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Forum: support.Hardware 14 May 2023, 02:45
Replies: 23
Views: 1,655
Posted By mech
I am not A monitor expert but sounds like...

I am not A monitor expert but sounds like vertical deflections is gone if you have a horizontal line. either a vertical IC,parts in the path or a power supply issue?
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 03 April 2023, 02:42
Replies: 285
Views: 28,457
Posted By mech
I don't see what the big deal about the built in...

I don't see what the big deal about the built in Atari midi ports were? it was a $20-40 add on to Amiga at most and even cheaper if you built one. I would think the midi software would be more of a...
Forum: support.Hardware 26 February 2023, 01:01
Replies: 20
Views: 2,274
Posted By mech
I use these,they have worked well. ...

I use these,they have worked well.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/374488438093
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 19 February 2023, 19:23
Replies: 67
Views: 5,071
Posted By mech
The sheer disgust you seem to have for the BEEB...

The sheer disgust you seem to have for the BEEB comes thru in your post. ROFL.
Forum: News 19 February 2023, 01:06
Replies: 281
Views: 88,612
Posted By mech
can anyone else download this off his site with a...

can anyone else download this off his site with a real amiga and latest Ibrowse?
Edit: never mind,i see its google drive.
Forum: Retrogaming General Discussion 18 February 2023, 21:38
Replies: 67
Views: 5,071
Posted By mech
atari then..

Started with an Atari2600 around the late 70's. My first arguably computer was a TI99/4a, and that taught me how a computer shouldn't be built,but i still have it and i am still fond of it quirks and...
Forum: support.Apps 16 February 2023, 17:26
Replies: 9
Views: 1,629
Posted By mech
check for cd

I know this is a old thread,but there is something on Aminet that may apply:


aminet.net/disk/misc/chkcd10.lha
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 28 December 2022, 19:29
Replies: 63
Views: 6,337
Posted By mech
A4000 from 1992(bought with warpengine 040/40)...

A4000 from 1992(bought with warpengine 040/40) then added added Cyberstorm PPC 060@66mhz 604e/233.
Picasso IV
Acard 7720uw scsi to ide bridge with 32GB(later (128GB) sandisk cf card for a hd....
Forum: support.AmigaOS 12 December 2022, 22:29
Replies: 8
Views: 2,365
Posted By mech
Has anyone figured this out? I am using a Scsi...

Has anyone figured this out? I am using a Scsi card reader on a AA3000+ with os3.2.1 and i cannot get mounter to mount SFS partitions,even though SFS is in the rdb and L:
Forum: support.Hardware 05 December 2022, 05:40
Replies: 9
Views: 955
Posted By mech
Shot in the dark,but the old apollo 040/060 cards...

Shot in the dark,but the old apollo 040/060 cards were known to have a rash of bad slot connectors back in the day. Most people that i knew that had them they worked when new and then developed the...
Forum: support.Hardware 05 December 2022, 05:36
Replies: 13
Views: 1,693
Posted By mech
Sockets,sockets sockets, in many unexplained...

Sockets,sockets sockets, in many unexplained cases like this where it begins working out of the blue is likely bad contact of chips in sockets. I recommend tearing the machine down,use a quality...
Forum: support.Hardware 02 October 2022, 08:05
Replies: 2
Views: 610
Posted By mech
That was alot to read and take in. Be sure SCSI...

That was alot to read and take in.
Be sure SCSI termination is correct.
On the GVP scsi,did you remember to set the BOOT jumper on the card? if not i don't think the gvp device will be loaded in...
Forum: support.Amix 30 September 2022, 03:25
Replies: 10
Views: 4,226
Posted By mech
Shot in the dark here,but a zip to simm adapter...

Shot in the dark here,but a zip to simm adapter will treat simms as FPM ram,and the UX came with SC zips(static column) originally...zip part # ends in 402,i wouldn't think it would care,but it may...
Forum: support.Hardware 01 July 2022, 05:07
Replies: 44
Views: 4,539
Posted By mech
Are the roms seated well? maybe a bent pin under...

Are the roms seated well? maybe a bent pin under it?
If you have another set of roms or old 3.0 roms try them and see if a basic 3.1 floppy boots?
as for mediator, reseat the cpld chips in the...
Forum: support.Hardware 24 June 2022, 06:58
Replies: 42
Views: 4,222
Posted By mech
what grelb said and make sure hdtoolbox is set to...

what grelb said and make sure hdtoolbox is set to use the fastlane device name in the tooltypes or it won't see any drives.
Forum: support.Hardware 13 June 2022, 02:08
Replies: 1
Views: 420
Posted By mech
The Trumpcard is incredible slow,you would be...

The Trumpcard is incredible slow,you would be better off with a GVP or even a A2091.
That being said i ran many hd's on the old IVS trumpcard on the VECTOR accelerator as well as a seperate IVS...
Forum: support.Hardware 04 April 2022, 05:07
Replies: 53
Views: 10,564
Posted By mech
Nice job finding that problem. Its interesting...

Nice job finding that problem. Its interesting to know. I have some early rev1.0 3660's that can be picky on just the 060 clock speed. I wonder if this plays a role also.
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 April 2022, 04:52
Replies: 3,422
Views: 822,264
Posted By mech
I have the original Elbox mediator in the power...

I have the original Elbox mediator in the power tower,and since it used the ATX power supply i just ran 3.3v(orange) wire to the PCI slots of my board to give 3.3v compatibility. Its easier than...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 April 2022, 04:42
Replies: 3,422
Views: 822,264
Posted By mech
A Zorro 3 card with sata would only do a max of...

A Zorro 3 card with sata would only do a max of around 14MB/s(in theory) and would use alot of cpu overhead to do it(depending how it was engineered).



SCSI on the accelerator is the absolute...
Forum: Nostalgia & memories 04 April 2022, 02:31
Replies: 3,422
Views: 822,264
Posted By mech
It was the A3400 originally and looked quite...

It was the A3400 originally and looked quite different.


https://bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=28
Forum: support.Hardware 07 February 2022, 07:25
Replies: 17
Views: 1,585
Posted By mech
I have had the same exact experience repairing...

I have had the same exact experience repairing them over the years.. Its not hard to miss one or have a intermittent connection that just happens to work when you check it,but not under load.

...
Forum: support.Hardware 07 February 2022, 05:40
Replies: 17
Views: 1,585
Posted By mech
Nice job troubleshooting! This link might help:...

Nice job troubleshooting!
This link might help:

https://retrocomputerverzamelaar.nl/commodore-amiga-problems/

The colors should be dark grey,light grey,white

Bad Agnus sockets and chipram...
Forum: project.Amiga Game Factory 31 January 2022, 00:19
Replies: 145
Views: 21,746
Posted By mech
Nice JOB!

Nice JOB!
Forum: Hardware pics 23 January 2022, 03:06
Replies: 10
Views: 3,660
Posted By mech
Very cool Matt, i must admit i have never seen...

Very cool Matt, i must admit i have never seen one of these. Might be a good project for a new pcb remake of it.
Forum: Amiga scene 24 December 2021, 06:00
Replies: 9
Views: 1,427
Posted By mech
was it the Weird Science Network cd that could be...

was it the Weird Science Network cd that could be used to network? I never used it but remember hearing about it in the day.

Matt is right tho,Envoy is excellent.
Forum: support.Hardware 24 January 2021, 21:49
Replies: 41
Views: 4,187
Posted By mech
sysinfo is what was used. rscp seemed to give...

sysinfo is what was used.
rscp seemed to give results that were close also.
Forum: support.Hardware 24 January 2021, 18:54
Replies: 41
Views: 4,187
Posted By mech
I have dug out the trifecta 500 LX recently and...

I have dug out the trifecta 500 LX recently and have been experimenting with drives on it to see if i could attain anywhere near the 10MB/s as advertised.

Doing this on a stock A500+ 68000 cpu.
...
Forum: support.Hardware 17 December 2020, 15:04
Replies: 16
Views: 2,073
Posted By mech
Quick and dirty thing you can try is swap Cias...

Quick and dirty thing you can try is swap Cias around,a bad cia can do black screen,but i would also investigate Agnus, bad contact in sockets is common in old boards. pull,check chip pins and socket...
Forum: support.Hardware 28 January 2020, 04:12
Replies: 3
Views: 941
Posted By mech
The Alfa Data Alfapower 500 might do what you...

The Alfa Data Alfapower 500 might do what you need:

https://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=522

It can autoboot with 1.3+ rom(will likely need a real rom installed in the...
Forum: support.Hardware 25 August 2019, 23:39
Replies: 29
Views: 5,575
Posted By mech
Unless something has changed, i am using a...

Unless something has changed, i am using a vampire V2(not plus) in my A2000 with GVP SCSI card and scsi card reader.A 2286 bridgeboard,and a A2065 Ethernet card and they all work fine with vampire.
...
Forum: support.Hardware 08 August 2019, 05:49
Replies: 48
Views: 4,297
Posted By mech
Good luck on it. My elbox psu that came with the...

Good luck on it. My elbox psu that came with the pro tower way back failed a couple months later,i found the 400w atx thats old style and been in it since.

before the 400w I tried a cx-500 corsair...
Forum: support.Apps 02 July 2019, 04:06
Replies: 13
Views: 1,573
Posted By mech
open the 4000 up and set the jumper inside to...

open the 4000 up and set the jumper inside to NTSC. it will stay ntsc then. it should be j212 i think-its labeled on the board.
Forum: support.Hardware 07 May 2019, 18:23
Replies: 13
Views: 1,655
Posted By mech
i have had hit and miss problems with the...

i have had hit and miss problems with the transcend 4gb 133x cards also. some seem to have flaky firmware as far as i can tell. Sandisk works for me everytime.
Forum: support.Hardware 29 April 2019, 22:28
Replies: 60
Views: 12,976
Posted By mech
Have you considered just converting a pc drive...

Have you considered just converting a pc drive to amiga and replacing the entire mechanism? this would be a cheap and easy way. Maybe adopt the sony mpf-920 to it?
This would do away with belt...
Forum: support.Hardware 13 April 2019, 03:18
Replies: 12
Views: 2,038
Posted By mech
An adapter will work fine. You can go from...

An adapter will work fine. You can go from Centronics 50 to typical high density 50 scsi 2 connectors with no problems.
there will be no speed loss or reliability problems.
Forum: Hardware mods 08 April 2019, 19:31
Replies: 140
Views: 37,629
Posted By mech
Nice work Chucky, what revision is it based on...

Nice work Chucky, what revision is it based on 9/02 9/03?
Forum: support.Hardware 10 February 2019, 04:47
Replies: 17
Views: 1,253
Posted By mech
Is the plastic sheet under the motherboard that...

Is the plastic sheet under the motherboard that insulates it from the case?

Remove the board and check for short again.

With board out inspect all resistors and caps(likely not a electrolytic...
Forum: support.Hardware 22 January 2019, 00:42
Replies: 8
Views: 1,679
Posted By mech
I think Steve said the 33mhz parts will easily...

I think Steve said the 33mhz parts will easily run 50mhz. I believe they are readily available cheap. for example:...
Forum: support.Hardware 06 October 2018, 19:43
Replies: 46
Views: 3,372
Posted By mech
the things people do to these poor machines.. lol

the things people do to these poor machines.. lol
Forum: support.Hardware 06 October 2018, 19:42
Replies: 46
Views: 3,372
Posted By mech
I have seen this with cheap chinese batts-unpure...

I have seen this with cheap chinese batts-unpure battery chemistry likely, stick with japan make panasonic or such.
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