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REVISION 2013 DEMOPARTY [Amiga compo links]
Posted 12 years agoDid anyone go?
I couldn't afford to but I had the livestream on 24/7. =D *cough*sofascener*cough*
I'm genuinely sad it's all over! :(
I'll be there at Saarbrücken, Germany for Revision 2014 that's for sure! =D
If you're interested in the compos;
Amiga Intro Compo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtwPVS4bx-w
Amiga Demo Compo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN_ZExunFdY
Oldschool Demo Compo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjx2IArwz1Q
Props to Lemon for the OCS/ECS Demo! XD "Winners don't use AGA", lol. xD I'll be running that one on my A500+ later. =)
If you want to run any yourself, you can find all the prods at pouet.
Just search for the prod you're looking for. =)
I couldn't afford to but I had the livestream on 24/7. =D *cough*sofascener*cough*
I'm genuinely sad it's all over! :(
I'll be there at Saarbrücken, Germany for Revision 2014 that's for sure! =D
If you're interested in the compos;
Amiga Intro Compo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtwPVS4bx-w
Amiga Demo Compo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN_ZExunFdY
Oldschool Demo Compo;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjx2IArwz1Q
Props to Lemon for the OCS/ECS Demo! XD "Winners don't use AGA", lol. xD I'll be running that one on my A500+ later. =)
If you want to run any yourself, you can find all the prods at pouet.
Just search for the prod you're looking for. =)
Looking to buy broken SID &/or Paula chips!
Posted 12 years agoOnly 'cause I want to make a nerdy necklace. =P
I really don't want to do it to a working one & I can't find any broken ones for sale (surprise). xDD
Sorry for the shout out. Though, if anyone else wants to do something similar, that can be arranged. =)
I really don't want to do it to a working one & I can't find any broken ones for sale (surprise). xDD
Sorry for the shout out. Though, if anyone else wants to do something similar, that can be arranged. =)
Calling Psygnosis Fans
Posted 13 years agoRemember Psygnosis? :D
If you love the music & the brand as much as I do, you'll want one of these too.
http://www.tantrumedia.com/strixmemoria/Favourite Demo?
Posted 13 years agoI know most of you will be familiar with the demoscene! ;P
So what's your favorite demo? Modern & Vintage Demos welcome!
Here's my faves;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLID3k3rov0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbQhgEJuExY
So what's your favorite demo? Modern & Vintage Demos welcome!
Here's my faves;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLID3k3rov0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbQhgEJuExY
Your favourite Amiga game music!?
Posted 13 years agoAny tracks that you still listen to?
Here's some of mine;
New Members!
Posted 13 years agoThankyou!
It's nice to see that people still interested in the ol' Amiga! So, what model Amiga did you have/ have currently/ want? =D
Posted 14 years agoThe obvious question that hasn't been asked yet!
Was there a particular model that you had, or that you loved?
When I was a kid, my mum worked for a company that distributed computers and software. We only got our A500+ because the company overstocked and virtually gave them away to staff members. This was in 1991, and in 1997 my parents got a Windows '95 Packard Bell PC, Which was a lump of shit, imho. Hasten to say, my dad took the A500+ down the tip. =( (R.I.P Buddy!)
Either way, I've managed to replace it. I got an identical A500+ in fantastic condition from a seller on ebay, & have even upgraded him with an extra 1MB. <3
Well worth it! Me an' the mister were playing troddlers 2 player the other day. :3
Was there a particular model that you had, or that you loved?
When I was a kid, my mum worked for a company that distributed computers and software. We only got our A500+ because the company overstocked and virtually gave them away to staff members. This was in 1991, and in 1997 my parents got a Windows '95 Packard Bell PC, Which was a lump of shit, imho. Hasten to say, my dad took the A500+ down the tip. =( (R.I.P Buddy!)
Either way, I've managed to replace it. I got an identical A500+ in fantastic condition from a seller on ebay, & have even upgraded him with an extra 1MB. <3
Well worth it! Me an' the mister were playing troddlers 2 player the other day. :3
What's your favourite Amiga Emulator?
Posted 14 years agoJust wonering, I'm a fan of WinUAE myself. =)
If it's one I haven't got already, I'll put it on the Profile Emu' list!
If it's one I haven't got already, I'll put it on the Profile Emu' list!
Write games (.adf files) to Floppy on your Amiga via your PC
Posted 14 years agoSo, I had a bunch of floppies with useless / corrupt data on, & loads of games on my PC that I had been playing on an emulator.
Now, everybody knows you can't beat the real experience of playing the games on your genuine Amiga, so I spent a few days searching the internet for way to write my .adf files to floppies.
If you know a little yourself, you'll be aware that writing them with your Windows PC straight to floppy won't work. I tried it anyway, it really doesn't work... So don't waste your time.
Instead!
You will need these things;
1) Amiga Explorer (Install as free trial, it's shareware)
2) Windows PC with a serial port (Some modern mobo's don't have them)
3) Amiga with at least 1 floppy drive (DF0)
4) Serial Null Modem Cable (DB-9F on the PC to DB-25F on the Amiga) *
5) Copy of Workbench 2.0 or later
6) Floppy that has been formatted on your Amiga
7) An .adf file that you want to copy!
* About buying a Serial Null Modem Cable;
You MUST make sure you are buying a genuine Serial Null Modem Cable. These are ALWAYS female to female. Quite commonly you can find DB-9F to DB-25M cables, these usually have redundant areas in the wiring and will not work, even with a gender changer adapter. What ever you do, DON'T buy one of these and plug the DB-25M into your Amiga's Parallel Port. This is a BIG NO-NO. Stop it, just don't even think about it... >:U
On to the Tutorial!
First. download & install Amiga Explorer on your PC. Whilst it's installing, hook up your PC and Amiga with your Serial Null Modem Cable. Simples!
Now, boot your Amiga with Workbench in the drive. (I'm using version 2.04)
You'll need to check that Amiga Explorer and your Amiga are both set to identical connection settings and packet sizes.
On your PC;
Right click on Amiga Explorer's icon, then go to properties. Under the Connection tab, you should have the following settings, if not, change them;
Type : Serial
Port : COM1
Speed : 19200
Next, go to the 'Options' tab, and make sure you have the following settings;
Packet Size : 512
Max Retries : 50
Click 'Apply' and then 'OK'.
Now, on your Amiga;
Workbench should have finished loading by now! Double click on 'Workbench', then double click on 'Prefs' and finally 'Serial'.
From here make sure the settings are as follows;
BAUD Rate : 19200.
Input Buffer Size : 4096
Handshaking : RTS/CTS
Parity : None
Bits / Char : 8
Stop Bits : 1
When you're done, click 'save'. (Don't forget to turn off the write protect on the Floppy first!)
After you have done this, go back to the PC, right Click Amiga Explorer again, and this time click on 'Setup'. Then click 'OK' (to confirm that you have connected your Amiga to the PC with the correct cable), 'Yes' (you are running Workbench 2.0 or higher) and 'OK' again. (that you have set up your Amiga with the correct connection settings).
As prompted, go to your Amiga, open 'Shell' from within Workbench and type these words exactly & then hit the return key on the Amiga then OK on your PC;
Type SER: to RAM:Setup
Now leave it alone whilst your PC copies some files into the Amiga's RAM! There will be a progress bar if you go to your PC.
Again, when prompted type these words exactly & then hit the return key on the Amiga and then Enter on your PC;
RX RAM:Setup
Be aware, this might take a little while. Don't forget the Amiga is ancient in Technology Years. xD
When it has finished, exit Shell and enter the 'RAM Disk'. Here you will now find "AExplorer" and "ReadMe.txt".
So that I don't have to go through this process every time I want to copy a game, I deleted some things off of my copy of WB and then drag and dropped AExplorer into Workbench. Now I only have to use the one disk to load up Amiga Explorer.
After doing this, double click on 'AExplorer' to start the program on the Amiga.
After a few seconds, a window will pop up showing you that it is connected. You can now close any Drawers you have open.
Finally, we've reached the part where you get to write your disk!
Eject Workbench, and put your blank, formatted floppy into the Amiga's Floppy Drive.
Going back to the PC, double click on Amiga Explorer to open the program, if it's not open already.
You will be presented with a screen showing you the following;
Ram Disk (Type; Volume)
diskname (Type; Floppy)
Kick.rom (Type; ROM file)
diskname.adf (Type; ADF file)
Find your .adf file you want to copy to the floppy in the Amiga, then drag and drop it onto the floppy drive. In this example, you would drag and drop the file onto 'diskname'.
You will then be asked if you're sure you want to copy the file to disk, click 'OK' and you will be presented with a progress bar and you should hear your Amiga's floppy disk drive start up!
In my experience, it takes about 15 mins per floppy. So you might want to wander off and occupy yourself with something while it transfers! :P
...and that's it!
Woah, that's more long winded than I thought it would be.
All fairly simple though.
~XW
Now, everybody knows you can't beat the real experience of playing the games on your genuine Amiga, so I spent a few days searching the internet for way to write my .adf files to floppies.
If you know a little yourself, you'll be aware that writing them with your Windows PC straight to floppy won't work. I tried it anyway, it really doesn't work... So don't waste your time.
Instead!
You will need these things;
1) Amiga Explorer (Install as free trial, it's shareware)
2) Windows PC with a serial port (Some modern mobo's don't have them)
3) Amiga with at least 1 floppy drive (DF0)
4) Serial Null Modem Cable (DB-9F on the PC to DB-25F on the Amiga) *
5) Copy of Workbench 2.0 or later
6) Floppy that has been formatted on your Amiga
7) An .adf file that you want to copy!
* About buying a Serial Null Modem Cable;
You MUST make sure you are buying a genuine Serial Null Modem Cable. These are ALWAYS female to female. Quite commonly you can find DB-9F to DB-25M cables, these usually have redundant areas in the wiring and will not work, even with a gender changer adapter. What ever you do, DON'T buy one of these and plug the DB-25M into your Amiga's Parallel Port. This is a BIG NO-NO. Stop it, just don't even think about it... >:U
On to the Tutorial!
First. download & install Amiga Explorer on your PC. Whilst it's installing, hook up your PC and Amiga with your Serial Null Modem Cable. Simples!
Now, boot your Amiga with Workbench in the drive. (I'm using version 2.04)
You'll need to check that Amiga Explorer and your Amiga are both set to identical connection settings and packet sizes.
On your PC;
Right click on Amiga Explorer's icon, then go to properties. Under the Connection tab, you should have the following settings, if not, change them;
Type : Serial
Port : COM1
Speed : 19200
Next, go to the 'Options' tab, and make sure you have the following settings;
Packet Size : 512
Max Retries : 50
Click 'Apply' and then 'OK'.
Now, on your Amiga;
Workbench should have finished loading by now! Double click on 'Workbench', then double click on 'Prefs' and finally 'Serial'.
From here make sure the settings are as follows;
BAUD Rate : 19200.
Input Buffer Size : 4096
Handshaking : RTS/CTS
Parity : None
Bits / Char : 8
Stop Bits : 1
When you're done, click 'save'. (Don't forget to turn off the write protect on the Floppy first!)
After you have done this, go back to the PC, right Click Amiga Explorer again, and this time click on 'Setup'. Then click 'OK' (to confirm that you have connected your Amiga to the PC with the correct cable), 'Yes' (you are running Workbench 2.0 or higher) and 'OK' again. (that you have set up your Amiga with the correct connection settings).
As prompted, go to your Amiga, open 'Shell' from within Workbench and type these words exactly & then hit the return key on the Amiga then OK on your PC;
Type SER: to RAM:Setup
Now leave it alone whilst your PC copies some files into the Amiga's RAM! There will be a progress bar if you go to your PC.
Again, when prompted type these words exactly & then hit the return key on the Amiga and then Enter on your PC;
RX RAM:Setup
Be aware, this might take a little while. Don't forget the Amiga is ancient in Technology Years. xD
When it has finished, exit Shell and enter the 'RAM Disk'. Here you will now find "AExplorer" and "ReadMe.txt".
So that I don't have to go through this process every time I want to copy a game, I deleted some things off of my copy of WB and then drag and dropped AExplorer into Workbench. Now I only have to use the one disk to load up Amiga Explorer.
After doing this, double click on 'AExplorer' to start the program on the Amiga.
After a few seconds, a window will pop up showing you that it is connected. You can now close any Drawers you have open.
Finally, we've reached the part where you get to write your disk!
Eject Workbench, and put your blank, formatted floppy into the Amiga's Floppy Drive.
Going back to the PC, double click on Amiga Explorer to open the program, if it's not open already.
You will be presented with a screen showing you the following;
Ram Disk (Type; Volume)
diskname (Type; Floppy)
Kick.rom (Type; ROM file)
diskname.adf (Type; ADF file)
Find your .adf file you want to copy to the floppy in the Amiga, then drag and drop it onto the floppy drive. In this example, you would drag and drop the file onto 'diskname'.
You will then be asked if you're sure you want to copy the file to disk, click 'OK' and you will be presented with a progress bar and you should hear your Amiga's floppy disk drive start up!
In my experience, it takes about 15 mins per floppy. So you might want to wander off and occupy yourself with something while it transfers! :P
...and that's it!
Woah, that's more long winded than I thought it would be.
All fairly simple though.
~XW
Amiga Revisited 2011 - only £0.40! TODAY ONLY. [EDIT]
Posted 14 years agoGet this awesome Digital Album by Tim Wright (AKA Cold Storage) at a crazy low price... Although, you can listen to the music anytime for feee via the website. Still, it's nice to show a lil lurve and support, eh?
The Album features "re-interpretations of tracks that were first written using Sound/Noise/PRO/Tracker on the Commodore AMIGA back in the late 80's and early 90's for early Psygnosis Games."
Including the Title Theme from Agony! Which I think most of our small following will know or have heard of.
Also, check this out. It's a free download. I'm personally in love with Lemmings - March of the Greentops. xD
If you're familliar with Tim Wright's music, perhaps from other well known games (WipEout for example!), it may be worth checking out his other music, too. Since everything is either 15p or 40p!
On a side note, if you know anyone that may be interested in joining, please point them this way. <3 We could really do with the boost! Also, group submissions! Absolutely anything Amiga/Amiga Game related is welcome. So please, if you have anything you'd like to showcase, send it in! I'll be more than happy to post it. Full credit given of course. <3
Cheers all, and happy holidays!
~
>>[link!]<<The Album features "re-interpretations of tracks that were first written using Sound/Noise/PRO/Tracker on the Commodore AMIGA back in the late 80's and early 90's for early Psygnosis Games."
Including the Title Theme from Agony! Which I think most of our small following will know or have heard of.
Also, check this out. It's a free download. I'm personally in love with Lemmings - March of the Greentops. xD
If you're familliar with Tim Wright's music, perhaps from other well known games (WipEout for example!), it may be worth checking out his other music, too. Since everything is either 15p or 40p!
On a side note, if you know anyone that may be interested in joining, please point them this way. <3 We could really do with the boost! Also, group submissions! Absolutely anything Amiga/Amiga Game related is welcome. So please, if you have anything you'd like to showcase, send it in! I'll be more than happy to post it. Full credit given of course. <3
Cheers all, and happy holidays!
~
Project NatAmi! Rebuilding the Amiga with modern hardware.
Posted 14 years agoCheck it out!
www.NatAmi.net
The're basically trying to rebuild the Amiga from the ground up. Will be interesting to see if it goes anywhere!
www.NatAmi.net
The're basically trying to rebuild the Amiga from the ground up. Will be interesting to see if it goes anywhere!
