Archive for the ‘Amiga hardware’ Category

Amiga notebook for sale

Saturday, May 9th, 2009

LOL, I just had to post this.

Some dude made an Amiga 1200 “notebook”. The kind of hack where you mount a TFT on hinges on the back of the A1200 case. It is a nice mod, but check out that color :)

Hopefully this link will work forever in the future (not)

Some happy users will get the new Amiga 600 Individual computers memory expansion

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

According to Individual Computers website, they have begun shipping Amiga 600 memory expansions to Amiga web stores around the world.

The 603-memory expansion features one megabyte of chip-mem, one clockport (yes, what did you expect? this is an Individual Computers product after all ;) ), a realtime clock and finally the socket for the much awaited ECS version of the Indivision scandoubler/flickerfixer wich will be released later this year.

Wow!

More info on Individual computers website

MMKeyboard fully works with Lyra 2 Amiga PC keyboard converter

Saturday, November 8th, 2008

Previously on Amiga-news we mentioned the new PC-keyboard interface for Amiga called Lyra 2 from Individual Computers. Lyra 2 supports the MMKeyboard package from Aminet so that you can use all kind of cool multimedia buttons on a PC keyboard connected to a classic Amiga.

According to the author of MMKeyboard the Lyra 2 is a great keyboard converter that is very well designed to work with Amiga hardware.

You should read more about MMKeyboard on the official site
Off course, do not forget Individual Computers, creator of the Lyra 2 keyboard converter

New production run of Deneb USB2 card for Amiga

Friday, November 7th, 2008

Deneb is a fantastic USB2 card for any Zorro equipped Amiga computer. The Deneb has been highly praised for its excellent functionality now enabling fast USB2 compatibility on big-box Amiga system. Not only does Deneb offer fast USB2 connectivity for USB memory sticks, you can also attach USB sound card –usable with AHI-, USB network sticks and USB to SATA converters to your Amiga very cheap since you can use common PC devices on your classic Amiga.

The first production run of the Deneb has been sold out so thankfully E3B is pleased to announce a new production run of the already legendary USB card. If you want to enhance your big-box Amiga beyond cool and show all those stupid PC-users (lol, what a flashback to the 90’ies, Amiga back for the future) what an Amiga can do, I suggest you make an order now!

E3B

Short QA session with Acube systems

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

There is an exciting question and answer post on Amigaworld.net with Acube system, the guys responsible for the amazing new AmigaOS 4.1 compatible motherboard SAM 440.

 (06) In a perfect world, what would you like to see accomplished with regards to the Amiga, both classic and next generation – hardware and software.

We would like to see new software for Amiga that fills the gap between us and other platforms. A complete web browser, an office suite and all other programs that are needed for everyday use. On the hardware side it would be nice to have some new and powerful accelerator boards for the classic and new more powerful and cheaper NG hardware.

Positive and great news!

Go to Amigaworld.net to read the post

Amazing Amiga news from Individual computers

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Amiga premium hardware manufacturer Individual Computer have released some news for the hungry Amiga community.

  • Combined C64 Flickerfixer, 1541 emulator, SD card slot, PC-keyboard interface, ETA first quarter 2009, price 220 euro.
  • MicroMys, PC-mouse adapter for Amiga. Use cheap PS2 mouse on Amiga (IMHO, looks like a really nice product).
  • Updated version of Catweasel 4.
  • Update to the Lyra PC-keyboard adapter, use PC multimedia keyboards with the MMKeyboard drivers.
  • And finally … .   if you are the lucky owner of the C-one motherboard you can purchase an additional hardware add-on to run Minimig core on the board!

What about Clone A? ;)

Find out more information about Individual Computers exciting new and updated products on their newspage!

New Amiga scandoubler for Amiga 1200 reviewed at Vintage Amiga Hardware News

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

The new scandoubler for the Amiga 1200 by Individual Computers has been reviewed at Vintage Amiga Hardware News.

The Indivision A1200 AGA scandoubler is probably the most powerful scandoubler ever for the A1200 and had great display quality. It is a great addition to a A1200!

But head on over to the Vintage Amiga Blog and read the Indivision review now! :-)

New scandoubler for Amiga

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Recently a second hand external Amiga scandoubler went for about 900 dollars on eBay. Scandoublers and flicker fixers are one of the most sought after hardware devices for Amiga fans. There are rumors that a couple of different scandoublers are under development but until those are released you can preorder a scandoubler made by a private person who previously have made scandoublers for Atari.

The scandoubler is mounted in an external box, connects to 23-pin video port of Amiga and works great with TFT. Best of all is price, 65 dollar excl shipping is really good price.

Negative parts it that it does not show full palette in AGA modes (as most scandoublers do no).

For more information about ordering one yourself, read here (link to Amigaworld forums)

New PPC hardware for classic Amiga in the future?

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Someone on a1k.org have spoken to BPlan about producing new PPC cards for classic Amiga. Development would cost 50.000 euro. What productions would cost is unknown. However you can follow the thread on a1k.org, keep in mind it is in German language though!

Make it happen now thanks!

Minimig not 100% A500 compatible (but still awesome)

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Minimig Amiga 500 cloneThe long awaited Amiga 500 clone Minimig is finally available to Amiga fans and new owners of the long awaited hardware are posting impressions. Most seem very positive but there has been some noise about the compatibility of Minimig.

According to Dennis who designed Minimig for his own personal use and made the design freely available Minimig was never intended to be 100% compatible with A500.

Even though compatibility is not 100% it is still an awesome piece of hardware and a way forward for classic Amiga.

Minimig software compatibility list