Lets build a PISTORM

I got my hands on a pistorm so join me this week as we put it together and get it setup. As someone who doesn't know the first thing about Raspberry Pi's this was quite a learning curve and I hadn't intended this video be become a tutorial but it might be useful for anyone looking to setup their own PISTORM.
Any comments, questions or suggestion please leave them in the comments below.
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Helpful links:
Main github - github.com/captain-amygdala/p...
PiSCSI - github.com/captain-amygdala/p...
PiRTG - github.com/captain-amygdala/p...
Basic linux commands - www.hostinger.com/tutorials/l... (thanks Chrissy this was very useful)
WinSCP - winscp.net/eng/index.php

[@freddyburger5574]

It's great that you didn't just "musical montage with titles" over the actual software installation & setup process. It gives a more realistic idea of what it takes for a "Rasp pi novice" to get the device up and running & get it functioning as desired. Well done.

[@ninline2000]

Very nice video. The beauty of the Pi is the community around it. It's the only SBC that really caters to the novice. The creativity that enables things like the PiStorm is amazing. I have a couple of 3A+ boards laying around and I'm about to delve into the PiStorm. I thank you for a very interesting and informative video without a lot of crappy music.

[@envoycdx]

Nicely done. I like that it's done from a first time approach and not massively rehearsed. Honest approach.

[@derekbeaumont8248]

Great video, new to Amiga and Pistorm and you've saved me a whole load of time (and pain) setting it up

[@MI7DJT]

Yet again the Raspberry Pi comes to the rescue. It has to be the most versatile little computer of all time! Great video!

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Amazing. Such a process to go through and the result is fantastic. 😊👍

[@them8434]

Great vid, best I have seen showcasing the pistorm!

[@Shmbler]

Looks like I'm not years late to the party this time. My bare PCBs should arrive tomorrow. It's going to be an exciting build ;-)

[@CRG]

Good luck with the surface mount stuff. Some very fine pitch on there. Well worth it though, the pistorm is a fantastic bit of kit.

[@AlistairBrugsch]

Also good luck finding not-fake CPLDs...

[@Shmbler]

​@@CRG Thanks. I'm not worried though. I replaced a TSOP-48 flash in a Samsung TV some years ago. It took me a few tries with cheap magnifying glasses and a bad soldering tip, but it works fine to this day. In the end, we'll all sooner or later have to acquire the skills to work with those tiny components anyway. Tools have never been cheaper, and tutorials have never been more plentiful. So why not start now...

[@wimwiddershins]

My blank PCBs are on their way too. I have to do an acetone test on the cplds.

[@thomassmith4999]

@@Shmbler Fairly simple build really. Not many components and well within being doable under cheap magnification goggles even for old men. You don't sound like you will have any trouble, it's the same with all surface mount, pretty much solders itself if you have good flux.

[@Brock_101]

Great video. And congrats on getting hold of the coveted Pi-Storm. Enjoy :)

[@AlistairBrugsch]

He got in before it blew up in popularity...

[@timmooney7528]

Great presentation. Awesome way to breathe additional life into a vintage system.

[@CRG]

Thanks, The PiStorm has moved on a fair bit since I made this video and even since I made the update video. I do need to revisit it again at some point, really want to try out the EMU68 core.

[@EdgeOfPanic]

@@CRG You really do, though still being beta but a lot of stuff is already working.

[@Xalior]

The shocked sound in your voice as it boots for the first time is adorable!

[@CRG]

Like most things I touched I was just shocked that it worked first time!

[@PATTHECATMCD]

TV Paint might be worth trying on RTG of Pistorm.

[@Horrordelic]

Great video, and so such a cool project this is .. !!!

[@fra4455]

Great vídeo CRG

[@Zobeid]

As somebody who hasn't messed with an Amiga in years, just casually observing from outside. . . This is an incredibly cool hack, and I'm very impressed that somebody made it work. Mad science at its best. On the other hand, from a purely practical standpoint, it's nuts. You could take something like a Mini PC with Ubuntu, install Amiga emulation on it, and it would run Amiga software faster, and it would also run its own native software, which would also perform much better than a stand-alone Pi.

[@paulgraves1392]

I think the reason why the Pi was chosen to be used is that they are quite ubiquitous with a standard GPIO port and have a consistent form factor. Part of the reason why PiStorm was created was to cut scalpers off at the heels by offering a cheap accessible CPU replacement.

[@8BitRetroJournal]

Cool...can't wait to get my hand on one...

[@CRG]

You might have a bit of a wait what with the cpld shortage but it will catch up.

[@MrLukealbanese]

This was a great video, many thanks indeed. What you need is to use NewMode or ModePro to promote all the non-RTG screens to the RTG system (although expect varied results)!!! All of the Workbench reliant software will promote automatically (like FinalWriter or Wordworth), but the mode promoters will allow you to choose the resolution you want them at. I think you should choose a 1080 P screenmode - it will blow you way!!

[@CRG]

I've changed the screenmode to 720p and its amazing, so crystal clear I just stared at the screen last night admiring the high res workbench while listening to mods. I'll take a look at those apps and see if I can't get the likes of sysinfo so show up on RTG.

[@MrLukealbanese]

@@CRG it can take a bit of playing around with sysinfo to get the right display (or at least one that's useable) but it does work. You'll find the mode promotion apps on Aminet.

[@daleblake81]

Love the pace of your videos, nice and chill without talking too fast, new subscriber! - Can I just ask do I need to use a soldering iron for the A500? I watched a video from Dan Wood and he didn't mention it. Is that because he was using a A500 and not a A500+?

[@CRG]

The soldering iron is only needed if you get the board without the through hole stuff soldered on. That was part of the deal when I ordered mine but I know other people are selling them fully populated so it would be ready to go. Thanks for subscribing and thank you for the kind words.

[@markdjdeenix6846]

Thanks that was interesting

[@TunsaMcHaggis]

if you forget a sudo, you can just do sudo !! next line, it just repeats the line above with sudo in front

[@Goreratten]

Unbeknownst to me up till this point exept the Amiga is great i didn't know my life would seem better with the combination of a accent so thicc is become so, so slick while talking "aboot" miggy stuff. So you sir, ASMR, right now... yes :D haha great stuff tho

[@nordexo]

When in linux tab key is your friend

[@garethsready]

Cool 😎

[@CRG]

Only once you add a fan ;)

[@DaveVelociraptor]

Pistorm is the amiga accelerator for everybody, in my opinion, nothing wrong with the other accelerators but Pistorm is going to get better, and better, might even do enough with a Pi Zero. It'll hopefully be a cheap upgrade for all Amiga owners and if they want to go faster they can. Until the PiStorm arrived you were looking at £120+

[@CRG]

I couldn't agree more and we are just seeing the start of what's possible. The new Pi4 version thats being worked on gives a massive, massive speed boost. It has been tested with a Pi Zero but results are similar to a stock 68k, marginally faster. But if that's all you need then it could maybe be seen as a means to replace a dead chip, that said though there may never be official support for it.

[@zero0ryn]

I'm about to do the same to a 600, should be fun :)

[@DDT2005]

substitute "slash" for "forward slash" please.

[@TheErador]

No I want him to say oblique instead!

[@RetroHamer]

Ordered one but I guess I may be waiting a wee while

[@hidden_vault]

great video.. i'm going to try mine with my Rgb2Hdmi so not sure if i'll be needing the Rtg option , also switching modes still has bugs i read on the Github for Rtg

[@CRG]

I haven't had any problems so far with the rtg although not done much rtg other than workbench. I do have my second rgb2hdmi board but I'm holding out for an option to feed the signal via the pi3a on the storm.

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

Open as Root do what you need then that is that but you need a Kickstart ROM.

[@morantaylor]

It will be great when they release the A600 model :)

[@trendyfunandgames4759]

just use a converter there's a guy selling the 68000 converter for it on ebay

[@nigelwilliams4800]

I, am a massive fan 500&600 amiga awesome in the day. I would say they where before 386ibm...

[@CRG]

The 386 chip came before the A500 although in terms of price the A500 was way more accessible plus it better sound and generally better graphics.

[@garyhart6421]

FFPlay would be a nice addition --- to play MP4 etc...

[@CRG]

Might be worth a try, I'll download it and see how it goes.

[@crayzeape2230]

You could have used the 030 (instead of 020) version of RTG, may be a little faster.

[@CRG]

I asked this question in the discord and apparently the 2 files are the same. Might try it though just to see if it makes any difference.

[@crayzeape2230]

@@CRG Interesting. The Pi probably has md5 installed so you could see if the checksum is identical for the two files, which would mean they are definitely the same. Try the command inside the folder/directory that contains both files: md5sum pigfx020.card pigfx030.card

[@sergio7044]

great job !! how did you put workbench 3.1 on a USB?

[@CRG]

I used an adf disk image. That thing I plugged it into is a gotek floppy drive emulator. Reads the adf disk images from USB as if they were real disks.

[@sergio7044]

@@CRG Thanks !! But.. what procedure do you follow? With which application do you "burn" the adf on the USB?

[@Darkstar2342]

19:15 strange that this worked, because you had the wrong filename in the config (UNIX is case sensitive) 😀

[@NavJack27gaming]

bless you for leaving in your tiny misreading mistakes. that takes courage to do lol. you could have just edited it out and made urself look slick :-P.

[@CRG]

No chance of me looking slick around a raspberry pi plus I think keeping the little mistakes in the video makes it more more realistic.

[@ArmpitoftheGiant]

Get ScummVM-RTG for the Amiga and then install all those 256-colour Lucasarts and Sierra games! Might need to change CPU type to 040 though.

[@AlistairBrugsch]

Only difference in changing the CPU type makes is emulating the MMU. Does SCUMMVM-RTG need the MMU?

[@daskarman]

How did you install the service File ? I've run into the same issue pi is not starting the emulation- thanks

[@CRG]

I just created the pi service file and followed the commands as per the github. Copy and paste the content of this - github.com/beeanyew/pistorm/blob/wip-crap/boot_scripts/pistorm.service into notepad and save it as pistorm.service then you just need to follow the instructions at the top of this page github.com/beeanyew/pistorm/tree/wip-crap/boot_scripts.

[@daskarman]

@@CRG that makes sense - thank you ! good tutorial video

[@FerencDobos]

Hello, the emulator file is missing from the site. It can't be done. Can you help me in this.

[@themanwithnoname8241]

Could it be made to work on an Atari ST?

[@CRG]

There's certainly software in the works for the pistorm and the ST. I have to admit I don't know much about the atari machines but if you joined the discord there is an atari room in there full of discussion.

[@leejacksondev]

I’ve been installing basic workbench 3.1 from Amiga Forever. It looks rather dull compared to yours. I’m wondering if I’m missing a trick or a version of the OS? 🤪

[@CRG]

I used 3.9 on this but added the custom wallpaper to the desktop. Its really easy to do, I've got a video on it :). Its an older video so I can only apologise for the overbearing music throughout it, should you decide to watch it that is.

[@leejacksondev]

@@CRG I’ll go watch. I’ve worked out increasing colours but not the toolbar etc. Super appreciate.

[@RetroGamer_George]

Why can't someone put a downloadable image somewhere?

[@CRG]

This video it a little out of date now. Most people are using EMU68 and its a lot easier to setup. You can more or less just download a pre-setup image. Look for coffin.

[@jyvben1520]

best make a duplicate of the pi sdcard, hope the logging of the linux is minimal or ram based (not writing to the sd card)

[@Alphadec]

maybe those that say fpga have goon too fare and this is no longer amiga. Maybe the are right.

[@JasonPullara]

please someone tell me that someone taught this man what the tab key does in shell

[@CRG]

One completely self taught idiot here. Please enlighten me, what does the tab key do?

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

What about using a 512GB MicroSD card will give you more space.

[@CRG]

A complete Amiga games library is about 8GB. A 512GB card would just be wasted.

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

No matter what I try I can’t get this to work. It can’t detect the CPLD so it grinds to a halt. 😡😡😡

[@DAVIDGREGORYKERR]

Linux is case sensitive.

[@CRG]

Yes I later discovered that while wondering why one of the HDD images wouldn't work. I'm a complete newb at Linux though, it's all a learning curve.

[@CanDoo321]

Buffee

[@AlistairBrugsch]

Is buffee available now? Oh yeah. No. (And I say that as someone who as paid for a beta unit...)

[@haraldhimmel5687]

@@AlistairBrugsch Did anyone claim that its available now?

[@HomerNarr]

Not so interested to go back to Amiga, but putting a pi into an. Amiga case to emulate the Amiga core is a nice side job for the raspberry. Makes me want to raspberry not Amiga. LOL

[@macstar8317]

Nice vid but way too many ads

[@CRG]

I totally forget to set the ads, thanks for the comment. KZbin put far to many in by default. I'll reduce it to 1 now!

[@mark12358]

I did not see a single ad, and I watched all the video

[@macstar8317]

@@CRG Great stuff. Keep the vids coming - your content is excellent 👍

[@mark12358]

@@C64_and_Amiga_Memories Agreed!

[@vildovalip3592]

KZbin add blocker is great

[@Keichi893]

🇺🇦💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@AmigaWolf]

Is there a store were we can buy the PISTORM, because i cannot work with that shitty Discord?

[@CRG]

None that I'm aware of as yet and to be honest it'll probably be a while because of the cpld shortage. Also consider that the board is still in heavy development but you never know perhaps in a few months once the cpld becomes more available it'll show up in the shops.

[@AmigaWolf]

@@CRG Not if the rest of the chips are not coming, and they (IBM) now are saying it can take 2 years. news.yahoo.com/ibm-says-chip-shortage-could-222341054.html

[@indiosse]

@@AmigaWolf so what you're saying is that all other amiga accelerator manufacturers have 2 years left of business :)

[@AmigaWolf]

@@indiosse No, that we have chips again somewhere in 2023, everywhere you see that yes also big businesses had to stop work, because there are no chips anymore, like in the car factory's and Graphics Cards factory's and MANY more factory's.