fletch31337
New member
G'day,
I'm just here to introduce myself. I'm an Aussie Amiga hacker who first got an Amiga 2000 in 1990 after upgrading from a Commodore 128 (which itself was an upgrade from a C64!). My mates had Amiga 1000s which I played with from the mid 80s till I got my own Miggy!
While I discovered the beauty of Unix in the early to mid 90s, I could never shake the Amiga habit and still haven't managed to - I've given up trying!
I first discovered the Internet through dialing into Unix and VMS systems using the Amiga program Term! However, the first time I connected to the Internet where the machine had its own IP address (as opposed using a terminal emulator to dial into a host on the Internet) was using my accelerated Amiga 2000 and the Voyager web browser!
I have accumulated many Amigas since the late 90s, including a couple of 1000s, another 2000 with an 030 GVP accelerator (and I still have my original 2000), a couple of 500s, a 1200 with an 060 accelerator, a CDTV, a CD32, a 4000D and a 3000. I also have a G4 Mac Mini which I would like to put MorphOS on at some point. I have various video cards for them and other things like sound samplers, genlocks, bridgeboards, midi, Catweasel, A-Max etc!
I also have various Suns, Vaxen, Macs, SGIs and bits too.
I can confidently say that the secret to keeping Amigas alive is a good quality soldering iron and a lot of pure Iso-propyl alcohol!
My current hack is getting my Cybervision 64/3D to work on my A3000 with a BMON/SMON and to make it switch automatically. The way this can happen is due to a fortunate find on the header on the CV board that connects to the optional scandoubler (which I can't find and if I did, I'm sure I would have to sell a kidney to afford the purchase price!!).
The top right pin on the header goes high (ie outputs approx +5V) when the card is not active (ie the Amiga is outputting native resolutions) and goes low (ie outputs approx 0V) when the card is active.
My intention is to use this signal to power a "non-closed" relay (that is a relay that is switched on when there is next to no current through its switch poles), that will send +5V to the BMON when there is no current from the CV header pin and 0V to the BMON when there is a current from the CV header pin.
This relay will take the place of the manual switch that is usually used to control the BMON!
Pretty cool huh!
If I get it working and don't set myself on fire in the process, I will post the design here if anybody is interested.
I'm not sure how much posting I will be doing, but I have quite a few tricks and hacks up my sleeve and I'll try to share as much as possible.
I guess I should apologise for merely lurking all these years and say that I'm happy to have the opportunity to hack on my Amigas more often again and I look forward to interacting with the community!
Regards,
Fletch31337.
I'm just here to introduce myself. I'm an Aussie Amiga hacker who first got an Amiga 2000 in 1990 after upgrading from a Commodore 128 (which itself was an upgrade from a C64!). My mates had Amiga 1000s which I played with from the mid 80s till I got my own Miggy!
While I discovered the beauty of Unix in the early to mid 90s, I could never shake the Amiga habit and still haven't managed to - I've given up trying!
I first discovered the Internet through dialing into Unix and VMS systems using the Amiga program Term! However, the first time I connected to the Internet where the machine had its own IP address (as opposed using a terminal emulator to dial into a host on the Internet) was using my accelerated Amiga 2000 and the Voyager web browser!
I have accumulated many Amigas since the late 90s, including a couple of 1000s, another 2000 with an 030 GVP accelerator (and I still have my original 2000), a couple of 500s, a 1200 with an 060 accelerator, a CDTV, a CD32, a 4000D and a 3000. I also have a G4 Mac Mini which I would like to put MorphOS on at some point. I have various video cards for them and other things like sound samplers, genlocks, bridgeboards, midi, Catweasel, A-Max etc!
I also have various Suns, Vaxen, Macs, SGIs and bits too.
I can confidently say that the secret to keeping Amigas alive is a good quality soldering iron and a lot of pure Iso-propyl alcohol!
My current hack is getting my Cybervision 64/3D to work on my A3000 with a BMON/SMON and to make it switch automatically. The way this can happen is due to a fortunate find on the header on the CV board that connects to the optional scandoubler (which I can't find and if I did, I'm sure I would have to sell a kidney to afford the purchase price!!).
The top right pin on the header goes high (ie outputs approx +5V) when the card is not active (ie the Amiga is outputting native resolutions) and goes low (ie outputs approx 0V) when the card is active.
My intention is to use this signal to power a "non-closed" relay (that is a relay that is switched on when there is next to no current through its switch poles), that will send +5V to the BMON when there is no current from the CV header pin and 0V to the BMON when there is a current from the CV header pin.
This relay will take the place of the manual switch that is usually used to control the BMON!
Pretty cool huh!
If I get it working and don't set myself on fire in the process, I will post the design here if anybody is interested.
I'm not sure how much posting I will be doing, but I have quite a few tricks and hacks up my sleeve and I'll try to share as much as possible.
I guess I should apologise for merely lurking all these years and say that I'm happy to have the opportunity to hack on my Amigas more often again and I look forward to interacting with the community!
Regards,
Fletch31337.
