ScuzzBlog: Diaries November 2017 Entry 9th November 2017: Post: 8 The Acid Test - Part 8 I finish this little exercise with a view of an A500. A few months back now I checked over 26 plus A500/A500+ machines and set aside three computers that needed further attention. Two of them were A500Plus computers which we have already seen. This A500 had a strange power issue, albeit while using the GVP. I didn't think there was much wrong but today I open up the computer to see. The A500 in truth is the most reliable Amiga ever made. Classic. COMPUTER No. 10 Yellow maybe but definitely young at heart I have so many A500s and they all look the same In the early 2000s I would buy up cheap A500s just to crack them open to see what was inside I never ever got tired of collecting the A500 Simply the most rewarding machine to collect There was so much love in the early 500s in respect of the connectors, chips and ribbons They truly were a work of art Look at the ribbon connector to the keyboard What would a 500 be without the RAM board Classic Memory Expansion Systems Limited So much tidier without the battery Think that's an afterthought, the connector to the CIA Revision 6A Bit like SIMCITY OSC was a different way round on the earlier motherboards Ok Time for the tour Little red and green lights She is working fine And the red light on the CAPS button Pictured in the dark The computer has been on all week so I knew she was fine. Just wanted a little bit of attention There you have it I have checked all the 500+ machines and just the one is broken What is more, from the 26 plus computers I checked of the 500 range only the one is truly faulty [ broken ] Not bad given the 25 to 30 year age of the kit If I had to rely on one Amiga surviving another thirty years my money would be on an A500... BUT only if it never ever like had a battery.

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