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Start page GadgetUK164 - Amiga 500 Plus | GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Amiga 500 Plus. The repair is about the reconstruction of the printed circuit board after a leakage of the internal battery. (part 1). In part two he also cleans the internal disk drive. GadgetUK164 - 1531 | GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of an Commodore 1531 mouse. It is only a small device, but it took a while to make the mouse work correctly. Mediator PCI 1200 TXblack / PCI 4000 Di | Elbox has introduced two new Mediators for the Amiga. The Mediator 1200 TX now has a extra status LED. The Mediator PCI 4000 Di is a bus board with four PCI 2.2 slots, with supports for 3.3 Volt PCI cards, and four Zorro III/II slots. Sum A234 / CD32 | The Sum adapter makes it possible to connect USB HID keyboards to your Amiga 2000, 3000, 4000 or CD32. The Sum is based upon a 16-bit Microchip micro-controller. Features: PS2-DIN adapter, built-in USB stack, configuration mode, built-in EEPROM memory for preferences storage, boot-loader for firmware upgrades and a status LED. SX-64 - DX-64 | Biosrhythm has converted an Commodore SX-64 to a DX-64. In his blog you can read how this conversion is possible. He had to deal with problems such as the cartridge connector, IEC connectors and that the original SX-64 has very little space inside for this conversion. ACA1232/3 Turbo card | Individual Computers has released a new turbo card for the Amiga 1200. The turbo card has an 40, 50 or 55.5 MHz 68030 processor with an MMU and 128 MB memory. It is possible to reserve 1 MB of the RAM memory for a copy of the Kickstart ROM. GadgetUK164 - VIC20 repair video | GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore VIC20. During this repair the 6522 was replaced with a new 6522. But if you want to use an 6522 from the company Rockwell a small modification needs to be to the 6522. DC2N v4 Low cost | Luigi Di Fraia has developed a new version of the DC2N. This version is especially made for preservation of cassette software. (It does not offer playback.) You can attach this device to a Commodore Datassette and the USB port on your PC and make back-ups of your cassette software. The FPGASID Project | Andi 6510 is working on the his FPGASID Project. This project will produce an drop-in replacement for the SID chip. The features are: Cycle exact reproduction of all digital parts including sound and envelope generation and paddle readouts. Exact modelling of the analogue parts and extras like wavetables, stereo sound, more voices etc. GadgetUK164 - VIC20 repair video | GadgetUK164 made a video about the repair of a Commodore VIC20. The VIC chip was replaced and the new chip has now extra cooling. And a small modification was implemented to improve the composite video. Commodore PET 2001-8 Mainboard repair | Tynemouth Software is repairing an Commodore PET 2001-8. After testing the 6550 RAM chips it was discovered that 14 of the 18 chips were defective. Other defective components: ROM, CPU, a transistor for the Datassette, capacitors for the rectifier diodes and a power connector. VIC20 +123K REU | MCes has developed an adaptive RAM expansion for the Commodore VIC20. The features are: +3K, +16K, +24k, 12 x 8K = 96K, write protect and you can configure or disable the cartridge with pokes. The price is 44 Euros. Keyman64 | Keyman64 is an hardware expansion for the keyboard on your Commodore C64. With Keyman64 you can assign actions to key combinations. These action could be a series of keystrokes or hardware switches. The possibilities could be: assign commands to (function) keys, do a reset, switching a Kernal, switch on/of LED's etc. The configuration or firmware update is possible via a USB connection. World's smallest C64 emulator - Memwa2 | Staringlizard started an Kickstarter to make the world's smallest C64 emulator. This project will be a sequel to the Memwa project. The specifications of the Memwa2 are: More powerful MCU, microSD, USB keyboard, HDMI output and a SID chip or a replacement like the Swinsid. Sum firmware update | A new firmware for the Sum USB (A1200) and the Sum A600 models is now available. Changes in this version: Apple USB keyboard support, F10: displaying selected keys codes, F12: displaying device settings and a new short-cut for adapter settings. LostTurboCard64 | Egretz is working on a modern version of the TurboCard64. The original TurboCard64, from the year 1987, is an hardware expansion for the Commodore C64 with an 4 MHz 65816 CPU and 256 KByte RAM. You can follow his progress on his web page (German language). C64SD v3 Princess FLC | There is a new version of the C64SD v3 Princess under development. The new version FLC can control the Datassette motor. This makes it possible to make .TAP files automatically from tapes with multiple files. And a new menu (v2.0) for all versions. Stripefixer C64 | Bwack is working on a stripefixer. This electronic circuit will counteract some of those vertical bar interference on the screen that the C64 is known for. In the videos you can see how he is building and testing the stripefixer. HerMIDI v1.0c | HerMIDI is a MIDI interface for the Commodore 64 made by Hermit. The devices has only a few components and you can built it yourself. Changes in this version: Commodore Plus4 and C-16 support, Update for the documentation, Better initialization and improvement for asynchronous mode. Bigger hard disk Commodore 80286 PC | Ruud Baltissen has found a way to use bigger hard-disks in the Commodore 80286 PC's. The Commodore 80286 PC (PC30-III, PC35-III, PC40-III or PC45-III) has a limit of 512 MB for the hard-disk. But Ruud added the XTIDE Universal BIOS to the system and now the limit of your hard-disk is 8 GB. C65 - FPGA | Paul Gardner-Stephen is working on a FPGA version of the Commodore C65. His goal is to make an 8-bit computer for the 21st century. In the last month he has been working on the keyboard interface, speed control, booting from Flash and the MEGA65 prototype. PET restoration | Stigsworld is doing an restoration of an Commodore CBM 8032 computer. On his videos you can see how to remove the rust, sanding, priming and painting the metal case. He also shows how to install an PET Micro SD and how to remove the monitor. SCSI2SD | The SCSI2SD Hard Drive Emulator is developed by Michael McMaster and is an system that makes it possible to use modern SD cards on a retro computer system. Features: Includes an active SCSI terminator. Emulates up to 4 SCSI devices. Firmware and configuration over USB, selectable SCSI ID and parity support and more. UltiMem - VIC20 | Jim Brain is working on a new memory expansion for the Commodore VIC20. The features are: The memory is organized in 5 windows: RAM1/2/3, BLK1, BLK2, BLK3, and BLK5. Each window can be configured to show any 8kB RAM or FLASH ROM page in the memory space. There are 1024 8kB pages of FLASH RAM, and 128 8kB pages of RAM. Amiga PCB Explorer | Amiga PCB Explorer is a web based information system developed by Christian Euler. You can use the system for repairing Amiga motherboards. Besides the layout of the A4000 Rev.B motherboard, the layout of the A1200 Rev 2B is now also available with components, pin assignment and traces. VIC-20 IEEE interface | Mark Gladson started an Kickstarter project to make replicas of the VIC-20 IEEE interface cartridge (VIC-1112). The project will produce fully assembled cartridges with case and label included. Amiga key caps | Loriano Pagni started an Kickstarter campaign for producing Amiga inspired key caps for mechanical keyboards. The key caps will be UV printed (at over 300 dpi) on caps compatible with Cherry MX switches. The key caps will be available in following colours: black, white, beige, dark grey, orange, green, lilac, yellow, pink, red, and light blue. Classic Boing Ball Mouse | Amigakit is now selling a Classic Boing Ball Mouse. The feature are: 1000 DPI optical mouse with scroll wheel (third button). DB9 connection for Classic Amiga computers: A500, A500+, A600*, A1200, A1500, A2000, A3000, A4000, A4000T. Sum A600 | The Sum adapter enables connecting USB HID keyboards to your Amiga 600. It has been designed for installation inside A600’s casing. Sum is based upon a 16-bit Microchip micro-controller. Features: Support for both USB HID and USB-PS/2 keyboards, built-in USB stack, configuration mode, boot-loader (firmware upgrade) and a status LED. A1200 Computer housing - Kickstarter | A new Kickstart project wants to produce new A1200 computer housings. The housing will be made with injection molds with a quality plastic (ASA) with anti-UV and will be super resistive. No yellowing anymore. The new housing are prepared for a CF slot, HcX display and video out. Update: The housing is now available with the Amiga logo. Amiv 2.0 | Staringlizard has developed an replacement for the Amiga A520 adapter. The Amiv 2.0 can converts the Amiga RGB 15 KHz signal to HDMI to make it possible to connect your A500 or A1200 to a modern screen. The Amiv has buttons to shrink the picture horizontally and move the picture horizontally and vertically. SaV64 | The SaV64 is a over voltage protector for your Commodore computer. Features: 5 VDC protection for the Commodore 64 (C/G/GS/Aldi), Commodore VIC-20 CR or Plus/4. Maximum current is 3 Amperes, LED indicator, reset button and four possible trip point settings.
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