What a find! 1084S-D2

[Matt_H]

My school was throwing one of these out! I can't believe it. Well, actually I can. They don't know anything about Amigas and probably think it's broken. It may be, though. I haven't tested it yet. By the time I got to it, it was covered in dirt and about to be thrown on the back of the truck. Good timing, eh?
It's in great cosmetic shape. No yellowing, it even has the front panel door. Just the thing to replace the barely-working 1902A the 500's currently hooked up to.

Now I need to go about getting this thing cleaned up. Anything I should be aware of?  :-)

[Matt_H]

what's the difference with the D2 version??

Eh... I don't know for sure. I think it has to do with the production run. This one has a badge on it in the same style as the 1200; it's from late 1992. My older one has a 2000 style badge and an option to tint the entire display green; it's a D1 from early 1991.

Don't pour water in it ;-)...

I'll keep that in mind, thanks. :-)

[Matt_H]

Huzzah! Got it working. Take that, school! :-D
This has been a great week for me. I think I just saved myself... $80? That's about what these are worth these days, yes? Maybe a bit less.

I think I'll put this one with the 500 and the 1942 with my new 600...

Sadly, all my household's old (80s era) 1084s died a few years back. Probably could have fixed them, now that I look back. Geez, I think we binned 3 at once. Shame.

As for cleaning this new one, I saved even more money by using a small pin, vacuum cleaner and damp tissues instead of Mr. Sheen-type products.

[Matt_H]

I have a 1942.  I don't like it.  It's fine in NTSC but VGA level screens it just sucks.

Yeah, the VGA modes are pretty bad, but at least the option is there. They can be hacked to a reasonable state with MonEd. Then again, I can't imagine I'll be doing too much DblNTSC work with a stock 600. I hope I still have that extra Commodore VGA adaptor...