Black Amiga 500 project

[TjLaZer]

Ever since I saw this pic:



I have wanted a black A500!  Well yesterday I went to RePC in Seattle as I heard they had some A500's.  I wanted to buy one with the sole purpose to paint it black.   But I have been holding out for a chicken lips case as it would be better for painting.  I found one!  $12 and listed as DEAD.  No problem!  It has the case I want and it looked ok.  Just a bit dirty.  Well here some pics on how it looked:


Found her in the "as is" dead parts bin for a mere $12.


Yes Mehdi Ali, it's the rare C= Chicken Lips edition A500!  


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Fired her up to see what she does.  White screen and drive is clicking!  Hmmm.. Where is Dave Haynie when you need him!

Checked memory card as they are notorious for battery leakage.  Yep batt leaked!  Removed card.  Still no juice.

Took her apart and pressed on all the socketted chips.  Tried again and she fired right up!  YEAH!!

I took the MB out and cleaned the cases and started painting it black.  More coats tomorrow!  Once I am done I will use the keys on my CDTV keyboard!  It is going to be NICE!!!

[TjLaZer]

Krylon Fusion Satin Black is what I am using.  Should work ok...

I would of not even thought of attempting this if I did not have a CDTV keyboard.  It will just look tacky.  You could spray the keys and get some generic white keycap lettering to put on the keys...

I assume the key caps from the CDTV keyboard will simply pop off and I can pop them on the A500 keyboard right?

Looks like the keyboard on this one is bad, as far as the F1 key is loose.  Seems to work just will rotate left and right!  I might take it apart to see what the deal is but I do have a spare KB I plan on using.  This thing will be straight off the meat racks!!!

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I am done!!!  Had to do a good 3-4 coats with the Krylon Fuzion Satin Black to cover everything.  Even sprayed the insides too.  Else it looked cheesy.

Swapped the keys from the CDTV keyboard this evening and put her all back together!  Will take some better pics during the day...






Ignore the cat!!  
 :lol:

[TjLaZer]

Sorry no I meant CDTV keyboard!!

[TjLaZer]

Thanks all!  I am really happy with the results.

Today I added a Minimegs 512k RAM card and took some more pics.

Ordered a belly cover and hopefully soon I will have a CDTV mouse to hack for it!

I am using a Supergen SX to use the composite out to my TV.