Amiga 500 - Restoration - Part 1 - 4K

After weeks of cleaning, restoring and filming hundreds of hours of footage, Jake from TheRetroPal now completed part 1 of the restoration video, also, I cover briefly in the video the Amiga 500’s hardware.

[@doctorsocrates4413]

Nice work..Old amiga computers deserve some love.

[@jayme69]

Great video Jake and well done with the restoration so far. Looking forward to part 2 :-)

[@theretropal]

Thanks mate, appreciate it. :-)

[@moneerelmasseek]

Another incredible video! Looks amazing

[@theretropal]

Thanks bro, appreciate it. :)

[@jjdigitalvideosolutionsllc5343]

De-oxit the ribbon cable connectors on the floppy, maybe replace the cable, check voltage feeding the floppy. Try the floppy drive on another Amiga. Try de-magnetizing the drive heads.
De-oxit and reseat socketed chips too. My A3000T wouldn't boot properly until this was done.

[@theretropal]

Thanks for the tips J&J, I've since posted Part 2 which goes into some detail about the steps I took next. Thank you for watching the video, really appreciate it. :)

[@richardh6626]

Great video, looking forward to the next part. What UV light are you using for the retrobrite? There's not much sunshine at this time of year and I need to invest!

[@theretropal]

Thank you, really appriciate it. Here is a link to the UV lights I used in the retrobright process: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07D7RZNTL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Hope this helps. :-)

[@sebastianbattaglia6330]

and how many hours did you leave the keys?

[@theretropal]

I honestly can't remember...