My Amiga 500 tribute page

[DigitalQ]

The A2000 is, aside from the minor battery problem, absolutely mint.  It looks as though it had never been used in the past 20 years, and doesn't show the slightest bit of yellowing; even on the keyboard.  I can't really make a "Tribute" page to it, since I just got it this past December at World of Commodore.  I do plan on getting a lot of use out of it, however.  
 :-D

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Those are wondefully sharp images of the Prespect Technics card and helps greatly fill in gaps with regard to expansions made for the A500. Well done.. just magic for serious collectors like me. Just need to get one now... Lucky you.

You can see where the collecting takes you though, cus with the variety of differing boxes even there is always something of interest from anyone who decides to photograph and display what they have. It really does help with the collating of the vast history of Commodore Products. Already from your site there are at least three specific items I had not even heard of. Just wish more Amiga enthusiasts would be so keen as to show the world just what they have.

Thats all very mouthwatering to me and I certainly will link you to my website. Would be great to get a full list of what you have down to the various leaflets, gurantees, cables, books, receipts even. It all paints a very vivid picture of the true Amiga ' set-up '. You can get kit off Ebay but you will never replace an Amiga original setup. I am lucky I still have my Amiga ' set-up ' .. All the various bits and pieces that have sat around the machine since birth. You seem to have quite a lot of what you originally have so you can best demonstrate what it was to have an original Amiga. Truly a unique situation and one you should be very very proud of. For me its not about acquiring an A4000 off the Bay and trying to make it into a modern PC. Its more about being able to appreciate an Amiga for what it truly was... The greatest computer ever made.

That is what Keeping the Faith is all about.

Just excellent.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Sorry.. One last thing in respect of context. I travel around the UK picking up kit and I am always very very sad when I come across a serious Amigan getting rid of his kit. Cus, I know what it was to live the dream. Having grown up with the Amiga you appreciate that it was more than just the computer it was the whole world that existed around the computer, and your setup at home reflected a small part of that world. So seeing someones Amiga world fragmented and broken up is kinda really sad. The worst I ever had to deal with was a whole atic dedicated to the Amiga from a guy that must have died... And I was offered the whole lot for the collection. I just wished I could have taken the whole room undisturbed... Better, to have met the person to understand just what went on in his Amiga world. I have an old picture on the website of the actual Checkmate in context but it cannot begin to actually reflect the magical space that existed. As I say, if you are an Amiga thoroughbread and lived the dream you will appreciate what I am saying here... As I said earlier, that is something neither collectors off Ebay or users of the emulator will ever really appreciate.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz86.htm

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

You need to get the battery off. What I do ... Others will say different, but the computer is so valuable. I just rock the battery back and forth gently till it snaps off. I then clean with a cotton bud with vinegar and then neautralise with bicarbonate of soda [ small amounts ] Then dry with a very gentle heat from a hair dryer.

The A4000 and the A2000 snap off easy. The A3000T has tracks running below the battery and I would not do the same procedure.

The battery is a killer and should either be replaced, monitored or replaced.

Damage to the ' cheese '

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz403.htm

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[DigitalQ]

Good news.  I decided to crack open the A501 to inspect the potential "Damage."  Here's what I found:



Everything as clean and good as the day it was new!  Now, the battery has long since lost its ability to retain a charge, but doesn't appear to have leaked a single drop onto the PCB.  I will probably replace it with an exact duplicate and seal everything back up in the tin housing (I carefully de-soldered the case so it could go back together the way it was).

As for my system, I don't think I got rid of a single piece of my original A500 setup.  I kept all my magazines, manuals, cables, even the dead RLL drive I used to use.  I still have my collection of Jumpdisks with covers.  I probably tossed out the warranty card and other junk like the plastic bag it was in a long time ago, though I still have my original Epson printer I used with it.  I'm considering digging through the rest of the boxes I have stored away to dig out things like that old mail order modem and set everything up exactly as I had it.

[DigitalQ]

I've added a photo extension from my main tribute page where I will continually add photographs as I see fit; I've done the manuals, disks, inside the A501, and my favourite Joystick to use with the Amiga.

It's all here (click).

[HopperJF]

Nice site :-) Looks Amiga-friendly too so kudos for that.

I still have 2 Amiga 500s in the attic, simply no space to set any of them up though!

[ami_junki]

Nice site, brings back the great memories, I remember getting my first A500 when we had moved to America, I am dyslexic and the Amiga 500 was recommended by my teachers because it could read out what I wrote, so my father decided to buy me my first and only computer, an A500.  I remember when it arrived (I was 10 at the time) the boxes where taller than me!  It is great because the Amiga was so helpful for people like me and still is, I have to use my Amiga for reports to read out my mistakes hahaha.  

[quenthal]

I remember mr_a500 has some very cool images posted here that prove nicely what a A500 can do:
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?u=2187

His last image (and last post for that matter) in this forum can be found here: http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2022

[ami_junki]

I was well impressed with those, I never would have imagined that the A500 could do that - shame I hadn`t known that sooner.

[DigitalQ]

I thought that, when I bought my Amiga 500 back in 1988, it had no limits.  Today I keep finding out just how true I was in that sentiment.