Tims Retro Corner | Amiga A1200 Refurb @TimsRetroCorner | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Kindly sponsored by pcbway.com - PCBs and more from just $5. An "untested" Amiga 1200 (rev 1B). Let's get it cleaned up, recapped, and working. And then... is it a keeper? and if so, what to do with it?

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00:00 - Start
01:11 - Teardown
04:52 - Trying It Out
06:25 - PCBWay
07:13 - Cleaning
10:20 - VapourBrighting
11:54 - Recapping
16:36 - Fitting the new capacitors
20:41 - Trying the Recapped Board
22:59 - Retrobright Results
26:48 - Does It Still Work?
29:39 - Refit the Hard Drive
31:30 - Installing Workbench… Take 1
38:02 - … Take 359 …
41:00 - So Here’s What I Did