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    Continue reading The KCS Power PC board
    Posted on April 23, 2022

    The KCS Power PC board

    This board is a hardware PC emulator that fits inside the expansion trapdoor of an Amiga 500 and allows the Amiga to run PC software from the same era (MS-DOS). Since this device stems from the time when the term "PC" always meant "IBM compatible"...
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    Continue reading In short: Commodore calculators
    Posted on March 12, 2022

    In short: Commodore calculators

    When I was a student I bought a  TI-68 calculator, which has served me well for all these years. Unfortunately it has become unreliable of late so I decided to find me a replacement to use at work. While the hexadecimal and binary support on the...
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    Continue reading Using a RaSCSI to emulate a hard drive for the Amiga 500
    Posted on January 15, 2022

    Using a RaSCSI to emulate a hard drive for the Amiga 500

    Initially while working on my article about the Multi-Evolution SCSI controller for the Amiga 500 I had bought a very cheap 2nd hand SCSI hard drive on E-bay. The drive did not have the correct connector for use with the Multi-Evolution, but...
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    Continue reading MacroSystem Multi-Evolution hard disk controller
    Posted on December 26, 2021

    MacroSystem Multi-Evolution hard disk controller

    The Amiga 500 has two expansions slots, one in the bottom of the machine - also known as the "trapdoor" - and one on the left hand side of the machine. The slot behind the trapdoor is the one that most Amiga 500 owners will be familiar with; it is...
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    Continue reading Bare-Metal Amiga Programming
    Posted on September 19, 2021

    Bare-Metal Amiga Programming

    Paperback now available on  Amazon . The second book in my "Amiga Programming" series has just been published. Where my previous book concentrated mainly on using the functionality provided by AmigaOS, this book is about programming the hardware...
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    Continue reading Indivision AGA MK3 (part 2)
    Posted on January 29, 2021

    Indivision AGA MK3 (part 2)

    In a previous post I wrote about the Indivision AGA MK3 and how it allowed me to use my old Amiga 1200 with a modern flat panel monitor. The post described the image quality produced but was lacking on details on how the Indivision was actually...
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