Seller of 2004 Sony Laptop said he hadn’t tested the sound that it was probably just missing the driver. I think it’s a bit worse than that 😅 Well it was 40$. Audio out works though so I can just route the sound back to my speakers via the Mac.
Turns out Windows XP will probably give the best performance to run Amiga apps in WinUAE so I may not even get Linux on this. I will have to hide the boot image though so I don’t feel ashamed.
@metin After Jack Tramiel left there was no visionary left who ruled Commodore. Apple struggled after Jobs left, because there, too, no visionary was left. Successful companies exist because they are ruled by dictators with a vision. Failing companies, too. But the reverse doesn't exist I think: Successful companies without visionaries. If ideas get too diluted by too many in power, a company might exist and survive, but won't be making breakthroughs like Commodore did in the early days.
I created a little blog entry to link your Amiga to the internet via a Serial link and RPi. Not quick but functional. Just a little something worth sharing.
Everything I’ve done recently getting my #Amiga 600 up and running would have been impossible without web searching (and finding!) answers to long forgotten problems.
If this knowledge was produced now, it would unfortunately end up in a convo on a Discord server somewhere and would be impossible to search (and find…)
Stop using Discord for anything else than just chatting. Stop dumping knowledge into a black hole. Use forums. Use the open web. Future nerds will thank you.
@CerebralHawks ? While you're technically not wrong in some ways, if it's a smaller or more focused community, similar can occur even on Discord. E.g. if there's one primary community for a subject, you could essentially get shut out if one person/group running it takes a dislike to you.
At the same time, the benefit of Discord you mention with there being many communities can also exist with many forums, & arguably even better given independent servers altogether.
@didier Speaking of open web, if you're not into the forum model, consider blogging/personal sites!
It's good to work through your thoughts and it builds your own personal store of info if you use it as such. Plus you can entirely set aside any of the social elements if you like, making it a nice little creative reprieve away from others for when you need it.
https://neocities.org/ is a good platform for this sort of thing for any interested but wary of getting into the weeds of hosting.
Another banner that I made. Chaos Engine is anothe great game! Love to play it in co-op mode. 😊
This banner wasn't easy to make. I welcome compliments but also critique on what I could have done differently. 😎
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am previewing a new CD compilation for the #Amiga CD32 - A bunch of accurate Arcade games from JOTD - Including Ms. Pac Man, Xevious, Phoenix and more! https://youtu.be/38q_svXL7rY