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Offline ferrellsl

Re: List of Amiga games that make the power LED go crazy....
« on: September 27, 2013, 09:35:16 PM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;748985
I always hated how C= tied the power LED into the audio filter.  Looked stupid for the computer to be on but the light off, at least some models only dim the LED.  What jack*** came up with this idea, anyway?  Haha.  ;)


It was probably the same clown who decided to put a non-standard parallel port on my A1000. I think the A2000 had this same "feature" if my memory serves me correctly.  I can remember having to buy a special "Amiga-only" printer cable that cost 3 times the amount of a standard cable back in the day.
 

Offline ferrellsl

Re: List of Amiga games that make the power LED go crazy....
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2013, 07:19:08 PM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;748998
A1000 had gender-reversed parallel and serial ports for whatever reason.  All other models had standard Male and Female connectors AFAIK.


On the A1000, it was more than just a simple gender change.  There was also a power pin that had been moved because a standard gender changer adapter didn't work and the user also risked damaging their Amiga if they tried to use a standard parallel printer cable and a standard gender changer.  God, I miss my old A1000 though. Wish I had never sold it.
 

Offline ferrellsl

Re: List of Amiga games that make the power LED go crazy....
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2013, 07:20:52 PM »
Quote from: orange;749251
(a bit offtopic) iirc, Titanic crunched executables would do that.


Quite a few demos also dimmed the LED.  The list of them that did this would indeed be a long one.