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  • The Roland MT-32: The Ultimate late-80s Gaming Sound

    The Roland MT-32: The Ultimate late-80s Gaming Sound

    One of the projects I wanted to do with my new 486 PC was to try out a Roland MT-32 with it. The MT-32 is a MIDI synthesiser that was used to help compose many late-80s games. Many of these games sound amazing with an MT-32, so, like many before me, I decided to talk… Read more

  • 486 PC Build

    486 PC Build

    A lot of people my age went from the 8bit era to the 16bit era and then PCs. I took a very different route and, as such, I want to build a machine compatible with what I would have had in the 90s. Read more

  • wolfSSL on Amiga

    wolfSSL on Amiga

    As many of you are probably aware, I am one of the developers of wolfSSL. I specialise in porting to various platforms, everything from 16bit microcontrollers to big iron 64bit server processors. I decided to see if I could get wolfSSL running on a 30+ year old platform, specifically “Jops”, the Amiga 4000 I just… Read more

  • Two special Amiga 4000s: Rebuilding Jops

    Two special Amiga 4000s: Rebuilding Jops

    Now that the motherboard work is finished, it is time to rebuild. Lots of 3D printing involved in this one, let’s dive in. Read more

  • Two special Amiga 4000s: More Jops Repairs

    Two special Amiga 4000s: More Jops Repairs

    In my previous post in this series, I managed to diagnose and repair three very strange issues that were causing issues with the video output. Now it is time to continue the repair to the rest of the motherboard. Read more

  • Two special Amiga 4000s: Jops video

    Two special Amiga 4000s: Jops video

    I finally got Jops to generate a good DiagROM serial output, but the video output wasn’t working. This time I dig further into why that is happening. Read more