Commodore Amiga 500

This is my very first Amiga. I got it in 1988. Some classmates already had one, and it was a dream machine for me. The possibilities exceeded those of every other home computer systems of that time by far, and seemed to be unlimited.

Probably around 1993, I swapped the mainboard with a Revision 6A one, added an ECS Denise, and increased the internal Chip RAM to 1MB.

My Amiga 500 then retired when I got my Amiga 4000. However it is back now, and still used from time to time.

Configuration

• Built: March 1990
• Mainboard: Revision 6A
• CPU: 68010
• Chipset: Nearly ECS (HiRes Denise, OCS Agnus)
• RAM: 1MB Chip RAM + 4MB Fast RAM (via GVP expansion)
• Pixel perfect HDMI output
• Flash ROM (AmigaOS 2.04, AmigaOS 3.2.1)
• GOEX floppy drive emulator with OLED display
• GVP Impact Series II Harddisk

Restauration Works

• Restauration was carried out from January thru April 2021
• Case and keyboard cleaned and whitened
• All electrolytic capacitors replaced with Panasonic caps (lifetime up to 10,000 h)
• Floppy drive replaced with Centurion Tech GOEX drive
• HDMI output via Amiga500CPLD and Raspberry Pi Zero
• CPU replaced with MC68010/12 (still clocked at 7 MHz)
• Original PSU replaced with a Mean Well RT-65B
• Trapdoor memory expansion and RTC is still present, but without RAM and battery