This always makes me chuckle. Squeezing every possible inch out of the Amiga blitter meant that when blits were in progress, the 68000 got zero cycles. So, no need to blitwait, right? Well, that was not very future-proof, now was it? Extract from WHDLOAD release notes for my Amiga game Projectyle. #Amiga#Blitter#AllTheMinterms#Projectyle
Playing around with the different target platforms of #Lazarus pascal IDE. Todays first step was to build a native #Commodore#Amiga executable. OK, it's big in size, but it runs ok. Needs an additional #MUI installed. And don't forget to copy the created .fpcres file too. If you don't do it, you will be thrown with error messages.
Next try is OSX Tiger on G4 processor. #RetroComputing
"A new Amiga show in 2023? Madness surely? Today I take a trip to Nottingham to see what Kickstart is all about. We'll meet the usergroups, the traders and the man behind the idea, and we find out, is it any good?"
Quite some time ago, I asked you what I should restore next, and you voted for a #Commodore#Amiga#CD32 that was showing no picture. This project was waiting in my to-do box for some months now, and I did a bit here and a bit there. Let's use this #RetroWeekend to (hopefully) fix this machine.
I calibrated the laser power at RFO now, using an old music CD. Vpp should be around 900 mV. This calibration is done at the pot of the laser pickup, and needs to be done while playing a CD, which is a bit tricky. Be very very careful with the pot. If you go too far, it will permanently damage the laser.
The original calibration was a bit too powerful, I could actually reduce it.
We had an amazing weekend at Kickstart #Amiga Expo in Nottingham. Great to see so many of our fellow user groups plus developers, traders, exhibitors and other Amiga enthusiasts in such a positive and friendly environment. Oh and the after party was an awful lot of fun too. Really looking forward to a bigger and better event next year!