My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?

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Unfortunately, I ended up with two sets of front rotors, one for the turbo version, one for non turbo..

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A600 appears to work, and even came with a cupcake in the trapdoor!

Although the battery had eaten halfway through the board, its not in the area that effects the memory

Floppy drive works too, and it came with an A500 power supply... once again, the only model power supply I've ever seen! lol

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how did you end up with two sets of front rotors???

that's what I'd like to know...

box has the right part number on it, but the item inside was wrong.

contacted the seller, and they'll refund my money, but it was a clearance item...

"As far as getting a replacement set goes, I'll look into what's available, as  these were the last of the clearance sets we had."

I wouldn't have bought any if I couldn't buy fronts and rears... :griping:

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Man that sucks, at least you can refund it but still annoying. Don't they check before sending???

Its more annoying because I've already pulled apart a spare set of rear hubs I had, there was nothing wrong with them, but I figured I'd replace the discs on hubs that weren't in use, then just swap them onto the car...

Except, I also bought new wheel bearings to go with them, for almost $60 the pair...

I only bought the new rotors because they were on clearance special, $80, whereas the normal price was $200...

On another note, the A600's tan is a lot worse in real life than in the ebay pic I posted :hammer:



Also, the A601 is fairly damaged, but nothing major, just the ground plane under the battery, and the track to the battery... so, I might clean it up properly, and refit a new battery... the memory works, so that's all I'm really worried about at the moment

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Ended up with an Accton EN2216 pcmcia network adapter, which I believe will work in the A600, $2! :p

Came with a floppy disc, and appears to be made around 1995, so its Amiga vintage anyway!

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Been cleaning

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Just need to track down a key and it looks almost new.

got one I can have?

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LOL, not for the A600 keyboard :-/ But you can hit up my friend airey36 on ebay :-)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-600-full-sets-of-keys-yellowed-clips-from-the-green-membraine-type-/310608702249?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item4851b8ab29

$3, not sure about shipping but shouldn't be much :-)

Mines got the blue membrane, so I'm not sure if those keys will fit?

What did you clean the A600 with? Its color is very nice now

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I'd say "retrobrite" but I'm a bit skeptical as to whether or not adding the "oxy" laundry soaker actually does anything.

The first batch I added the arrowroot, but as the hydrogen peroxide I used was actually a "creme peroxide for hair" I decided it wasn't needed, and didn't add it to the second batch, which made it a lot easier to use, without being too thin

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...I thought workbench 3.1 needed kickstart 3 as a minimum? so why does it load with KS 2.0?

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well, I successfully killed the keyboard :/

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one row of keys weren't working.

disconnected the keyboard, and realised I could cut the cable shorter to make a new connection...

but everytime I reinserted the cable, the black contacts simply "wore off" and left me with a clear cable.... ah...

cut more, peeled back some of the blue plastic, till I found some contacts that didn't just wear off... but it does nothing whatsoever now :/

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it worked when I first got it, but I pulled it all apart, cleaned the membrane, and washed the plastic frame, as well as bleaching the keys...

I guess the cable was just barely holding on...

No idea what to do now :/ lol

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its the keyboard ends that's the issue.

there is no connector.

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Did a quick google, there's mention of peeling back the green plastic transparent tape on top as the contact is in between the two layers.

Failing that Airey has some repair kits, although doesn't mention the cable. Should be a couple of dollars for one.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amiga-Keyboard-repair-kits-A600-Blue-membain-springs-clips-screws-X10-per-set-GC-/121071818566?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1c30715746

that's what I did, and now it does nothing.

that repair kit is just springs and clips.

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yes :/