Retro

Amiga Gotek Display Box Upgrade

I have found the Gotek drive a really useful tool to store floppy images so that I do not have…

4 years ago

Upgrading the Terrible Fire

In my previous post I mentioned that I acquired and repaired a faulty TF534 accelerator. Over the past couple of…

4 years ago

Restoring Amiga 500 #2, part 3

Now that I have much better desoldering equipment I decided over the weekend to get the motherboard for this Amiga…

4 years ago

Restoring Amiga 500 Plus #2, part 1

Last month I acquired a faulty Amiga 500 Plus for a bargain price on eBay. I knew it was showing…

4 years ago

Restoring an Amiga 500, part 4

This final part is a large one, the Amiga is finally fully restored but there were a few things I…

4 years ago

Restoring Amiga 500 #2, part 2

In this post I'm going to be taking a quick look at the A501 trapdoor RAM expansion and keyboard for…

4 years ago

Restoring Amiga 500 #2, part 1

I recently acquired another Amiga 500, I knew it was dirty and it was the machine only, no PSU or…

4 years ago

How I Diagnosed the Amiga 500 PCB Issue

Someone asked me how I diagnosed the break in the PCB trace of the Amiga 500. So I thought I…

4 years ago

Restoring an Amiga 500, part 3

Last time I left my Amiga 500 with a keyboard fault, is this issue that fault has been diagnosed and…

4 years ago

Amiga 500 Plus Gotek Installation

For the most part the restoration of my Amiga 500 Plus is complete. I still haven’t managed to repair the…

4 years ago