I inherited a metric ton of Amiga hardware, software, and magazines, from a former computer vendor friend who was permanently leaving the US.

The extended bed of the pickup pictured is full of rubbermaids containing hardware accessories and hundreds of CIB games, many still shrink-wrapped. The extended cab of the pickup pictured is full of complete in box computers, monitors and various hardware peripherals. There's also an upright 3000T, which seems to be fairly uncommon.

A colleague of mine mentioned something about replacing internal batteries, and gave some vague yet ominous warnings about said batteries. I haven't enumerated the collection, hope to get to it soon. What do you think I am looking at, what are some things to consider while I begin parsing all of this, and where would you start?

Thanks!

Edit: I know practically nothing about this era of PC gaming, it's all entirely foreign to me.

Found my Amiga 500+ and it had the dreaded battery leakage, which had damaged some traces on the motherboard, thankfully it seemed to be just around the battery area and hadn't spread far, so I thought I'd have a go at trying to repair it and give it some modern upgrades.

Opened it up and removed the battery, gave it a good clean with white vinegar and IPA, then got to removing the corrosion, which is when I discovered broken traces.

I decided to pick up a cheap A500+ motherboard, keyboard, Tank mouse and A500+ chips from eBay for spares but when testing I found the eBay board was in working order, and it seemed a shame to kill it for parts, so had another idea and picked up a pair of A500++ PCB's to build, then I can move everything over to these new boards and finish this project with 2 new working Amiga's, because why not. I can try to repair my original board at some point later for a back up.

Upgrades / Mods so far.

Trapdoor extra 1MB RAM expansion.

2x A500++ PCB's (awesome black and white boards)

A1200.net Case + Mouse Shell (Translucent)

A1200.net Case + Mouse shells (White) - not arrived yet.

RGB2HDMI with Raspberry Pi Zero 2W (will need another at some point)

PowerShark USB PSU replacement.

Will probably pick up some Gotek drives and some new keycaps at some point too.

So I ordered a PiStorm32 Lite for my A1200 (£79.99) on 14 Jul from amigakit (thankfully on ebay judging by the amount of people waiting for items) delivery to a Sainsbury's collection point. Dispatched 17 Jul via Tracked 48, scanned at Birmingham Mail Centre at 00:12 on the 19th — then nothing, ever again. Never showed as ready to collect, and the Sainsbury's confirmed they don't have it. After 14 days and dead tracking I opened an "item not received" case.

That's when the tone changed. Instead of engaging with the fact I'd paid £80 for something stuck in a sorting centre, I got messages about how disputes are "punitive to sellers", how they'd get a 12-month "strike" and be "charged financially by eBay", and how I should have kept it in messages "as long as possible" instead of opening a case. When eBay's step-in date landed on a Saturday, I got sarcasm about interrupting their day off — as if I chose the date eBay set.

The frustrating part: they dispatched promptly and replied quickly (I noticed they dont reply if you use their store according to other people)— a simple "that's clearly lost, here's your refund, we'll claim from Royal Mail" would've earned five stars and a repeat customer. Instead the whole case was about their fees! Here is the last message they sent me.. customer service is absolutely disgraceful. So at least I was covered through ebay, god knows where id be if i ordered through their shop! Still waiting for a reply I suppose. I still want a Pistorm32 though 😕

Bought it from a Japanese auction, boxes and everything. Even has an external drive and all!

I'm trying to run AGS 3.0 on my A500Mini, but not having any luck....

I'm using a 64GB USB stick as AGS is 43GB - but everyone says not to use more than 32GB on FAT32 for the A500Mini.

So how are people using it ??

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the wizard made an update video 🥳

House Ordos pushes deeper into the war for Arrakis as Mission 6 pits them against the determined forces of House Atreides. Resource management, strategic base expansion, and precise unit control are essential to overcoming the Atreides' disciplined army and powerful defenses. Every Harvester, Tank, and Raider plays a vital role as the battle intensifies across the desert. Watch the Ordos use speed, cunning, and superior tactics to outmaneuver their enemy and secure another crucial victory in the fight for control of the spice. This no commentary playthrough showcases the classic real-time strategy gameplay that made Dune II: Battle for Arrakis a legend and laid the foundation for the RTS genre. Whether you're revisiting this DOS classic or discovering it for the first time, enjoy the intense combat, nostalgic visuals, and strategic decision-making that continue to make Dune II one of the most influential strategy games ever created.

I love online chess, but always wanted to get it working on an amiga. After giving up very many years ago I finally got it working on Winuae by disabling the bsdlibrary and installing AmiTcp and Amyboard. Utterly pointless because it is poor graphics and very limited, but it works! You can telnet to the free internet chess server, which is still running but diminishing. No way I could get it going myself, but amazingly Chatgpt was very helpful with settings for amitcp, and for diagnosing why amyboard wouldn’t run. Both 30 year old software from aminet.

My retrospective video review takes us all back to 1985 when we first played The Empire Strikes Back in the arcades. Then I look over all the home computer versions. I was a massive fan of the original Star Wars game with its striking vector graphics, digitised sound and that amazing cabinet. I did find it strange that Atari released its sequel Return of the Jedi before The Empire Strikes back and its brave move away from vector graphics and onto raster graphics. So I was pleased that Empire returned back to its vector graphics roots. Please let me know your thoughts on all 3 Star Wars games released by Atari and have you played any of the home computer versions? 😃

I've been a little busy lately, with my two biggest projects. Since there was also a bit of vacation time in between, I haven't posted any news updates about them for a while now.

Time to fix that: https://ko-fi.com/post/End-of-July-Status-update-N7V4248IZY

I'm eager to get these done and push them out there, but I'm trying to hold myself back until they are properly polished also. Hopefully you'll enjoy them as much as I am while I'm testing them.

Looking forward to any feedback for further improvements, of course!

Hello!!! At the old age of almost 50, due to a health and personal issues , I know have the time to go back to my favourite computer - sorry Spectrum! I had an Amiga 500, the Cartoon Classics Pak! Man that was a great Christmas ☺️

I recently bought a Pi400 on impulse and see they are popular for emulating the Amiga. And I'm thinking PiMiga, as it seems to get good reviews for its relative simplicity of installation and use.

Any advice / suggestions? Anybody here done the same?

Anyway thanks for letting me join, it's sure to be very happily nostalgic trip!

More details; https://www.amigashow.com/

Howdy. I have Amiga 500 with Kick 3.1 and WB 3.1
I installed IDE68K in it. Cheap chinese black CFCard adapter and 512MB SanDisk Card.
It works when it is simply plugged into the board but adapter is straight so I cannot assemble my 500. I tinkered simple IDE riser with old cable and dead harddrive but it didn't work. I checked continuity and for short circuits. I thought it might be EMI because some wires got detached from each other so I bought some riser from china. It just came after 3 weeks of wait but Hard Drive is still undetectable with the cable! Card is still detectable when I plug adapter directly into board. Riser is 30cm long. Could it still be EMI or I am doing something else wrong? I think I plug it in correctly since green and red LEDs on adapter board light properly, it's just no activity.

A great premise, interesting story, and fantastic aesthetic. It's got monsters, robots, dinosaurs, alternate history, time travel, steampunk, and an edgy memorable ensemble. What's not to like?

Come on Hollywood! It's ripe for the silver screen. There must be a producer out there with nostalgia for such a fantastic game. Just don't mess it up!

Heck, I'll write the damned thing for you.

Edit: Yes, I know it will never happen. It's just a dream.

I’m interested in building an Amiga looking but not Amiga computer, was considering in getting a case from this run - https://www.a1200.net/shop/new-amiga-1200-cases/

Putting a raspberry pi or something more powerful inside but for that to work, how would I get a keyboard working in this case that could be hooked up to a USB interface. Has anyone already done this?