Retrocomputing

Powering up a Commodore VIC-20

The 1980s was a pretty amazing time to experience the early days of personal computing. Apple, Commodore, Atari, Sinclair, Amstrad, Texas Instruments, Radio Shack, MSX, and many more platforms were vying for a place in people’s homes.

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2023-12-24

#retrocomputing #restoration #Amiga 500+ #vintage computers #Commodore

Reflections on restoring a Commodore Amiga 500 Plus

As a hobby, I do occasional restorations of vintage computers and other electronics. Restoring vintage computers is my escape—like a mental jog that keeps burnout at bay. It’s also a fantastic way to “time travel” and appreciate some brilliant engineering feats from the past.

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2021-06-14

#hardware #amiga #keyboard #usb #teensy #retrocomputing #cdtv #synergy

Converting Amiga keyboards to USB

Wouldn’t it be cool to use a big-box Amiga keyboard, such as one for the A3000 or even a CDTV keyboard, with a modern computer using USB? Maybe even use it with a next-generation Amiga, like a Pegasos II running AmigaOS 4.1 FE? Well, that’s exactly what I did, and it works great. In fact, I’ve currently plugged in a CDTV keyboard into my headless Synergy server’s USB port, along with a mouse, to share a single mouse and keyboard across multiple machines; namely, an Amiga 1000 and a couple of Pegasos II systems running AmigaOS 4.1 FE and MorphOS.