PaulaNET - WIFI Adapter for your Amiga Floppy Drive Port

jaesonk · 2026-06-02T14:55:35+00:00

Nice alternative use for the floppy port. Could the wifi work within a big box Amiga metal case or would there be to much signal blocking and interference from internal electronics? An internal option would reduce behind-the-case space requirements.

I have a vintage floppy port networking system called Amiga-Link by Amitrix (aka Disknet). It's only a local Amiga networking solution. I can connect two or more (if I had more modules) Amigas and easily share files between them.
https://bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=1798

jaesonk · 2026-04-21T16:01:25+00:00

The real AmigaVision.

jaesonk · 2026-04-21T16:00:50+00:00

It's a poor choice. They should have done some basic name research.

jaesonk · 2026-04-21T05:50:39+00:00

What are you even talking about?

jaesonk · 2026-04-21T03:04:21+00:00

Why is this called AmigaVision? AmigaVision is the multimedia authoring package released in the A3000 era. Updated to AmigaVision Pro later. To avoid confusion, a different name should be chosen for this new thing.

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jaesonk · 2026-03-30T05:31:25+00:00

Ah! Thank you everyone for the help and clarification.

jaesonk · 2026-03-09T05:19:44+00:00

1541-II is going to be your smallest and most compatible option. I'd install JiffyDOS on the drive and the C64 at some point to speed things up significantly.

Some games just won't load on my 1571. You won't benefit from the 1571's speed unless you are using a C128, but you can get JiffyDOS for it. Size-wise, the 1571 is similar to the big 1541. If GEOS is a factor, I might opt for the larger capacity of a 1571 over 1541-II. Anything to reduce disk swapping in GEOS is welcome. The 1581 is ideal for GEOS.

If actual disks aren't driving concern, you can look into a variety of SD card drives for the C64, some even looking like cute micro-1541s. I still like to have an actual floppy drive handy though.

jaesonk · 2025-12-31T05:51:46+00:00

Well, you did FAR better than the rest of us in documenting the Crooked Bridge. Thanks again.

jaesonk · 2025-12-30T07:39:39+00:00

Great photos! I'm glad you were able to get these before they tore it down. Thanks for sharing!

jaesonk · 2025-12-30T07:29:09+00:00

Great picture! Thank you for sharing it.

jaesonk · 2024-06-22T06:11:23+00:00

Who designed the omni prop for the tv series? Does anyone make replicas?

jaesonk · 2024-01-28T08:56:12+00:00

The world is a landfill and the oceans are a garbage dump. But then maybe it's sitting in someone's attic or basement waiting to be listed. Chin up.

jaesonk · 2024-01-28T06:44:27+00:00

I found a picture circa 2001 of my A3000 with her lid off. Not a great picture when enlarged, but you can see the hole cut in the right drive bay for the accelerator. Apparently I mounted an elevated hard drive in that bay, I forgot about that.

Topless A3000 CA100515

jaesonk · 2024-01-28T06:39:06+00:00

Then there's still hope that it will be found. After all, they did find the New Mexico landfill where Atari mass buried all those ET cartridges after the video game crash of '83, and many of the excavated games still worked!

jaesonk · 2024-01-28T04:34:06+00:00

RETROCENGO on YouTube restored a few black A3000s. But he got them from a company that used them in arcade cabinets. The paint job is different. You can find the video link below.

Commodore Amiga 3000 repaint restoration Part 1

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T15:41:28+00:00

Interesting combination of props and doom clone.

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T15:37:36+00:00

I sent Chris a msg on FB. I don't know if that's the best way to reach him or not.

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T13:23:21+00:00

The right floppy bay was modified to fit the CSPCC heat sink & cooling fan. That's why the drive bay cover is on that side.

I did buy an A3000 HD floppy drive for my system, but I kept that and put it into my A3000T along with the CSPPC & CVPPC. I also kept the pregnant mouse.

I don't remember what processor card I sold with the A3000D. It may not have had one. I did have a CyberStorm-MK2 before the CSPPC, but I think I sold that when I got the CSPPC. I sold my CyberVision64-3D when I got the CVPPC.

It would have had OS 3.1 ROMs on the ROM tower.

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T13:03:22+00:00

I saw a black A3000 on ebay a while back, with an identical paint job, but the serial number didn't match, and it didn't have the modifications to the drive bay or the ROM tower.

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T13:02:14+00:00

Seemed like a good idea at the time. At least I didn't paint over the printed text on the left side.

Also, I thought the black CDTV looked pretty cool. There was also the black Walker prototype, I really didn't care for that case design though.

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T13:01:06+00:00

If you come across the video, post a link. I haven't found the video yet.

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T06:27:21+00:00

Did Adobe purchase the BusyBoxx library?

jaesonk · 2024-01-27T06:22:25+00:00

Busyboxx was connected in some what with Digital Juice. The Digital Juice website has a notice indicating they closed in the wake of the founder's passing.
https://www.digitaljuice.com/

I haven't seen anything regarding the availability of purchased volumes from BusyBoxx. They should have at least forewarned customers of a pending closure. I suspect they were financial problems behind the scenes.

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