Windows: Emu68 Imager 2.1.2
The Emu68 Imager enables PiStorm users to prepare an SD card with the Motorola 68K emulation Emu68 and a preconfigured AmigaOS 3.x installation under Windows. The latest changes include an extension of the components updated by its updater tool and support for the TCP/IP stack Miami in addition to Roadshow.
Underwater Amiga 2000 Part 3 Shows Chris Edwards Finally Bringing It Back
#Amiga2000 #Amiga #ChrisEdwardsRestoration #RetroComputing #ComputerRestoration #AmigaRepair #RGBtoHDMI #PiStorm
https://theoasisbbs.com/underwater-amiga-2000-part-3-shows-chris-edwards-finally-bringing-it-back/?fsp_sid=3717
Emu68 provides proper WiFi access. Installation was tough, but I got decent help on the PiStorm Discord.
There are quite a few oldschool Amiga OCS/ECS demos that will run as intended, perfectly, smoothly only on base Amiga 1000, 500, 2000 systems with 68000 CPU -- unaccelerated. One example is TBL's Eon (2019) -- an incredible demo.
I've encountered a few games that fall into this category also.
Will these run properly with 68000-emulator accelerators such as the PiStorm? It emulates the 68000, but can it do so with 100% never-failing, cycle-exact precision when operating as a base, unaccelerated 68000 at 7.16/7.09 MHz?
The demos I speak of fail to run or run visibly broken with most accelerators, including my A2620 (14.32MHz 68020).
#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #PiStorm #RPi #emulation #demoscene #scenedemo #demos #demo #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #TheBlackLotus #BlackLotus #MC68000
Amiga 500 Tower: A Childhood System Rebuilt for 2026
#Amiga #Amiga500 #PiStorm #FrameThrower #RetroComputing #Demoscene #Gotek #WHDLoad #ClassicComputing #AmigaMods
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-500-tower-a-childhood-system-rebuilt-for-2026/?fsp_sid=3176
AmiStreamRaider Twitch client brings Twitch to AmigaOS 3.2
#Amiga #AmigaOS #AmiStreamRaider #RetroComputing #Twitch #Streaming #ARexx #MUI #RxMUI #Vampire #PiStorm
https://theoasisbbs.com/amistreamraider-twitch-client-brings-twitch-to-amigaos-3-2/?fsp_sid=3092
Status report of the Warp3D driver for the PiStorm32 (PI4/CM4)
In an update from yesterday, Steffen Häuser describes the current status of the project to create a Warp3D.library for PiStorm systems equipped with Pi4 and Pi CM4:
Windows: Emu68-Imager 2.1.1.7
The Emu68 Imager enables PiStorm users to prepare an SD card with the Motorola 68K emulation Emu68 and a preconfigured AmigaOS 3 installation under Windows. The new version 2.1.1.7 is available:
3D for PiStorm keeps moving forward! 🚀 New progress brings Amiga closer to modern 3D acceleration. Big things ahead for PiStorm + Raspberry Pi 4 ⚡
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#Amiga #PiStorm #RetroComputing #RaspberryPi #commodore
3D for Pistorm: Nuevos e importantes avances.
El proyecto 3D for PiStorm, impulsado por Steffen Haeuser y con desarrollo técnico a cargo de Dennis, continúa avanzando con el objetivo de dotar a los Amiga equipados con PiStorm (Pi 4 o CM4) de una biblioteca 3D capaz de ser aprovechada por juegos y software compatibles. Tras un periodo prolongado sin novedades, la actualización más reciente confirma progresos importantes pese a los desafÃos técnicos encontrados.
A diferencia de la GPU del Raspberry Pi 4, el chip gráfico VideoCore VI carece de documentación oficial completa. Aunque existe abundante código de ejemplo, especialmente procedente del proyecto Gallium3D, su complejidad obliga a desentrañar el funcionamiento interno mediante experimentación. Este factor ha condicionado el ritmo del desarrollo.
El equipo espera disponer en unas semanas de un primer ejemplo funcional. No se tratará aún de una biblioteca completa, sino de una prueba técnica capaz de generar binning lists y rendering lists, compilar código GPU en shaders y mostrar un resultado básico en pantalla, previsiblemente un triángulo coloreado. Alcanzar este hito confirmarÃa que la cadena de renderizado funciona correctamente.
Entre los principales obstáculos superados figuran diferencias en la organización de memoria entre generaciones VideoCore, cambios en el funcionamiento de la MMU, ya que VC6 utiliza direcciones fÃsicas en lugar de direcciones de bus, problemas derivados del endianness frente al sistema big endian del Amiga y complicaciones relacionadas con el ensamblador QPU utilizado para shaders.
En el estado actual, el driver 3D genera pseudocódigo que se traduce a instrucciones ejecutables por la GPU, y la inicialización del driver ya está implementada, un proceso especialmente complejo debido a la escasez de documentación. El desarrollador estudia simplificar el flujo de compilación para adaptarlo a un único hardware, lo que podrÃa reducir complejidad y mejorar el rendimiento.
Actualmente el trabajo se centra en las binning lists, cuyo código para el ejemplo está completado en torno al 90 %. Una vez finalizadas, se abordará la implementación de las rendering lists. Si no surgen nuevas complicaciones, este primer ejemplo funcional podrÃa llegar en pocas semanas, marcando un paso decisivo hacia la aceleración 3D moderna en sistemas Amiga equipados con PiStorm.
Visita la página del proyecto <<—-
#3DAcceleration #aceleración3D #amiga #bigEndian #binningLists #controladorGráfico #endianness #Gallium3D #GPU #graphicsDriver #littleEndian #Mesa3D #pistorm #QPU #RaspberryPi4 #renderingLists #renderingPipeline #renderizado #shaders #VideocoreVI
Indivision MK2cr Setup: Andrew Bristow’s Deeper Dive into Cleaner AGA Video
#Amiga #Amiga1200 #Amiga4000T #Indivision #MK2cr #FlickerFixer #Scandoubler #Workbench #HighGFX #Aminet #PiStorm #Caffeine
https://theoasisbbs.com/indivision-mk2cr-setup-andrew-bristows-deeper-dive-into-cleaner-aga-video/?fsp_sid=2442
Alice Chip Cooling: Doug’s Amiga 1200 Heat Battle
#Amiga #Amiga1200 #CommodoreAmiga #RetroComputing #AGA #Indivision #PiStorm #HardwareMod #RetroTech #Workbench
https://theoasisbbs.com/alice-chip-cooling-dougs-amiga-1200-heat-battle/?fsp_sid=2372
FrameThrower 600: One HDMI Output for a PiStorm A600
#Amiga #Amiga600 #PiStorm #FrameThrower #Emu68 #RetroComputing #AmigaHardware #HDMI #RetroTech #Workbench #ClassicComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/framethrower-600-one-hdmi-output-for-a-pistorm-a600/?fsp_sid=2267
ErMaGerd ... after 1.5 years of waiting #emu68 1.1 , the complete rewrite of the #Amiga #pistorm accelerators JIT kernel has a pre-alpha release !!!! https://github.com/michalsc/Emu68/releases
Which means my olde computer will be more fantastic just with that free update ! ... Michal Schulz, get ready to be patreonated.
Edit: Well I got 5 to 15% faster on my #MameMinimix port, I expected better, but well that is still interesting. It makes the few games too slow to play a bit more playable (Mortal Kombat, BubBobble2 & Taitof3 games, was 50% speed and got near 70% on my non overclocked setup). Thunderblade ceased to work ! (no idea why , not necessarily the update fault. )
Ok, mittlerweile läuft es. Braucht für #Picasso96 v2.x seit #VideoCore 1.2 einen zusätzlichen Tooltype. Doku oder Info in den Release Notes für sowas gibt's natürlich nicht...
Falls jemand das gleiche Problem hat:
Außerdem muss man drauf achten, dass die cmdline.txt nicht mit einem Zeilenumbruch endet. Sonst schaltet der #Framethrower zwar, zeigt aber nur ein schwarzes Bild, weil kein Scaler definiert ist (der Zeilenumbruch wird mit interpretiert und damit erkennt er den letzten Eintrag nicht).
Oh, schön. Mein #Framethrower für die #PiStorm ist heute gekommen. Hatte komplett verpennt, dass es das Teil schon seit Monaten gibt. 😅
PiStorm Firmware Fix: Retro4U Finally Gets the Amiga 2000 booting
#Amiga #Amiga2000 #PiStorm #RetroComputing #RaspberryPi #AmigaAcceleration #Retro4U #HardwareRepair #AGS #ProjectX
https://theoasisbbs.com/pistorm-firmware-fix-retro4u-finally-gets-the-amiga-2000-booting/?fsp_sid=1973
Lazarustorm Lets a PiStorm Live Outside Your Old Amiga
![<div><img alt="" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" height="450" src="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/amiga-lazarustorm.jpg?w=800" style="margin: 0 auto; margin-bottom: 15px;" width="800" /></div><p>The PiStorm is nothing new; if you’re familiar with the retrocomputer scene, you’ve probably heard of it. By replacing the 68k processor in an old Amiga (or some models of Atari) the PiStorm accelerator gives a multiple order of magnitude speedup. It’s even a reversable mod, plugging in where the original CPU was. What’s not to love? Well, some people would simply prefer to keep their original CPUs in place. [TME Retro] has a<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ICquEE3N9c" target="_blank"> video highlighting the solution </a>for those people: <a href="https://github.com/arananet/LAZARUSTORM" target="_blank">the Lazarustorm by</a> [arananet].</p>
<p>It makes perfect sense to us– back in the day, you could plug a whole x86 PC-compatible ‘sidecar’ into your Amiga, so why not a PiStorm? The whole bus is right there for the taking.The Lazarusstorm, as a project, is bog simple compared to the PiStorm itself. A PCB and the connectors to get it plugged into the expansion port on the Amiga side, and the connectors to plug the PiStorm into it on the other. A couple of jumpers and a few passives, and that’s it. [TME Retro] also took the time to come up with a case for it, which sits on felt feet to relieve st](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/985/164/826/641/317/original/f12a9b67cd2d933a.jpg)
Lazarustorm Lets a PiStorm Live Outside Your Old Amiga https://hackaday.com/2026/01/29/lazarustorm-lets-a-pistorm-live-outside-your-old-amiga/
#Retrocomputing #Amiga #Expansioncard #PiStorm
