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An Amiga 1200 fighting me the whole way
On my repair list have been two motherboards from Retro32. An Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200. The Amiga 600 repair was simple, and not worth a blog post, but the Amiga 1200 has had so many weird issues, it is definitely worthy of talking about. Read more
Weird Amiga 600 Fault Repair
I have a lot of customer repairs in right now, and most are awaiting new parts (mostly SMD PLCC sockets, as I have run out). In the meantime, I bought a faulty Amiga 600 motherboard, which Karl Dyson (Retro32) pointed me to. It was available for a very low price. Let’s see if I can… Read more
Kickstart Amiga Expo and My New Products
Last weekend I was at the second Kickstart Amiga Expo, where I had a table under my “Retro Supplies” brand, and I was helped out by my amazing wife. I debuted some new things at this expo, so I figured I should talk about them for everyone else here. Read more
Amiga 1000 Repair
I was at the Norwich Games Festival last week, along with six of Amigas and a BBC Master 128 with Valiant Turtle. Whilst I was there, OMTG Retro handed me his Amiga 1000 and asked if I could fix it for him, it wouldn’t boot. So, I had a look into it. Read more
Amiga RPT-75B PSU: Testing and enhancements
In my previous blog post, I showed how to make a new, high-spec power supply for Amiga 500 / 600 / 1200 computers. Now I want to do some testing and there are a few improvements that can be made. Let’s get to it! Read more
Building an Amiga PSU around an RPT-75B
A lot of people use Meanwell power supplies as the replacements for the poor quality ones that came with the Amiga. Typically, the 50W variants such as the RPT-60B are used because it fits nicely inside an original Amiga power supply. I wanted to see if I could use a 75W PSU for heavily upgraded… Read more
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