Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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What on Earth have I done?
I've only got an bought a dirty, filthy Amiga. Literally dirty and filthy, actually. It's a 'loft find'. How does it look? Can I make it work or has it suffered Vartacite?
Well, to do that I'll need to power it up so the first task (after a good disinfectant bath) will be to build a power lead.
How did things go for this Atari ST nerd entering the dangerous world of Commodore?
YouTube.com/@thetechnoshed
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0:00 Introduction
2:45 RAM expansion Vartacide
7:20 Quick rear port inspection
8:44 PCBWay!
9:25 Opening her up: the keyboard
12:13 Removing the can: motherboard inspection tour
19:07 Making a new power supply cable
23:32 Testing the cable in vitro
32:48 Powering up the Amiga!
35:02 Thou shalt check voltages
35:25 Outro
References:
PiStormST WIP Github: github.com/dh219/pistorm/tree/wip-pistormst
GadgetUK164: youtube.com/c/GadgetUK164
DFB1: github.com/dh219/DFB
Sponsored by pcbway.com
What on Earth have I done?
I've only got an bought a dirty, filthy Amiga. Literally dirty and filthy, actually. It's a 'loft find'. How does it look? Can I make it work or has it suffered Vartacite?
Well, to do that I'll need to power it up so the first task (after a good disinfectant bath) will be to build a power lead.
How did things go for this Atari ST nerd entering the dangerous world of Commodore?
YouTube.com/@thetechnoshed
twitter.com/thetechnoshed
PCBWay offer PCB manufacture, CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, 3D printing and injection moulding: pcbway.com
Check out their new price reduction on 4 and 6 layer boards here: pcbway.com/blog/News/Big_News_Sale_Promotion_for_Multilayer_PCB_86a5864f.html
0:00 Introduction
2:45 RAM expansion Vartacide
7:20 Quick rear port inspection
8:44 PCBWay!
9:25 Opening her up: the keyboard
12:13 Removing the can: motherboard inspection tour
19:07 Making a new power supply cable
23:32 Testing the cable in vitro
32:48 Powering up the Amiga!
35:02 Thou shalt check voltages
35:25 Outro
References:
PiStormST WIP Github: github.com/dh219/pistorm/tree/wip-pistormst
GadgetUK164: youtube.com/c/GadgetUK164
DFB1: github.com/dh219/DFB
![[B-Roll] Investigating DSTB1 AltRAM issues on the STFM](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qlkzcWYLDVo/mqdefault.jpg "[B-Roll] Investigating DSTB1 AltRAM issues on the STFM
Introducing the B-Roll series.
Ive not a lot of time of late to work on any projects and to produce videos, so to keep in touch Ive started a new series of non-narrative videos that Im going to call B-Roll.
This is the sort of thing larger channels would have a second channel for. Less edited, less produced, probably no conclusion. More behind-the-scenes, stream of conciousness type output to show what Im working on and how without necessarily telling a story.
Feel free to go big on the thumbs down if this is not something you want more of, else expect more of these than main videos for the time being.
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Today Im trying to work out whats wrong with my DSTB1. Im working on a new SDRAM driver in the firmware and getting nowhere. I then realise my booster seems to be unpredictably unreliable in release configuration having worked beautifully in the past.
What gives?
Issue report: https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?p=107764#p107764
DSTB1: https://github.com/dh219/DSTB
YAART: https://www.atari-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=30110
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