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Offline danbeaverTopic starter

Amiga Repair, Modification and Refurbishing
« Reply #29 from previous page: April 23, 2015, 01:02:12 AM »
Well as I have mentioned in several prior posts, band-aids are *REQUIRED* for anyone who opens an A3000 case and a tourniquet is helpful as well -- Lord you don't want a CSI team investigating your house after working on those.

Now while Lynchburg's Jack might ease the pain, it will likely not help in the repair aspect, but a good party after a significant upgrade sure has a better feel with Mr. Daniels at your side.  Your best Bang-for-the-Buck on pills (outside of Demerol) would be the Motrin as generic for cost vs. half-life vs. side effects to aspirin or Tylenol.

Remember, "Cold steel is your best deal."
 

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Re: Amiga Case Screws
« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2015, 01:26:33 AM »
Oh yes, be very, very wary of the dreaded A3000.  Perhaps the best Amiga ever imho, but such a bitch to work on.

I remember when I got my A3000 new as a kid, and my Dad buying me some upgrades for it, trying to install them and my hands were just shredded and dripping blood off my fingernails.

No kidding.  The A3000 doesn't just "Have some sharp edges to be careful of".  It's like they machine honed every %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@! edge inside that case for maximum killing capacity.
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Software Notes: Picasso96 & File System Hex
« Reply #31 on: April 26, 2015, 10:36:02 PM »
Ok, this not directly hardware related, but may be useful:

Picasso96 Settings -- For a 60 Hz Monitor

Resolution: 640 x 480
CLK: 29.82
808 520

Resolution: 800 x 600
CLK: 38.02
1032 640

Resolution: 1120 x 832
CLK: 80.44
1440 910


Resolution: 1152 X 900
CLK: 84.38
1522 931

Resolution: 1024 x 768
CLK: 84.38
1336 800

Resolution: 1280 x 1024
CLK: 108.90
1600 1126

Resolution: 1920 x 1080
CLK: 165.38
2208 1118        

 [FONT="]Hex numbers for the addition on another file system[/FONT]
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[FONT="]AmiCDFS         43444653[/FONT]
  [FONT="]Fat95                 46415400/01[/FONT]
  [FONT="]FAT                    46415400[/FONT]
  [FONT="]NTFS                 4E544653[/FONT]
  [FONT="]PFS_AIO           50465300[/FONT]
  [FONT="]PDS/03              50445303[/FONT]
  [FONT="]PFS/03               50465303[/FONT]
  [FONT="]SFS/00/02          53465300/02[/FONT]
 

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Re: Amiga Case Screws
« Reply #32 on: April 26, 2015, 11:29:59 PM »
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As I have posted before, those who accuse others of "Hoarding" only want to pay a fraction of the cost of acquiring, restoring, and preparing an Amiga for sale.  Such people have a mental disorder in which they have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy; they are generally unhappy and disappointed when they are not given the special favors or admiration they believe they deserve.

Ha, I realize you posted this months ago, but I just wanted to say, I wouldn't ever call anyone who was selling a restored Amiga at whatever price  as a "hoarder" considering they are willing to sell it, at whatever price.

The Hoarders are the %&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!%&$#?@!s who have 20+ Amigas and they're sitting in a closet (just in case) and it does end up driving up the price.  Or I go so far as to say those that are in the extreme price range on ebay (like 5k for a stock A4000D or something) would be in a class of their own.  Those are usually of the "I don't really want to sell it, but someone told me I had to" variety.

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P.S.  My Amiga came with some stripped screw holes too :(  I had to use the typical PC screws to get the expansion cards to stay right, but at least you don't really see those with the case off.
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Re: Amiga Case Screws
« Reply #33 on: April 27, 2015, 03:41:24 AM »
I have run into that and both Mike_442_Olds and I use LokTite "Blue" for stripped holes; the blue allows screws to be removed, the "Red" does NOT!
 

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Re: Amiga Case Screws
« Reply #34 on: April 27, 2015, 04:19:24 AM »
Says right on the Red Loctite that you'll need to use heat to get things free, so just read the product card before buying.  Use Red on a case screw and you're apt to snap the head off the screw/bolt with the threads stuck in the case.

For things involving stripped threads I prefer Purple, if I'm forced to use Loctite product.

There's far better products than Loctite, but it's the most available brand on the market, so I'll digress.
 

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Re: Amiga Case Screws
« Reply #35 on: June 04, 2017, 12:47:58 AM »
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On the A4000D the three (3) outside screws on the back (2 for the case and one for the PSU) are metric M3 screws.
Can anyone point me at a picture of these, or perhaps take some and pm me? (A4000 original screws that is.)
I can't for the life of me remember what the originals look like, but I should have them here _somewhere_ among all the pc and other case screws.
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