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Title: Hello :)
Post by: sim085 on August 05, 2008, 07:58:09 AM

Hi,

I have found my old Amiga 500+ and decided to try to switch it on to see if it still works! Amazingly it still does! The A500+ I have came into my family when I was still 7years old and I still used to play with it when I was 12years (if not more). After that we packed it up and I never saw it again. Until now of course. Now I am trying to see what I can do to take more care of my A500+ and see what interesting stuff I can do with it :)

Regards,
Sim085

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: amigadave on August 05, 2008, 08:11:29 AM

Welcome back!

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: A4000_Mad on August 05, 2008, 08:14:26 AM

Hi sim085,

Welcome to A.Org :pint:

The A500+ was my first Amiga too. I then bought one for my Grandad, who was mad about aircraft, so that he could enjoy the flight simulator 'Airbus 320 Volume II' :-)

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: tokyoracer on August 05, 2008, 09:00:04 AM

You shouldn't be surprisrd that these things still work. Commodore quality for you. :-) Welcome to the Amiga world mate.

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: Homer on August 05, 2008, 11:32:19 AM

Is the A500+ the one with the battery on the trapdoor expansion module ? If so, it will be worth checking that before it causes too much damage  :-)

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: sim085 on August 05, 2008, 11:41:43 AM

Yes it is :) I have read lots of post on the clock battery already and I am planning to remove it this week (but not planning to put another instead for the time being). Unfortunately I only read about the leaking clock battery last week and so I am not sure if it already did any damage! Although I am assuming that there is no damage since the computer still switches on normally!

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: da9000 on August 05, 2008, 08:45:49 PM

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sim085 wrote:
 Unfortunately I only read about the leaking clock battery last week and so I am not sure if it already did any damage! Although I am assuming that there is no damage since the computer still switches on normally!

99.9999% it did. As someone said: "Commodore Quality" baby!

OK, to be fair the machines were great, the components used sucked due to Commodore being such cheap asses.

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: trekiej on August 05, 2008, 08:47:06 PM

"Welome back"
    from Texas.

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: taunusand on August 05, 2008, 09:27:16 PM

Welcome :-)

As mentioned, remove the battery and clean the board :-)

Title: Re: Hello :)
Post by: A6000 on August 05, 2008, 09:32:01 PM

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da9000 wrote:
As someone said: "Commodore Quality" baby!

OK, to be fair the machines were great, the components used sucked due to Commodore being such cheap asses.

If you are using machines getting on for 24 years old, I don't think anybody can complain about "Commodore quality"

Nothing lasts forever, but Amigas are better than most products for longevity.