Tims Retro Corner | Amiga 1200 Restore and Repair @TimsRetroCorner | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
I was very generously given an Amiga 1200 by the past chairman of ICPUG (Independent Commodore Products User Group). // Kindly sponsored by PCBWay - high quality PCBs for just $5 pcbway.com
In this video I do some basic restoration and recapping. But then: what is that weird problem with the mouse? Let's find out...
ICPUG still maintains an online presence to this day: icpug.org.uk
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Music: Arpanauts by Eric Skiff - ericskiff.com/music
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Unboxing
05:01 - Sponsor Message
12:11 - Test 1: Basic power up/. Does it work?
13:40 - Test 2: Hard Drive
17:20 - Re-Cap Preparation
23:27 - SMD Cap Removal
27:05 - Tracking Down the Trace
28:41 - Replacing the capacitor with the broken pad
31:34 - Attaching the ‘normal’ SMD caps
32:02 - Fitting the thru hole caps
33:10 - Refit the Keyboard Connector
34:06 - Testing the recapped board
37:18 - Scope It!
41:57 - Removing the Mouse Filter Capacitor
43:21 - Retest
I was very generously given an Amiga 1200 by the past chairman of ICPUG (Independent Commodore Products User Group). // Kindly sponsored by PCBWay - high quality PCBs for just $5 pcbway.com
In this video I do some basic restoration and recapping. But then: what is that weird problem with the mouse? Let's find out...
ICPUG still maintains an online presence to this day: icpug.org.uk
🔴 *NEW!!* Follow me on Mastodon: https://retrorewind.social/@trc
🔴 Subscribe to be notified of more retro stuff: youtube.com/c/TimsRetroCorner?sub_confirmation=1
🔴 Buy me a coffee or make a one-time donation: paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=DC2YUGZDYKHRN
🔴 Blog: timsretrocorner.com
Music: Arpanauts by Eric Skiff - ericskiff.com/music
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Unboxing
05:01 - Sponsor Message
12:11 - Test 1: Basic power up/. Does it work?
13:40 - Test 2: Hard Drive
17:20 - Re-Cap Preparation
23:27 - SMD Cap Removal
27:05 - Tracking Down the Trace
28:41 - Replacing the capacitor with the broken pad
31:34 - Attaching the ‘normal’ SMD caps
32:02 - Fitting the thru hole caps
33:10 - Refit the Keyboard Connector
34:06 - Testing the recapped board
37:18 - Scope It!
41:57 - Removing the Mouse Filter Capacitor
43:21 - Retest
