Saving a retro computer from the trash

🟣 It this video, I will be bringing back to life a Commodore Amiga 500 that was heading to the trash, through replacing it’s broken floppy drive with a brand new Gotek (floppy drive emulator) drive, not from a kit bought online but from scratch using a bog standard drive bought from AliExpress. 🟣 I will be going through the whole process of finding the right Gotek USB drive, flashing it’s firmware to the Amiga compatible FlashFloppy, showing how to wire and connect an OLED Screen and Rotary Encoder to the Gotek board. Plus, even designing and 3D printing a custom enclosure to house the screen, and specifically the type of encoder I bought that will sit on top of the Amiga. 🟣 Even get to show the famous boing ball Workbench demo and play the game “The Great Giana Sisters“. *LINKS* 🔵 Link to the “A500 GOTEK OLED Screen and Rotary Encoder Enclosure“ STL files over on Printables that I designed and 3D-Printed in the video. Also, the OLED screen and Rotary Encoder wiring diagrams. ➡️ 🔵 FlashFloppy GitHub ⬇️ 🔵 CrazyBob’s Amiga 500 Gotek USB bracket ⬇️ :2745049 *DISCLAIMER* 🟢 Please do not take this video as a tutorial / advice. I’m not an expert, this is just my hobby :) *GEAR I USE IN/OR TO MAKE THE VIDEO* (some may be affiliate links) 🟡 Original Prusa MK4 3D-Printer ⬇️ 🟡 eSUN “Bone White“ PLA Filament (perfect match, colour-wise I found for the Amiga) Amazon UK ➡️ Amazon US ➡️ 🟡 8BitDo retro style keyboard ⌨️ I use in this video Amazon UK ➡️ Amazon US ➡️ 🟡 Andonstar, AD409-Pro with Endoscope Digital Microscope Amazon UK ➡️ Amazon US ➡️ *SOCIALS* 🟠 @karilawler?sub_confirmation=1 ⬅️ Click here to subscribe to this channel 🟠 ⬅️ X (aka Twitter) 🟠 ⬅️ Instagram 🟠 ⬅️ Facebook 🟠 @karilawler ⬅️ TikTok 🟠 @karilawler ⬅️ Threads 🎶 *MUSIC & SFX* 🎶 _(Affiliate link)_ 🔴 Like the music? Find my playlist with the music I’ve use in my videos here ➡️ 🔴 _(and, if you sign up to Epidemic Sound through the playlist link, you’ll get 7 days for free!)_ *CHAPTERS* 00:00 Introduction. 00:21 How I ended up with this broken Amiga 00:51 Parts I bought to do the Gotek mod 01:14 Find out the chipset in the Gotek 02:00 Tips to buying the right Gotek 02:39 Flashing the Gotek, with the FlashFloppy firmware 04:58 Preparing connections for OLED and Rotary Encoder 06:55 3D-Printing parts needed for installation 08:39 Installing the Gotek into the Amiga 09:28 How to wire the OLED and Rotary Encoder 10:27 Gotek Jumper settings, to work with the Amiga 10:49 Giving it a quick test, before reassembly 11:24 All back together 12:13 How good the filament matches the Amiga 12:29 How the Gotek works 11:44 Conclusion, and what I would maybe do different next time 13:22 Goodbyes, file links and questions to audience 13:58 Playing “The Great Giana Sisters“