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Re:Amiga Forever by zozbot234 on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:14AM (#34063916)
Please recap your old hardware before powering it on, and use a newly made power supply - way too much stuff gets fried when people neglect these things. Also if your Amiga has a working RTC, that's powered by a battery that will often leak and ruin your motherboard. So you'd need to replace that as well.
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Re:Amiga Forever by actionfromafar on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:52AM (#34064193)
IIRC Amiga 1200 PSUs are not so bad, it's the C64 and oldest Amiga 500 PSUs which stink. A1200 does not have RTC in standard configuration. (Amiga 4000 and 3000 have.)

A standard ATX (or AT) power supply can be used with an Amiga 1200, so that's an easy route if you have one. Cut off the cables (Amiga PSU donates connector), some electrical tape, and a paper clip to jumpstart the ATX PSU, and Bob's your uncle.

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