I'm stoked! I just won an Amiga1000 on ebay!

[AmigaNow]

Back in the day, my first Amiga that I ever owned was an Amiga 1000. Today, some 20 some odd years later I have once again purchased an Amiga 1000.  :-D
   I was wondering about connecting the video output. I used to have a 1084S monitor, and later having a 1942 monitor, but now I have neither. Can I hook the video out to the video in of a TV? Is this in color? I seem to remember that either the Amiga1000 or Amiga500 was in B&W... Otherwise, is there an adapter for the 23pin to a VGA or DVI for a newer monitor?
   Also, I remember I used to have a memory expansion that fit internally that had 1.5Mb ram and connected to the CPU socket. Anybody remember who made this and the name?

Your help is greatly appreciated. :bow:

[AmigaNow]

Fester wrote:

Here's a video on how to build an S-Video Hack for your Amiga 1000. This seems like a tidy solution if you're willing to try it. I haven't tried this so I can't comment further.

Hope you have fun with your Amiga 1000.

Just checked out the video on youtube. That's sweet! Luckily I know how to solder.  :-)

Definitely appreciate all the info.

[AmigaNow]

My Amiga1000 arrived last night in a properly packaged box, that was chucked over my fence.  :madashell: The front was popped out, and the rear case was shattered in many pieces.

Word of warning. Never ship anything without insurance.

Upon testing, video is good, but I am only able to get Kickstart to load properly. I tried multiple boot disks, but all stop half way with a Read Error. I did have a Demo disk so I know that stereo works.

If there are no cracks on the mobo, it looks like I need the drive cleaned and aligned? I thought I saw that someone on this board does these repairs? Please PM me. I live in the US.

[AmigaNow]

save2600 wrote:
Oh man, that's a bummer about your A1k getting "chucked over the fence" as you say. Did it really? Or does it look like that? Who delivered it?

I remember a disk utility that attempted to align the heads via software back in the day. Might be some info there on Aminet.

 

Compliments of the United States Postal Service, they actually threw it over my fence. Had my seller packaged it any less, it would have been a total loss.

I'll check Aminet for disk utils. Thanks