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A4000 Custom build projectYes ive heard he's very reliable and well thought of for fixing A4000 motherboards, I'm trying to fix my other board, I need to replace the...- Stephen Summerson
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A4000 Custom build projectNice job sir. Im on my own journey at the moment.... A4000TX/ Cyberstorm060 mk3 build (literally just received my repaired 060 back from Hese) -...
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"Checkmated" by UPS & TariffsI would not be surprised that the shipping companies are doing this (falsely reporting) in order to rake in profits for themselves, versus...- kirk_m
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"Checkmated" by UPS & TariffsI too had this happen this month on an SFX bracket I bought here from @arymanx. 200% tariff for use of "Russian aluminum" on a fully stainless...
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Bits Of War
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[Verse 1]
Red flag raised on the raster field
Blue code marching in a metal line
Command line crown on a cracked old screen
Commodore kingdom past its prime
Cartridge smoke in the living room
Thumbs bruised raw
Eyes wired wide
Pixel soldiers in a plastic tomb
Saving...
This is my Custom A4000D Amiga built from scratch with brand new components and boards, Black drives, LED activity and power LED'S
Loads more to go and more pics and info to follow.
Received modified floppy drives and a custom M.2 Sata SSD HD card to go in to replace the SD card HD with 128GB...
1. Christmas Amiga
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2. Retro Christmas Love
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3. Pixel Snowfall (A1200) (reprise)
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4. Amiga Christmas (Motown)
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5. Amiga Navidad
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6. Christmas Amiga Amibay (reprise)
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7. Pixel Snowfall (A1200)
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8. Amibay...
The story you’re about to read is beyond belief, and I’m sharing it as a warning for everyone who is planning to import any metal computer parts, including Amiga enclosures, into the US today.
I had been looking for some time to get a Checkmate case. I found one from another Amigan in Canada...
What I am describing here is DickeOlga accelerator build I decided to execute after a long wait in a line for accelerator version built by 8-Bit Dreams. The accelerator designed by Sven Hamag and published at GitLab (project ID: 64402317).
* BUILD IDEA
When I joined the waiting line in this...
Visiting EU for business I had a chance to spend last weekend with great Amiga crowd gathered around 40th celebration of beloved brand taking place in Am Nordpark hall in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
The Amiga40 prepared by Markus and his team was one of best organized non-profit events I had a...
August 1st through 3rd, 2025, were days when Amiga fans celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Amiga during the amazing Vintage Computer Festival West show, held in Mountain View, California.
Besides a large Amiga-dedicated booth assembled by several passionate Amiga enthusiasts and vendors, I...
Well, its been a while, and I am still awaiting my original colour a1200.net case so will add photos when that arrives, but I am still focussed on my a1200 wedge which is set up on the dining room table.
In summary:
Picowyfy - for various reasons I could not get this to work, gave up and got a...
New Songs - September 2025
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Ghosts in the Maze (80s Disco)
Ghosts in the Maze (80s Funk)
New Songs - August 2025
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Amibay Dreams
Oh Amiga
State Of The Art
Start Of The Art (Retro Synths)
Tracker Beats
New Songs - July 2025
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Project-X Forevermore
Project-X Will Save The Day
A small repost
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Paula's Melody
Lemmings On The Edge
New Songs - June 2025
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Digital Dreamer
Only Amiga Makes it Possible (70s Rock)
A small repost
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Only Amiga Makes It Possible I
Only Amiga Makes It Possible II
New songs - May 2025
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Only Amiga Makes it True (new)
Pixelated Love (new)
Well, I turned my attention to my wedge a1200 and made some progress - I fitted a black keyboard and a SOLAS, although managed to blow something up during the process and had to send the motherboard off for repair (Cheers to Rob Cranley for sorting this) - but anyway, its back and the SOLAS is...
A small collection of music that I made back in April 2025.
Enjoy!
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Amiga Dreams
Pinball Dreams
Welcome to my 'review' of my towered a1200. Now revived with a new psu it lives again (But read on as subsequent events complicated matters)
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This machine actually does not get much use these days, but still holds a special place in my heart for various reasons. I have had this board since...