In his latest chaotic yet compelling episode, Chris Edwards dives headfirst into a Z3660 firmware update on his highly customized Amiga 4000 tower — and immediately regrets it. What begins as a seemingly simple task turns into a full-blown weekend nightmare, with late-night Discord chats, serial terminal hacks, and desperate debugging.
Chris sets out to update the firmware on his Z3660 accelerator board, complete with CLD and bootloader revisions. However, as many Amiga veterans can attest, things rarely go as planned. One minute it’s downloading a file. The next? Bricked system. Dead keyboard. Flashing CLD loop. Welcome to #AmigaLife.
After installing Z3660 firmware update version 0.18, his machine crashes harder than a floppy drive full of moldy sectors. With the accelerator effectively KO’d, Chris contacts the developer via Discord for damage control. Along the way, he swaps accelerators, reconfigures boot settings, and even performs minor surgery on the Raspberry Pi that manages his tower’s RGB fan effects. Nothing screams “retro computing” quite like a 12-hour troubleshooting loop just to undo a 30-second flash.
But Chris doesn’t give up. Through sheer stubbornness, he eventually rolls back the firmware, restores functionality, and gets both the Amiga and the Pi side working—albeit not perfectly. The video is filled with Chris’s trademark wit, technical deep dives, and a reminder to always back up before updating anything that says “beta.”
If you’ve ever had a minor tweak spiral into a major crisis, this video will hit home. And if you haven’t? You will after watching this.
