DIY Amiga Sound Sampler Circuit Mystery solved 33 Years later — Magazine Instructions had Key Component Spec Typos.

A three-decade-old “Amiga mystery” has been solved by an intrepid electronics-focused TechTuber. [Rob Smith] originally tried to make a DIY sampler for his Amiga computer back in 1993. Despite his best efforts — carefully following a magazine-printed guide and reaching out to geeks at his local Maplin [Radio Shack] — he could never get the finished sampler to work.

https://youtu.be/aBnO_6cKC0c

⁉️Now, 33 years later, with extensive experience on his side, he has returned to the project. Spoiler alert: he eventually found and quashed the mistakes in the CU Amiga Issue 039 step-by-step guide.⁉️

<https://archive.org/details/cuamiga-magazine-039/page/n159/mode/2up>

#amiga #retrocomputing #diy #engineering #media #retro #tech #news

Love this tale of some delicious malicious compliance.

Edit to add fyi, the author is on Fedi: @WeirdWriter

https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/

New cycling video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt1cAl31ra4

For many people, the #Linux vs #Windows vs #Mac debate is a privilege — it assumes you can choose. But working with the Computer Upcycle Project, I've seen the real choice is often Linux vs no computer at all.

~95% of donated computers are "too old" for Windows 11 or macOS. Linux installs on them anyway, adding 10+ years of life to machines #Microsoft and #Apple called trash.

This isn't Linux vs Windows. It's Linux vs e-waste.

Who remembers the game "Highway Encounter" on #amstrad #cpc?

I liked it in the eighties and I like it today.

Reaching level (zone) 0 was (and is) a real challenge for me.

#retrocomputing #amstradcpc