Hey Birt! | Amiga 500 New-In-Box Video 2, First Power Up @HeyBirt | Uploaded July 2019 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
Description
In this video, we look in detail at the first of the two New-In-Box Amiga 500’s we unboxed last week. Follow along with this bit of Amiga archeology and see what we uncover inside a new-in-box Amiga 500. Will it work? Can we get Tetris to run? Let’s dive in and give it a go.
The power supply is inspected, and load tested. We also crack open the A500 itself and do a visual inspection to make sure all is well before firing it up for the first time since it left the factory over 30 years ago.
We do a quick test using the built-in greyscale composite output to verify that the computer works at all. Then we plug-in the A520 video adapter and try color composite video. Both video outputs are routed through an Extron IN1502 Video Scaler and displayed using a VGA hookup.
In the next episode, we’ll see about using the Amiga’s RBG output for better picture quality and try to take care of any maintenance issues we might find during this inspection.
Please consider clicking on the Subscribe button below and then click the bell icon. That way you will be notified when I post a new video. Thanks!
Help support Hey Birt!
subscribestar.com/hey-birt
patreon.com/heybirt
Hey Birt! On Social Media!
Facebook -
Soigeneris: facebook.com/Soigeneris-295527583797729
Hey Birt!: facebook.com/HeyBirt
Twitter-
Hey Birt!: twitter.com/HeyBirt?lang=en
Links
Amiga 500 NIB unboxing video:
Credits
Chiptune Thing No. 3 "Victory" by Steven O’Brien soundcloud.com/stevenobrien
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Music provided by Music for Creators youtu.be/ujIMRIJ1JG8
Texas Techno, by AudionautixYouTube Audio Library
Description
In this video, we look in detail at the first of the two New-In-Box Amiga 500’s we unboxed last week. Follow along with this bit of Amiga archeology and see what we uncover inside a new-in-box Amiga 500. Will it work? Can we get Tetris to run? Let’s dive in and give it a go.
The power supply is inspected, and load tested. We also crack open the A500 itself and do a visual inspection to make sure all is well before firing it up for the first time since it left the factory over 30 years ago.
We do a quick test using the built-in greyscale composite output to verify that the computer works at all. Then we plug-in the A520 video adapter and try color composite video. Both video outputs are routed through an Extron IN1502 Video Scaler and displayed using a VGA hookup.
In the next episode, we’ll see about using the Amiga’s RBG output for better picture quality and try to take care of any maintenance issues we might find during this inspection.
Please consider clicking on the Subscribe button below and then click the bell icon. That way you will be notified when I post a new video. Thanks!
Help support Hey Birt!
subscribestar.com/hey-birt
patreon.com/heybirt
Hey Birt! On Social Media!
Facebook -
Soigeneris: facebook.com/Soigeneris-295527583797729
Hey Birt!: facebook.com/HeyBirt
Twitter-
Hey Birt!: twitter.com/HeyBirt?lang=en
Links
Amiga 500 NIB unboxing video:
Credits
Chiptune Thing No. 3 "Victory" by Steven O’Brien soundcloud.com/stevenobrien
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
Music provided by Music for Creators youtu.be/ujIMRIJ1JG8
Texas Techno, by AudionautixYouTube Audio Library
