Subj : Buying a retro '90s Mac or Amiga
To   : Nightfox
From : vorlon
Date : Mon Jan 01 2024 22:03:17

Hi Nightfox,

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

C= Wanted people to purchase more machines. It wasn't that they didn't
what Amiga's in general to last, it was that they wanted to sell more
units.

 > vo> This damage is making original boards very hard to find and they
 > vo> are becoming more rare and scarse. That is why the "re-amiga"
 > vo> boards have been released, and then it's a matter of moving some of
 > vo> the chips across to a new board.
 > 
 > Interesting.  I've been seeing more hardware solutions for retro
 > systems lately, and it's interesting to see.

Here's a Amiga 4000 replacement board.

http://amigastore.eu/en/903-amiga-4000-replica-proyect-board-rev-2b.html

Yes there has been a large increase in "new" hardware addon's. for
example RGB to HDMI converters for a better display.

Be aware that the standard Amiga video signal is at 15khz, so a
Scan-Doubler or the above hdmi kit is required for use on modern screens.

There is the http://15khz.wikidot.com/ website, that has a list of
compatable modern screens. I have a Asus VE228H, plus a 23pin to 15pin
converter (It's not a straight through adapter).

https://amigastore.eu/en/207-amiga-rgb-to-vga-monitor-adapter.html




\/orlon
aka
Stephen

Rocking Amiga 3000 powerd, Linux M68K.



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