Chris Edwards Restoration
Chris Edwards Restoration
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The Elbox Power Tower Amiga 4000 P1
E507: In this 2part series, we dive into the Elbox PowerTower 4000 kindly donated my Mr Sean from the west coast. finding a few faults we get the board powered again but not fully operational. the video dac seems to only work when its very warm. takes me a bit come along for the ride. U891, some fresh caps, a simm socket, A Cia and a Video DAC . what else could go wrong
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Thank you to all my current patrons and supporters, I can not express how much your support means to me.Because of you and your support and generosity, I am able to fund repairs for others FOR FREE. I can not fix everything, but i do save many. So a personal thanks directly to each and every one of you!
It's Dangerous to go alone, take this!
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Tools used in this video:
Tonya - a hammer
Aven Desoldering Wick
www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Aven/17545?qs=uwxL4vQweFMNB5OJoZY0og%3D%3D
Jonard IC extractor
www.amazon.com/Jonard-EX-2-Extraction-Tool-24-40/dp/B006C3Y8IY/
BackBit Chiptester pro v2
store.backbit.io/product/chip-tester/
DIP Pin Straightener
retrorewind.ca/dip-chip-straightener
Helmet of Goober:
www.amazon.com/Headband-Magnifier-Head-Mounted-Binocular-Magnification-1-5X/dp/B07M7H3P95
Solder station WepTools 853d-5AII
www.weptools.com/products/853d-5a-ii
Desoldering station WepTools 948d3
www.weptools.com/products/948d-iii-desoldering-station
Fume Extractor: Weptools 948DQ
www.weptools.com/products/948dq-i-fume-extractor
Siglent SDS1052DL digital oscilloscope
www.amazon.com/Siglent-Technologies-SDS1052DL-Digital-Oscilloscope/dp/B01J16NV54
Kotto silicon solder sucker aka Moana3
www.ebay.com/itm/203339405333
TV pixel display and wall pixel display
www.divoom.com
like the wall neon? get it here
www.retroledsigns.com
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Amiga 1000 down for the count
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E506: My beloved Amiga 1000 boingball edition serial 109 is down for the count. what happened? I moved it for some electrical panel work and i did not want contractors damaging anything. upon the careful reinstallation i was typing a letter on finalwriter2 and it went green. lets take it apart and reseat some things. It's Dangerous to go alone, take this! be sure to check out Retro Rewind for a...
Donations from the west from a great man
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E505 - Something that I still can not believe. I was humbled by Mr Sean from the west coast. he sent me a MASSIVE donation of C= and PC things. more than i could have ever imagined. I did at least pay for the shipping .Yet I still feel unworthy of such a gesture. I promise to be the best custodian I can during the time i have. Please do not get angry with me for receiving something so nice. IF ...
Commodore Amiga 600 IDE/AUDIO audio and keyboard melt
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E504: Mr James sends in his Amiga 600 for a tune up, a melted Keyboard connector, a broken RCA and a missing IDE pin header. come along for the repair, educational and entertaining at the same time. Please Consider helping me save Amigas. 100% of funds i receive assist me in purchasing replacement parts , tools and supplies to save these beloved machines. www.patreon.com/ChrisEdwardsRestoration...
Data recovery from old scsi drives Using my Amiga 3000
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E503: Recover data from old scsi drives. In this video Mr Johnathan asked if i could copy some data from a few old scsi drives to a usb stick. using my amiga 3000 and some daisy chain external case i managed to save 3 of 4. - yes i know you can zulu init, or daisychain to winuae, this is the way i did these because the drives were pseudo working. and wanted to use real hardware the HAM video i ...
The 2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL extended Range
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E502: 2 years ago in 2022 I fell in love with a car. So I ordered it. 8 months later, the wrong car showed up. 8 more months the wrong model showed up (ioniq6) then finally 6 months after that (22 months later) NOV 2023 it was found in a show room 40 miles from me. After 21 years of driving the old Truck with 236K miles on it I traded that in. So, here it is. This is my review of my 2024 Ioniq ...
The Dicke Olga Amiga 2000 CPU, RAM, SATA, CF, IDE 40/44 Clockport, M.2 Accelerator at 60mhz
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E501: Thats a mouthful. Presenting the Dicke Olga Amiga 2000 accelerator for you. This is the Fattest Dicke Model you can buy. We install it in my A2000 and see what it offers and what it can do. want one? Prices start at just over 200 Euromonies. card/: www.amibay.com/threads/dicke-olga-030-cpu-64-128mb-accelerator-card-for-a2000-amiga-official-host.2443695/ manual : www.amibay.com/attachments...
!! Episode 500!! Restoring an Amiga 3000 to new!
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!! Episode 500!! Commodore Amiga 3000d for a UX Repair - my 500th episode!!! and my 284th Amiga saved. PLEASE CONSIDER helping me to continue to save Amigas for free by joining my Patreon, its once a month and cheap. i spend more on lunch in one day... thank you!! Its Dangerous to go alone, take this! be sure to check out Retro Rewind for all your Commodore goodies and services at www.retrorewi...
A 3000D ,a 3000UX and some Commodore history
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E499 - in this episode i received one hell of a proposition i could not refuse. Take the best of two A3000's to complete one. In return i can keep some goodies and a special A3000 UX case and parts. come along for the unboxing and some really cool historic Commodore goodies. Thank you V! Its Dangerous to go alone, take this! be sure to check out Retro Rewind for all your Commodore goodies and s...
Another Amiga 4000 from the land of sand Part 2
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E498: The Amiga 4000 from the land of sand gets all sorted. but not after a few hundred dollars and alot of time. please note these repairs take a while. and are edited to a few minutes. Please consider helping me keep this going by joining my Patreon for only as low as 1$ a month, a MONTH not a day or a week. a month. greatly appreciated and helps me a little bit lower my costs to fix these th...
Building a brand new Amiga 4000d
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E496 - Building a brand new Amiga 4000. The Black beast gets a new board after a year of me trying to fix a no damage board. will this new creation work? come along for the ride. Special thanks to Kavanoz and Paul Rezendez for creating this masterpiece. please note this was revision 1 of the re pop boards. the newer boards do not have silkscreen on every solder point. and have improved it even ...
Another Amiga 4000 from the land of sand Part I
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E497: Another Amiga from far away shows up for repair. What i think is something simple leads down a rabbit hole of time, parts and money. come along for this 2 part series. do we get this girl fixed again? will see... Its Dangerous to go alone, take this! be sure to check out Retro Rewind for all your Commodore goodies and services at www.retrorewind.ca you can use my code NOCODE, to save up t...
OHROM A600 leaked caps and broken pads and dreams
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E495: OHROM sends over his Amiga 600 in for a tune up. a busted pad on series cap. showing the repairs and close ups of why you should re cap your old computers. Its Dangerous to go alone, take this! be sure to check out Retro Rewind for all your Commodore goodies and services at www.retrorewind.ca you can use my code NOCODE, to save up to an additional 15% off your next order. *must be signed ...
Replace A 2012-2019 Kia Soul Blower Motor In Less Than A Hour!
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E494 - In this episode we replace the busted / dying Blower motor in my 2018 Kia soul 2.0 GDI. it started dying and i have to slap the dash to get it to grind to life. Book time is 7 hours, my time? less than a hour. you can do this with simple hand tools and a little contortion. less if your skinny. Like , Comment, Subscribe or support, If you would like to help me keep this going, consider su...
Amiga 1200 of missing pads, traces and exploded ceramics
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Amiga 1200 of missing pads, traces and exploded ceramics
The amiga 4000 of im not touching this
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The amiga 4000 of im not touching this
Amiga 600 third times a charm
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Amiga 600 third times a charm
Sucking it hard! The WepTools 948D3 desolder station and more
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Sucking it hard! The WepTools 948D3 desolder station and more
The Black Beast P1 - An Amiga 4000 video toaster screamernet rack unit
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The Black Beast P1 - An Amiga 4000 video toaster screamernet rack unit
Amiga 600 back for missing 2mb chipram
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Amiga 600 back for missing 2mb chipram
The CBM 1581 3.5 floppy drive from a Commodore 64/128 to the Amiga?
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The CBM 1581 3.5 floppy drive from a Commodore 64/128 to the Amiga?
MorphOS on the best PowerMac G5 there was
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MorphOS on the best PowerMac G5 there was
Amiga 3000 R6 From Hell P3 ...I had to give up...
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Amiga 3000 R6 From Hell P3 ...I had to give up...
Amiga History: The Commodore 2320 Video Display Enhancer
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Amiga History: The Commodore 2320 Video Display Enhancer
The Amiga 500 1MB chip mod with destroyed pads
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The Amiga 500 1MB chip mod with destroyed pads
MagTime magnetic USB cables, pi5 Pimiga speed tests! and more.
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MagTime magnetic USB cables, pi5 Pimiga speed tests! and more.
NEW Amiga 3000 power supply some assembly required
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NEW Amiga 3000 power supply some assembly required
PIMIGA4 RPI4 400 and now 5 + intel 64gig split version
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PIMIGA4 RPI4 400 and now 5 intel 64gig split version
Amiga 3000 from a VR machine P2 finale
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Amiga 3000 from a VR machine P2 finale
Amiga 3000 from a VR Machine P1
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Amiga 3000 from a VR Machine P1

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @RarefiedError
    @RarefiedError 3 години тому

    You know what's weird, I found this channel because I was checking out videos about theme/amusement parks in east Tennessee

  • @EatingDriedFruit
    @EatingDriedFruit 8 годин тому

    I like this style of gonzo video making, it's much like my own channel. Planning to cover Amiga games at some point so this was really helpful. Thanks.

  • @WhiteHareGames
    @WhiteHareGames 9 годин тому

    Exactly the tower I've had for many many years with my Mediator 4000 system. Wonderful tower. I really wish I hadn't ditched the original desktop case and daughteboard, though, as I now have a 2nd motherboard and nothing to house it it. Good job (so far) with the fix! Don't forget two caps by the audio are the wrong way around on the silk-screen.

  • @raiklastary263
    @raiklastary263 11 годин тому

    Pretty complete description. Thanks new job for the weekend, yeahee

  • @BerndFelsche
    @BerndFelsche 13 годин тому

    Nice decapitation tune.

  • @mikebaker3712
    @mikebaker3712 15 годин тому

    Chris, what Dell monitor did you use?

  • @router5840
    @router5840 16 годин тому

    Wow enter DJ Chris 😃 another great video.

  • @HoldandModify
    @HoldandModify 17 годин тому

    Never knew of this. Wild what vendors did. Dr. Chris, thank you for another great Amiga history share!

  • @josephphillips9243
    @josephphillips9243 20 годин тому

    Finger shredder - Now I know the name of my enemy 🩸

  • @digitalman2112
    @digitalman2112 21 годину тому

    I keep watching for the Weird Science clips ;)

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 20 годин тому

      And national lampoons Christmas vacation

    • @digitalman2112
      @digitalman2112 20 годин тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestoration and the Dr. Evil - Well Shits are very well placed :)

  • @cullmaster7361
    @cullmaster7361 22 години тому

    Great stuff Dr Chris 👍🏻 Where are you getting the chips from? Especially the DAC? Just sent over my Rev C (Rev 2) for repair to a U.K UA-camr SHG Retro for repair. What were the differences between the Rev B and Rev C? Not the DCR version. Cheers 🍻

  • @boydpukalo8980
    @boydpukalo8980 День тому

    Cool video. I have never seen an Elbox 4000 tower before. But, where was the mediator board? I have complete confidence by the conclusion of this series you will have it running like it just came off the Commodore assembly line.

  • @rtid7538
    @rtid7538 День тому

    That's a 'Power Tower', as in Power Computing. A re-badged Elbox 'E/BOX 4000' tower. Sorry for being pedantic. 😅 I bought the A1200 version from Power back in the day. Still have it and use it, but I suspect I need to consider a new PSU solution after 25+ years! Great video, Chris, as always.

  • @AndrewErwin73
    @AndrewErwin73 День тому

    have you always had jokes? I enjoy this!

  • @pkf4124
    @pkf4124 День тому

    One more on the saved shelf. Such a great conversion as well.

  • @davidpegg4516
    @davidpegg4516 День тому

    Hi Chris, hello from the UK! I’ve just found your channel and loving the content. Wish I could do what you’re doing here.

  • @32Bits
    @32Bits День тому

    I learned sumpin!

  • @BlufftonMicrocosmicExperiment

    Works great on the HP Elite Desk 800 G2 Mini. Will probably work with that whole line. Better than a Pi400 for sure! Cheaper too!

  • @richardwoodurff9186
    @richardwoodurff9186 День тому

    Oh man Dr.Chris, you replaced DDE this morning for my coffee! Great video thanks again! Have a fabulous day!

  • @philiphandforth4390
    @philiphandforth4390 День тому

    Do you upload any of the music you do anywhere?

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration День тому

      no never thought of it as that important, all the intro's , outro's and cutscene music i always made myself.

    • @philiphandforth4390
      @philiphandforth4390 День тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestoration You should absolutely upload this stuff man, I'd love to have these tunes as MOD files for my A500 and I bet I'm not the only one...

  • @dkehrerproductions
    @dkehrerproductions День тому

    Did I see Acorns on the front of the case ?

  • @jasmijndekkers
    @jasmijndekkers День тому

    Hi Chris, Nice to see you again with a another Amiga. I work on a IBM 5150 and waiting for parts now. Succes with this Amiga. Greetings from Steven from the Netherlands

  • @wdd6864
    @wdd6864 День тому

    I love the channel. There was questions on Amiga and I recommended you to Trina’s technobabble. Check her streams out as some Amiga questions come up

  • @wimwiddershins
    @wimwiddershins День тому

    Another Amiga coming out of Cryo sleep. She's still a little woozy.

  • @_Reynolds_
    @_Reynolds_ День тому

    Wish to see it working flawlessly again. Keep up the great work.

  • @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_
    @iCQ_www.SPCL.tk_ День тому

    LOL 2 hours later 🙂 i know that feeling sir! super neat share thnx (those amiga days)

  • @Antivenom1998
    @Antivenom1998 День тому

    Im very impressed with your video. You were very detailed in the explanation I was able to replace my 2014 souls blower motor. Without you, i would've been f'd . Thanks for saving me hundreds of dollars in labor 😊

  • @thromboid
    @thromboid День тому

    Nice - always wondered if this was a possibility.

  • @DarrenJCrawford
    @DarrenJCrawford День тому

    Do you call your A4000 Grimmis? 040@150mhz, nice.

  • @drpc98014
    @drpc98014 2 дні тому

    Did I hear correctly your were printing a A4000 face plate? if so I'd like to buy one, additionally if you have any spare complete A4000d desktop cases we need to chat.

  • @glenp42
    @glenp42 2 дні тому

    We want to see PiMiga on the screen! :)

  • @The_Temple
    @The_Temple 3 дні тому

    Thanks!

  • @michaelhiggins2571
    @michaelhiggins2571 3 дні тому

    Hi Chris from Toowoomba Australia!

    • @easyerthanyouthink
      @easyerthanyouthink День тому

      Bought a 1081 monitor from towoomba years ago. Left my thongs at the sellers house, called them up and they posted them to me free of charge. 👍😔

  • @bryndaldwyre3099
    @bryndaldwyre3099 3 дні тому

    A mate had an Amiga 1000 and it was the first time I'd been introduced to one after reading about them in various magazines of the era. So wanted one but was out of my reach for a few years until 1992 when I traded a C64 in for a refurbished Amiga 500.

  • @samuelbanya
    @samuelbanya 3 дні тому

    Sweet video Chris, I am about to score an Amiga 500 in this same scenario. Pretty stoked for it.

  • @samuelbanya
    @samuelbanya 3 дні тому

    Do you think it's worth it to get this over a Mister or the newer Mister clone?

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 3 дні тому

      for me personally i would always choose the minimig, the Mister DOES offer other cores and works great, however its not fast if your looking for a super fpga amiga , the Minimig can even run the PiMiga images when configured for the minimig.

    • @samuelbanya
      @samuelbanya 3 дні тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Gotcha that makes sense. I honestly am only interested in Amiga 500 / 1200, so it I get bored with the 500 later, I might try the Pistorm mod to it. Getting a 500 early next month, pretty stoked

  • @drpc98014
    @drpc98014 3 дні тому

    What printing a FACEPLATE. Hey lets chat I'm looking for an A4000d faceplate. actually the entire case would be nice Now the reason I'm here is my A3000 is acting very flaky. Lots of random hangs, guru notices, apps not running correctly etc. I'm thinking a place to start is a recap with high end parts, then a new psu followed by long duration diagnostics..

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 3 дні тому

      for your 3000 run the ziptest from Chris Hooper on aminet here aminet.net/package/util/misc/ZIPTest . its a shell app that tests all those annoying Zip20 fastrams. they cause all sorts of weirdness. but lets not leave out your storage solution, or even a borked build. Amiga programs dont get along with others very well as there is no memory protection with exec (the os kernel)

    • @drpc98014
      @drpc98014 3 дні тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Yeah it's an A3000 from hell. Needs some expert tlc. I can do a recap. Not sure where I'd find a new psu. would also like to chat about a4000 case or at least a faceplate. Also would you be interested in a 1571 drive repair project? lets chat

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 3 дні тому

      @drpc98014 i dont do 8 bit. You can get power supplies from symon gosk as i showed in my other video where i built one. I dont have any cases for sale nor faceplates

  • @leemackenzie549
    @leemackenzie549 4 дні тому

    You deserve any donation you are given, you donate your time and use your own coin to fix machines for free. No you can never have to many amigas, i have a decent collection but sadly lacking a 3000 and a 4000, one day if i get rich, they are sadly out of my price range. Keep up the great work, i have learned a lot from your channel and have every single one of my amigas working 100%.

  • @r4z-0rs.ed-9e
    @r4z-0rs.ed-9e 4 дні тому

    Surprise! EMU68 has now WiFi too ;) Michal made a dream come true with wifipi.device

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 4 дні тому

      mushashi still offers more features to me than emu68 does... im keeping this one old school. i have other amigas that have emu68 on them.

    • @r4z-0rs.ed-9e
      @r4z-0rs.ed-9e 4 дні тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Didn't mean to push into any direction, was FYI only 😎

    • @davidwright9166
      @davidwright9166 3 дні тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestorationmushashi is old school now?

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 3 дні тому

      @davidwright9166 pretty much development stopped on it several years back

  • @more.power.
    @more.power. 4 дні тому

    Great to see the Amiga 1000 boot into life because thats where it all started. Cheers

  • @matthewjones9177
    @matthewjones9177 4 дні тому

    Your love for Amiga is unmatched Dr Chris! As a 13 year old kid back in the early 90s I spent many years swapping games for my A500. At the time I had no idea about the journey of Amiga and Commodore, workbench or what its true capabilities were. Sure we had Jesus on Es and spaceballs to show off the graphics and sound (taking much fun out of inferior 16bit consoles)It’s thanks to guys like you that teach us youngsters the true potential of these systems and how they shaped the personal computer. Seems to me the Amiga was so close to being the standard format! Another great video Chris. Huge thanks from the UK

  • @blindguy1001
    @blindguy1001 4 дні тому

    Nice looking backplate!!! Glad your using it and great job fixing this A1000!!

  • @unerkannterGeisteskranker
    @unerkannterGeisteskranker 4 дні тому

    Used the old config. Can see the desktop for a second and then I get an software failure --> Error: 8000 0004 Task: 40AA4028 What do I need to change in the config ????

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 3 дні тому

      i dont know what your doing? just reflash to a second card and give it a try. you can then compare the differences to your customized one.

  • @cullmaster7361
    @cullmaster7361 4 дні тому

    Another great vid Dr Chris. Have had things like this happen to me on A1200 systems. Real head scratcher when these happen. Cheers 🍻

  • @philippeneron
    @philippeneron 4 дні тому

    I as well believe in one of the greatest multitasking media machines of its time Chris. Your passionate is enlightening.

  • @stephenkennedy6358
    @stephenkennedy6358 4 дні тому

    What makes your A1000 a boing ball edition. What does that mean.

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 4 дні тому

      the first editions did not have the checkmark stickers, they had boing balls on them, the keyboard, monitor and floppy disks (i dont have that one) had the boing ball logo, this is serial 105 or 109 i forget, its very low. i got it on pre release way back in dec 1985 or jan 86 as i had inside access to a early release before the general public.

    • @davidwright9166
      @davidwright9166 3 дні тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestorationwere you working there as a teenager?

    • @ChrisEdwardsRestoration
      @ChrisEdwardsRestoration 3 дні тому

      @davidwright9166 not till 91. I was friends with a developer on the original amiga team in the 80s and had early access to it, hence the boingball edition

    • @stephenkennedy6358
      @stephenkennedy6358 2 дні тому

      @@ChrisEdwardsRestoration Back in 86 my first computer that I paid money for was a A1000. Before that day I didn't even know it existed. I went into a store with the intent of buying a Mac. In the corner of the store sat a floor model A1000 running the juggler demo. I asked the salesman what that was. He said oh it's just a Commodore Amiga. I left the store with that machine.

  • @robertgijsen
    @robertgijsen 5 днів тому

    In XCopy in the Tools menu iirc there is an option Killsys which throws as much of WB and unneeded things out, switches to a few colors to give more memory. On 1MB machines that was just enough to do the trick without a swap. Btw when you get numbers other than 0 when reading disks in xcopy it means it can't properly read it.

  • @kriegermetal
    @kriegermetal 5 днів тому

    Awesome work as always, looking forward to part 2, hopefully the Mediator is in good shape. Of the (2) A4000 rescues in ~2005, this one was in a news broadcast studio in somewhere USA, so they must have had it repaired as this was doing overlay/genlock work via toaster/tbc before migrating to the tower. BTW Mediator bridge has to be in the bottom slot, and it can map video card memory into fast ram. Also great new working music/outro/end cap. 😃

  • @proteque
    @proteque 5 днів тому

    I hate sdcards with a passion