Re: Boo hoo my amiga is dead
Well I've got it booting up. Fixed 1 keyboard issue made another one. Drive is pretty noisy,I'll have to show that some love.
Build a SCART cable
Hack up a ps2 mouse, you forget how not ergonomic the amiga ones were.
Buy and reflash a floppy disc emulator.
Ted
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Re: Boo hoo my amiga is dead
The key board membrane has a fault so a few keys don't work. They are available to buy so not the end of the world. Went on a quick recky of my folks attic and found this little lot.
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While I was in the attic I found some more bits for future fun when the dark nights come.
Found a c16, a c64, a Kempston interface for a speecy, a snes,a nes and a cdtv. Found some Atari 2600 games too. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...464e48a5e2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c734d12551.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bc2a2cd30b.jpg
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The underside of the a570 drive looks like c4eva has already been here.
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Stay away Rap or before you know it, you'll have brought a non working amiga, spent 3 weekends with a scope and soldering iron having a great time and the missus moaning in your ear something about you not seeing the family much....
Or something like that.
Ted
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Made up the scart cable. Well impressed with the quality of the picture.
Got a keyboard membrane so the kb is all working.
Next on to the mouse mod to a new laser ps2 mouse.
Won't be long now before it goes back in the garage for another 20 years.
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Found this now where is my cd32.... ? A project for this weekend to find and see if it still works.
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I had one and loved it, iirc was it shortly after the release that Commodore went bust and as a result developers stopped making games for it, which is why I binned it off. Wish I had kept it.
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I hope mine is at my folks somewhere. Didn't see it in the attic the ither weekend so looks like a garage rumble is on for the weekend.
Been reading into the history of commodore, they made some gaffs,
For example they released the CD drive that only fit the 500 at the Same time the stopped making the 500 and moved on to the 600 which it didn't fit.
Somebody was saying they remember going in to currys and seeing the a570 next to the 600 on the shelf but they were incompatable.
Marketing eh ?
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I hope mine is at my folks somewhere. Didn't see it in the attic the ither weekend so looks like a garage rumble is on for the weekend.
Been reading into the history of commodore, they made some gaffs,
For example they released the CD drive that only fit the 500 at the Same time the stopped making the 500 and moved on to the 600 which it didn't fit.
Somebody was saying they remember going in to currys and seeing the a570 next to the 600 on the shelf but they were incompatable.
Marketing eh ?
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Yeah they dropped some huge fucking clangers but they were my childhood and gave me great joy so I love em for it.
Shame they went the way they did. Some back handers, claims to buy em and carry them on but they for fucked over by a number of companies and fucked themselves too along they way.
Didnt Elonex buy them at one point with various intentions and then they too were screwed ?!?!? I might have that wrong.
Re: Boo hoo my amiga is dead
If you get 20 mins piggzy thus is worth a watch/listen.
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