In part 2 of our ICPUG Amiga 1200 restoration, I’m going to swap out the non-functional mechanical hard drive with a modern Compact Flash based […]
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Amiga 1200 Restoration
Thanks to a very generous gift from John, I’ve been given an Amiga 1200. Even before switching it on, I’m going to take it apart, […]
Continue readingAmiga 600 Drive Repair (attempt)
In this video I’m continuing to restore my Amiga 600. I have two objectives: 1, repair the floppy drive, and 2, retrobright the case. The […]
Continue readingAmiga 600 Recap
Yes, I’ve been at the eBays again! This time I got hold of an “untested” Amiga 600. It looks to be in reasonable cosmetic condition. […]
Continue readingAmiga 500+ Repair… take 2
I’ve already had one crack at it, so it’s time to take another. This Amiga 500 Plus has suffered some battery damage. On the face […]
Continue readingThe M2 MacBook AIRmiga
AKA emulating an Amiga on the latest Apple Silicon MacBook Everybody and his dog has been installing Amiga emulators. They’re installed on Windows PCs based […]
Continue readingTrying to fix a Battery Damaged A500+
The Amiga 500+ that came from Matt’s office (see last week’s video) did not power on. Actually that’s not strictly true; it did power on, […]
Continue readingOffice Retro Haul
My mate Matt has (had!) some old retro computing gear hidden somewhere in his old office. When he asked if I wanted to help clearing […]
Continue readingA 1MB Amiga 500 Without a Trapdoor Card?
For this memory upgrade you need an Amiga 500 with a revision 6A motherboard, and an 8372A Fat Agnus chip, plus four 256Kx4 DRAMs (81C4256A […]
Continue readingAmiga 500 “Power Light Comes On” Repair: Part 3
Have you bought an old computer, and when you opened the box you found a horrible grimy mess? Worried about what’s lurking between the keys […]
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