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Converting a PC Floppy Drive to Amiga
I recently purchased an external floppy drive the for the Amiga which was sold as “untested”. Unfortunately “untested” in this case meant “doesn’t work and someone did a bad attempt at repairing it”. There were parts of the drive physically broken and it was beyond repair. I lucked out because unlike the Rotec drive I… Read more
Programming Xilinx JTAG from a Raspberry Pi
Many modern Amiga cards use Xilinx chips for everything from a basic CPLD for auto configuration to full blown CPU replacements. My Terrible Fire 534 accelerator has two of these chips and they are field programmable using JTAG. It turns out a Raspberry Pi can be turned into a programmer for these, so this is… Read more
Mounting the Amiga SD Card HDD Outside the Case
Now that my Amiga 500 Plus uses an SD card for a hard drive the most annoying thing is having to open up the case every time I want to change the contents of the SD card or switch the card. So, I figured out a way of mounting the SD card outside the case.… Read more
Trying Out More Amiga 500 Plus Upgrades
After my TF534 accelerator was installed I decided that I needed to try some more upgrades to my Amiga. Some worked out, some didn’t. This post is my journey over the last couple of weeks. Read more
Amiga Gotek Display Box Upgrade
I have found the Gotek drive a really useful tool to store floppy images so that I do not have to rely on 30 year old floppy disks. The mildly annoying thing I’ve had with it is the display and controls are tucked away in the hole for the floppy drive. I wanted a way… Read more
Upgrading the Terrible Fire
In my previous post I mentioned that I acquired and repaired a faulty TF534 accelerator. Over the past couple of weeks I have been upgrading the card and the Amiga around it. This is where I am at now. Read more
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