Amiga 600 – IDE not working

Got an Amiga 600 on my bench. It had some problems: Needed recap and leakage damage control (ultrasonic cleaning) Audio not working, it made some sounds but not the sound we should expect IDE not working I performed a recap and ultrasonic cleaning. The board before cleaning: The board after the cleaning Audio is fixed […]

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The Ultimate MSSIAH BOX

While I was looking for a nice case to house the MSSIAH controller, I came across a broken THE C64 mini I got a while ago. Wouldn’t it be awesome to use this for the housing? YEAH! Ingredient list (Defective) THE C64 mini 4x Linear Potentiometer 220KΩ 4x Trim potentiometer 250KΩ 4x Resistor 8k2 Ω […]

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Ultimate64 with broken video DAC

Problem: S-video signal of the U64 not working anymore. Lets start finding the problem   Probed the Chroma and Luma signal on the video port with my scope. Left: Chroma, looks good. Right: Luma, not looking good. Lets probe it directly on the DAC That is looking better, but nog good enought.. I did a […]

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SX-32 Not working

CD32 only gives grey screen when SX-32 is installed. I tested several Simm modules, screen keeps grey. Tested several jumper settings ( see jumper settings ) I did a wild guess, and replaced both CIA chips.. First attempt to boot with SX-32 was successful. And everything is working again.      

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