A couple of days ago I came across this website that explains how to reprogram the firmware of a GoTek USB floppy emulator for use with Amiga computers.
Today the unit I ordered from AmigaStore.eu arrived and I tried to install it. “Tried to” because while it works I cannot really use it: I cannot close the case of the Amiga 1200 with the floppy emulator installed.
I’ll keep the USB floppy emulator and temporarily install it when I really need it.
One thing that nagged me was that the Individual Computers AGA MK2cr flickerfixer’s DVI plug just dangled out of a hole in the back of the Amiga 1200. Thanks to 3D printing, I was able to fix that problem today.
A couple of days ago I found a design for an Amiga 1200 DVI Backdoor Plate on the YouMagine 3D printing community. Using the 3D Hubs community I found somebody with a 3D printer about 10 kilometers away from where I live who would print the design for me. The plate arrived today and fits perfectly.
One of the things I want to do is get Linux to run on my Amiga 1200.
I found a forum post by Adrian Glaubitz that explains the installation of Debian. I followed the instructions but some of the required files were no longer available at the URLs given in the forum post. I contacted Adrian and got an immediate response (thanks again!) pointing me to the new location of the files.
Now I was able to boot into Linux on my Amiga 1200. However, as you can see in the video below, the kernel panicks because it cannot mount the root filesystem. I quickly received useful responses to a mail that I sent to the Debian project’s mailinglist for the M68K port. As it turns out, the Linux kernel that I used does not have support for storage devices attached to the Amiga via PCMCIA.
Installing Linux “for real” on my Amiga 1200 is a project for another weekend as I need to get a USB to RS-232 adapter cable first in order to use my ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebook as a serial console for Linux running on the Amiga.
Using the Micromys V4 I was able to replace the TecnoPlus TP173 mouse (unfortunately, even back in 1998 I did not have an original Commodore Amiga mouse anymore) that I found in the attic with a Logitech RX250 optical mouse.
The Micromys V4 is an adapter from the Amiga’s mouse/joystick port to PS/2. Then you need a PS/2 to USB adapter to connect a modern computer mouse.
