I had been thinking about the above for some time, hesitating to post about it actually!

Then I cam across this in the NABU discord from Les Bird:

"All, I have RomWBW Option Cards on eBay for the NABU for those that want one. Fully assembled units with an F18A on a Tang Nano 9K and a compact flash card with a variety of CP/M based operating systems (CP/M 2.2, 3 and ZSDOS to name a few). Just plug and play. No modifications to the motherboard or custom ROMs needed. One jumper on the card switches back to NABU mode with the ROM still on the motherboard. Link here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/276472634917 and details here: https://github.com/sebhc/sebhc/wiki/NABU#nabu-romwbw-option-card .. it is by far the best way to use your NABU PC. Boot to the CP/M prompt in less than 5 seconds from the included compact flash. Gerbers and schematics on the Github for those that want to build their own."

Cool! Just what the doctor ordered - for me - I ordered one of Les's pre-built units. Manual build is a bit beyond my inclination presently! Think its going to be a great solution.

I was looking at the x16 or Agon for a "current" hardware - modern 8bit - option! But given the NABU is "literally" still a new machine this is a great option I think? My current option for disk based CP/M is a TRS-80 4P but it too - like me - "is getting old".

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Collection of my NABUPC MAME Builds for alternative platforms.


It all started with the goal of creating a relocatable "AppImage" - presently targeted at the Steam Deck!.


So I compiled up a couple of "Linux" binaries of the NABUPC-MAME. I was then asked if I could compile for some other related platforms - and here it is.


All currently hosted on my GitHub/ontheslab


Base Linux Build using GTAMP's Windows (https://gtamp.com/nabu/) release Files and compiled from "brijohn's" source code (https://github.com/brijohn/mame/tree/nabupc_wip).

Please see "readme.linux" and "readme.gtamp" for details.


Linux Builds are located here: https://github.com/ontheslab/nabu-mame-builds

AppImage Builds are located here: https://github.com/ontheslab/appimage

My NABU will be on display at:

Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition 2024

https://www.amigaretro.com/index.php/topic,441.0.html

Wow, I'm glad I found this game!  How great is it!  I encourage everyone to at least give it a go!

I will explain my experience so far, in case it helps anyone else:  At first I was using an old WHDLoad version (it was 1.1) and the controls were not responding properly at all.  I was constantly jumping and could not press down on the joystick to stay as a 'puddle' without the game reverting straight back to being 'inflated'. At first I thought this was just the game, being the first time I had played it.  I realised something was wrong when I went to put in my high score (which was terrible of course!), and the keys were automatically scrolling through the alphabet (like the joystick control was stuck in the up position!).  I searched around on the net and found information about a high score fix in later versions of WHDLoad (I think), so I re-downloaded the WHD Install, the ADF files from the developer's site, and installed back on my A1200.  It fixed the issues, and immediately I was able to play the game properly and found this to be now one of my favourite games on the Amiga!

I played a few levels, and made a few silly mistakes leading to falling off the level, so I am sure I can do better, if I get the time, but here is my score:

17,690

Played on my Amiga 1200 starting on level 1, no passwords/keys used, and did not press 'Help' to advance through any levels.