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Nerdy guy in his 40s, Retro Gamer, Retro Computing Enthusiast, 90s Dance and Rave Music Enthusiast

#amiga #atarist #retro #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retrotechnology #retromusic #msx #commodore16 #commodore64 #amstradcpc #zxspectrum #diskmag #amos

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · May 15, 2026

Adventures In Retro is back - Issue 2 of my disk mag is released today, if you're interested, grab it here:

https://www.adv-in-retro.uk/downloads/issue-2-may-2026

#amiga #diskmag #amigaaddict #amigaformat #cuamiga #retro

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · May 08, 2026

RE: @theoasisbbs@techhub.social

This is an absolutely superb game I've been looking forward to getting my hands on for a very long time, having done a little play testing for Colin Porch at Revival and Zzap Live previously.

Having got hold of it now, I can say, I'm really enjoying it

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · May 08, 2026

RE: @theoasisbbs@techhub.social

I'm kind of disappointed tbh - I had to find out from a YouTube video, not from RGL, not from Amazon - poorly communicated

Not to mention, they say the software "isn't where it should be" - why not port the A500 Mini firmware and then provide an update in December?

Oh well, hopefully it's decent if/when I get it in December.

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · May 02, 2026

Replying to @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social

@MsMadLemon@mastodon.social brilliant video and such a nice personal stereo

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Apr 10, 2026

One week on, Issue 1 of the "Adventures In Retro" disk mag has had over 800 downloads, and, a positive review in WhatIFF? Magazine ............... see the attached screenshot or check out WhatIFF? Magazine yourself here: https://whatiff.info/

#amiga #amigaaddict #diskmag #amos #amigaformat #cuamiga #whatiff

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Apr 08, 2026

WOW! I can't believe it! It's not quite been a week and there's been 775 downloads of Issue 1 of my diskmag "Adventures In Retro" from Aminet - I've not got stats for this enabled on the website so not sure how many have downloaded from there.

A massive thank you from all that have downloaded, read, and enjoyed my ramblings, I will be back with more soon.

A huge thank you to all my supporters and contributors too - you know who you are 👍

#amiga #diskmag #amigaaddict #amos

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Apr 03, 2026

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@MsMadLemon@mastodon.social thank you for the mention 👍

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Apr 03, 2026

Here it is, as mentioned earlier today, I've pulled the trigger and uploaded "Issue 1" of my new Disk Mag "Adventures In Retro"

Before I drop the URL, I'd like to use this opportunity to thank @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social for the support and assistance in getting this project off the ground (as well as the other contributors I have)

You can download this from here:
https://www.adv-in-retro.uk/

#amiga #diskmag #amigaaddict #amos #retrocomputing

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

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@chainq@mastodon.social @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social my other option is, I say "tough, you need Kickstart 2.0 or later" but that feels like a cop out ........ but this is the reason behind the poll, I can work out how many people still use 1.3

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

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@chainq@mastodon.social @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social as for DMC corrupting the audio on the music file, I have no idea ............ I have the AMOS source for Magnum Pro, but there's no source anywhere in sight for DMC, so I cannot look at it's routine to how it handles the music.

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

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@chainq@mastodon.social @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social I never thought about it like that, but that's a good point - RAM wise, I don't see why it'd run out of RAM on 1.3 and not 2.0 or above (when tested with the same 1MB config on both) - but, what I didn't mention is this .............. under Magnum Pro (the one with the 1.3 problem), if I leave it in this "stuck loop" for a really long time (like 30 minutes or something daft like that), it will actually load. Theres defo something tripping it up, other diskmags in Magnum work

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

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@chainq@mastodon.social @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social under DMC, the music plays for about a minute and then starts going crazy making screeching noises and sounding corrupt (but doesn't do this on Magnum Pro) I'm leaning towards having to write my own Disk Mag engine now, as the two biggest well known ones that many used back in the day have problems

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

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@chainq@mastodon.social @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social in an emulator, if you turn on the status line, you can see it's sticking reading the same two tracks over and over again .............. I think it's a bug between how Magnum Pro (the Disk Mag engine being used) and trackdisk.device work on a 1.3 machine Magnum Pro is written in AMOS and I do have the source code, but, the code is spaghetti and I'm struggling to work out the problem I moved all the content over to DMC instead last night, which doesn't fail like this, but...

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

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@chainq@mastodon.social @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social ok, so I'm writing a disk mag, and I get different behaviour under 1.x than I do under any other OS - on a 1.x machine, as the contents page grows, the disk mag gets to a stage where after the intro graphics have displayed, the Amiga gets stuck in a loop reading from the floppy (or ADF) - this is even replicated in an emulator, so not just a real hardware problem - on a 2.x or 3.x machine, the problem doesn't exist

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

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@chainq@mastodon.social @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social well, I'm working on something, but it's targeted to 1.3 and boots from floppy (although, can easily be run from HD by copying all the files to a single drawer/folder) I do have an A590 on my A500 though, and do have a nice 1.3 HD setup (well, it's got SCSI2SD in it as the original drive died a death years ago)

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woodycool @woodycool@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2026

Replying to @MsMadLemon@mastodon.social

@MsMadLemon@mastodon.social thanks for sharing - although, I'm starting to get the idea that there's not a lot of interest in 1.2/1.3 these days That bug in my disk mag that only gets exhibited on 1.2/1.3 might be less of a problem than I think it is

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