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Bit of progress to report. After several failed attempts which turned out to be due to a malfunctioning CompactFlash to MicroSD Card adapter, a replacement adapter was used and I now have a working 64GB MicroSD-based CF Hard Drive inside the A600. Annoyingly, it doesn't register any activity on...

I got the 1D1 motherboard back from recapping by Retro Passion. So now both 1200 boards are clean, recapped and ready to go. On paper, the 1D1 board should be the more stable/reliable one. So I am likely to use that as the board in the clear A1200 case. One thing that did turn up this week...

Yes, WHDLoad support is a must these days, so being able to hit the 8MB Fast Ram requirement was essential. Doing a soft reset (Ctrl Amiga Amiga) will toggle the Furia down to 4MB Fast Ram to allow use of the PCMCIA port (if it’s ever needed). So there’s an option for that external storage access.

It works! The HDMI output is spot on straight off, and the Furia is working faultlessly. Obligatory Frontier Elite 2 test: Next steps will be to redo the case clips repair and then install Workbench 3.2 on it. But for now it is reassembled and it is fully functional.

Fitted an angled CF card adapter with secondary IDE header. This has a CF to SD card adapter in it with a 64GB SD card. This will be the hard drive for the machine.

The big failure of the evening was the case clip replacement. The clips I sourced turned out to be poorly printed and even weaker than the actual case. Two broke immediately on assembling the case. I’ve ordered some more from an alternative source and will try again another day. Despite the...

We can give it a try at the next meet. I’ll dig out the ADFs for the game.

The A600 case was cleaned by putting it in the dishwasher on a 35degree eco wash. They came up like new. The keyboard was cleaned the old fashioned way, by hand. I did not remove the keys, but cleaned them in situ. I also made sure I got the cleaning wipes down I between the keys to get to the...

The RF modulator has been removed and in its place is a 3D printed mount for a HDMI socket and a button to control the RGB2HDMI. This needed some filing to get it to fit in the space as the coil behind the Amiga’s power socket was hitting it. But it is in place and is held in with two screws...

Last night’s build was quite a leap forward. With the motherboard having been recapped and cleaned, I ordered a low-cost accelerator/fast ram expansion - the Furia 600: This uses an overclocked 68EC020 - the same processor found in the A1200 - but in this case running at 33Mhz. I went for...

Today saw a lot of work on the A600. Will post in more detail tomorrow on the build with pics, but having got the motherboard back from recapping, today I cleaned the case by putting it through the dishwasher, cleaned the keyboard (by hand, not in the dishwasher), added repair clips to the case...

No, not viable. There’s nothing on the top half of the right side of the case for a screw to go into. Left side is fine. That has a clip AND a screw post. Funnily enough that’s the one clip that hasn’t broken! Thankfully, these 3D printed clips seem pretty robust. By the time I’ve glued them, I...

More accurately, you need a Pi Zero with the GPIO header pins attached (otherwise you can’t attach it to the RGB2HDMI board), which means buying a WH (the obvious option as the H means it has the header factory soldered on), or buying the regular Pi Zero, buying the GPIO header pins and arsing...

The replacement case clips arrived this morning: The kit includes two different types of clip for the rear of the case, as well as two different designs for the all-important and very fragile side clips. Suspect I will be using the hollow side clips on the A600 given the lack of space next to...

Well you need a Pi Zero HW for the RGB2HDMI anyway and they have plenty of those. PiMoroni has plenty of stock too.