Amiga Boot Selectors

I'm talking about boot selectors for the Amiga, showing off a DIY method and the FireFloppySwap500, which is a deluxe solution. // Kindly sponsored by my favorite PCB manufacturer PCBWay! https://www.pcbway.com/ Buy the FireFloppySwap500 here: https://www.retro8bitshop.com/product... Instructions for the DIY solution: https://circuit-board.de/forum/index.... A slightly more elegant version: https://www.pcbway.com/project/sharep... Get an Amiga 500 Crystal Case here: https://www.a1200.net/shop/amiga-500-... TIME STAMPS: 0:00 Introduction 0:42 What is a Boot Selector? 4:49 How does the Amiga know which Drives are connected? 6:51 Switching Disk Drives 7:46 Sponsor Message 8:24 A simple DIY Boot Selector 21:09 The Caveats & Workarounds 26:24 The Deluxe Version: FireFloppySwap500 34:56 Thank you & Good night ---------------------------------------­----- MUSIC by FOCUS 10 https://focus10music.bandcamp.com EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS I USE: https://kit.co/janbeta * MERCHANDISE: https://janbeta.creator-spring.com MASTODON: https://social.janbeta.net PATREON:   / janbeta   KO-FI: https://ko-fi.com/janbeta WEBSITE: https://www.janbeta.net TWITCH:   / thejanbeta   YT CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP:    / @janbeta   Thanks for watching! This video was sponsored by ‪@PCBWay‬ . Stuff marked with "*" contains affiliate links. You don't pay anything extra and I get a little commission from everything you buy through the links (even if you buy something different there). #JanBeta #Amiga #Commodore #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #BootSelector #FireFloppySwap #DiskDrive #Gotek #ExternalDrive #InternalDrive #DF0 #DF1 #Floppy #PCBWay