My modded A600

After a long time without one I have bought an A600 a couple of weeks ago. Since then it has been upgraded and also modified.

First I had the caps replaced by a nice guy in the Netherlands. He also fixed a fried resistor on the joystick port.



Then I replaced the battery on the 1MB memory expansion. Since the new one didn't fit where it actually belonged (on the side facing the trapdoor cover) I simply soldered it to the back of the card (which is facing towards the keyboard in the A600).



Then I bought a few things which I installed (Gotek floppy drive emulator, ACA 620, SD2IDE with 4GB, Netgear FA411 PCMCIA LAN card & PCMCIA CF adapter, BenQ BL912 and Jerry USB Mouse adapter).

And after plugging the floppy drive slot and the hole for the KS switch I removed, drilling new holes for the Gotek display and buttons and a repaint it now looks like this:









I also got a new model plate and had to replace the left Amiga key with one from an old A500 keyboard. It's darker. Now I'm waiting for my Vampire 2

-- Rainer

[Cylon]

Nice! Do you have a flickerfixer installed or does the TFT works with the native Amiga frequencies?
How did you close the floppy drive slot? It looks almost like factory made!

[Retrofan]

Good work, congrats


It's easy to get the key for a pound: http://www.ebay.es/itm/Amiga-600-Ind...EAAOSwqu9VIDVN

Later apply retrobright to all of them in a sunny day .

[amigoun]

Seems to me its BenQ BL912 that works without scandoubler

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by amigoun

Seems to me its BenQ BL912 that works without scandoubler

I thought the same but I didn't remember the BenQ's model number. Also if he is going to get a Vampire V2 he will be able to use RTG too. What a nice setup .

Originally Posted by Retrofan

Good work, congrats


It's easy to get the key for a pound: http://www.ebay.es/itm/Amiga-600-Ind...EAAOSwqu9VIDVN

Later apply retrobright to all of them in a sunny day .

Thanks for the heads up! I actually bought a full A500 keyboard for 1 key :/ And I wasn't even sure if it would fit on the 600. I was lucky though! Yes, I will try retr0bright soon.

Originally Posted by Retrofan

I thought the same but I didn't remember the BenQ's model number. Also if he is going to get a Vampire V2 he will be able to use RTG too. What a nice setup .

Correct, the BL702 (17") and BL912 (19") support the Amiga 15kHz modes OOTB, only takes a video -> VGA adapter cable. Good monitors which are still sold new.

Originally Posted by Cylon

Nice! Do you have a flickerfixer installed or does the TFT works with the native Amiga frequencies?
How did you close the floppy drive slot? It looks almost like factory made!

Thanks! Amiga friendly monitor

I plugged the floppy drive slot with a few pieces of styrene and some putty, I build figure model kits and had that stuff lying around.

[supaduper]

Great work and when you get your Vamp 2 the skys the Limit,Every system will go on that little beauty

Originally Posted by supaduper

Great work and when you get your Vamp 2 the skys the Limit,Every system will go on that little beauty

Thanks!

Yes, I can't wait! Sadly I won't be getting it anytime soon since my e-mail is still in his inbox queue. I am glad that I got the ACA 620 though, without it I couldn't do much on the Workbench. I couldn't even get it it online with the 2MB of chip of which by the time the Workbench had loaded half was gone.

Even the performance is pretty good, didn't expect it to be faster than a stock A1200.

[Amiga1992]

This looks sick! Also interested in knowing how you made the new floppy-side opening shut for your use. Did you fill it up with resin or how does this work? Please share your insight, it looks really amazing.

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by Akira

This looks sick! Also interested in knowing how you made the new floppy-side opening shut for your use. Did you fill it up with resin or how does this work? Please share your insight, it looks really amazing.

Akira his design is perfect, but you can also use an external one with a better display like this:
http://arananet-net.kinja.com/edu-ex...=1457305513435

[Amiga1992]

Which beats the point of having a self contained system.

[Cylon]

I just peeked at the datasheets for both monitors mentioned above: they state 31kHz/55Hz minimum frequencies.

[amigoun]

Yes, manufacturers do not state the 15kHz compatibility at most cases.
If you want know more about these great BenQ check here where I have some info how they work with Amigas.

[Cylon]

I see. Thanks!

[mfilos]

Awesome work there man! Really clean and tidy mod

I had first considered mounting the USB port on top of the machine, but that would have looked odd.

Here's a WIP picture which shows what I did. It's basically a flat sheet of styrene (actually 2 glued together because what I had was too thin) cut to fit into the recession. I had to break off the part of the plastic below the drive slot to get a level surface. I used modelling putty to get a smooth surface and after plenty of sanding I put in the USB port and gave it a refinish.

[Amiga1992]

Excellent work, thanks for sharing!

Thanks mate!