Came with an original Amiga 500 cardboard box, PSU, and tank mouse.
Was sold as broken because the mouse pointer was not moving. It turned out that the enclosed tank mouse was broken and the Amiga itself was working fine.
Has a Samsung keyboard instead of the more common Mitsumi one.
Had an intact warranty seal when I got it.
This machine was intended to become heavily modified. Then I decided to refurbish it in its original state.
Restauration Works
Restauration started in September 2021, still in progress
Metal shielding and memory expansion damaged by leaking battery, fixed.
Replaced all electrolytic capacitors with Panasonic ones (lifetime up to 5,000 h), audio capacitors replaced with bipolar type (for enhanced audio quality).
R401 (mouse port power) was charred and was replaced with a 1W metal film resistor. Also preemptively replaced R408 (joystick port power).
Ultra low profile sockets used for 1MB Chip RAM. Unfortunately ripped off one trace, and fixed it with bodge wire.
Keyboard fully disassembled and cleaned.
Added GoEX drive and OLED display.
Known Issues
GoEX display is inserted, but not connected yet
Picture has interferences that seem to come from hardware timinig issues
Unable to load from GoEX drive. It makes loading noises, but does not detect a floppy.
Parts of the upper shell are broken out on the front left
Trapdoor hook broken off
Could need a RGB2HDMI board and HDMI connector at the floppy button
History
2024-06-30
Reassembled the keyboard
Put original Denise and ROM back into the mainboard
Added the GoEX drive that was planned for this machine from the beginning
Reassembled the machine
Test run showed issues
2024-06-29
Whitened the case and keyboard in the sun
2024-06-12
Disassembled the case and cleaned it
Disassembled the keyboard and cleaned it
2024-06-09
Retrieved case and keyboard from storage
2022-01-08
Replaced wrong sockets with ultra low profile ones. Damaged a trace while removing a socket, fixed with bodge wire.
2021-12-05
Recapped (used bipolar caps for audio path)
Added sockets for internal RAM extension slots
2021-11-14
Repaired battery damage on trapdoor RTC/Memory Expansion board
2021-11-01
Battery of the RTC trapdoor module has leaked. Assessed the damage.
Disassembling. Case and Samsung keyboard is stored.
