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Post author here, let me know if you have any questions! I think the ESP8266 can also get other devices online, but haven't tried it.

tluyben2 7y ago
Thanks, that was a nice write up. I wanted to buy the msxonchip fpga box but this MiST looks actually more interesting. I started out with a PC, then C64, then MSX-2, Amiga, then PC (and SparcStation) again. So this would be great to play with! And EvilDragon sells them which is also good.
- bantunes 7y ago
  There's the MiSTer too, which on paper at least looks more appealing. The problem with these devices is that FPGA development knowledge is rare, so the dev community is quite small.
C1sc0cat 7y ago
Nice takes me back to when I worked for Prestel / Telecom gold in the UK and was one of the thirdline unofficial Amiga support team - we got asked when the actual help desk got stuck. I recall debugging a problem on some revs of the 500 that caused problems logging on to either Prestel or TG (cant recall which). I also sometimes used my Amiga at home to login when I was WFH
abrugsch 7y ago
Thanks! this popped up in my google news feed on saturday, but I was theme parking with the kids and didn't get a chance to read it. then it disappeared from my feed. forever. ;) nice to see it here! Like you, I was equally disappointed with how CBM treated the amiga from a marketing/R&D perspective though I at least had an A500 from sometime arount late '89. I always wanted an A1200 once it was announced, but could never make the numbers stack up. Then CBM went to the wall, then I went to uni and just watched the whole tragedy circus unfold from my first couple years of an EE degree... I finally picked up a real A1200 a few years ago when a friend gave me his and it lines up nicely with my teen-hood A500 and an A600 which I got for cheap just before the prices went ballistic (thanks Vampire!) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxpvfkHj9m/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxpvfkHj9m/ <- the 3 of them together
- bantunes 7y ago
  I think the 600 was the only one that made economical sense back then, but the PC overtook it really quickly especially when SVGA became a thing for games :|
  - jacobush 7y ago
    But the A500 could still be had in retail, and it was the same as the A600, only a bit bulkier. But with more peripherals.
    - abrugsch 7y ago
      ...and a full keyboard that meant all games made for the OCS/ECS still worked ;)
      - jacobush 7y ago
        Oh, I forgot about that one. That was annoying as hell - having a game otherwise by luck or design working perfectly on the newer hardware, the newer software (Kickstart version) but then failing because one could not hit something on the numerical keyboard.
crims0n 7y ago
Great read, thank you! I have an old Atari 600XL I was looking to get online using the same method. One of these days I will make the time.

tluyben2 7y ago

Thanks, that was a nice write up. I wanted to buy the msxonchip fpga box but this MiST looks actually more interesting. I started out with a PC, then C64, then MSX-2, Amiga, then PC (and SparcStation) again. So this would be great to play with! And EvilDragon sells them which is also good.

bantunes 7y ago
There's the MiSTer too, which on paper at least looks more appealing. The problem with these devices is that FPGA development knowledge is rare, so the dev community is quite small.

C1sc0cat 7y ago

Nice takes me back to when I worked for Prestel / Telecom gold in the UK and was one of the thirdline unofficial Amiga support team - we got asked when the actual help desk got stuck. I recall debugging a problem on some revs of the 500 that caused problems logging on to either Prestel or TG (cant recall which). I also sometimes used my Amiga at home to login when I was WFH

abrugsch 7y ago

Thanks! this popped up in my google news feed on saturday, but I was theme parking with the kids and didn't get a chance to read it. then it disappeared from my feed. forever. ;) nice to see it here! Like you, I was equally disappointed with how CBM treated the amiga from a marketing/R&D perspective though I at least had an A500 from sometime arount late '89. I always wanted an A1200 once it was announced, but could never make the numbers stack up. Then CBM went to the wall, then I went to uni and just watched the whole tragedy circus unfold from my first couple years of an EE degree... I finally picked up a real A1200 a few years ago when a friend gave me his and it lines up nicely with my teen-hood A500 and an A600 which I got for cheap just before the prices went ballistic (thanks Vampire!) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxpvfkHj9m/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BxxpvfkHj9m/ <- the 3 of them together

bantunes 7y ago
I think the 600 was the only one that made economical sense back then, but the PC overtook it really quickly especially when SVGA became a thing for games :|
- jacobush 7y ago
  But the A500 could still be had in retail, and it was the same as the A600, only a bit bulkier. But with more peripherals.
  - abrugsch 7y ago
    ...and a full keyboard that meant all games made for the OCS/ECS still worked ;)
    - jacobush 7y ago
      Oh, I forgot about that one. That was annoying as hell - having a game otherwise by luck or design working perfectly on the newer hardware, the newer software (Kickstart version) but then failing because one could not hit something on the numerical keyboard.

crims0n 7y ago

Great read, thank you! I have an old Atari 600XL I was looking to get online using the same method. One of these days I will make the time.