My Amiga 600 restoration + accelerator project

[Arananet]

Thank you for your kind words!

My project took another step forward as I just pulled the enclosure from the Retr0bright solution. Let's have a look of the setup:

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Some 12% hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), Oxy Vanish (contains TAED) and UV-bulb. Not visible in picture but most importantly also protective eye wear and gloves! I decided to use liquid solution instead of gel which most people are using. I think liquid solution is more easy to handle even though it's much more expensive unless you can buy H2O2 in bulk.

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Plastic box and aluminum foil. Rudimentary but works! In a retrospect I should have bought two UV-bulbs, now I had to switch sides every few hours. Price would have been negligible compared to total costs. Also I added too much Oxy Vanish I think as there were quite a lot of bubbling which blocks the UV-light to some extent...

Anyways, I just pulled the enclosure from the solution. As a reminder before picture:

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And then picture after 3 days on the solution (white balance is not calibrated or anything but should be close enough for comparison):

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Sweeeeeet! Not perfect (perfect as in looks like brand new), but will do. Perhaps 3 more days would've made it perfect but does not matter, it will re-yellow anyways and 25 years old machine can show at least a BIT yellowing or what do you think?

Key caps just went into the Retr0bright solution and I have to wait for some exciting parcels from The Internet!

Ps. Yes, 12% H2O2 burns, of course I had to spill some on my fingers while I was not wearing protective gear. Wear protective gear. You DO NOT want that stuff into your eyes!

-J

Awesome restoration! thanks for the tips.

 

[jarpatus]

Decided to do one more mod... I recapped the PSU earlier but decided to ditch the old PCB and upgrade it with a modern switching mode PSU, Meanwell RT-50B. It has great specs for Amiga and actually I found Rubycon 105C caps inside... Anyways, it fits nicely in to the Amiga PSU enclosure:




Had to make adapter to secure PSU into Amiga PSU enclosure without additional screw holes:



Fits very nicely and no wiring mess expect that I had to extend mains wires since originals were too short. I extended mains wires instead of secondaries so I was able to fix "design flaw" - power switch being on the back of the PSU!



I think results are great? Only problem is fuse holder, it's too big and clunky. Need to find smaller one.

 

[mattsoft]

Which SD card adapter is that? Can't seem to locate it.

 

[jarpatus]

Which SD card adapter is that? Can't seem to locate it.

Search eBay by using "sd ide 44" as keywords. Sort by lowest price and you should find those adapters for USD 6 or so. I use separate 90 degree angle adapter, search for "amiga sd" and you should find one for USD 10 or so.

 

[davidmarshall15]

Which SD card adapter is that? Can't seem to locate it.

Search eBay by using "sd ide 44" as keywords. Sort by lowest price and you should find those adapters for USD 6 or so. I use separate 90 degree angle adapter, search for "amiga sd" and you should find one for USD 10 or so.

Thank You, the Angle IDE 44 PIN Adapters are just what I needed, ordered 2 of them.
Looking forward to a working HDD LED.