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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #29 on: July 01, 2012, 04:43:35 AM »
jigsaw puzzle?

no, hacksaw puzzle... :p

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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #30 on: July 01, 2012, 04:54:13 AM »
yeah, it works.. switches on and off with the monitor power button ;)

considered the dremel, but it tends to throw dust around a lot more... lol
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #31 on: July 01, 2012, 05:39:26 AM »
maybe.... this is siliconed into place now...

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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #32 on: July 02, 2012, 03:31:42 AM »




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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #33 on: July 02, 2012, 04:00:18 AM »
can't find a suitable plug for the internal VGA OUT connector on the board, so am considering just using the DB15HD connector internally... not really what I wanted to do...
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #34 on: July 02, 2012, 04:39:06 AM »
Used strip-board, as the switches have a common ground, so made things easier...

I bought a second GBS(8220) so I'm not worried if this is a permanent installation in the LCD base that can't be used for anything else.

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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #35 on: July 02, 2012, 12:32:40 PM »
Yeah red is ground, red because everyone loves red  :p
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #36 on: July 03, 2012, 03:00:29 AM »
can't use the DB15HD connector internally, there's not enough clearance between the connector and the case...
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #37 on: July 03, 2012, 03:35:17 AM »
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #38 on: July 03, 2012, 05:08:54 AM »
Its yellow instead of grey, I swapped the wire in the loom a while ago when I was trying the separate H and V sync signals..

Found some plugs with 2mm pitch, not the right plugs, and I had to modify two plugs for the one socket...

Made up the loom to connect from the GBS to the VGA input on the monitor... and on to the pics...















Switches need "fine tuning" as they're held in place by a piece of foam wedged between the PSU and switches, which means if they're off centre, or not straight, buttons accidentally get pressed :p
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #39 on: July 03, 2012, 05:25:05 AM »
shame I don't have the other cover off the back of the monitor..
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #40 on: July 03, 2012, 05:36:06 AM »
It used to provide the power and switch signal to the power supply for the usb hub. Now that power supply section runs the gbs.
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #41 on: July 04, 2012, 04:44:45 AM »
Found a near new AT power supply... but it looks so cheap... should I bother trying to fit it in the external CD Rom case, or keep looking?

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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #42 on: July 04, 2012, 04:56:31 AM »
and a hard drive, and an amiga 500...

it sits behind the drive.
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #43 on: July 04, 2012, 05:21:05 AM »
it seems this LCD screen was first released in 1999, with a RRP of about $1600!
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Re: My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?
« Reply #44 from previous page: July 18, 2012, 05:10:40 AM »
I'm full of MDF dust... :hammer:

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