Commodore conquests

#1 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 - 03:26

The latest additions to the family.

Commodore 64

Amiga A600HD 1MB ram, 40MB HDD

Amiga 3000 (much corrosion from a leaking battery)

VIC-1541 One of the largest floppy drives I've seen in a long time

1084s-d2 Monitor

Joysticks, keyboards and mice

Tons of software, both boxed sets and single disks

I've only managed to get the A600HD working with the monitor using the composite RCA connectors. Unfortunately, I think I'm missing the original video cables that go with these machines. Here's a few snapshots:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91182551@N00/1056848990/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91182551@N00/1056848970/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91182551@N00/1056849006/

#2 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 - 03:40

Is the 3000 dead? With a dead battery the system will not know the SCSI settings so it will not boot.

#3 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 - 03:47

Not sure. There is quiet a bit of corrosion around the battery. I don't want to power up the machine until I clean up the motherboard a little bit.

#4 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 - 04:01

Cut the battery out and boot from a workbench floppy if you can.

#5 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 - 23:40

I've been looking for something that will dissolve or remove the corrosion without damaging the motherboard. Do you know of a good way to remove green battery corrosion stains from a motherboard?

#6 Thu, 9 Aug 2007 - 23:58

Generally the green color is corrosion of copper traces (not a good thing).

For battery spills you need to neutralize the acid, and then clean it up.

http://amiga.serveftp.net/battery.html

Shows how to clean and replace the battery.

Join the forum on http://eab.abime.net for help on other related problems (I am a member there as well using the same name).

#7 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 - 00:12

Fantastic! Just what I was looking for.

Thanks

#8 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 - 03:16

Never had a commodore. Are they any good? :?:

#9 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 - 21:28

If the 64 is a goner, PM me. There's one chip I want