Blog entries by CrazyC
Aah, damn it.
Got the clockport extender cables and despite trying to be ever so careful as soon as I switched on the extender released a little puff of magic smoke......
Obviously switched it all off immediately.
The only thing that was plugged into the extender at the time was the RTC/temp...
And as usual with this hobby there is always a catch...
Well, I started by having to fit one of my 3.2 custom roms (inc the ehide driver) into the rom riser that is linked to the rom.expander to provide power (I assume).These roms are however fractionally larger and I had a mare trying to get...
Well they have arrived! Hopefully will get a minute to fit them, but as others have reported amigakit don't send the software or provide a working link on the product page, so at best I will be able to test that my rapid road still works and the RTC.....
EDIT - Actually they replied within an...
Well I have been so busy with work that I havent been able to spend much Amiga time for a while, but as the new Amibay is back and looks really good I have to say, I thought i would post something.
It is also about this time of year that upgrade fever hits me and I so I was considering what I...
Well, I bought one of those ftdi cables that mean I can flash new firmware directly onto my tf1260 without removing it from my checkmate case.
I followed the videos available online and flashed the latest alpha firmware without any problems.
Much to my joy I found that my Rev 6 060 seems quite...
OK - after some twists and turns along the way, I am almost there.
My checkmate a1200 is still utterly in bits over my desk, but is just pending one more part prior to being rebuilt.
So, the TF1260 is now up and running, and thanks to a friend who made me some physical ROMs with the ehide...
Well, a little time has passed and thanks to Fitzsteve I have the upgrade bug again.
I got no further with the fastata although the broken leg was repaired and the amiga mostly sees the Kickstarts but with the rom risers its not 100% and cannot see the fastata card itself.
I have setup 3.2 on...
Well time for a little catchup post. I decided that AmigaOS 3.2 would be my next investment and so ordered not only the CD but a set of ROMs as well. I decided to do a clean install and build this from scratch. It all went OK although it is still a bit barebones as it comes and installing...
Well following on from the last two posts, the audio mixer that a.mi.goun so kindly made for me arrived today. It works great and was fitted in minutes. It allows me to not only combine the audio from the cdda output from the cd drive with the output from the RCA posts for the system sound...
Well as I cannot work out how to add pictures to my own comments, I have created a new post for the comparison pics of the 2 5.25 drives.
The darker (LG) drive is a tight fit which is good as it holds itself in (as the screw fixings don't line up), the lighter drive is a bit looser and I will...
Well my next project with this case is to get the CD Audio working properly. I can play music CDs using an app that reads the music from the data stream, but as I want it all, I want to use an app that can do that AND look up the CD details online. These apps it seems just get the cd drive to...
Well for Xmas I got a rapidroad USB for my checkmate. I got a couple of short USB extenders that did not have chunky female connectors, and took my dremel to my spare little additional front panel for the checkmate case.
At first it was great, but then I realised that I could not refit the...
Well, after all the shenanigans with the DVD drive, its fitted and although the inside isnt tidy, and there are some more things I will do if I get a chance, its closed up and running, and I am loving it.
(Just in case anyone has the same question I did, I would suggest M2 3mm screws to fit...
Well, were it not for amazon delivering the wrong dvd drive I would be close to finished with this now, but that will have to wait for next weekend.....
Anyway, I had the issue with the drive not aligning and so messaged Stephen who pointed out that I have a low profile drive - I dont know if...
Now lets turn to the keyboard.
This was really easy - open it up, screw in the keyrah, plug in the keybaord conenctor and slot in the keyboard, add a few screws and voila.
Now yes, i did manage to slightly thread one of the plastic screws, but hey ho.
Points to note.
I had intended to try...
Well today my Checkmate case arrived! Despite my initial intention to leave it well alone until the weekend as I have lots of work to do, I couldn't resist opening it up and having a go tonight!
Whilst I did read the manual (so I thought) there are a few lessons to learn from today's...
Deep sigh .......Well, I was trying to get Payback working on my towered a1200, but I have started to have issues with it. Programs failing due to 80000004 errors or something like that.
Googling seemed to suggest possible memory errors and it seems to be worsening, so I put Amiga Analyser on...
Well for my soon (ish) to be Checkmated a1200 I decided I needed a bit more oomph. I know everyone is going nuts for 68060s but I splashed out an a nice Blizzard 1230 MkIV with fpu and 32mb RAM. That will do for this one. It also means I can run CWB3.9 as I have got bored with 3.1.4.1 being...
Ah well, now that my towered a1200 has gone nearly as far as I want to take it (PPC is out of my league), my mind has turned to a new project. Despite all my comments about never being interested in big box amigas, I have now ordered a Checkmate case for my other a1200! :ninja:
Obviously it...
Well as documented in a post somewhere on here I recently removed my dodgy homemade faceplate for the CF adapter and USB, and got a 3d printed CF bracket, and then a USB hub that seemed to go well. Before and after pics below for posterity, including the 3d printed bracket from thingiverse