It’s 1977, the Apple II has launched. It has issues, but with Steve Wozniak’s engineering genius and Steve Jobs growing business vision, Apple is up to the challenge of taking their fledgling computer to higher levels with the Apple II+ and IIe.
Author: Retronaut
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Why we LOVE The Apple II: The Amazing Era Defining Micro
In this first video of a 3 part video series we look at the trinity of micros launched in 1977, how they were all inspired by a previous 1975 trinity and how the Apple II beat its competitors. What made the original 1977 Apple II so great ? And what where its foibles and limitations.
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Amiga 4000: Is the Fastlane Z3 the best home for a BlueSCSIv2 Upgrade?
In this video, we install a Fastlane Z3 Fast SCSI2 card in my Amiga 4000 and use a BlueSCSIv2 to upgrade the machine with much faster disk IO and the potential of a CD-Rom and WIFI based networking.
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From Video Game to TV Show: Fallout’s Epic Journey!
WHERE did Amazon Prime’s hit Fallout show came from? Watch on to learn the history behind the wonderful new #fallouttvshow. From who’s imagination did #Fallout originally spring? The origins of #vaultboy, the #supermutant and much more. Could it all have originated with a #retrogame ? Watch and find out…
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BlueSCSIv2: Amiga WIFI Internet!
The BlueSCSI v2 has a hidden new feature for Amiga users… WIFI!. It emulates a DynaPort, a 1990s Macintosh computer SCSI BUS network device. A few days ago, Rob Smith a UK based developer, revealed he had ported the required device driver to the Amiga. Now your BlueSCSI v2 can give your Amiga networking! In this video, we look at how we can set all of this up and get our 1987 computer on the internet!
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Making & Using a BlueSCSI v2
The BlueSCSI v2 provides a powerful replacement for legacy SCSI hard disks and SCSI based CD-Rom drives. In a recent video, we used an internal BlueSCSI v2 in my Ergo Pro x453 Windows 98 PC. In this video, we look at the devices in more detail, and use its external model to transfer data onto my Amiga 500, via its GVP HD8+ SCSI hard drive sidecar expansion. We also look at how the BlueSCSI can be used on a range of platforms, including the Amiga, retro Macintoshes and retro PCs.
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Amiga500 Upgrade CH:03 RAM Upgrade & Reassembly
In this episode, we make a modification to my revision 6A Amiga 500, cutting a trace, to allow it to have 1MB of Chip RAM, by adding the 512KB in my trapdoor RAM expansion, to the 512KB on board. Once this is done, we put the machine back together, plug in my GVP A500-HD8+ sidecar SCSI Hard Disk and we check out how it performs. Was all the effort worth it?
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Amiga500 Upgrade CH:02 Installing the GVP A500-HD8+
Having got a hold of a GVP A500-HD8+ SCSI Hard disk sidecar, from 1991-92, I now need to update it to make it usable in my Amiga 500 refurb and upgrade. This device came with a ZuluSCSI, meaning I could use WinUAE, to modify its virtual hard disks. In this video I update it with a new install of Workbench 3.2, to work with a 3.2.1 ROM I had left spare from my Amiga 2000 refurb.
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Next level Amiga500 with 1MB Chip RAM and a GVP hard drive!
My Commodore Amiga 500 really needs some Amiga upgrades! In this series I will take it from a stock A500, to a machine that I would have been proud to have back in 1997, by modifying its logic board, giving it 1MB of chip RAM and then installing a hard drive in the form of a GVP HD8+ sidecar. First, lets do an inspection and see what we have to work with…
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Amiga GoDRIvE1200 Review & Installation on an Amiga 500
In this video, we show how you can install a GoDrive 1200 from Digital Retro Bay, and I give a review as to its design, utility and performance