for the 16-bit models (500/600/2000) and that process seems much more simple and straightforward.
On the A4000D, the Hi ROM is U175, and the Lo is U176; on the A4000T Hi is U175A and Lo is U176A (if you see silk-screening on the board, D0-D15 is Lo, and D16 - D32 is High)
@@db_37205 I was referring more to the process of burning the EEPROMs rather than which ROM goes where on the motherboard.
@@bretttesdall2155 I am sorry, but I did not know that is what you meant. I will make a note not to respond to your comments in the future.
@@db_37205 Apologies for the tone of my response. I should have made more clear what part of the process I was hoping for more details on.
I will make a video on the step by steps and how to do just that.
Chris, I could have easily burned a set of ROMs for nothing; it takes about 10 minutes.
Thanks but i finally got a bunch and the programmer and stuff
"English like Jesus spoke" - LOL, nice one.
Hey that was white Jesus! ;-)
I don't think you actually assigned the new FFS to your partitions. You should have updated the older FFS instead of just installing another one into the RDB.
Love your stuff, though! Keep rocking!
I learned to get your significant other to drink beer. (Ahem). I don't know what's wrong with me, on one hand I am excited about 3.2 but not motivated to open up anything to change the ROM's. Heck I have not even burned the ROM's I did make a copy of my 3.2 disk and yea I played with it in WinUAE but really have not done much with it unlike when 3.1.4 came out I put that on everything I had at the time.
It takes some getting used to and a fresh install is best because a lot of the libraries and utilities in the c dir i’ve been superseded or updated so we do not need aminet patches or utilities to do things that are now included and unfortunately some of those old utilities and patches cause conflicts That is why fresh install is best and re-add your programs however I’ve had several successful upgrades lately
anyone know why with OS3.2, toolmanager2 or 3 load up successfully but dont actually display anything in the tools menu and the docks dont appear either?
Because wb has that menueditor in prefs now that overrides it
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration yeah i can see why the menu would be impacted but im not getting any image docks either, it "runs" but nothing at all appears.
I understand also remember that the icon.library was replaced you can get the Peter K-1 from aminet which displays the 24bit PNG files at lightning speed’s but make it back up of your current one first just in case
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration ah n1, cheers.
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration also any idea how you get registered on hyperions forums? ive tried registering twice now and both times it says its waiting review and never gets accepted, and you cant post anything to tell them their asleep on the job, its kinda insane why the forum is pretty much private/invite only and yet they dont even accept new users access.
I doubt you actually updated the file system for your partitions. IMHO all you did was installing yet another FFS into the RDB, sitting there doing nothing. Try the 'Update Filesystem' button instead to update the FFS in place or alternatively, select the newly installed FFS (it even seemed to have a different DOS type) for each partition.
it updated.
Maybe a clone of the Amiga 3000 or 4000 in an ATX form factor.
i would rock that too.
What about getting the source code for Disc Doctor and compile it into a ADF.
3.2 has a diskdoctor adf already.
I love your videos and it's amazing how much you know about Amiga's but it is so hard to follow you. You are all over the place with no path from on action to another often times. I know that is just the way you are and ain't goin-a-change ...just sayin. 🙂 P.S. regretfully my Amiga 4000 birthday stamp is unreadable.
Sorry i do need to write scripts. However I just try to do it like everyone else would nothing fancy just real life how to. I do get better as time progresses
It's hard to see you suffer with this Amiga 3000. If you want I can take it off your hands for say, $400. I'm a few states away.
Add a zero
@@ChrisEdwardsRestoration The Amiga 30000?
Nice try