ScuzzBlog: Diaries January 2018 Entry 16th January 2018: Post: 3 A500 - What on earth is going on here I am kinda lost for words. I grabbed a 500 that I noticed had an external switch and troubled myself that inside may be lurking yet another Amiga 500Plus complete with festering battery. I just couldn't risk it so given that my day scanning was lost anyway I decided to crack the machine open and have a look. It is interesting that I bought the two computers with the switches at the same time and collected them from the seller. I seem to recall there was a third computer but my memory fails me. Was a young lady that handed them over telling me that they had been her grandfathers, I think. Could be wrong. She did say that he was a bit of an Amiga nutter and liked to mess around with them. Anyway... see what I found inside and if you know what is going on then let me know so I can clarify why it is set up this way Just to clarify that I have discovered A500s with the board replaced with a 500Plus so that a ROM switcher can be installed allowing the 1.3 and the 2.04/05 to be used Not sure I appreciated the coloured in Amiga, but hey everyone to their own And so another Amiga 500 with a switch Battery alert... Always the same state So where are those wires going ? What the .... ??? I have no idea Why lift GARY ? And sticky goo everywhere I guess there is some logic to this 'I've been slimed.. I feel so funky' [ Ghostbusters ] Well if you know why.. Answers on a postcard The wires do eventually go to the switch on the case The guy stuck every chip down Its all over the board Power Computing That's a masterpiece.. Or something So strange to me Time to get rid of this No Plus and no ROM switcher ECS AGNUS 1Meg Odd thing is that with the board switch up I get 1210608 memory. With the switch down I get 1210784 memory But with the board removed get 1935600 How crazy is that... ? Som'ats wrong Anyway as long as I can play Space Invaders why should I care The switch don't really do anything

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