Acill

Thanks! I am honestly thinking of getting rid of most of my Amiga stuff and focusing on the 8 bit stuff. I am having a lot more fun with it to tell you the truth. Its also got a lot more support it seems! No hard decisions, but I am learning more about getting dead ones alive again and having a great time doing it.

Long time since I have replied. I have my blog up to date on service pictures and am still offering service. I've done several Atari machines now and am quite good at them. Its taking me all the willpower I can muster up to not start collecting these too!

Sadly no, this was a project done over at the German language site A1k.org awhile back. I believe its done now and they sold all they offered to produce. I've asked him about it before and posted in his thread I was interested!

This is an A4000 board I have been working on for a customer that had someone attempt to repair the ROM sockets and didn't do a very good job of it. The sockets were ripped out mostly and took several eyelets with it and tore several more from traces. He has limited funds so we are doing it as correct as I can for him in small stages. You can see the new copper eyelets in this shared album. https://goo.gl/photos/cnaEH4u1Du3Td2Cn6

Here is an awesome project I'm about to start.Its an all new produced Amiga 500 Plus I'm building from scratch. https://goo.gl/photos/d3xfSNepJpZMDGMk6

I've been doing this for many years and have had more opinions on it than I can even begin to think of. As I mentioned in a previous thread, I only do it if asked and I prefer it for chips that don't get pulled in and out a lot myself. As far as desoldering goes I find them much easier to replace. I have a Pace and Hakko vacuum desoldering station pair I use. By hand, I would never attempt it without them. The problem some people face with the spring pin sockets is they get cheap Chinese ones that come apart or have someone solder them that uses to much heat and the pins come out of them and break over a short time. A good socket will not do this, but they are harder to get if the owner insists on getting them off eBay or someplace like Gearbest or Wish. I get all mine in large batches from Element14 or DigiKey. If I am sent a socket I feel is junk I let the owner know and recommend they use one of mine. My price quotes are figured in with a socket I provide if I am doing the job anyway. Same goes with the caps I use for SMD stuff. I use Panasonic Hybrid Caps, they are not cheap at all. Some people find cheaper lower rated and want to know why I charge what I do ( I think my fee is way lower than it even should be, but I do it for the love of it and not as my main source of income) and I show them the difference. Here are a couple examples of what I mean. 22uF SMD is a very common cap to use in all the SMD Amiga models. The 600, 1200, 4000 and the 4000T all use this one. You can use this one just fine at 20 cents each when you buy them in 50 or more: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/panasonic-electronic-components/EEE-FK1V220R/PCE3838CT-ND/766214 BUT, if you go to all the work to do a recap, why in the heck would you use a lower life cheap cap again? I use these at 97 cents each at 50 or more. I use this series in all my jobs because they are rated at 10,000 hours over 2000 or less for the others. Here is the same cap in the one I use in my work: https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/panasonic-electronic-components/EEH-ZA1V220R/P15451CT-ND/3088153 I dont want anyone getting the idea I am throwing the wrong part for the job in and do not know what I am doing here. I do military hardware for a living and understand this stuff very well. Some customers want things one way and others prefer them another way. I respect that decision and do the best I can to make sure it works right in all cases before I do a job.

Done! And thanks again for all the warm welcomes I've been getting!

Machined sockets work great if you know what you are doing. Strange that you had connection issues with them. They fit tighter and hold the IC more securely in most cases. I don't use these if the customer doesn't want them.

Thanks Matt, and yes I have always done other systems, I just don't advertise it a lot since I am a one man show. If you need them done I can happily do them for you. I just have to order some more parts and be home long enough to catch back up. How is that 2nd A600 by the way? Thats why I put the disclaimer in the first post about being slow at time

I havent worked on them in a long time, but if I have a schematic and can locate parts I shouldnt have much of an issue. They are simple machines but the parts are hard to come by new. NO offence taken on the questioning. I can understand the worry and my IP showing Japan right now. I am actually here working In Yokosuka for a few more days.

Because I am working in Japan right now. My full time job is with the US Navy as a civilian engineering technician. I travel a lot as a result. I totally understand you being cautious! I get home on the 29th and will post again to show you I am actually home in California!

Really? Sure.... http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=85663 http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=70747 https://www.facebook.com/groups/CommodoreAmiga/ https://www.facebook.com/AcillClassics/ http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?81928-US-Located-Recap-and-SMD-repairs Just post in any of the Amiga specific forums and ask as well. I am particularly active on Amiga.org and in the Commodore Amiga facebook group.

Southern California in the USA.

Wow, you got me....It's also been WAY long for anyone to have got me with that.

Arcades.... Ah how I miss them! I was in the Navy back in the early 90's through 2012. I lived in Japan when the playstation released. It didnt do a lot to harm arcades at the time while I lived there. I did see them all but gone when I got home to the US in late 2007 though. Well turn ahead the clock and I am in Japan again off and on, here right now actually as i type this. Arcades are still here, but nothing like they were. I couldnt walk more than a few blocks in 1994 and run into at least one, now they are only in special places and nothing to be amazed over. Very Sad.

Hello everyone, I just wanted to reach out and introduce myself here since I've been asked by some of the Amiga owners I have done services for about other systems as well. My Name is Paul Rezendes, and if you follow the Amiga scene you may know me fairly well. I do a lot of upgrades and repair work in my free time on classic systems, consoles, vintage home audio gear at times and several other projects. I am located in the USA in S. California. I haven't added much to my web site about non-Amiga related items just yet, but I do them quite often by word of mouth. If you're interested in getting recaps done on any of your machines please feel free to ask. The only catch is it may take some time to complete due to the nature of my full-time job. I work as an Engineering Tech and travel quite a bit, so this is done on my spare time. I usually get recaps back fast, but repairs can take quite a bit of time to diagnose and return. Just please be understanding of that and I can take good care of you. Here are some examples of some recent work I have done and some of the prices I charge. I've heard I am very reasonable in prices asked. My web site is located at http://www.acill.com(Its a work in progress and I hate the Shopify service so it may close and change soon) Typical cost for a recap on the A600 and A1200 is $58 and the A4000 is $68. I use Panasonic Hybrid caps only and this adds to the cost. I have done some for less when the owner insists on sending a cap kit from Amikit. In that case it usually is about $38. Replacing simm sockets is $25 each which includes the new socket. Battery circuit repairs on A4000 can run from $120 and up depending on the work involved. CD32 recaps using hybrid caps is about $80 depending on current price of the caps. This is because of the high nimber required. A4000T complete recap is $100 which includes the main board and three modules. Buster replace/upgrade is $38 Socket replace is also $38 each. That should give you a good idea. Here is also a list of recent work with some good quality pictures. A3000D Paula Socket Repairs https://goo.gl/photos/i8YuQqP41KFodM7r5 A4000cr SIMM Socket Replace https://goo.gl/photos/i8YuQqP41KFodM7r5 A1200 Floppy and IDE Header Replace, Recap and General Restoration https://goo.gl/photos/pEZG2r5ZiDvrD7i97 A4000cr Complete Restoration https://goo.gl/photos/ctEnc1DX1nAUnAYK7 A1200 Bad Cap Job Repair, Leak Fix, Recap and Trace Jumper https://goo.gl/photos/Hwqgz32kSWSKYoNj6 A4000 Clock Circuit Fix https://goo.gl/photos/9UyrREhrTTTauy8M6 68040 to 68060 Adapter Build https://goo.gl/photos/RLTHH3g4hvYq62UN8 A4000T Port Module Hand Built https://goo.gl/photos/mbkjZehQF5VaqVrk7 A4000 New Simm sockets and trace repairs https://goo.gl/photos/12e3oPw78RhYH7jo6 Rapidfire SCSI Card Repairs https://goo.gl/photos/zmqHjvvMVe8N4KeQ8 Blizzard 040 to 060 Conversion https://goo.gl/photos/rpzMbgNWpfpG5gc68 Apollo 1240 to 1260 Conversion https://goo.gl/photos/twvdxNiGuXnZsrYM9