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A500 - PSUs, Mice, Cleaning, Scart
« on: January 24, 2015, 05:03:09 PM »
I've just got myself a nice old A500, but I need to add on a mouse, and I'm not too in love with the rather discoloured PSU. Luckily the battery backed clock uses a coin style battery. I suspect the miggy has had a kickstart upgrade as it came with WB2, but isn't a 500+.

Is there a way to use a more modern, smaller PSU with the A500?

Additionally, what are good mice to use with the Amiga - I would prefer not to go for a classic ball mouse, rather something optical. I saw that there are USB and PS2 mouse adaptors available - does anyone have any experience with these?

Also, is the amigakit SCART cable good? Even with the cut down 25-pin connector (shame we can't send them the A520 to get a 23 pin connector from)?

And finally - cleaning. Apart from retrobriting the thing, what's a good way to get discolouration off the case and the keys? Alternatively I might spray paint it... are the keys easy to remove?
 

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Re: A500 - PSUs, Mice, Cleaning, Scart
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2015, 06:27:41 PM »
Thanks for the advice. The Cocolino looks sensible, and a scart cable will do to start with.