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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.
@isaackuo @jake4480 Well, indeed, that plays a big role, but also the fact that basically none of the components in these were bleeding edge any more, yet they still needed precise enough manufacturing to count. These together create kind of a Goldilocks-zone for reliability.
Oh, and also the fact that this one has a CR2032 battery holder from the factory. No barrel battery to leak everywhere, which is what killed so many of the earlier generation motherboards... 😅
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. 😅
@woodycool @MsMadLemon Writing another diskmag engine sounds like a major untertaking just to solve this...
From a distance, both cases smell like some memory trashing issue. Either you run out of RAM, or there's a piece of content that is processed in a way that trips over on KS 1.3? (Example: some newer IFF conversion tools might create things that these older software dislike and mishandle.)
@woodycool @MsMadLemon Yeah, my A590 has a SCSI2SD v5 too. It's just the way it goes these days...
I have _some_ experience targeting systems with different OS versions, so now I'm intrigued what your bug might be... 😅
@woodycool @MsMadLemon Not many (in relative terms) people use a full-fledged, expanded 1.x system, with hard disk & stuff. Those systems are mostly just stick the floppy in, and go. (Note: I do have an A590 disk controller for my A500, so I know this isn't always the case. But in general.)
But (almost) anything with network, more advanced HDD/SCSI setup, etc. needs at least 2.x+, most likely 3.x. So depends on what your target audience/use case is.
@lynn Oh, just making it work with the Bridge is easy. I made that happen years ago. Although most DOS music software badly needs a VGA card, won't play nice with the emulated CGA card of the CBM PC Bridges.
What I meant - getting it controlled directly from the Amiga side, by an Amiga-side player. It would be technically possible, but I highly doubt the kind of custom software that needs is only a few hours of work... 😉
@lynn Honestly, I think the AmiGUS is a great piece of enthusiast hardware, but yes, its capabilities will be woefully underutilized by most users, and also yes, as a fan of the real Gravis Ultrasound, I'm also not a big fan of the name... But I try to think of it as a homage to the original, and nothing else.
And hey, anyone can name their hardware whatever they want.
I still hope I will have time/brain capacity in this lifetime to make an OG GUS work in an Amiga... one day...
Differences game!
There are a few differences between these two CDTV controllers. Collect them all!
