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Offline arttu80Topic starter

Amiga 1000 NTSC to PAL conversion.
« on: January 03, 2012, 09:24:13 PM »
Hi all!

Recently I've got one NTCS Amiga 1000 (REV A motherboard) in my posession, but it doesn't boot, only blinking turquoise screen. The problem is, it doesn't have NTSC -agnus chip but PAL version. So I'm suspecting compatibility problem here. I already replaced oscillator from PAL A2000 machine in hope it will cope with PAL agnus, but it won't. So does somebody know, can I convert this to full PAL A1000? Some hacking required?

As a little side note, this motherboard have one memory chip installed in soldered socket and it is of different manufacturer from 7 others. Original RAM chips are Nec D41464C-15 and this socketed one is Hitachi HM50464P-15 (in U2E location). I believe they are compatible? Can this be the symptom for blinking turquoise screen?

I relly would enjoy this machine being rescued, but I need help!
 

Offline arttu80Topic starter

Re: Amiga 1000 NTSC to PAL conversion.
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2012, 06:49:49 PM »
Thank you for answers. I couldn't make any difference at this point, but is there any way to diagnose those "74LSxxx" logic chips while they're on motherboard, using multimeter? I measured voltages at power supply and disk drive connectors, they're fine, but is there some other useful points on motherboard, where I should measure these values? Any help appreciated!