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Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2019 8:28 am
by EzdineG
SteveE671 wrote:"2x 1206 SMD 10K resistors"

What is the full value of these resistors? Are they 1/4W, 1/2W? What's the Tolerance? 1%, 5%? What's the Composition? Thin Film, Thick Film?
1/4 watt is fine. Any resistance between 3-50k should work, so tolerance shouldn’t matter.

Don’t overthink the rest. Good luck with your adapters. ;)

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2019 3:59 pm
by RizThomas
Has anybody used this kickstart switcher on a A2000. Are there mods needed to be much like the A1000...just curious.

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 9:33 am
by urken
jiggoly wrote:Ordered 10 of these for my new "gift" Amiga 1000. I will update when receive the boards.
Thanks for the board and files.
If you have one spare to sell, let me know, shipping to Sweden

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 10:36 am
by Beska
RizThomas wrote:Has anybody used this kickstart switcher on a A2000. Are there mods needed to be much like the A1000...just curious.
Tuxbar81 on Amibay has a nice A2000 kickstart switcher. Just plug it in and connect a wire to one pin.

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 10:35 am
by oggie
I just acquired an a1000. Anyone willing to send me one of their spare PCBs? I'll cover the cost of course. I'm in Canada.

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 6:16 am
by RizThomas
Another success...1-A1K, 2 more to go.... here mounted also with a DKB InsiderII board.
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Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:19 pm
by nadoom
Hi chaps,

Just got my self an A1000 and need to bring it up to a spec I can live with, does any one have a spare board they can send me? I don't really have a need for a large quantity :-)

Based in UK atm thanks

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 8:15 pm
by obitus1990
Thanks for sharing. I just ordered 10 PCBs from JLCPCB...so if anyone would like any of the extras after I build and confirm that one works, send me a PM.

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:28 pm
by obitus1990
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Soldered it up...now to open the 1000 and do the required mods so I can say goodbye to the kickstart disk.

Re: Free Amiga 1000 Kickstart Switcher with Gerbers

Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 7:26 pm
by obitus1990
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Success! I thought I had 4.7k resistors in hand, but was mistaken, and had to wait forever for an eBay seller to ship me a 100 pack of them. They arrived today, and I was then able to do the needed mod to the motherboard (solder resistor between pins 1 & 20 of the designated IC on the daughter board).

I cut no traces and bent no pins to do this mod — instead, I desoldered the required IC, got a socket, pulled out the socket’s pin that was not to be connected (the one connected to the trace to be cut), and put the IC, completely intact (instead of bending out one of its legs) back into its place. No need to destroy or otherwise damage your vintage hardware.