GoofOffBert
@goofoffbert.bsky.social
A deep interest in the pre-Windows home computer revolution, specifically the 8-bit, Commodore, and Amiga scene that defined that period of immense technological change for the home computer user.
Followed Ben Eater's instructions on creating a computer clock ... feel like I'm a monkey poking the outlet with a wire coat hanger .. BUT I am learning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyzn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyzn...
January 11, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Followed Ben Eater's instructions on creating a computer clock ... feel like I'm a monkey poking the outlet with a wire coat hanger .. BUT I am learning.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyzn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyzn...
Any of you ever name all your kids after the IC chips in an Amiga?
January 9, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Any of you ever name all your kids after the IC chips in an Amiga?
This Amiga was an unmodified original with Kickstart 1.2 installed. It now works with the DiagROM v2 and Kickstart 1.3
I used @theretrochannel.bsky.social 's excellent video as a tutorial to make the modifications.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR02...
I used @theretrochannel.bsky.social 's excellent video as a tutorial to make the modifications.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR02...
January 1, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This Amiga was an unmodified original with Kickstart 1.2 installed. It now works with the DiagROM v2 and Kickstart 1.3
I used @theretrochannel.bsky.social 's excellent video as a tutorial to make the modifications.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR02...
I used @theretrochannel.bsky.social 's excellent video as a tutorial to make the modifications.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR02...
I have a Commodore Amiga 500 Rev 5 board and in order to upgrade to newer ROMs or to use a PROM, I need to make modifications to deal with the OOPS shown in the schematic.
Cut trace on each side of pin 31 and bodge Agnus, Kickstart, and the 68K together.
Cut trace on each side of pin 31 and bodge Agnus, Kickstart, and the 68K together.
January 1, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I have a Commodore Amiga 500 Rev 5 board and in order to upgrade to newer ROMs or to use a PROM, I need to make modifications to deal with the OOPS shown in the schematic.
Cut trace on each side of pin 31 and bodge Agnus, Kickstart, and the 68K together.
Cut trace on each side of pin 31 and bodge Agnus, Kickstart, and the 68K together.
Happy New Year!
Stay safe. Have fun. Play retro games.
Stay safe. Have fun. Play retro games.
January 1, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Happy New Year!
Stay safe. Have fun. Play retro games.
Stay safe. Have fun. Play retro games.
I LOVE that Compute Gazette is featuring Rebecca Heineman on the cover of their magazine!
www.computesgazette.com
www.computesgazette.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I LOVE that Compute Gazette is featuring Rebecca Heineman on the cover of their magazine!
www.computesgazette.com
www.computesgazette.com
You got the look! From 1982 to 2025, the Commodore 64!
December 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
You got the look! From 1982 to 2025, the Commodore 64!
There's a Tr*mp Tariff Tax on periodicals ?
December 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
There's a Tr*mp Tariff Tax on periodicals ?
IT ARRIVED!!!
The New Commodore 64 Ultimate arrived. So far, nicely done! Works well, easy to get start going. Very nice look and feel. Very retro with the manual, the "tape", even the box! So funny and cool!
Compare my 1984 version to the 2025 version!
The New Commodore 64 Ultimate arrived. So far, nicely done! Works well, easy to get start going. Very nice look and feel. Very retro with the manual, the "tape", even the box! So funny and cool!
Compare my 1984 version to the 2025 version!
December 27, 2025 at 6:39 AM
IT ARRIVED!!!
The New Commodore 64 Ultimate arrived. So far, nicely done! Works well, easy to get start going. Very nice look and feel. Very retro with the manual, the "tape", even the box! So funny and cool!
Compare my 1984 version to the 2025 version!
The New Commodore 64 Ultimate arrived. So far, nicely done! Works well, easy to get start going. Very nice look and feel. Very retro with the manual, the "tape", even the box! So funny and cool!
Compare my 1984 version to the 2025 version!
The Commodore Amiga 3000 featured on the cover of Byte magazine May 1990. A 68030 with 600x400 "high-res" flicker free.
Full article.
byte.tsundoku.io/pdfs/199005_...
Full article.
byte.tsundoku.io/pdfs/199005_...
December 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The Commodore Amiga 3000 featured on the cover of Byte magazine May 1990. A 68030 with 600x400 "high-res" flicker free.
Full article.
byte.tsundoku.io/pdfs/199005_...
Full article.
byte.tsundoku.io/pdfs/199005_...
Difficult finding a good SID chip. No longer made and the prices for existing ones quite high (especially with the Tariff Tax). I've been trying alternatives for my 326298 Rev A C64.
Soldered this monster SIDKick Pico PWM, checked that the keyboard fits and it sounds great!! WOW good. $15 and a Pi
Soldered this monster SIDKick Pico PWM, checked that the keyboard fits and it sounds great!! WOW good. $15 and a Pi
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Difficult finding a good SID chip. No longer made and the prices for existing ones quite high (especially with the Tariff Tax). I've been trying alternatives for my 326298 Rev A C64.
Soldered this monster SIDKick Pico PWM, checked that the keyboard fits and it sounds great!! WOW good. $15 and a Pi
Soldered this monster SIDKick Pico PWM, checked that the keyboard fits and it sounds great!! WOW good. $15 and a Pi
My email said WHAT!?!!?! 😁👏🥳🎄
December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My email said WHAT!?!!?! 😁👏🥳🎄
And there were MORE! 😁
No flexing here!! That Amiga keyboard is SOLID!
No flexing here!! That Amiga keyboard is SOLID!
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 AM
And there were MORE! 😁
No flexing here!! That Amiga keyboard is SOLID!
No flexing here!! That Amiga keyboard is SOLID!
The things (amount of screws) that I'll do just to get the Caps Lock Key to light up on a perfectly good and working Commodore Amiga keyboard.
It is so pretty now.
It is so pretty now.
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The things (amount of screws) that I'll do just to get the Caps Lock Key to light up on a perfectly good and working Commodore Amiga keyboard.
It is so pretty now.
It is so pretty now.
This is one of those older 326298 Rev A C64s with the 5-pin video out. People curse at these all the time, usually because of the lower quality video output. So I did the s-video mod, taking the audio-in pin to output chroma
December 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This is one of those older 326298 Rev A C64s with the 5-pin video out. People curse at these all the time, usually because of the lower quality video output. So I did the s-video mod, taking the audio-in pin to output chroma
It's like your drunk step father won't let you play with the neighborhood kids.
No, I can't buy this new anywhere else. #stupidtariff
No, I can't buy this new anywhere else. #stupidtariff
December 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
It's like your drunk step father won't let you play with the neighborhood kids.
No, I can't buy this new anywhere else. #stupidtariff
No, I can't buy this new anywhere else. #stupidtariff
It's almost like when I started browsing the web 30 years ago.
Though my first web browser was Amosaic, I had graduated to iBrowse way back then.
What was the first web browser you used?
Though my first web browser was Amosaic, I had graduated to iBrowse way back then.
What was the first web browser you used?
December 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It's almost like when I started browsing the web 30 years ago.
Though my first web browser was Amosaic, I had graduated to iBrowse way back then.
What was the first web browser you used?
Though my first web browser was Amosaic, I had graduated to iBrowse way back then.
What was the first web browser you used?
First MOD player install, HippoPlayer. I will say that it was nice and easy. Seems to play a wide variety of formats. Really basic looking .. but the sound is great! Easy to use.
December 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
First MOD player install, HippoPlayer. I will say that it was nice and easy. Seems to play a wide variety of formats. Really basic looking .. but the sound is great! Easy to use.
Working on and Amiga 1000 Microbotics StarBoard 2 expansion unit. Upon opening it up .. there's an old corroded battery. 😳
Those batteries get you every time. Luckily, I don't think there is much damage.
If you have old machines with batteries. Check them!
Those batteries get you every time. Luckily, I don't think there is much damage.
If you have old machines with batteries. Check them!
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Working on and Amiga 1000 Microbotics StarBoard 2 expansion unit. Upon opening it up .. there's an old corroded battery. 😳
Those batteries get you every time. Luckily, I don't think there is much damage.
If you have old machines with batteries. Check them!
Those batteries get you every time. Luckily, I don't think there is much damage.
If you have old machines with batteries. Check them!
I find that sellers are just poorly packaging things.
Throw in a couple pieces of cardboard and a scrap of bubble wrap and ship it! 🤨
Throw in a couple pieces of cardboard and a scrap of bubble wrap and ship it! 🤨
December 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I find that sellers are just poorly packaging things.
Throw in a couple pieces of cardboard and a scrap of bubble wrap and ship it! 🤨
Throw in a couple pieces of cardboard and a scrap of bubble wrap and ship it! 🤨
Getting closer!!
Giddy giddy giddy. Not acting my age!
Commodore 64 Ultimate.
Giddy giddy giddy. Not acting my age!
Commodore 64 Ultimate.
December 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Getting closer!!
Giddy giddy giddy. Not acting my age!
Commodore 64 Ultimate.
Giddy giddy giddy. Not acting my age!
Commodore 64 Ultimate.
The Commodore 1950 is ALIVE!!!
I replaced IC402, a diode, and a few capacitors. Everything outlined in a blue square.
Everything circled in green tested good. Those circled in red tested bad.
Though I think the real culprit was just one capacitor, C410.
Oh what a feeling!!!
I replaced IC402, a diode, and a few capacitors. Everything outlined in a blue square.
Everything circled in green tested good. Those circled in red tested bad.
Though I think the real culprit was just one capacitor, C410.
Oh what a feeling!!!
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The Commodore 1950 is ALIVE!!!
I replaced IC402, a diode, and a few capacitors. Everything outlined in a blue square.
Everything circled in green tested good. Those circled in red tested bad.
Though I think the real culprit was just one capacitor, C410.
Oh what a feeling!!!
I replaced IC402, a diode, and a few capacitors. Everything outlined in a blue square.
Everything circled in green tested good. Those circled in red tested bad.
Though I think the real culprit was just one capacitor, C410.
Oh what a feeling!!!
AI reminds me of children finger painting in a hospital surgical room
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
AI reminds me of children finger painting in a hospital surgical room
The combination of xdftool (pip install xdftool) and greaseweasel is a perfect solution for manipulating .adf virtual disks & then writing adf files to a physical floppy disk!
(yes, of course, I could just skip all this and just ftp to Aminet and download the file directly from my Amiga)
(yes, of course, I could just skip all this and just ftp to Aminet and download the file directly from my Amiga)
December 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
The combination of xdftool (pip install xdftool) and greaseweasel is a perfect solution for manipulating .adf virtual disks & then writing adf files to a physical floppy disk!
(yes, of course, I could just skip all this and just ftp to Aminet and download the file directly from my Amiga)
(yes, of course, I could just skip all this and just ftp to Aminet and download the file directly from my Amiga)