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GhostLight 2 sends Amiga players into a haunted maze with three lives, keyboard or joystick controls, and floppy or hard-drive downloads.

RobSmithDev tests an Amiga optical pen mouse, explores its patterned tracking mat, and opens the case to examine its unusual electronics.

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YouTube video by RobSmithDev

YouTube video by RobSmithDev

RobSmithDev explains how his Amiga MOD Player reads printed discs, corrects camera images, decodes patterns, and keeps music playing.

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YouTube video by RobSmithDev

RobSmithDev shows how his mechanical MOD player prints ProTracker music onto optical discs and reads notes, samples, and data by camera.

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YouTube video by RobSmithDev

Adds a new "AmigaNET" network adapter option to BlueSCSI using a file prefixed with "AM" instead of "NE" New device supports batch/bult transfers for increased speed I...

Aliens is the second film from the legendary science-fiction series about, well… aliens. Naturally, it featured some compelling future-tech — such as the M314 Motion Tracker. RobSmithDev] wanted to recreate […read more

_Aliens_ is the second film from the legendary science-fiction series about, well… aliens. Naturally, it featured some compelling future-tech — such as the M314 Motion Tracker. [RobSmithDev] wanted to recreate the device himself, using modern technology to replicate the functionality as closely as possible. While a lot of cosmetic replicas exist in the world, [Rob] wanted to make the thing work for real. To that end, he grabbed the DreamHAT+ Radar HAT for the Raspberry Pi. It’s a short-range radar module, and thus is useless for equipping your own air force or building surface-to-air weaponry. However, it _can_ detect motion in a range of a few meters or so, using its 60 GHz transmitter and three receivers all baked into the one chip. [Rob] does a great job of explaining how the radar works, and how he integrated it into a viable handheld motion tracker that works very similarly to the one in the movie. It may not exactly keep you safe from alien predators, but it’s always fun to see a _functional_ prop rather than one that just looks good. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen somebody try to replicate this particular prop, but the modern electronics used in this build definitely bring it to the next level.

_Aliens_ is the second film from the legendary science-fiction series about, well… aliens. Naturally, it featured some compelling future-tech — such as the M314 Motion Tracker. [RobSmithDev] wanted to recreate the device himself, using modern technology to replicate the functionality as closely as possible. While a lot of cosmetic replicas exist in the world, [Rob] wanted to make the thing work for real. To that end, he grabbed the DreamHAT+ Radar HAT for the Raspberry Pi. It’s a short-range radar module, and thus is useless for equipping your own air force or building surface-to-air weaponry. However, it _can_ detect motion in a range of a few meters or so, using its 60 GHz transmitter and three receivers all baked into the one chip. [Rob] does a great job of explaining how the radar works, and how he integrated it into a viable handheld motion tracker that works very similarly to the one in the movie. It may not exactly keep you safe from alien predators, but it’s always fun to see a _functional_ prop rather than one that just looks good. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen somebody try to replicate this particular prop, but the modern electronics used in this build definitely bring it to the next level.

_Aliens_ is the second film from the legendary science-fiction series about, well… aliens. Naturally, it featured some compelling future-tech — such as the M314 Motion Tracker. [RobSmithDev] wanted to recreate the device himself, using modern technology to replicate the functionality as closely as possible. While a lot of cosmetic replicas exist in the world, [Rob] wanted to make the thing work for real. To that end, he grabbed the DreamHAT+ Radar HAT for the Raspberry Pi. It’s a short-range radar module, and thus is useless for equipping your own air force or building surface-to-air weaponry. However, it _can_ detect motion in a range of a few meters or so, using its 60 GHz transmitter and three receivers all baked into the one chip. [Rob] does a great job of explaining how the radar works, and how he integrated it into a viable handheld motion tracker that works very similarly to the one in the movie. It may not exactly keep you safe from alien predators, but it’s always fun to see a _functional_ prop rather than one that just looks good. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen somebody try to replicate this particular prop, but the modern electronics used in this build definitely bring it to the next level.

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YouTube video by RobSmithDev

YouTube video by RobSmithDev

In this RobSmithDev episode, Rob explores triple-format floppy disks, which contain content for the Amiga, Atari ST, and PC, uncovering how these disks achieve cross-system compatibility.

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RobSmithDev demonstrates six ProTracker playback quirks that produce strange effects and expose accuracy problems in many MOD players.