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janbeta

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I repair/hack/make/destroy stuff on YouTube. Retrocomputing, VintageAudio, Tinkering. As unprofessional as it gets. Toots in English, underständs Germän. Chaotic good. C64 rules.

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janbeta, to retrocomputing
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In the kitchen, retrobrighting.

janbeta,
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@Stege I heard that sometimes the plastic can get slightly brittle but I haven’t experienced any major effects myself. It is super difficult to tell though, because most of the stuff I did was old and brittle to begin with already. My process is pretty slow so your mileage may vary with other methods.

janbeta,
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In the bathroom, washing the .

root42, to retrogaming
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What are your thoughts on Super Mario Land 2 - 6 Golden Coins?

janbeta,
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@root42 Extremely well made game that is still fun to play! Additionally, it was easy enough for being one of the very few jump’n’run style games I ever managed to complete despite my lack of skills. 😅

gesus, to steam German
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Computerspiele sind ja echt nicht mein Metier. Jetzt war ich ganz kurz davor, ein Spiel bei #Steam zu kaufen: Habe gelesen, dass sie unter anderem den Klassiker Populous auf aktueller Hardware vertreiben. Aber leider nicht unter Linux :-(

Muss ich wohl wieder FS-UAE bemühen. https://fs-uae.net/ #retrogaming

janbeta,
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@gesus Soviel ich weiß ist die Steam-Version auch nur die alte MS-DOS-Version, die einfach mit dem DOSbox Emulator gebündelt wurde. Die Amiga-Version ist eh besser. ;)

janbeta, (edited ) to amiga
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New video! I'm trying to fix an Amiga 1200 that was severely damaged during a previous recapping attempt.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/nqQ4Mh39yR0
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/7R4KwrWn4dwGZ9Wo8AcCMy

janbeta, to random
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New video is up ad-free for all monthly supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi and the YouTube channel members! Thanks so much for your support! <3 https://www.patreon.com/posts/a1200-repair-ad-99731173

janbeta, to repair
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MIRACLE AMIGA! After a lot of patching and tracing and bodging, IT‘S ALIVE. I honestly didn’t believe this would be back in working order on the first try. Jan is happy. Video coming soon.

janbeta,
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This repair worked out mostly because the Amiga PCB Explorer website exists. Thanks. http://www.amigapcb.org/index.php

janbeta,
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@pulsar Always! Same with some other title screens from games that I played a lot. :D

stirz, to random German
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Uff. Es ist Freitag, wenn man fast eine E-Mail herausschickt, in der man "Flachliteratur" anstelle von "Fachliteratur" geschrieben hat. Und: Nein, eine Rechtschreibprüfung erkennt das nicht zwingend 😠

janbeta,
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@stirz Immerhin eine schöne Wortschöpfung, die auf viel Literatur auch passt… 🙃

janbeta,
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@stirz 😅

janbeta, to amiga
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closeup. Thankfully most of the ripped pads don’t matter much because they are only feeding the RF modulator anyway. Pretty confident that this thing is still fixable.

janbeta,
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@tinspin Judging by the PCB around the area it was heavily corroded before the previous recapping attempt. I don’t really blame the person who did it, it looks like those pads were barely hanging on anyway. They messed up the through-hole caps though. The plating is ripped out completely so there’s quite a bit of hacking and bodging going on right now.

janbeta, to retrocomputing
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In the lab, doing stuff. Trying to fix an which was severely damaged during a recapping attempt. Lots of ripped pads and broken traces to find and repair. Fun!

janbeta,
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And, yeah, my lab is a mess. Fixing Amigas is way more important than cleaning up though!

janbeta,
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@kurth The other half of the room looks much worse, actually. I just moved everything over to be able to get some work done… 😅

adorfer, to random German
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Dieses Erschrecken beim Anblick von IOT, die eigentlich nur irgendwie zum Laufen gebracht und dann ganz schnell verdrängt wurde.

janbeta,
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@adorfer Zumindest beschriftet! 😅

janbeta, (edited ) to random
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New video! I'm checking out the new open source Aquarius+ Retro Computer, a new take on the classic from 1983 with added modern features.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/IyFZToSiD0c
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/gjvdDsLcwuADcFX4Txp9qW

janbeta, to random
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New video is up ad-free for all monthly supporters on Patreon, Ko-fi and the YouTube community tab! Thank you so much for your support! <3 https://www.patreon.com/posts/new-aquarius-ad-99070706

81632bit, to random
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Whoops! Latest video has upset some Commodore fanboys.

They don't like the fact that the C16 & Plus/4 are basically the same machine, just the Plus/4 has an extra 48k of ram and an extended ROM with built in office apps.

You expand the C16s ram, which is possible, and Plus/4 games work on it without issue.

Same. Machine.

janbeta,
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@81632bit Yup, literally the same circuitry, just with more RAM and extra ROMs on the Plus/4. I would have thought people had realized that by now. 😅

nicole, to random
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Got myself a package from Germany today... thank you @janbeta

janbeta,
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@nicole Execllent! Hope the contents make the Atari even more fun to use! 😉

cesco, to random Italian
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@janbeta I don't know if you've thought about it yet, but today is the last day of Jan. 😎

janbeta,
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@cesco I‘m still here! The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.

digitalstefan, to c64
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Are there "good" video capture devices for PC that accept composite (and potentially s-video) input?

There are some basic, very, very old USB2 devices that do this but they seem hell bent on encoding video using awful formats.

Context: I'd like to use and record VIC-20 and Commodore 64 output on my PC i.e. I'd like the latency to not be enormously high.

My Plan B is splashing cash on a Retrotink and an HDMI capture device.

janbeta,
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@digitalstefan I "only" have the old RetroTink2x, not able to afford the new bigger models. For RGB and component I use an OSSC. Still kind of expensive but I didn’t find any cheaper way without compromises regarding lag and quality, unfortunately. :/

davbucci, to random
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Another on the bench. This time is the nice Dual 1218 my parents bought in 1974 along with a Marantz amplifier.

janbeta,
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@davbucci Well done! I remember working on a lesser model Dual some years ago that belonged to my father. No automatic mechanism so it was way simpler and just needed a new pickup and some lubricant. :)

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