d0pefish's Amiga 600/030

[d0pefish]

I'm back with news
My new flyback is finally in my hands after the Royal Mail doing their card trick and me having to go parcel hunting!

So, out comes the old one:


Here's the new HR one and its box next to the old. Looks to be nice, high-quality and well built


In it goes!


Reattaching all the wires and placing the board back into its tray in the chassis.


Fire the monitor up, and.... the power LED turns on, but no screen...









... but I turn up the voltage potentiometer on the new transformer and...
IT'S ALIVE! :drinkin:int:


...but out of focus as you can see! xD

A careful tuning of the focus potentiometer on the new transformer returns the Philips to being as bright and sharp as it ever was!




Another excellent Amiga monitor saved from the skip!


Time to party and play some Apidya! int:

Many thanks to hikey and rkauer for the advice! Cheers guys.
The flyback was the only thing wrong with this Philips monitor. I'll do the caps soon

Looks like my first encounter with high-voltage scary stuff was a success, and I managed to do everything safely

 

[Tajmaster]

Woo Hoo!!!!

Another fine job mate

 

[tokyoracer]

Cake or no cake? That is the question...

Great job though, looks a fantactic picture on that screen!

 

[fitzsteve]

Great work mate - well done

 

[rkauer]

Greatly made, Dale!

But the cake is a lie!

 

[mfilos]

Awesome news mate!!!

Congratz

 

[ad-rs1600i]

Incredible work there guys, and well done bringing it back from the dead d0pefish, I would have been far too scared to be honest....

Top work indeed

 

[johnim]

good job and great news mate

 

[FOL]

Ah, good ol HR.

They have a LOPT for everything, .
If you have a tube booster, give the guns a clean, .

 

[Kin Hell]

@ d0pefish

Well done fella. Is there no end to your talent?

I really do enjoy reading your posts, especially when you include quips like Royal Fail pulling another card trick, forcing you into a parcel hunt. - PMSL!!!

Kin

 

[d0pefish]

Thankyou very much guys, seriously though hikey and rkauer are the real experts here, I'm just either brave or stupid and happen to be able to wield a soldering iron decently enough!

Hehe yes, the Royal Fail
I remember the awesome picture from t'other thread, special forces crossbow postman ahhhhahahahahah!

 

[Kin Hell]

^^^^^^

aka Parcel Farce.

Kin

 

[rkauer]

Thankyou very much guys, seriously though hikey and rkauer are the real experts here, I'm just either brave or stupid and happen to be able to wield a soldering iron decently enough!

Don't be that modest, Dale. You are an awesomely skilled guy, too. I wish I have all your soldering knowledge (or Zetr0's, for that matter).

 

[Rakeim132]

Nice little Miggy, mate.

I'm also buying the ACA630, A604 (announced but not yet out), Indivision ECS and some other nice stuff for a small A600 that I use to play on the livingroom 46" LCD... Great fun.

Question: where did you buy the angled CF to IDE connector and the micro PSU ?

 

[d0pefish]

Hi Rakeim132

Thanks man, it has to be said an accelerated A600 is just so much fun to use, I really don't know why! You'll love that setup you're planning.

The CF adaptor is one of Mika's - keep an eye on his thread for latest stock etc, he seems to do them in occasional batches: https://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=7158

The power supply is by m3chy of Amiga.org - he has a website set up for ordering now: https://a4000t.com/store/

Cheers

 

[Rakeim132]

Thanks for the links.
Purchase order to m3chy done.

Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the rebirth of my A600... I new I did well to buy this machine looooooong time ago in a CashConverter shop for 50 EUR.

 

[d0pefish]

Hi guys

Just a very tiny update!

While I had my soldering iron out (working on Taj's 500+) I thought I'd do a little bit on my 600.

I bought one of kipper2k's Indivision PCBs that mount in the RF modulator area - it's such a simple board but a great idea and means that the VGA plug can neatly poke out of the case and remain very secure without any case-cutting or modification

All you have to do is remove the modulator, which is a pretty useless device in 2011, and always was the least desirable video output.

So, out it comes - with some care this can be done fairly easily leaving behind a nice space on the board:


Here's kipper2k's adaptor installed - a pair of screws and nuts secures it to the Amiga's motherboard using the holes previously used by the modulator. The cable can be routed underneath the Mika angle-adaptor if you have one.



The result - VGA where the modulator used to be - secure and professional-looking! Nice one kipper2k!



But what about the Indivision?

Er... yeah, I haven't got one yet. oh:
What I *do* have coming is the A604 to replace my A603, so I can be ready for the Indivision (when I can afford one and they're in stock! ) without needing to lose my floppy drive or use any adaptors. Nothing against doing it with an adaptor at all - I just fancied it, and I have a potential plan for the extra room gained

And what about the Philips I just repaired the other month?

If/when I go Indivision, it'll be set up semi-permanently on my workbench for testing and working on Amigas I'm fixing for other people!

 

[fitzsteve]

Hey Dale,

Thats some great work mate, I like Kippers VGA adapter, that is indeed a great solution

Steve.

 

[jvdbossc]

It looks better then hotglue solution

 

[johnim]

thats better than the rf poking out mate