This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the Commodore Amiga A2088 Bridgeboard, and possibly briefly mentioning the superiority of the Amiga over the PC ...
This October I loaded up my car and dove 14 hours to AmiWest in Sacremento California. I made some great friends and had a wonderful time. Join me as I cover the highlights of this excellent Amiga show. Huge thanks to Adam Spring from Remotely Interested Podcast for allowing me to use some of his pictures from the show.
For videos of all the livestreams of AmiWest 2019,:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2jVJHlP_6zzVwz6hUw95lg
Mentioned in this episode:
A-Eon
www.a-eon.com
Amiga on the Lake
www.amigaonthelake.com
Remotely Interested Podcast
www.remotley-interested.com
Inertial Computing - Alex Perez
www.inertialcomputing.com
Sacremento Amiga Computer Club
www.sacc.org
AmiWest info
www.amiwest.net
Pixel Gaiden Podcast
www.pixelgaiden.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxceGNRexSc
This week I am reviewing the Macrosystems V-Lab 24 bit digitizer from 1992. The V-Lab is on loan to me from Mr_Toast! Thanks so much!
This Zorro II card is capable of grabbing a still video image as fast as 1/60th of a second and can capture from VHS tape without a Time Base Corrector. Join me as I explore the technology and features of this cool piece of history.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVFBLFDHMm4
Happy New Year! This week I am covering new hardware that has come out in 2019 for our Amigas. We have had quite a few new and really great hardware products this year. If I missed any, please let me know in the comments. The new year also is bringing in a new 10MARC logo and startup video created by the incredibly talented Kevin Saunders, and new audio intro by the incredible Mike Richmond.
I am also starting a Patreon, and would love it if you would consider supporting me and my channel in the future, take a moment to check out my Patreon site and perks right here:
www.patreon.com/10marc
Here are links to all the cool stuff in my video:
Stephen Jones Checkmate Case
www.checkmate1500plus.com
Irix Labs Classic 520 Accelerator :
www.irixlabs.com
Amiga 500++ Motherboard:
a500plusplus@outlook.com
ROMulator:
www.amigaonthelake.com
RGB to Component converter:
www.retronicdesign.com
Edu Arana A1000 CPU relocator:
www.arananet.net
Vampire V4 Standalone:
https://www.apollo-accelerators.com/
Amiga Tabor Board A1222
www.a1222plus.com
Amiga Dust Covers from Retro Ready:
www.retroready.one
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grsSNuiRmoI
This week we are exploring AGA Graphics on the Amiga, and investigating the great new screen modes that you can get using the HighGFX monitor drivers. Special appearances (of their photos) by Amiga Bill from thegurumeditation.org and Twitch fame, and Vicky Pixel Vixen, DeluxePaint trainer extraordinaire.
Here are some useful links:
Amiga Bill -
Twitter: @thegurumeditate
Youtube: www.youtube.com/c/thegurumeditation
Twitch: twitch.com/amigabill
Pixel Vixen
Twitter: @lapixelvixen
YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/pixelvixen
HighGFX Drivers:
http://aminet.net/package/driver/moni/HighGFX40_6
Individual Computers (Makers of the MK II Flickerfixer I use)
www.icomp.de
The Future Was Eight Bit - Makers of the Penultimate cartridge, and all around great guys
www.tfw8b.com
My contact info:
Twitter: @10marc1
List of some monitors that support the 22 Khz modes for the HighGFX modes
Supported displays without flickerfixer:
Aydin Ranger 5015LP
Aydin Ranger 5021
Commodore 1950
Commodore 1960
Commodore 21inch FST
Eizo 8060H
Idek Iiyama MF-5017
Idek Iiyama MF-5021
Microvitec (Amiga) M1438
Microvitec (Amiga) M1538
Microvitec (Amiga) M1764
NEC Multisync 3D
Nokia 417TV
Sony CPD 1402E
Sony GVM-1310
Sony GVM-2020
and all other monitors, that supports 22kHz modes.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA3-ATKk1Z0
This week I am reviewing the Individual Computers ACA500+ for the Amiga 500. This is a fantastic product for sure! I am also covering how to set up Kickstart 3.1.4 on your ACA500+. Enjoy!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnsZ52lFS2Q
A rare mid week video from 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast. I saw this really funny video on Bad Lip Reading - The "Shallow" song from the Grammy's done in true BLR Style as "Chocolate Lagoon".
The neutral tones looked like they would convert perfect into the HAM6 video format that I sometimes use for playback on real Amigas. The results were better than I would have hoped. Check it out!
Please subscribe to BLR - They are fantastic!
https://www.youtube.com/user/BadLipReading
My website contains links and tutorials to create these videos for your Amiga.
www.10marc.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JYug-vWjIU
Here is how I created this Video sample on the Video Toaster:
I took the JPG images from my wifes iPhone and brought them into my Amiga 2000 (68040/33 Mhz, 64 MB RAM) and downsized them to 752x480 in the new version of ImageFX 4.5. ImageFX has the ability to transfer images right to the Toaster Framestores so I transferred them two at a time and saved them as Framestore images.
The Toaster 4.1 software has the ability to make timelines of Framestores and other images. If I could find my Flyer card I could also do video right on the timeline. In this case I used images and some transitions just to make a quick little graphics presentation.
I used my Canon video camera as a video source to the Toaster (it recorded nothing on the SD card), and for audio (which needs improvement) I used my Lapel mic hooked right up to my Digitnow capture device.
The output of the Toaster went to the composite in of the Digitnow.
Everything was done live right on the toaster, and then recorded to a flash drive on the Digitnow device.
Next I will work on better video and audio quality.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF7IpDHWVXs
This week on 10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast I am reviewing the "New" release of ImageFX 4.5 - It is not really new, but it is finally available again! Come join me as I cover installation and go through some of the issues I found with the software. Bust rest assured this is worth every penny! Warm up your Amiga Computer and let's get to work editing photos on your Amiga.
This software works great on any Amiga, but really flies on an A1200 or A4000 AGA Machine. It also handles RTG (Retargetable Graphics) quite well.
It handles digitizers like the Newtek Digiview, Macrosystems V-Lab and even the Newtek Video Toaster quite well.
Where do you buy this?
http://apps.amistore.net/imagefx/
www.amigakit.com
I Wanna order a poster from Pixel Vixen!
https://www.redbubble.com/people/LaPixelVixen/shop
Or watch her videos here...
www.youtube.com/pixelvixen
My review video of the V-Lab capture card:
https://youtu.be/rVFBLFDHMm4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJh166jhLpo
This week I am reviewing and providing a tutorial on setup of the awesome AGABlaster software for the Amiga. This software can create a 256 color AGA CDXL file that plays back wonderfully on your AGA Amiga.
I walk you thru a bit of background on the technology, how to set it up in Windows 10 using the Ubuntu Linux Terminal, and how to create and play back the incredible videos!
Markus Schordan created this fantastic software. You can find him on Twitter @agablaster
Download all the creation software and learn how to use it here:
https://mschordan.github.io/amiga/agaconv.html
If you just want to play back some existing files, go here:
https://mschordan.github.io/amiga/agablaster.html
If you want to learn how to create the HAM6 and HAM8 videos I have created, check this out.
http://www.10marc.com/p/how-to-guide-for-creating-ham-6-and.html
Learn a bit more about setting up the Ubuntu Terminal in Windows 10 here:
https://ubuntu.com/tutorials/tutorial-ubuntu-on-windows#1-overview
Follow me on Twitter
@10marc1
Become an awesome Patron!
patreon.com/10marc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44BZ07YQ-c