Tims Retro Corner | Amiga 600 Restoration Part 2: Floppy Repair and Retro Bright @TimsRetroCorner | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Part 2 of restoring my Amiga 600. In which I attempt to fix the floppy drive, and retrobright the case. pcbway.com - the easy way to PCB, from just $5.
The floppy drive on this A600 (a Panasonic JU-253-043P) doesn't work. At least, it doesn't spin. The heads tick back & forth as you'd expect, but nothing happens when you put a disk in. Hopefully I can find the problem. And since it's the coldest, darkest time of the year, it must be time to do some retrobrighting! So we'll do that too...
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00:00 - Introduction
02:13 - Sponsor Message
03:40 - The disk’s not spinning!
04:39 - A leaky capacitor in the drive?07:45 - Replacing the Capacitor
08:42 - Recapped Drive Test
10:43 - Trying an A500 Drive
12:59 - Drive Motor Tests
14:52 - Drive Disassembly
16:16 - Let’s Retrobright!
17:12 - Keys
26:06 - Keyboard Brush Down
26:41 - Keyboard Reassembly
28:22 - Case Assembly
Part 2 of restoring my Amiga 600. In which I attempt to fix the floppy drive, and retrobright the case. pcbway.com - the easy way to PCB, from just $5.
The floppy drive on this A600 (a Panasonic JU-253-043P) doesn't work. At least, it doesn't spin. The heads tick back & forth as you'd expect, but nothing happens when you put a disk in. Hopefully I can find the problem. And since it's the coldest, darkest time of the year, it must be time to do some retrobrighting! So we'll do that too...
🔴 *NEW!!* Follow me on Mastodon: https://retrorewind.social/@trc
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🔴 Blog: timsretrocorner.com
Music: Arpanauts by Eric Skiff - ericskiff.com/music
00:00 - Introduction
02:13 - Sponsor Message
03:40 - The disk’s not spinning!
04:39 - A leaky capacitor in the drive?07:45 - Replacing the Capacitor
08:42 - Recapped Drive Test
10:43 - Trying an A500 Drive
12:59 - Drive Motor Tests
14:52 - Drive Disassembly
16:16 - Let’s Retrobright!
17:12 - Keys
26:06 - Keyboard Brush Down
26:41 - Keyboard Reassembly
28:22 - Case Assembly
