Hi All,
I need to take a small break from the blog.
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I am dealing with too much stuff at the moment, with work and family medical things (helping with my mum's recovery from recent brain surgery and being carer for my Gran) consuming too much of my free time at the moment.
On the work front I am crazy busy as me (and my small team) have 6 new or relocated offices in Germany, Spain, Turkey, India, France, and a company acquisition to do, and also a global phone system right now to implement in UK, US, Latin America and Canada, and more.
It's too much work right now, and something has to give or I will burn out.
My precious free time is being used for some occasional Amiga things to keep me sane like trying the SPE builds of Tower 57 for A1222 for the next A1222 blog post I have planned, but I just don't have time to write full detailed blog posts at the moment.
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I bought a low profile Radeon RX card for the A1222 to fit my InWin case, which is one of the supported models. Sadly it doesn't appear to work on AmigaOS 4.1 when I tried it (the boot screen appears but nothing from OS4).
This scuppered my plans to review the 1080p video playback support. Not keen to blow more money on a different card...besides, I could only find one low profile RX card in the model range supported by OS4.
I saw some rather nasty comments submitted to me to review on my last A1222 blog post which I chose not to publish to the blog. The comment included telling me (amongst other things) that I have wasted the last 8 years of my life. This sort of stuff doesn't help my motivation either when I do this for free...
I did manage to get over to Melbourne over the weekend for the F1 grand prix a few weeks ago, and I am so glad I managed to do that despite all the craziness right now - it gave me some much needed time away from what I currently have to deal with, to do something fun. I have been a big fan of F1 every year since the 1980's, never missing watching a race.
I even got to meet F1 driver Alex Albon in person over breakfast in our Melbourne hotel, as he was staying in the same hotel. I met him at the buffet, shook his hand, and we had a quick chat! First time to meet an F1 driver in person!
No one believes you when you say things like that unless you have a photo to prove it, so here you go:
Probably not the best day to wear a Ferrari shirt, but I was supporting Ferrari that weekend, and they won the race so I feel good about that.
I bought a Williams F1 shirt later that day at the track to support his team, and wore it the next morning at breakfast and he saw me wearing it, so all good, right?
Anyway, I didn't want to go quiet for a while and people to think I abandoned this blog - I haven't.
I will be back when I have more free time. I'll post on my Instagram and Facebook pages little snippets of Amiga and other computer fun I do as I have time, but right now I am overwhelmed with other non-Amiga related stuff to do.
Thanks for your patience.
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteGreetings from France
I've been really enjoying your Amiga blog for many years. It's always a pleasure. I'm really impressed by your attendance.
I've been also enjoying your other posts about trains and travels.
I don't understand some other people whining and posting bad stuffs. If they don't like what you're doing, no one force them to read. They just have to go away to see if grass is greener on the other side of the fence.
Take your time. Have a break if needed. We understand at 100%.
You don't owe nothing to noone.
Friendly yours.
I am glad you are enjoying my blog! I hope to be back soon.
DeleteHello !
ReplyDeleteAs my fellow compatriot who wrote just above (or below since I don't know where it will appear), I just wanted to tell you that reading you blog is a real pleasure.
Don't bother with those mean comments, they are just jealous of your blog and the joy you have to write about your passions. And doing so, you also bring some joy to many readers discovering lots of things about Amiga of course (all flavours) but also regarding countries and trains !
Take some time for you and your family, this is the most important thing above all. And we will be here whenever a new post is added to your blog, to enjoy once again you way of writing and descibing your passion !
See ya !
I am glad you are enjoying my blog! I agree it better to ignore the haters and people who have nothing better to do it seems. I hope to be back soon.
DeleteWish you a happy life!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you are enjoying my blog! I hope to be back soon.
DeleteI keep to myself ordinarily but in this instance I would like to say thank you for everything you have been doing. Reading is a part of my daily routine. I hope you will come back soon and no probs we all need time but we all have limited time to carve from. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind words - I am glad you are enjoying my blog! I hope to be back soon.
DeleteAnother “greeting from France”
ReplyDeleteA big thank you for your enormous and magnificent work in the service of the Amiga and its users. Thank you for your finely detailed articles, for the diversity of machines covered, the quantity of software and hardware tested. Your passion for the Amiga is impressive and you communicate it wonderfully. Above all, don't listen to the haters and save your energy!!! Take care of yourself and your family
Thank you for the kind words and sorry for the delayed response. I am glad you are enjoying my blog! I hope to be back soon.
DeleteTake your time and see you here when you are back.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a pleasure to read your posts. :)
Amiga for ever!
I am glad you are enjoying my blog! I hope to be back soon.
DeleteI love your blog! Take care of yourself and your family though. Don’t listen to any of the negative people. Yes, Amiga may be a crazy hobby, but it is fun.
ReplyDeleteThanks mate - I try my best to ignore the haters. I am glad you are enjoying my blog! I hope to be back soon.
DeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteThank you for all you have done for the Amiga community, now take care of yourself, see you again when you are ready! :-)
Thanks for your kind words. I love to blog and hope to be back when things calm down a bit.
DeleteI just wanted to give you encouragement as previous positive commentators have mentioned in this post. As a new user of Amiga OS 4.1 FE and soon to receive the A1222+ system. I found your first part of your review of the A1222+ system to be very invaluable. New users like myself would not know much about the new A1222+ system and to learn how the A1222+ system and Amiga 4.1 FE works in the detail you published in part 1. It is beyond helpful and it is very very very much appreciated. Keep it up and I look forward to part 2 of the review. No rush and enjoy your time off with family.
ReplyDeleteThanks mate - I am glad to hear it is helpful for you! I hope you enjoy your new A1222+ system. It is great to have AmigaOS 4 hardware options in 2024. I intend to be back to blog more when things calm down a bit.
DeleteJust to say, as I write this from my A1222+ ;), that I really appreciate the work you have put into this blog and learning about your experiences with the Amiga. All the best.
ReplyDeleteHi, I also bought the very same card for my A1222 and had the same issue, I think it has to do with the Display ports not being supported. I then bought a SAPLOS-Radeon-RX-550-Graphics from amazon and had a nightmare being a first time OS4 user and editing the Kicklayout to add the RadeonRX driver. Then card worked fine using the DVI on it but the HDMI displayed nothing, then one day I tried again setting screen mode to Set Monitor Mode automatically and it WORKED on the next reboot, mad thing now is the DVI on the graphic card only displays a black screen now.
ReplyDeleteJust a short comment to wish you the best and say I enjoy reading your blogs=)
ReplyDeleteRegards Norway