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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: klx300r on May 17, 2018, 11:52:32 PM
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check out this thread over at a1k.org
http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=65864
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Cool! What does it say? Can't read German and don't remember if I have an account with that site.
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Don't have time to click on the link. Will just say whatever it is, it really makes us Americans (and U.K., and where ever else folks here on this site are from) look lazy. When's the last time you heard of any cool new hardware stemming from amiga.org website? :lol:
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Cool! What does it say? Can't read German and don't remember if I have an account with that site.
Use babelfish or google translate man
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Mike
Amiga scene in usa is dead as hell. there is a still a scene in europe.
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guys the guy heading this project up is from Washington, USA and you don't have to read german just go to the "International Section" where it's in english...though I think you have to be registered and logged in to see that section?
anyhow here's the 1st post for those not registered:
Hey Friends
I've been working on a project I wanted to share for Amiga 1000 fans. I was lucky and fortunate enough to recently acquire The Rejuvenator. This was a direct competitor (in features) to the Phoenix. It doesn't have the same long list of features, but it includes the most important ones.
TL;DR, this board made in 1990 replaces the 1000's original daughterboard. It is a non-destructive upgrade that pushed the 1000 from .5 MB Chip to 1 or 2 MB using the Fat/Obese Agnus, and to also provide a KS ROM (no more floppy KS loads).
I recorded a video explaining it all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ZcflUKDcI
And also wrote an in-depth article about it for the curious:
https://amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=591
Bottom Line? It is my intention to have these boards made again (not for profit - only reimbursement costs covered) and brought back to the Amiga 1000 community. I am already in discussions with a local circuit board design and manufacturing company and more details will emerge soon. As such, I will likely be launching a GoFundMe in the next few days to see if there is an appetite by the 1000 community to bring this tech to 2018 and eventually improve it even further. Anyone interested?
Cheers!
Miniaturansicht angehängter Grafiken (http://www.a1k.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=170089&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1525549713) (http://www.a1k.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=170089&d=1525549713) (http://www.a1k.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=170090&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1525549768) (http://www.a1k.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=170090&d=1525549768)
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Thanks klx300r! Will look more into this as I'm definitely interested in the project. Have an original Phoenix board in one of my A1000's, but am always excited about new/old projects such as this. Anything that breathes new life into an A1000 case. :-)
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Hey Everyone
I'm "that guy". :) I go by a couple different monikers on The Internets. Sometimes "intric8" and sometimes "AmigaLove". I am indeed based in Seattle. My friends just call me Eric. ;)
I hope to post an update to this project this weekend. There is one more domino that I expect to drop on Saturday afternoon if all goes well. After that, I can get everyone up to speed on where things stand.
The good news is, right now, things are looking quite positive. VERY positive, actually.
Thanks to the OP for announcing this project here.
Oh, and I've talked to Greg Tibbs - the original designer and creator of the Rejuventor in the past week. VERY cool dude. And have his support/blessing 100%. More soon.
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Mike
Amiga scene in usa is dead as hell. there is a still a scene in europe.
Funny, we still have AmiWest in California, our Amiga vendor AOTL offers better prices than your dealers do.
And have you must have forgotten that the Amiga was designed here (as was the 68K cpu, almost all X86 cpus, a quite a few other useful devices - AMD gpus, etc.).
In fact, when I think of the design of useful electronic component I think of the USA first, Japan second, and Europe? A very distant third.
Sure you guys embraced our Amiga, but that just proves you're sensible, discerning, and intelligent consumers.
And as far as Europe goes, the country that really deserves credit is Germany (although Hyperion is located in nearby Belgium). They were the powerhouse the produced some of the best third party hardware and software (and to some degree still do).
Beyond all this international bickering, everything today is global.
The team developing the T2080 laptop has members spanning the globe - including myself, if I may be so humble, located in the US.
I've already got plans to sell a couple a components, but they'll be built with the cooperative of Italian, Chinese and Mexican partners.
You constantly try to claim that the Amiga market was stronger in Europe, the fact is there was simply more diversity of offerings and platforms here.
Both the SS-50 and S100 computing platforms, the progenitors of the PC movement were developed here, Apple was started by hobbyists here, the X86 PC was initially designed by IBM (a very traditional US company) again here.
About the only development I can credit to Europe is the British creation of the ACORN computer and its very successful ARM cpu.
Other than that, very few ISAs have been created outside the US (although there are a few notable exceptions like the Hitachi Super H, but then, that's not European, its Japanese).
Face it, we invented the personal computer. The first two large scale commercial PCs invented for everyday users were the Commodore Pet and the Tandy Model 1. Again, US products.
And now that I think about it, the 68K wasn't our only success. Power and PowerPC processors were invented here (developed initially by two American companies IBM and Motorola), Intel, still the dominant force in the PC market place is a US company.
And while ARM obviously originating in Great Britain, currently its licensed worldwide (by diverse companies that include the US' TI, Intel, and Freescale/NXP).
Dead as hell? If that was true the prices commanded on eBay for Amiga hardware would be much lower. I purchase my first fully functional A2000 via ebay with local pickup for about $35.
These days I couldn't find a similar condition unit for less than about 10 times that.
Dead? Hardly, along with my involvement in the T2080 project, I also working on AROS ports to currently unsupported PPC platforma, and I hopefully will be able to obtain a Talos II Lite and port AROS to that.
And btw, I was the person that approached MorphOS developer Mark Olsen to secure a copy of MorphOS 3.10 that California Amiga enthusiast Acill demo'd on his personal X5000 at the last AmiWest.
Which, btw, was the first time 3.10 was demoed on an X5000 with the new drivers that had been created for Radeon HD video cards (again, it was in the US).
And one of the best hardware repairers, modifiers, recappers, and the populators of boards ranging from the AmyITX, to the new corrected 3460/3660 boards, as well as the man behind the recreation of the A4000 motherboard?
The same man, my friend Paul AKA Acill, a Californian (the US once again).
So not to rub your noses in it, but no, we're alive and well and contributing and participating as much as any of you.
Lets get over this BS and realize were a global community of Amiga enthusiasts.
Hubris and national pride should not blind us to our common interest.
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Mike
Amiga scene in usa is dead as hell. there is a still a scene in europe.
I wouldn’t say dead as hell..but darn close ...so there is still I tiny heartbeat ready to be jump started.
R.
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I wouldn’t say dead as hell..but darn close ...so there is still I tiny heartbeat ready to be jump started.
R.
It's more of things being dead here than anything else. I've become quite active in the Facebook group. It's got hundreds of posts daily, and lots from US users. Though things are much slower on our side of the pond, I definitely agree.
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It's more of things being dead here than anything else. I've become quite active in the Facebook group. It's got hundreds of posts daily, and lots from US users. Though things are much slower on our side of the pond, I definitely agree.
dead here:confused: check in everyday and lots of stuff/ news still & other Amiga forums
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@ amigalove
thanks for posting here Eric & looking forward to seeing the new Rejuvenator boards for our beloved A1000s :hammer::)