Subj : Buying a retro '90s Mac or Amiga
To   : vorlon
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 18:15:34

  Re: Buying a retro '90s Mac or Amiga
  By: vorlon to Nightfox on Mon Jan 01 2024 10:28 am

 vo> C= never intended for the Amiga's to last more than 5 years. They suffer
 vo> from bad cap's on the latter models, and the dreded vareta battery leaking
 vo> crap all over the board, and in the process destroying it.

That really sucks..  :/  And interesting that Commodore didn't intend for the Amiga to last that long.  They were ahead of their time.

 vo> This damage is making original boards very hard to find and they are
 vo> becoming more rare and scarse. That is why the "re-amiga" boards have been
 vo> released, and then it's a matter of moving some of the chips across to a
 vo> new board.

Interesting.  I've been seeing more hardware solutions for retro systems lately, and it's interesting to see.

Nightfox
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