Author Archives: jack phlash

REFDoor 1.2 Release

I’m publicly releasing version 1.2.0 of my REFDoor REF scripting engine door today! This release contains all kinds of bug fixes, some new commands, and a slew of behind the scenes optimizations and improvements including changes which should greatly improve REFDoor’s performance when running on retro hardware. The most notable under the hood change is… Read More »

Getting into Amiga – Trouble in Paradise

Not long after the events of my last update I took the next logical step and obtained a set of Workbench 1.3 disks. For those reading who aren’t Amiga users, Workbench is the graphical interface part of AmigaOS and greatly expands the core functionality found within the so-called Kickstart portion of the operating system. While… Read More »

Getting into Amiga – The Missing Pieces

So, I now had an Amiga 500 of my very own, but I only had the computer itself. I’d need a few more things to be able to turn it on, never mind actually use it. First and foremost, I’d need a power supply. It’s not too difficult to find original Amiga power bricks on… Read More »