My A500 "project" pics, details, build log?

[AmmoJammo]

Why have they failed then?

[Azryl]

Usually a faulty 12vac source kills SID

Az

[AmmoJammo]

Usually a faulty 12vac source kills SID

Az

did you mean

9v ac?

or 12v dc?

or the unregulated "9 volts ac"?

[AmmoJammo]

Been pulling apart the power supply that came with the A600, its an A500 PSU.

Not the point, buy for my own reference, it uses a L296 switchmode regulator for the +5volts (rated at 4amps) and a L4960 for the +12volts (rated at 2.5amps)

-12volts uses a 7912 regulator, apparently on a separate winding on the transformer, with its own rectifier diodes....

[AmmoJammo]

IDEfix97 wouldn't install on the real amiga, would just hang.

So I installed it with winuae, then the A600 wouldn't even boot?! black screen, nothing much else?

So, I uninstalled it using winuae, and now it boots again? :/

[djos]

I wouldn't use that, it's not compatible with cf cards!

[AmmoJammo]

what would you use?

[djos]

have a read of this:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=61666

[AmmoJammo]

I ended up with AmiCDFS 2.4, with the atapi.device driver from IDEFIX97. Edited the CD0 file in the dosdrivers folder (from memory?) to use the different driver, and set the device number to 0.

CD rom drive and compact flash now work! CF is slave, CD is master.

But the issue is, it doesn't display names properly? whats going on here? these CDs work in the A500.... is it a limitation of the atapi driver that I should have known about?



Amiga T-Z, not the DF0, thats "broken" because the drive has no power.


Is this like a "dos" limitation or something?

[Azryl]

fat 16 file system? It uses the 8.3 characters per name/folder/directory

check you formated file system

Az

[AmmoJammo]

its a cd? what file system should I be looking at/checking?

file names are correct on the Amiga 500, and the PC.

[mrknight]

I'd say "retrobrite" but I'm a bit skeptical as to whether or not adding the "oxy" laundry soaker actually does anything.

If I got the time, I will try retrobrite during the weekend. I see in a previous post that you used White Kings Oxy Lift. I have White King Oxy Lift Booster at home. Will it work fine? And what ratio of oxy and creme peroxide to use? Thanks.

[AmmoJammo]

I dont think the Oxy Lift did anything.

whether it was because it didn't have the right ingredients, or because it simply has no effect on the bleach anyway.

[mrknight]

So I should just test with pure peroxide? And how many hours do you recommend?

Sorry for all these questions. I've never done it before and I like to get advice from someone who manage to get it to work.

[AmmoJammo]

because its a creme peroxide, it doesn't seem to dry out very badly.

I left it for 2 hours at a time, in direct sunlight, on about a 22 degree day

I checked it after an hour, and reapplied the peroxide if I thought it was needed.

then, after 2 hours, I washed it all off, and reapplied the peroxide, and left it in the sun again.

did this 3 or 4 times total.

[djos]

So the flour stuff isnt needed either?