I’m having some fun messing around with a few of my old retro computers at the moment and, inspired by EEV Blog’s recent teardown and successful boot of a 25 year old Amiga 500 I decided to get my old girl down from the attic and give her a go.

Unfortunately my attempts were rather less successful! I was met with the dreaded blinking power LED and a continuous cycle of repeated resets.  Drat.  What could possibly have gone wrong after a mere quarter of a century?

A quick look under the cover revealed the very obvious culprit:

More Amiga A500+ Battery Leakage

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, rather bizarrely, the battery fuelled corrosion seems to have spread all the way over to poor old FAT AGNUS!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It seems like this may be terminal for my trusty old Amiga 🙁 but I will break out the old toothbrush over the weekend and see if I can clean her up a bit.  With a bit of luck a good clean will see her up and running again.  Wish me luck!