Entry 1504: Blog: 1

A long long long time ago I rescued an Amiga for a friend by swapping
out the motherboard. The battery had eaten away the previous board and
made the computer unusable. I had an old case that had been badly vandalised
and placed the broken motherboard in this.

A few weeks back I had an enquiry from someone wanting the board, hoping
to rescue a machine that had suffered similar. I advised that he would be
better getting a better board as the one he referred to was quite shot.

This has been playing on my mind as I really do not like having any of
my Amigas broken or faulty. Today I dragged out the computer from the 
vault of machines I have. I then set to checking the machine over making
sure all was connected properly on the motherboard and keyboard section.

Imagine my surprise when I hooked the computer up to a Microvitec to
find she fired up first time. I even played a naval simulator on it. Not 
sure what to make of it all. I do recall the machine not working. The
battery damage is quite extensive.

I have left the machine running and still working fine. I will give her
a good clean and try to remove the black marker from the casing. Truly
amazing given that it is easily five years since I put the machine in
the dead store.

Amiga 500 Plus with Battery Damage

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Last updated 15th May 2015

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