PiStorm Adaptor Amiga A500 – A500 Plus
PiStorm Adaptor is designed to connect to the Raspberry Pi 3A + (not included but available as an option below). Placed in the DIP64 (CPU) socket of your Amiga A500, A500 Plus or A2000 in conjunction with the Raspberry Pi, it can emulate the operation of the 68020/68030/68040 processor. The software running on PiOS greatly extends the functionality of the Amiga – adding FAST memory, RTG (graphics card) and a network card. PiStorm is designed for Amiga computers (A500 / A500 Plus / A1500 / A2000), but should work with any 16-bit computer equipped with a 68000 CPU socket (FC adapter lines are not currently used / supported by firmware and cannot be guaranteed to work properly on systems with use them). Overall performance with the current use of “Musashi” as a 68k processor emulator is around 70-80 MHz 68030.
This adapter requires:
- Raspberry Pi model 3A
- 32Gb SD Card configured to boot in to WB
All available as an option below
Want to know more about the PiStorm check out the following link: https://github.com/captain-amygdala/pistorm
NOTE: This is a community project and will require some knowledge Amiga. We DO NOT provide any support for getting this product running, but support is available via the following Discord channel https://discord.com/invite/j6rPtzxaNW Also this product is still in BETA and while compatibility is very high, updates are always being released to increase compatibility with software and games.
We do sell refurbished Amiga A500 and A500 Plus’s which can have a PiStorm installed tested and running. Also we can add a PiStorm installation as part of any Amiga A500 or A500 Plus Service.
We support developers and a percentage of the purchase price of the PiStorm adaptor is given to Claude Schwarz
The PiStorm adaptors are professionally manufacture and are RoHS compliant.
PiStorm32-Lite CM4, Expansion Breakout & 64Gb SD Card Bundle
PiStorm32-Lite CM4 bundle with Raspberry Pi CM4 module, expansion breakout with HDMI, Ethernet, USB and 64Gb SD Card. This is fully assembled, just installed Workbench.
What’s included:
- Pistorm32-Lite adapter
- CM4 Adapter (Allows connection of Expansion Breakout and Compute Module 4)
- Raspberry Pi CM4 module with Wifi (Supports AmiKit also)
- Passive Cooler
- Expansion Breakout that provides HDMI, USB and Ethernet Ports
- SD Card 64GB Sandisk Ultra (pre installed EMU68 on 200MB partition) Optional upgrade to AmiKit Pistorm edition*
- Flex wire 40 Pin 20cm
- Printed IO cover (3D printed)
Now with an added option of AmiKit and AmigaOS 3.2.2 plug and play options*. Now with WiFI**!
NOTE: The PiStorm32-Lite CM4 product is a open source project and will require some knowledge of the Amiga.
*AmiKit Pistorm Edition requires AmigaOS 3.2 installation disks (ADF) and an internet connection, full details here.
** Wifi (wifipi.device) is still in alpha, which means that it can (and will) contain bugs. For this version you need to set up an unencrypted 2.4GHz wireless network (without a password). However, you can hide it in your router settings so that no one else can see it and connect to it. Future versions will bring WPA/WPA2 encryption.
RGB2HDMI Amiga 500 / 500 Plus Adaptor
RGB2HDMI Amiga 500 / 500 Plus Adaptor which plus in to the Denise socket. The RGBtoHDMI project uses a Raspberry Pi Zero (not included) to display a pixel perfect image and it can be softened or scanlines can be added to connect your Amiga A500 or A500 plus to a HDMI TV without any external converter boxes or adaptors and no soldering required!!
The advantage of this RGB2HDMI adaptor it allows you to plug Amiga 500 accelerators cards at the same time for example the TF534 or TF536
What is included:
- RGB2HDMI adapter.
- Cable with a switch.
NOTES:
- Some very early Amiga 500 rev 3 motherboard might require soldering to provide the necessary sync signals.
- Raspberry Pi Zero and an SD card are required – these are NOT INCLUDED.
- PCB Colour will vary
This version was created by LinuxJedi and is based on the OpenSource RGB2HDMI project by c0pperdragon & hoglet67.
Amiga A500 Recapping Service
Amiga A500 recapping service, all board revisions, NOTE this is NOT a repair service.
- Check of the board before recapping is begun.
- Removal of existing capacitors.
- Clean-up and preparation of area.
- Replace using Panasonic/Wurth/KEMET capacitors.
- Retest (Video, Audio, Floppy Boot.
We also provide a recapping service for the Amiga A500 Plus which came with a 2.04 kickstart rom.
Amiga Black Keycaps A1200 A500 A600 Multiple Layouts
Amiga Black Keycaps A1200 A500 A600 & CDTV Black Keycaps Layout Amiga Keycaps Set. Each sets contains 108 keycaps. The Keycaps can be used on ISO & ANSI keyboards, also included are extra keycaps to support the specific layout of the Mitsumi Amiga A600 Keyboard (green ribbon version NOT blue version).
Compatibility Notice
- New Amiga Keycaps are compatible with Mitsumi Switches only!
- Not compatible with Amiga 1000.
What’s in the box
- 96x Keycaps : Compatible with A1200 / A500 / A600 / A2000 / A3000 / A4000
- Includes : Standard Return Key (ISO) / FAT Return Key (ANSI) & Additional long Shift Key (ANSI)
- 12x Keycaps for Amiga A600 compatibility
- 1x Standard Space bar
- 1x Short Space bar (A600)
- 100x Springs : Should you need to replace some old ones.
- Small & Medium sized plastic clips for special key stabilizers.
A perfect compliment to our Amiga A1200 cases available in Black, White and Translucent Purple
Images are for illustrative purposes only.
Asahi Amiga A1200 Case Akuma Red
Asahi Amiga A1200 Case Akuma Red manufactured by A1200.net
What’s included?
- Top case including enhancements
- Bottom case including enhancements
- Enhanced bottom trapdoor with extra vents.
- Enhanced rear trapdoor + extra plastic holder DVI / VGA shaped hole.
- Rubber feet
- Set of screws
How are these brand new?
In 2016 840 Amiga users made it possible in supporting a Kickstarter to reproduce the Amiga 1200 case, the new cases are made using Injection Molding manufacturing technique to produce top and bottom shells as well as trapdoors and parts. The process implies the use of 3 new moulds, the first one is for the top shell, second mould for the bottom shell and last one for trapdoors and parts, all produced using brand new moulds.
What is the Asahi Series of A1200 cases?
The Asahi series of A1200 cases are limited edition, once gone, they are gone. The word ‘Asahi’ is a Japanese word that means “morning” and “sunlight”. It is derived from the Japanese words asa meaning “morning” and hi meaning “sunlight”. The name symbolizes the start of a new day, and is associated with hope and new beginnings. The limited edition series are available in the following colours:
Akuma Red – The word ‘Akuma’ in Japanese means ‘Devil’. With Devil Red we reference the Red Demon. A historic figure and one of the four Guardians of the Tokugawa in Japanese history. This color Red is a very dark Wine Red but brightens up to a blood red when light emits through it.
Arashi Grey – The word ‘Arashi’ in Japanese means ‘Storm’. The case is a very dark grey, but when light emits through it turns into a brighter grey with clear blue accents.
Shinkai Blue –The word ’Shinkai’ in Japanese means ‘Deep Sea/Ocean’ The case is a rich blue translucent which was close to the Commodore Blue but allow the right light and viewing angle to give it a dark purple hue. The blue brightens up when light emits through it.
Enhancements galore:
The Amiga community has never died and some have produced some great add-ons over the years to make sure the Amiga is still relevant and useful today as it was back in the 80’s/early 90s and these cases take full advantage of that weather that’s simply transferring your existing motherboard from your existing Amiga 1200 or have a luxury of installing a MiST FPGA Board. Below are few more enhancements:
A CF slot can be opened up on the side of the A1200 case to allow easy access to what would be the CF card within the A1200 itself.
MiST is a FPGA based modern board that implements classic 16bit computers like the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST and 8bit systems like the Commodore 64, ZX-Spectrum, MSX, Atari XL/VCS, Apple II, Colecovision, Sega Master System, NES, SNES as well as Arcade machines. The primary difference between the MiST is that its NOT emulation.
The Amiga A1200 purple case has mounts to mount the MiST FPGA.
Yes you can mount a Raspberry PI 2/3 within the new A1200 case with the use of the mounts already part of the case for a nice clean solution.
Keyrah V3 is an IO adaptor that allows you to use the original keyboards of the Commodore Amiga 600 and 1200, Commodore 64, VIC-20 and C-16 within their respective cases. The purpose of this you can then install a Raspberry PI which uses the original keyboard of that computer and providing 2 x D9 ports. The new Amiga 1200 case has mounts are located at middle top of bottom shell. This location make the keyboard adapter available for Raspberry Pi or MiST board. Original Amiga 1200 keyboard ribbon will fit nicely just at the right place on the keyboard adapter board. I/O connectors are accessible through rear panel I/O slots.
So what are the differences with the original Commodore case?
- All screws are secured with metal brass inserts. No more broken plastic clips.
- The bottom trapdoor has extra vents for a better case air flow.
- 2 new rear trapdoors are available to accommodate VGA and DVI. The third one is a Plain door.
- The case supports the following modern devices : Raspberry Pi©, MiST© FPGA, Keyrah© V3 keyboard adapter, RapidRoad© Double USB and Lotharek© HxC Floppy emulator, Flashfloppy
*Keycaps NOT included but available as an option.
GoDrive1200 Gotek for Amiga A1200 and A500
GoDrive1200 Gotek for Amiga A1200 and A500 is an upgrade that provides you both the use of your current internal floppy drive in the A1200 and A500 and also have access to a Gotek drive, so have the best of both worlds floppy drive and Gotek drive.
Features:
- Large 1.3” OLED screen
- Rotary encoder with switch
- Activity LED light
- Drive selector
- USB socket
- FlashFloppy Firmware
The unit requires no cutting of the case!!
Notes:
Compatible with all Amiga 1200 units however there are exceptions as the A1200 came with different makes of floppy drive so if you have:
- Mitsumi D357T2,
- TEAC FD-235HF,
- Panasonic JU-253-043P
Please ask for a SLIM version, as these drives are too long to fit standard GoDRIvE1200 model.
Escom Amiga 1200
If you are owner of ESCOM A1200, GoDRIvE1200 will not work without modifying mainboard and replacing PC-compatible FDD fitted, for Amiga compatible one. There is a wire underneath the floppy connector that is bridging Pin 2 and Pin 34, this simply needs cutting out or de soldered.
AmigaOS 3.2.3 ROM Burning Service for Amiga A500/A600/A2000
AmigaOS 3.2.3 ROM Burning Service for Amiga A500, A600 & A2000, within this service we will burn the 3.2.3 Kickstart ROM file to a physical kickstart ROM which can be installed in your real Amiga 500/600/2000.
What you will receive:
- Physical 3.2.3 Kickstart ROM using the more expensive 27C400 EPROMS.
NOTE
NO License is included for AmigaOS 3.2 or any physical media is included, this is purely a burning service, However we are able to supply AmigaOS 3.2 licenced CD-ROM here
We are proud to be an official Hyperion reseller.
Amiga 1200 Recapping, Modulator, Timing Fix (Standard)
Amiga 1200 capacitor replacement service, all board revisions (1A,1B,1D1,1D4,2B). NOTE this is NOT a repair service.
- Check of the board before recapping is begun (any faults found before recapping will be reported back)
- Removal of existing capacitors (both SMD and radial capacitors).
- Cleanup and preparation of area.
- Replace using quality Panasonic/Wurth/KEMET capacitors.
- Retest (Video, Audio, Floppy Boot, CF Card boot)
- FREE return postage of your recapped board.
Amiga A500 / A500 Plus Keyboard Membrane (New)
Amiga A500 Keyboard Membrane brand new. If you have issues with your Amiga A500 keyboard with missing keys or missing rows of keys the chances are the membrane needs replacing. The A500 / A500 Plus was supplied with at least 3 different types of keyboard membrane – A version by Samsung had 2 keyboard connectors and these keyboard membranes are NOT compatible. There are also keyboards made by Cherry (with the C= key instead of the left Amiga key) and by NME (these have red Amiga keys) again this membrane is NOT compatible.
This membrane is compatible ONLY with models which have a single keyboard connector – the Mitsumi membranes (part numbers 56 A619A and 56 A619B) both with and without the extra blank / international keys (ie 94 and 96 key versions). If your unsure by all means contact us.
What if you have missing keys or rows of keys on the Keyboard? Try these possible fixes first:
- Check the keyboard plug is inserted all the way in the connector on the Amiga A500 / A500 Plus mainboard.
- If it’s only 1 or two keys the plunger may need a clean, strip down the keyboard and clean the plunger with some IPA.
- If it’s a whole row of keys missing its a very strong possibility that the membrane on your needs replacing.
Do let us know if any of the above fixes help you!
Refurbished Commodore Amiga A500
Commodore Amiga A500 – Professionally Refurbished & Recapped
Technical Specifications
- Motorola 68000 (7.14Mhz) CPU
- 512k Chip Ram – 512k Slow Ram (1Mb Ram)
- 1.3 Kickstart Rom
- 3.5″ Floppy Drive
- UK Layout Keyboard
What’s included?
- Professionally refurbished Amiga A500 Unit (excluding mouse and PSU), these are options that can be added.
What is Refurbished?
Each Commodore Amiga A500 mainboard is professionally recapped and deep cleaned using a Ultrasonic cleaner, bathed using deionised water and professional grade PCB/Flux cleaning solution. Once completed it is dried and a full diagnostic test is completed. Each unit is thoroughly inspected make sure the Amiga 500 worked as it did when it first came from the factory back in the 1980’s.
Case and keyboard is stripped and cleaned but due to age may show signs of use and age. It can take up to 28 working days for machines to be completed due to the high volume of orders, please take this into account when ordering.
What is Ultrasonic cleaning?
Ultrasonic cleaning is a process that uses ultrasound (usually from 20–40 kHz) to agitate a fluid, this fluid is made up for this specific job which is to clean and remove any flux left over from recapping. We use deionised water (deionized depending where your from) and professional grade PCB cleaner.
Shipping:
UK shipping will be via Parcelforce and shipping cost will be calculated the checkout.
Worldwide shipping available simply contact us for a shipping quote.
Images of the Amiga A500 is for illustrative purposes only, each unit will show signs of age and use.
As these are custom built they can take between 21/28 working days depending on what add-ons are added and workload. Deposits are not refundable
ACA500Plus Individual Computers Amiga A500 A500 Plus
ACA500plus for the Amiga A500 and A500 Plus is the successor to the popular ACA500. The ACA500plus is an external expansion which is plugged to the left expansion port of your A500 or A500+. There is no need to open the computer at any time. This includes a new revolutionary method that can turn your 512k trapdoor memory expansion into chipram! If your Amiga is equipped with an ECS Agnus chip and said internal 512k memory expansion, you can turn your computer into a 1MByte-Chipram computer, just by selecting a menu item in the configuration menu of the ACA500plus! A lot of stock A500 computers with board revision 6 or higher have this exact configuration.
The ACA500Plus houses a MC68HC000 processor clocked at 14.1MHz as standard, This will give your computer more than a double-speed boost. If that’s not enough, you can choose overclocking to 21, 28 or even 42MHz. Overclocking success is not guaranteed. By attaching an ACA12xx or Blizzard 12xx accelerator, you can make your A500 faster than a stock A3000.
The ACA500plus comes with essential software pre-installed in it’s large flash. This includes fully licensed Kickstart versions V1.2 and V1.3 for backwards-compatibility, and Kickstart V3.1. You can install a fresh copy of Workbench 3.1 using the built in installer which is included within the ACA500Plus. All you need is an empty CF card, and you can install OS3.1 with a few key presses. After that’s done, you can use the second CF card slot to exchange data with a modern PC: The ACA500plus supports PC-formatted cards and long filenames out of the box, no special installation required.
CF cards are handled like hard disks on the Amiga-side. You can use HDtoolbox or HDinsttools – whatever you prefer. Even the two popular 64-bit addressing modes are implemented: Both TD64 and NSD64 command sets are supported, so whatever your preferred filesystem requires, you can use it on your ACA500plus setup to access flash cards that are larger than 4GBytes. Speed-wise, the CF card slots are faster than most hard disk controllers that are available for other Amiga computers. The ACA500plus even outperforms the SCSI controller of an A3000!
Many users will want to use the ACA500plus with the popular WHDload software, which lets you install games on CF cards instead of swapping floppy disks if you want to play a different game. WHDload lists the 68010 processor as a minimum requirement for using the Quit-key and return to the Amiga’s Workbench. The ACA500plus has special circuitry that lets you use the WHDload quit-key at any time, although you “only” have a 68HC000 processor. This is supported by WHDload V17.2 and higher.
Advanced floppy control: If your computer has a defective or even a missing floppy drive, the ACA500plus can handle this. With the built-in “boot selector” circuitry, you can turn an external drive into a fully-compatible df0: drive. In addition to that, the floppy control functions allow you to make external drives invisible, although they do not have an off-switch. This saves you the work of (un)plugging drives in order to make older floppy-based software compatible.
The ACA500plus features three expansion ports:
- A1200-compatible clockport
- local 16-bit expansion port
- A1200 CPU card connector
The A1200-compatible clockport can be used for expansions that were initially designed for the clockport of the A1200, for example Catweasel MK2, Delfina or RapidRoad. Please note that some drivers may require patching in order to work on a non-A1200 computer. Contact the vendor of your A1200 expansion to find out if they provide such a driver.
The fast 16-bit local expansion port is reserved for our network expansion X-Surf-500.
The A1200 CPU card connector is meant for further CPU and RAM upgrades. It is guaranteed to work with our ACA1220, ACA1221(ec, lc), ACA1232, ACA1233(n) and ACA1234 models. Our older ACA1230 accelerators are not supported. We will therefore only answer support questions about ACA1220, ACA1221(ec, lc), ACA1232, ACA1233(n) and ACA1234 accelerators.
The same applies to old Blizzard accelerators by Phase 5: IComp have done their best to make them work, but there are limits to what we can do. Please keep in mind that the A500 is a 16-bit architecture, and the Blizzard accelerators have been developed for the 32-bit architecture of the A1200.
Another new feature of the ACA500plus is it’s capability to make use of a real time clock (RTC) that an A1200 accelerator provides. This keeps the clock port of the ACA500plus free for other uses. Further, an RTC that is located on the trapdoor expansion of your A500 can be used. This kind of flexibility was not available on the predecessor ACA500.
With all these expansions, certain software may be incompatible. However, this is not a reason to unplug the ACA500plus, as it features an advanced cloaking mode that lets you downgrade the computer to standard memory configurations with minimal expansions (like Action Replay) or even no expansions at all, your choice of Kickstart ROM, running at the original 7MHz speed. Even if your computer does not have an internal 512k trapdoor memory expansion, the ACA500plus can not only add this, but even emulate the cycle-exact speed of the internal expansion with the same slow-down effects that an internal memory expansion has. In other words: There is no reason to unplug the ACA500plus at any time.
Package includes:
- ACA500plus with DisMo, 68HC000, 8MB RAM, 8MB Flash
- Short instruction manual German/English
Software included in the flash ROM:
- Kickstart V1.2, V1.3, V3.1
- Full OS3.1 disk set with fully automatic installer
- Action Replay 3 (patched for ACA500plus)
- HRTmon
- Thor’s 040/060 libraries as resident modules
- Thor’s mmu and memory libraries
- Network software, TCP/IP Stack for X-Surf-500
Enclosure/Case is NOT included but available as an option.
Note:
** We don’t support or advise the use of the Meanwell PSU or its variants unless its an original Amiga PSU l that has been recapped (better), AT PSU or the CA-PSU. The primary reason is the PSU is the heart of the Amiga and reading the Individual Computers forum, the PSU is the 2nd item to question if there are issues. The number one issue is the socket on the Indivision is not pushed down enough as it does require a lot of pressure. Full explanation regarding the PSU is here
If you have any questions just contact us