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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: 10MARC on December 08, 2018, 02:02:19 AM
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My poor Amiga 500 that I bought in 1987 has been neglected since '92 when I bought my A3000. Over the years after I got my A1200 and A4000, I just never had a reason to turn her on anymore. A few months back, I wanted to do a "10 Minute Amiga Retro Cast) all about my A570 CD Drive and its CDTV features, so I took out the old A500, booted her up, and no keyboard response! All the normal troubleshooting came up negative, so I took the Keyboard apart, and the Membrane was broken in three places! I tried a bit of jury-rigging, with no success. So - Vesalia.de had new membranes in stock - less that $20 shipped to the USA! And Voila! It works perfect now! So it got me thinking about the extra MegAchip 2 MB CHIP RAM expansion card I found in my Amiga Storage a few months back - It was a perfect fit! So now my old girl is humming along nicely with 2 MB of CHIP RAM!
Why do I do this to myself. I have plenty of really fast working Amigas - but I went ahead and ordered a new ACA500 for my A500. Do I need it? no... Could I have spent the money on food for the children? Sure... But she will be a really nice Amiga when it comes in!
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Just make sure there are some soda crackers and cereal in the pantry for the kids and forget the guilt.
Priorities.
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Or sell the kids and buy an AmigaOne X5000.
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Congratulations, I hope to get to work on my A1000 next week.
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Crazy - I got the A500 up and running like a champ, and then I find out the darn drive assembly in my A570 CD Drive is jammed! I had to take the entire thing apart just to get the disk out, then spent abut an hour cleaning and lubricating everything. Luckily, she works like a champ now, too! If it's not one thing...
It is a shame I won't be able to use my new ACA500 that is coming in with my A570, but I really don't need a CD-ROM for anything anymore. I am curious, though. The A570 supports CD+G, and that is what a lot of the Karaoke machines support. I am going to get a disk or two in and see if they work in the A570. Then, i can bypass the Paula passthru jacks, hook up a mic to the inputs, and my A500 is a Karaoke machine!