Sometimes things are very Doom, but still not Gloom.

FastDoom running on a recent Viaduct 1.6 beta in Plantronics ColorPlus mode, after some tweaking of the rendering code. Still hoping to release this Viaduct update in this decade... Maybe... 😅

#amiga #retrocomputing #msdos #doom

The compo rules: "The compo machine is an Amiga 1200 with a 68060."

Entry message to organizers: "Please use an A1200 with 68030."

Well, okay, I'll try. Anyone with a soldering iron at @revisionparty ? 🙄

#amiga #demoscene #revision2026

When you work on a niche project mostly for your own fun, it's rare to get feedback. It's even rarer, when someone also decides to put in the work and contribute.

So I was surprised but it also made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, when I saw a French catalog* for the 1.5 version of my CBM PC bridge app Viaduct, uploaded to Aminet by Filipe BRANDÃO.

https://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/Viaduct_FR

(* Amiga terminology for an external localization file)

#amiga #retrocomputing #french

Amiga 2000 overdose at the @berlincreators Retro/Amiga meeting, with an Amy ITX sneaking in.

#amiga #retrocomputing

Hardware question - does anyone know what is this connector?

I thought at first it's some sort of JST ZH or PH connector, but it isn't? As far as I can tell. The pin pitch is somewhere around 2.0mm. It's 8mm wide.

I want to do a reversible fan replacement on a Commodore CDTV, and don't want to cut the original wiring.

Edit: it's a Molex MicroBlade, thanks for the boosts and input everyone!

#hardware #electronics #diy #retrocomputing

A forgotten ancient incantation for a secret project is in progress.

Once upon a time, before the internet and subscription services ruined everything, we used to carve bits of data onto the surfaces of translucent plastic disks with lasers. Freaking lasers!

And we did this on computers than were way slower than the chip in a modern car's key fob.

#cdrom #amiga #retrocomputing

I said it before, and I'll say it again: These cheap mid-90s, late 486 systems are like cockroaches - disgusting, but will survive just about anything, including a nuclear apocalypse.

This one was first used as some desktop machine in a library. When that life ended, it ran 12 years 24/7 as my first Linux server, until the HDD died. Then the next 15 years it rot in corners of various basements. Almost got thrown away several times.

And it lives. 1995 World Domination. 😅

#retrocomputing #msdos