ok the pic story about 3 things:
Install the rom switcher
Remove a leaking battery
Trie to fix a not working flop
First will post some pics of the back, before opening it, noticed there are no screws left, but the plastic clicks open with some light force. Did remember not to unscruw the floppy
Well the previous owner was indeed Called Bart, he had about 3 boxes, of software, most of it not orignal, do not understand with a 2.x rom how he did run it.. or might be that i have no flops from that time..
the serials
I read something like asambled in France ... The golden years
The first opening, no rf shield it is gone..
Oops did you see the leaking battery on the mem board?
Well it does no look to bad, it is a memory expansian board, but it is a pitty to let it go. Might have better ones, but did not like the looks of this.
Most of the users here will know what to do, eg replace the battery or have it cut, since I do not know what I am going to do with this board, I decided to cut.
[URL="http://img693.imageshack.us/i/jvb4075.jpg/"]
It did take some more steps then the pics posted, I first used baby wipes, then used alcohol and the rest of the pic tells the story.
Well it is clean anyway. Might be able to sell it for 400 euro's on ebay in 10 years.. ok BAD JOKE
Well that is it for the battery problem.
Next pic is the installed old scool rom switcher. The Amiga had a 2.x rom in it, do not wan't it, because I had (have) a600 unwilling to run my software.
I removed it gently with a screw driver in 4 steps, just in case
The 2.x rom is just there on it for keeping, so if it needs to be used some day, it is found where it is needed!
This is the end result, the rom swither comes from Amigamaniac.com, had several small installation issues:
(no complaints about the producer, seller whatsoever)
The rom switcher and the A500 gaves bad contact, so cleaning it with electronic spray might be a good idea. Well for the rom switcher it is clearly a good and clean produced product.
The pins of the rom switcher are shorter and less big, so the contact might just be more fragile. The amiga did not work somethimes.
Well cleaned the contacts on the A500 and hot glued the connection to the motherboard (on the socket plastic) , on the plastic, so it would not loosen next opening of the case. (did use not much glue, did not wan't it on the metal inside the socket)
The switch installing is simple:
I simply used a solering iron to make the hole, because my child was already sleaping I did not wan't to make noise. (ok cleaned the soldering iron properly afterwards, and had to remove some unwanted plastic, from the case)
Take another look at the end result:
The provided spacers are glued together to have a double spacer to fix it to the motherboard. Also had to add some insulation material, because the keyboard comes right on it. (metal)
The placement is critical a few milimeters of, and the keyboard does not fit properly!!
Well, this trick, cleaning the floppy heads with alcohol was for me at least, about 99% foul proof, but have to admid, it did not help the floppy drive is not working, will have to dig in big boxes with spares to find a working floppy. Had it to the point to were it reads longer.
Had an amiga 2000 floppy drive to test drive, and yes, the floppy drive is bad.
Rom 1.3
It works stable know after the cleaning of the socket on the motherboard
And for the less legacy stuff:
Sorry that the screen is hard to see, it is black and white, and I did not take care of my camera settings, I was not thinking about the camera at that time.
A proper color screen will be there in the future, using once again Amiga Maniac hardware, and I must admid the 1.3 rom did make a fall from about 1,5 meters..
Install the rom switcher
Remove a leaking battery
Trie to fix a not working flop
First will post some pics of the back, before opening it, noticed there are no screws left, but the plastic clicks open with some light force. Did remember not to unscruw the floppy
Well the previous owner was indeed Called Bart, he had about 3 boxes, of software, most of it not orignal, do not understand with a 2.x rom how he did run it.. or might be that i have no flops from that time..
the serials
I read something like asambled in France ... The golden years
The first opening, no rf shield it is gone..
Oops did you see the leaking battery on the mem board?
Well it does no look to bad, it is a memory expansian board, but it is a pitty to let it go. Might have better ones, but did not like the looks of this.
Most of the users here will know what to do, eg replace the battery or have it cut, since I do not know what I am going to do with this board, I decided to cut.
[URL="http://img693.imageshack.us/i/jvb4075.jpg/"]
It did take some more steps then the pics posted, I first used baby wipes, then used alcohol and the rest of the pic tells the story.
Well it is clean anyway. Might be able to sell it for 400 euro's on ebay in 10 years.. ok BAD JOKE
Well that is it for the battery problem.
Next pic is the installed old scool rom switcher. The Amiga had a 2.x rom in it, do not wan't it, because I had (have) a600 unwilling to run my software.
I removed it gently with a screw driver in 4 steps, just in case
The 2.x rom is just there on it for keeping, so if it needs to be used some day, it is found where it is needed!
This is the end result, the rom swither comes from Amigamaniac.com, had several small installation issues:
(no complaints about the producer, seller whatsoever)
The rom switcher and the A500 gaves bad contact, so cleaning it with electronic spray might be a good idea. Well for the rom switcher it is clearly a good and clean produced product.
The pins of the rom switcher are shorter and less big, so the contact might just be more fragile. The amiga did not work somethimes.
Well cleaned the contacts on the A500 and hot glued the connection to the motherboard (on the socket plastic) , on the plastic, so it would not loosen next opening of the case. (did use not much glue, did not wan't it on the metal inside the socket)
The switch installing is simple:
I simply used a solering iron to make the hole, because my child was already sleaping I did not wan't to make noise. (ok cleaned the soldering iron properly afterwards, and had to remove some unwanted plastic, from the case)
Take another look at the end result:
The provided spacers are glued together to have a double spacer to fix it to the motherboard. Also had to add some insulation material, because the keyboard comes right on it. (metal)
The placement is critical a few milimeters of, and the keyboard does not fit properly!!
Well, this trick, cleaning the floppy heads with alcohol was for me at least, about 99% foul proof, but have to admid, it did not help the floppy drive is not working, will have to dig in big boxes with spares to find a working floppy. Had it to the point to were it reads longer.
Had an amiga 2000 floppy drive to test drive, and yes, the floppy drive is bad.
Rom 1.3
It works stable know after the cleaning of the socket on the motherboard
And for the less legacy stuff:
Sorry that the screen is hard to see, it is black and white, and I did not take care of my camera settings, I was not thinking about the camera at that time.
A proper color screen will be there in the future, using once again Amiga Maniac hardware, and I must admid the 1.3 rom did make a fall from about 1,5 meters..
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