This is the 500+ board I was using until now!
As you can see on this second picture this board was plagued by the "Varta Killer",
the onboard clock's battery, that it's a well known destroyer of plus boards...
Here you can see the damage caused by electrolitic liquid from the varta!
Btw this board was saved with a deep clean, the substitution of some components and a couple of patch wires, here the underside of the board
I've used this machine without any issue since I got it, but while roaming for amiga's stuff on "flea-bay" I stumbled upon a listing of a 500+ board without any damage and looking very clean, for 100€.
The complete reproduction boards costs nowaday costs A LOT, I mean even 500€.
So getting an official clean board for such a low price was a deal I could not refuse... so I pressed buy!
Waited a couple of days and...
BOOM!
The board was on my desk!
It looked better than I tought, not even a little damage caused by the battery!!
I proceeded on moving all the juicy parts from the old board to this new one...
let's take a look at the under side!
Installed the shield and all the other stuff...
And it was ready!
Not only ready, but Fresh and minty!
Thx for reading and remember not to break your floppies!
