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Title: I built a raspmiga
Post by: cjk303 on November 24, 2020, 08:00:42 PM

I already have a bunch of amigas, 500's, 1200's, 600's but I keep them in a pristine condition and not use them (because im a collectioner type and I want to save those for future generations. So I wanted to have one that I can actually use but I never felt like getting turbo cards, indivision aga or even a vampire (besides the standalone version) so I thought I'd build a raspberry based emulator that looks like the real thing.

I bought a broken amiga 500 keyboard (the membrane needed replacing - brand new one installed), fixed it, retrobrightened the keys and made it look like new.
Then I bought a damaged, yellowed and heavily scratched case which needed some work but in the end turned out just like new.
Then a raspberry PI 4b, then Tynemouth USB converter for amiga keyboards, 3d printed ports, some cables and here it is:

(https://i.ibb.co/t4P9mqS/fr-3609-size880.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/3C1WPx5/fr-3610-size880.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/Th71h83/fr-3615-size880.jpg)

I will be running Pimiga on it as I was told it's pretty good. Do you guys have any other ideas on what I should use ?

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on November 25, 2020, 11:08:58 PM

Nice!  Great job on the ports.  👍👍

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: trekiej on November 26, 2020, 12:08:21 AM

I hope to do that for an A600.
Congratulations.

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: giZmo350 on November 26, 2020, 01:35:10 AM

Quote from: trekiej on November 26, 2020, 12:08:21 AM

I hope to do that for an A600.

When?! LOL
j/k.  ;)

Hey, did you snag that A600 you were talkin about a couple weeks ago?

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: giZmo350 on November 26, 2020, 01:37:29 AM

Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike on November 25, 2020, 11:08:58 PM

Nice!  Great job on the ports.  👍👍

Agreed! Nice 3D application. Wish I had one. Seen that new 4D printer on the market?

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: midway on November 26, 2020, 03:54:42 AM

Very cool! What emulator are you using for the rasp 4?

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: pneron on November 26, 2020, 04:00:09 AM

nice job !

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: cjk303 on November 26, 2020, 03:19:08 PM

I recorded a little video showing how it works with pimiga 1.2b

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaNygb6NxAk&feature=youtu.be

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: trekiej on November 27, 2020, 04:55:51 AM

I bought two A600's a while back.
Before that I asked the dealer if I could buy both at a reduced amount and they agreed.
I have one with a Spanish kb and one with a UK bk.
Both now have solid state drives ( cf and a sd card).
Later.

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: trekiej on December 04, 2020, 04:22:19 AM

Thanks for sharing.

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: cjk303 on December 09, 2020, 03:49:28 PM

I am planning to put inside something much more powerful than this setup. Just for fun really as it's pretty pointless. The only point is to see a crazy sysinfo rating. I have a damaged ASUS ROG laptop with a very tasty I7 CPU inside, the case and the screen are damaged, mainboard is having some issues with its GPU but it's not like I need those so it could be perfect to make the fastest "Amiga 500" looking clone ever out of trash.

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: giZmo350 on December 09, 2020, 05:00:41 PM

(https://media.giphy.com/media/idUgpCC6XLoK0ZNZ2o/giphy.gif)

I'd like to see that!   ;D

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: cjk303 on December 17, 2020, 07:42:10 AM

Running pimiga 1.4 now and this is what playing quake, doom and duke nukem 3d is like on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irbo-bPiuZ4

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: cjk303 on December 17, 2020, 07:49:17 PM

And a horizontal version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77BI3tXoGv4&feature=emb_title

Title: Re: I built a raspmiga
Post by: trekiej on December 20, 2020, 06:30:21 AM

Now I want a Rpi-4 and an UnAmiga A600.