Update 17-May: SOLVED! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-I3_5P_k_6VE.html Update 10-May: For those commenting that I should’ve switched the ribbon cables around, I did explain that the RGB2HDMI cable has a small HDMI plug therefore won’t fit the Vampire if swapped :-( Thanks for watching!
Just our of interest, because I couldn't see in the video, are the flat cables not removable from the adaptor pcbs? The ones I have seen have a tab you can lift and insert different lengths of cables.
Maybe someone can make a version of the RGB2HDMI that includes a built in HDMI switcher, even just a slightly modded off the the shelf one, that way you could use software to control a button push via whatever the equivalent of an internal GPIO pin is on that hardware.
@@RetroRecipes haha no worries, glad I could be of some help! They just looked similar to ones I had been planning to use for a project, but those came separate from the cable so you could use the cable length best for your project. So wondered if the same was true for yours :)
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Really thank you for your support and your trust on my 3D model :D Great vidéo ! Enjoy your dual HDMI my friend ;)
Fantastic video mate, I felt your pain when you could smell the magic smoke. I too get annoyed having to constantly reach for the remote with my Vampire, so this looks like a great solution.
I think that it's amazing that we have companies (& individuals) upgrading, creating and applying _new_ technology for our beautiful and beloved, old beige beasts! I REALLY need to get out my Amiga 1200... (27 years old, with a whopping 60 megabyte hard-drive!) 🤘😜👍 ...get my A1200 out and have a *deep* nostalgia dive. Oh, and my A500+, which is somewhere in the loft too!
Oh yeah, why were the Amiga's christened with the particular numbers that they were given? (ie these numbers, obviously: 500, 500+, 600, 1200 etc.) I used to know why a long time ago but I've totally forgotten since then! 500+ & the 1200 were by far, hands down, THE best gaming COMPUTERS at *that* particular moment in time. I found that the 500+ was best for being an 'all-rounder", playing virtually all the A500's then current games. And even if it didn't load them, at age 10 until 16, I had sufficient enough knowledge under the hood of my Amiga's, on how to tweak my Commodore' s and get things loading! And if that didn't work, then I'd use the 1200! Oh! I occasionally used a CD32 too... My mate HAD to have one back then! At that point, I was perplexed at what computer would come next from Commodore, cos I saw the CD32 as a downgrade. A less flexible version of the A1200, basically! Must've been 1995 then. And THAT'S when my first console arrived in my life! 😊 Goodbye computers after that! I DID love my Amiga's... Still do! 😊
The Amiga 500 was never on sale in Florida. There was an Amiga store next to The Brass Mug in Tampa, and I went in there so many times, and all they wanted to sell was $10,000 Amiga set ups for film making. My old band played at the Brass Mug so often, and I always looked forward to going to that Amiga store. I was on the hunt for an Amiga 500 for eons. When I was healthy I did manage to pick up an Amiga 1000 used, and as is. It never worked. My ex wife threw it away. Now I run an AMIGA OS, on Windows, and its amazing. Anyway, THE c64 is still my main squeeze right now. Tweeking different thumb drives. I look forward to your shows. I have even told a few friends about it. I hope they subscribed to ya. Well keep up the excellent work. You sure made a lifetime fan out of me!!
Watching your Amiga videos is such a joy. Reminds me of all the fond times I had with my A500, I remember the day when my dad brought home cartoons classic pack
Another excellent video from the people who now force me to say 'PCB Waaaaaaaaaaaaay' whenever I see them referenced. This split video issue reminded me of when I installed my A1200 into a Ateo tower kit in the mid 1990's. It had a VGA video output and a RGB output, meaning that whenever a game was run on it that didn't use the graphics card I had to switch it over to the RGB output. There was a cable solution that I had cobbled together, but it was never really satisfactory. I still have the towered Amiga A1200 and yes it has been recapped. It's main use is to run games like Doom and Quake and other similar titles that exploit the presence of the graphics card. It's interesting how very few people talk about A1200T machines, but they are out there.
Great video! If it makes you feel any better, I would have totally hooked up the Pi the same way. As a matter of fact, that's the way it is with the version I have, so maybe that's something special with the Amiga version? Weird! Also, you said you got some smoke. Was there anything damaged that you had to replace, or was it just a matter of flipping it and it worked? If so you're lucky! 😃 I have yet to see the magic smoke and not have to bury a component!
Thanks Noel. I smelt smoke but I didn’t actually see smoke. It seems it was just overheating components or solder from the newly manufactured parts. Thank goodness. And yes I had seen the devices that way round, so it did seem strange the 500 would be backwards. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I had Starglider 2 on the Amiga, the theme music that came bundled on cassette tape blew my mind at the time especially when I listened to it in stereo on my Sony Walkman 2 - Recognised it immediately as it fades in at around 25 minutes. I recall that the manual explained there wasn't enough memory for the music track to store alongside the game code and suggested playing it on your cassette player whilst you played the game.
The good news is that despite those two "fails", you got it working. Plus, you still get to spin the big wheel later in the show. I'm glad Denise's legs didn't get bent or twisted, and I hope she's enjoying all the tiny new high heels you gave her.
Thank you for putting the ant out instead of killing him. You're good people. One thing though, best to let him go wherever your A500 was stored, so he can follow his formic acid trail back home.
Uhhh too late. But I actually since discovered that he came from a family of ants who were living in that same room and came in through the same door so he would’ve found his way home I’m sure.
Wow! A somewhat frustrating and yet satisfying video upgrade upon your Amiga 500 that is being kept alive by a Vampire! Congratulations on the final outcome, but I was sorry that you couldn't get the video switching to work programmatically. Stil, if you will dabble in the dark side you have to expect certain unforeseen but frustrating issues to turn up. ;-) Ladyfractic needs to be nominated for an award for her animal performance acting skills. That was almost as impressive as the great Andy Serkis' performances in King Kong, and Planet of the Apes. She should definitely audition for Planet of the Canines or the secret Lloyd Webber production of Dogs. It has got to do better than Cats did at the box office. That Amiga Star Wars game was definitely the best version I played on a home console. I think I got my copy from a disk magazine, along with a virus or two sadly. Another fascinating video Perifractic!
The Amiga accompanied me in my youth. I had the Amiga 500, then A2000, A600, A4000D, A4000T. Unfortunately, I never had an A1200. I had an original Deluxe Paint 4 with manual and packaging and was so stupid to throw it away.
It's a very unique feeling when something you've been working on for hours, that you're absolutely sure will work, then doesn't - it's an instantly depressing feeling (albeit if only short lived) - yours occured at 22:54 for reference ;) lol
Wow, great video! I’m more of a C64 guy, but this is gripping. Excellent attention to detail. The 3D printing is epic. Love the correct shade of beige! Keep up the good work 👍
Am going to go out on a limb here and say this is going to be a class video like always. So i hope for a few dad jokes and a tune or 2 (not that tune haha) and ofc the one and only Puppyfractic. So will be back at 6pm UK time to watch this, so until then take it easy guys and keep up the great work 😊
Dude! You gotta get Sam Witwer on your channel to talk about old skool nerdy stuff like C64 and Amiga or something like that. :-D Maybe via video since the whole corona. Witwer streams on twitch and he regularly talks about the retro stuff with his friend Chuck on stream. They also often talk about their home D&D games etc. Great work and a great channel. I have never gotten around to learn about electronics and soldering too much so it would be nice if someone would sell those rgb2hdmi adapters and pistorm adapters ready made.
Superb video, thank you! Just a fyi, pla should be very easy actually, I think you need to tune the machine a little, pla brand can also make a difference.
Glad you liked it! I did put text on screen explaining what the manufacturer said about dense PLA having more cobwebs. My previous videos use less dense PLA (cheaper lol) and cobwebbing was non existent 🤷🏻♂️
Seeing you adding all those mods to your A500 makes me want to have one as well. But knowing myself, I wouldn't do much with it, partly because of the lacking space in my room 😕 It's still awesome watching your videos. Also thanks for reminding me that I have to find my HDMI switcher (same model) as one of the ports on my TV died.
I love how he emphasizes to put the Denise notches in the proper orientation for the RGB2HDMI board, but doesn't bother to make sure he has the orientation correct when attaching the Pi Zero board. The pins are numbered for a reason.
Love all your shows as usual but often feel like Jack Nicholson's Joker when he said, "Where does he get those wonderful toys." I also can't believe how many Commodores (and yes, an Amiga 500) I threw out when I was younger. I know I might be despised for having said this. This mod is really amazing by the way.
Just picked up my first ever Amiga and keen to see what I can do with it. Surprised to see it seems to work even though it is so old, but not opened it up yet or learnt how to use it properly. This is the first video that caught my eye as my retro set up is mostly convert to hdmi, but with no cut solutions.
I have the same issue for years on my PPC A1200 (but for VGA). I've installed a VGA auto-switch into the Amiga's case, and connected the two outputs of IndivisionAGA and BVision, hoping it would switch automatically, but it didn't. Similarly I've also had to install a button on the side of the case to switch manually. It's annoying yet you get used to it with time. :)
I have a towered A1200 with BlizzardPPC and it's RTG card and desktop with the Vampire. The twin output is not limited to the Vampire, my Blizzard system has a VGA output for RTG and the AGA RGB output. I have been using a monitor that has a source button on the front to switch between the VGA and Digital though lol
Yea having to remember to make the video switch is a PITA especially if you have not used that particular Amiga with the Vampire for a while which happens to me from time to time. Actually its not all that bad in my world believe me when I tell you I have two monitors being shared by 20 devices fortunately they don't all run at the same time. I have yet to build the RGB2HDMI boards yet for my Amiga's. When I do I may just put both monitors on my desk to use so no matter what is being displayed it will show up on one or the other. Still the problem of switching things comes into play unless you dedicate two monitors to the Amiga, but really not many will want to do that.
The PiStorm solution is to pump the Denise graphics into the Pi3a’s camera port. No idea what the quality will be like, or any lag - but the idea seems kinda cool.
@@RetroRecipes Yeah, the initial boot is a little slow as the Pi boots up. Reboots (Ctrl+Amiga+Amiga) are almost instant tho. I grabbed a PiStorm because of $'s mainly. My A500 (sadly) doesnt get THAT much use, so I just could never justify a Vampire/etc.
Anakondase, my reply after live chat closed: Yes, you would connect the Commodore or GVP sidecar hard disk if you felt like you wanted that retro option while still being non-retro enough to display onto a modern monitor including a TV.
If these dedicated engineers continue their efforts, perhaps one day we can finally complete the process of replacing our old Amigas with new technology.
It's too bad the Vampire uses JTAG for debugging instead of UART, otherwise the HDMI handoff could be negotiated between the two units via serial connection and appropriate scripts on each device. As long as the HDMI stays live on either cable, the auto-switcher won't work how you'd like. There's something delightfully hilarious about using 2 devices that are each significantly more powerful than the Amiga itself as subcomponents of the A500!
I love seeing the inside of the Amiga 500 and all the chipset names! I was a massive fan of the Amiga as a teenager so its nice to see my name in there!! ;-) PS> I actually missed out about £1500 worth of Halifax shares because I spent my savings on one of these bad boys! ;_(
Chris: Yep, I saw the single-jack option through the back, and you almost had that external auto-switch happening, but it'll be nice when you get an internal auto-switch thing that indeed makes the whole thing as seamless as possible.
The majority of HDMI auto-switchers will just be looking for the 5V output on HDMI pin 18. And yep, both the RGB2HDMI and Vampire will always be outputting sync, too. I don't think the Pi can turn the 5V output on and off at will, but I could be wrong. Otherwise it could maybe be set to look for any pixels that are above a certain threshold in brightness. If it just detects a black screen for a certain amount of time, it could switch off the HDMI output to let the auto switcher default to the Vampire again.
One thing to watch out for on the cheaper HDMI switchers is when they route the 5V pin (pin 18 on full-sized HDMI sockets) directly through to the other sockets, and also to power the switcher itself. That can sometimes fry stuff in certain setups, which isn't fun. Or it just means too much current is drawn from the source HDMI socket(s). That might also mean that even if you could power off the 5V pin on the Pi, only one of the input sockets on the auto switcher might be powering the switcher itself, so you'll have to swap the HDMI cables around. (although it's very likely the cheaper switchers just tie ALL of the 5V pins together, with no protection diodes.) Another possible way to fix this, is to do the "black screen" detection thing on the Pi, and use a GPIO pin to hook up to the button on the switcher. Or, to save needing dangly wires to route to the switcher, use the I2C pins to control an IO expander that you install into the switcher. Then modify the Pi software to control the IO expander via the DDC/EDID pins on the HDMI output. The other-other way is to design a custom switcher PCB which fits in place of the two HDMI sockets on the bracket, and handles all of that for you. (patent pending. lol)
I've that very same HDMI switcher: I haven't found it to be the most reliable, so you may hit issues with it. Hopefully you have better luck with yours than I had with mine!
@retro recipes good video matey, I bed you got a real rush when you plonked the monitor ontop of the old girl, a rush of happy memories, it's a good feeling, I had same sort of thing when I get the systems I used to have, I think it's because back then we didn't have a care in the world before bills and stress, highlight of my childhood was going to watch the filming of bad influence cd32 episode as it was just down the road from me, meeting violet and Andy, fun times..
Have the same spitter and decided to open it up - there's a nice little circuit board inside and the output lead is just connected to another internal hdmi socket. Looks like with its cover off it could fit inside the A500 with a wire extended from the section switch to an external button.
The Vampire and the Raspberry always output HDMI signals. One would have to write a software tool on the Amiga that switches an IO on the Rasperry (or Vampire) 1 or 0. Then the HDMI switch switches over via an optocoupler.
I still think that you must connect short hdmi flat cable 2 rpi and long flat cable 2 vampire. and everything will be okay. Let the FORCE guide you! PS: try to swap hdmi connectors ON THE FLAT CABLES - in the end micro hdmi connector must be on the short flat cable and standard hdmi connector must be on the long flat cable. And everything will be okay... Love your videos and im against the war in the world and im for the peace in the world and galaxy and for the peace in the universe! Hope the FORCE guide all of us!
Have you ever thought about using octolapse to capture full timelapses layer by layer of your 3d prints? If you have a webcam and raspberry pi laying around its pretty easy to set up. Also nice Ender 3 Pro 😁
Yeah, I've definitely thought about it. It's a cool effect, but I kind of like the different angles and obviously a bit simpler too. There's a lot of complex things in my videos so simpler can sometimes be better.
I made the alternative HDMI attachment, mentioned in the description. I have now made an updated version with 2 HDMI ports, so those of you that have the same setup with vampire and RGBtoHDMI, can have 2 HDMI ports on top of the Amiga 500. This way the expansion bus is still free for all the legacy hardware e.g. Actionreplay or HD. Follow the Alternate attachment Link in the description and look at the bottom.
@@RetroRecipes Glad to contribute to the community of retro computing especially the Amiga. The measure of success for me is just the number of downloads. The design is free for all to use and produce, as long as I’m credited.
Would be great if there was a HDMI switcher with a priority input port. That way it would auto switch so long as the secondary HDMI connection is usually in no signal/off mode.
Great video! Now for the ultimate experience all you miss is a video processor between the analog/HDMI output and the telly that will make the image look closer to a real CRT, even with an overlay of a 1084 monitor as an option. Maybe a Pi or an Arduino would be powerful enough to manage that. Could be a fun project...
@@RetroRecipes Thanks for replying. I'm curious about that. Is it any good? The big disappointment for me was when I hooked up my 1200 to an LCD telly (through RGB SCART), it really showed that that resolution was never designed for such a sharp screen, and it looked more like Teletext. Maybe the scanline will improve on that, but in the real world of CRTs, scanlines are for b/w TV, colour ones had pixels (although technically they are not really pixels, they just look as such). I was thinking more about something like MAME can achieve these days, which is much closer to the real thing. Maybe the scanline option does just that. Now that I have watched your wonderful video, I feel compelled to take it out of the box and hook it up again. Thanks to you, I got that bug back... ;-) Well, wait a minute, ah yes, I forgot, it needs a recap... :-/ I still have my 500, but last time I checked it had that dreaded CAPS/LOCK blinking... Sorry, just me thinking out loud... ;-) Anyway, have a nice day. Greetings from Luxembourg!
