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Checkmate A1500 Plus – A500+ Build – Part 1

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Duncan Styles 0 Comments a1500, checkmate A1500 Plus, Duncan Styles, part 1

At midday on April 1st 2020 a red Parcelforce van drew up outside my home. I spied it out of

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Alternative To Amiga 500, 600 and 1200 Power Connector

October 20, 2019December 10, 2019 Jason Warnes 8 Comments A1200, A500, A600, Amiga, C128, connector, DIN, dp-215, ds-215, Jason Warnes, plug, power, socket

One of the more difficult parts to find for the Amiga 500, 600 and 1200 (and Commodore 128) is the

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Amiga G-Lock GVP Genlock – Part 1.

September 6, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 1084S, Amiga, Camcorder, G-Lock, Gary Hucker, genlock, Great Valley Products, GVP, input, Monitor, output, RCA, S-VHS, Sony

A hook up and test of the Great Valley Products G-Lock genlock device. I’m using my trusty Amiga 500 and

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Commodore Amiga CD32 Keyboard from Amiga 1000

June 27, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 1000, Amiga, Amiga 1000, Amiga CD32, Aux, Auxilliary, CD, CD32, Commodore, Controller, Cursor Keys, Encyclopedia, Game Port, Gary Hucker, Gloom, Grolia Encyclopedia, Grolier, Keyboard, Mouse, Strafe, Suoer Frog

This Amiga 1000 keyboard has been modified to work on an Amiga CD32. I connect the keyboard, mouse and a

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Amiga 2000 Weird Booting Issue – What Could the Problem Be?

February 14, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 2000, 68040, Amiga, fan, Gary Hucker, Gotek, GVP-A2000 040, Motorola, not booting, picasso ii, solved

  Check out this weird issue I found with my Amiga 2000.

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The Amiga 2000 gets a brand new CPU socket.

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 2000, Amiga, Corrosion, CPU, Gary Hucker, Replace, socket

  I remove the old crusty CPU socket and install a brand new one. This Amiga 2000 now lives!

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The Amiga 2000 Receives a New Hard Drive Controller and more.

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 2000, 30 pin, Amiga, Commodore, Controller, Elite, FPS, Frame Rate, Frontier, Gary Hucker, Hard Drive, IDE, Keyboard, RAM, SCSI, SIMMS, Supra Drive, Syquest, ZIP

In this installment a new hard drive controller is installed. I run Frontier Elite to test performance and the keyboard

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Amiga 2000 Hard Drive Failure. Where to from here…

February 1, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 2000, 68000, 68030, Alpha Data, Amiga, Gary Hucker, Hard Drive, IDE, Motorola, SCSI, Supra

The A2000’s hard drive has all but failed. Some contemporary options are available for this machine.

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Beige Beasts – Amiga 2000 Upgrades

January 30, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 2000, 68030, Amiga, Beasts, Beige, CD ROM, Controller, Flicker Fixer, Gary Hucker, Hard Drive, IDE, Motorolla, RAM expansion, Upgrades

As a follow on from my previous Amiga 2000 video, I install some upgrades and have some challenges on the

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Amiga 2000 Resurrection.

January 29, 2019 garyhucker 0 Comments 2000, 68000, Amiga, Corrosion, CPU, Gary Hucker, Motorola, socket

This Amiga 2000 is not a happy camper. Let’s see if it can be resurrected.

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