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Re: My Amiga 500 power supply died.....
« on: November 13, 2013, 05:48:50 AM »
As mike said, open it up and see if you can fix it, else put a small ATX PSU inside it.
I have an ATX PSU inside a A500 power brick case:
 

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Re: My Amiga 500 power supply died.....
« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2013, 06:15:46 AM »
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I was just looking for a copy of that picture, LOL.  ;)


Hehe ;) Sadly Underground-gamer died some months back so all pictures are dead in my old thread and I don't have the option to edit the post anymore to re-upload them :(
 

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Re: My Amiga 500 power supply died.....
« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2013, 06:55:02 AM »
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I've gotten into the habit of saving a copy of any interesting Amiga-related hardware hack pics I come across, for that very same reason.  You never know when the thread or links will be gone.  *sigh*  Some things on the Internet don't last forever!  :(

That's really good, I have a habit of only bookmarking and as you say some things just disappear so I should also start saving down pictures for the future :) I find myself looking for things Amiga related that are gone quite often :/ Plenty of good places on the internet is gone forever that I miss :(
 

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Re: My Amiga 500 power supply died.....
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2013, 09:38:06 AM »
Anyone know any place to get hold of the Amiga power connector, if I could get hold of them I could make cheap ATX to Amiga adaptors with a power switch and give to Amiga users who need em for shipping cost :)

Id love to have broken empty Amiga power-brick cases to make tons of ATX-psu convertions but scouting for broken ones would take to much time :/
 

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Re: My Amiga 500 power supply died.....
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2013, 02:02:40 PM »
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Sadly, no.  You can't find them under DIN 5-pin Square on Mech's A4000T.com web site sold singularly or in packs of five :(

But the world spins on...


Wait what? They are there, thanks!
Now I can order some and build a few adapters for people :)