Labels: text | newspaper | black and white | screenshot | font OCR: HOW TO TURN AN AMIGA 500 INTO A. .. UPDATE Dec 15,1995 V 1.3 2 OF 2 TOWER OF POWER SINCE A PICTURE IS WORTH 1024 WORDS. . . THIS SHOULD DUAL KB EXTENSION SPLICE & PREPARATION LEFT OVER HELP A BYTE! (I GUESS FIRST YOU HAVE TO BUY TWO 3 FT AT KB EXTENSION CABLES EH ?!? ) PARTS (PUN PUN) STEP 1.1 CUT STRIP $ TIN 4} POWER HOOKUP MOD 2 CUT SPLICE, MALE POWER FEMALE STEP 1.2 SPLICED LEAVE ABOUT 3 TO 4* FOLD KB END PWR CONN. MALE RECORD ORDER OF COLORS BEFORE REM. (FOR LATER) HEAT CABLE HOOKUP MOD," !! SHRINK BLACK KB END STEP 2.11 REMOVE GND -STRAP CUT VIEW FROM BACK SHOWING POWER HOOKUP USE A AT"PWR CONNECTOR FRON AN OLD DEAD "AT. BOMEB HAVE NOT FOUND A SUITABLE EXTERNAL CASE AS OF YET. AN OLD A2000 KB CASE WOULD DO THE JOB IF AVAILABLE. ..... MOTHER BOARD TO CASE CONNECTOR HIDEO * FOR MOST EXPANSIONS (GUP, SUPRA) JUST GO TO YOU CAN, OF COURSE, RAT SHAK, GET THE RIGHT DIN PLUG, CUT ONE POWER/FILTER REMOVE_THE _LEDS NOW. OF THE DRIVE MOLEX CONN. OFF $ WIRE UP! STEP .... EXTRA FEMALE 3.1 LINE 7 1 ISTEFF 4.1 FLIP OVER MOTHER BRD AND SOLDER 4 8 BLACK DRIVE LINE 7 2 346 KB Conn. Pinout $ INCH HEFTY WIRES FROM THE SOLDER PADS (4.1] OF THE SQUARE POWER DIN JACK TO BLACK STRIP $ TIN 12345678 THE SALVAGED "AT" POWER CONNECTOR BY MEASURING THE VARIOUS VOLTAGES ON THE SOLDER PADS WITH A VOLT METER (FROM THE RF SHIELD GROUND TO EACH SOLDER PAD) AND MATCHING USE THE SAME ORDER THAT DIAGRAM SHOWN IN 4.2 . TO THE WIRING STEP YOU RECORDED IN STEP 2.1. DATA 22022 CLK BLACK BROWN (NEVER TRUST A STRANGERS WORD WHEN IT RESET BED COMES TO WIREING UP POWER! MATCH THE ORANGE SOLDER PAD VOLTAGES YOURSELF!) NOT USED-+-HEAT SHRINK 4 +54 HOOKS UP TO 5 N. C. 6 GND (MAYBE YELLOW] TO HOOK UP THE POWER,1ST VERIFY AND THE NEW MALE 7 POWER GREEN DOUBLE VERIFY THE WIREING. NOW HOOK BLUE VIOLET UP THE PS AT MOTHER BOARD POWER KB CONNECTOR 8 DRIVE CONNECTOR TO YOUR NEW POWER ADAPTOR TO POWER LED NOTE: THE ACTUAL COLORS MAY VARY BUT THE AND VERIFY AGAIN THE HOOKUP ORDER: +-HEAT SHRINK ACTUAL FUNCTION IS THE SAME ON ALL REV A500' S. ALL UNITS I HAVE WORKED ON BLACK GROUND STEP HOWEVER HAVE USED THIS SAME COLOR SCHEME BLUE - 12 YELLOW +12 3.2 SO IT IS FAIRLY SAFE TO SAY THAT THESE + 5 TIE-WRAP SHOULD BE THE SAME ON YOU MACHINE RED TO MOTHER (I HAVE WORKED ON HUNDREDS OF A500' $). FOR A BETTER SYSTEM GROUND YOU MAY BOARD THROUGH WANT TO SOLDER THE TWO LEFT MOST PINS CASE KB i(4.2)OF THE "AT" CONN. TOGETHER AND RUN AN CONNECTOR HOLE EXTRA THICH (OR TWO WIRES) TO THE MOTHER *NOTES# SOME ADDITIONAL HACKS THAT WERE NOT SHOWN ARE AN INTERNALIZED 2 WAY SERIAL ----- BOARD FOR THE GROUND (BLACK) CONNECTION "SWITCH BOX, AN INT. 4 WAY PARALELL BOX WITH 1 CONNECTOR KEPT INTERNAL RUNNING AN -NOW SAY A PRAYER, PUT ON SOME- 8 BIT STEREO DIGITIZER , BA VIDEO INPUT USED FOR VIDEO BACKUP SYSTEM. ALSO WHEN EYE PROTECTION, AND TURN THE POWER ON! BRINGING ALL THE CONNECTORS OUT TO THE BACKPLANE, USE RIBBON CABLE AND IDC TO DSUB CONN.S. IT'S FAST, EASY, AVAILABLE AT RAT SHAK, AND WILL KEEP YOU FROM HAVING MYS- THOMAS WEEKS OF 'TTL PLUS' @ Thomas_Weeks TERIOUS HARDWARE INCOMPATABILTIES LATER ON. FOR THE RGB PORT AND DRIVE PORT USE CTDS. COM DSUB 25'S AND DIAGNOLLY CUT OFF THE UNUSED PINS/HOLES- + (9999888888637 T PINS $ EPOXY AKA TOM D TEK\MR BANDWIDTH TOWER OF POWER Dec 15,1995