Dicke Olga in Amiga 2000

I recently bought a CPU expansion card for my second Amiga 2000 that I want to turn into a decent office machine. By saying CPU expansion card I am not doing this wonderful project justice because it is so much more than just a CPU extension. What I am talking about is the “Dicke Olga” … Continue reading Dicke Olga in Amiga 2000 →

ROM upgrade oddities

If you are upgrading your Amiga, one of the things you may consider, is an upgrade of the system's ROM, called "kickstart". While most older Amigas are shipped with a v1.2 or v1.3 of the ROM, newer Amigas come with a 2.0 or even 3.0 or Commodore's last version, 3.1. Later, after Commodore's bankruptcy, Hyperion … Continue reading ROM upgrade oddities →

My map is the largest

I'm a little bit surprised by the ongoing conversation that you Ubisoft have sparked with their announcement about Star Wars outlaws where the planets size seemed to increase and increase and that they should be larger than anything that we've seen before. While this seems to be an attempt to position the game especially well … Continue reading My map is the largest →

Re-releases and bigbox releases

I must say that I'm positively surprised by a recent experience that I've had with one of the wonderful things that the Internet offers that weren't there 15 years ago. Clearly I'm a retro enthusiast and I like playing retro games, collecting retro hardware, and displaying things that I still have from that area or … Continue reading Re-releases and bigbox releases →

Amiga projects overview

There's a number of retro computing projects that I am running - mostly with little progress, because everyday life is in the way. But I draw great joy from tinkering with the systems and software, when I get to it. Mostly I am focusing on Commodore Amiga hardware and software, and there's some collection that … Continue reading Amiga projects overview →

The Amiga’s autoconfig strangeness

I am working on an Amiga 2000 that I want to turn into a "decent" workstation for the time it originally comes from - or shortly after. I had planned to give it some extra RAM, a hard drive and a networking option, so that I could do word processing, graphics processing and also access … Continue reading The Amiga’s autoconfig strangeness →

Combining timelines in Railroad Tycoon

Railroad Tycoon is trying to stretch two interesting concepts together that you can’t really marry together, because they work on two scales, magnitudes, if you will. In Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon, you’re trying to grow your railroad business, connecting cities, fuel economies in cities and regions and you’re trying to be faster than your competition, … Continue reading Combining timelines in Railroad Tycoon →

Asking LLMs what you can’t ask fellow gamers

So one of the best use cases for AI or LLMs more specifically is probably this: you won’t get a more neutral, straightforward answer without any emotions detached to this question than his – any human being who knows, will break into sweats, cursing 😊

Lemmings: rescuing Stoppers

I am still playing Psygnosis' Lemmings on my Amiga from 1991 - so here are a few more news from Lemmings: I've found it fairly sad all along, that for some abilities that you can give your Lemmings, you will have to leave them behind. The game design doesn't allow for all Lemmings to be … Continue reading Lemmings: rescuing Stoppers →

Age of Empires – I remembered it wrong

Now that Age of Empires is more than 25 years old, I thought it was about time to play it once more. After I had played the original game for a while, and after, Age of Empires II and III, I had last played the "Definitive Edition" a few years ago. One of the things … Continue reading Age of Empires – I remembered it wrong →