Description

From Sweden with Love

Denise is more than just another reverse engineered Commodore Amiga© Clone. She’s a work of art, just like the original.

Her anonymous Swedish creator has worked on the design in his spare time for over ten years.

There is no exact match but Denise can easiest be described as a compact A500+ compatible motherboard with two Zorro2 compatible slots and a few additional features.

Unlike many similar projects utilizing modern components like FPGAs or emulation, Mr.A believes in the spirit of the custom chips. That’s why Denise is designed around the same physical integrated circuits as the original system we all know and love.

In other words – in addition to components available today you will need to source Amiga Custom Chips to use this system.

A perfect way to save an old system suffering from leaking battery or capacitors?

The best of two worlds

To get the best from both worlds, Denise do contain a few modern components. Two MCUs control things like Amiga/PC keyboard, Amiga/PS/2 mouse and scroll wheel support, floppy disk detection, debug information and Big/ROM selection.

All of this resulting in a small, semi modern, super stable and expandable home computer system.

Please see below for the exact details and what is included in the package.

Important information

Please be aware that his is NOT a plug and play product. You are purchasing two high quality (TG-155/ENIG) PCBs, two firmware ICs and build instructions. No warranty or support is offered.

Denise supports both OCS and ECS. 2MB Agnus is REQUIRED. (A ‘Diet Agnus’ 1M PCB should work but is not tested)

Also Please read the email sent from Tindie upon your purchase as it contains IMPORTANT information and links to the BOM. Thank you!

What’s up?

The concept and goal is an extremely compatible, stable yet flexible hobbyist home computer that you build yourself. Which now thanks to the ingenious design based mainly on through hole components is really easy to build.

Even if you’re not a wizard with a soldering iron!

Denise is designed with quality components throughout. From ESD protected I/O ports to high fidelity audio components and crystal clear RGB video. You have to hear and see it to believe it.

What’s included?

• 1x Denise PCB (Purple Gold, Mini-ITX) (Option including all SMD components pre soldered is now available!)
• 1x 72-pin SIMM (2MB CHIP)
• 1X Manual (PDF link in email from tindie.com at purchase/shipping)
• 1x Bill of Materials (PDF link in email from tindie.com at purchase/shipping)
• 2x MCU with necessary firmware

Welcome to our growing and loving DIY home computer community. And remember – If you build it, they will come.