Author Topic: Who thinks my gamble will pay off? (Read 4788 times)

TheMagicM · « **Reply #14 from previous page:** August 06, 2005, 04:55:36 AM »

OMG!!!!

Guess what??? IT WORKS!!!! I am SO happy like you could not believe. I drove up to Austin, met the dude and picked it up. When it boots it has some intro on it as if it was used for a business. I will make a mpeg vid and put it up for upload or just take pics so you'all can see.. More then likely tomorrow I will get either/or the vid and pics up. Its 11pm..but thats ok, I'm off on weekends so I get to stay up late playing around with this.

Methuselas · « **Reply #15 on:** August 06, 2005, 05:21:43 AM »

I'd say it was a good gamble, then. :-D

TheMagicM · « **Reply #16 on:** August 06, 2005, 06:18:12 AM »

A600HD
40 meg hd
2.x roms
2 megs ram
stock 68000 processor

everything works but ONE key..almost the most important key... the ENTER key.. LOL.

I'll take it apart and clean it..I've tried unplugging and reseating but that didnt do it.

Doppie1200 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 06, 2005, 08:43:43 AM »

finding replacement keyboard is not the problem. Vesalia is dying to get rid of them so they go cheap. Get a dust cover while you are at it and keep her white.

Ofcouse now you had your keyboard off I do not have to warn you about that fragile ribbon cable, do I?

Good luck with it.

icbrkr · « **Reply #18 on:** August 06, 2005, 02:01:28 PM »

Congrats dude! Glad that paid off for you.

Agree, the ribbon cable *is* fragile. Careful when unhooking it - be sure to pull up the "tabs" on the socket that it plugs into first.

TheMagicM · « **Reply #19 on:** August 06, 2005, 02:34:49 PM »

whoops...I didnt see any tabs on the socket, I just pulled the cable..lol.. I'll take a closer look.

TheMagicM · « **Reply #20 on:** August 06, 2005, 04:19:26 PM »

what I dont understand is out of all the keys how can just the enter key go out? even if I press hard as heck it wont accept. I'll take it apart and look for obvious damage... as for Vesalia... they have a UK keyboard only from what I can see in the catalog

Leifern · « **Reply #21 on:** August 08, 2005, 04:21:18 AM »

Are we vintage now?:-? Hmm.. I thought the Apple I was vintage.. Not the A600HD, well..

Chain · « **Reply #22 on:** August 08, 2005, 05:36:19 AM »

:-D :-D :-D 630 card on ebay

AmiGR · « **Reply #23 on:** August 08, 2005, 08:05:00 AM »

Hm, weren't there any better deals? I bought my own A600 for 25 pounds, tested, including a PSU, a CD32 pad, 2 mice, 2MB RAM, an RGB>Scart cable, 18 boxed games and some cover disks.

icbrkr · « **Reply #24 on:** August 08, 2005, 12:52:50 PM »

The UK keyboard isn't so bad (my A600 is PAL

, if you're using the American keymapping, just close your eyes and push where the "correct" keys are :-)

Someone asks if this is a good deal, yes, in the US is. The A600 didn't sell nearly as well here and is considerably harder to find.

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