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HOW TO - Turn an Amiga 500 into a lamp

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MAKE pal Mark shows how to turn an Amiga 500 into a lamp, it's gorgeous! - Link.

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Posted by: wonko.sane@gmail.com on April 1, 2006 at 1:04 PM

Cool but does the Amiga still work?

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Posted by: newuser007 on April 1, 2006 at 2:42 PM

wonko, did you even bother to read the article, the how-to, or even look at the picture?
its just the motherboard, completely intact
Well, this must be the hardest how-to ever…
step 1:
put the motherboard on the lightbox
TADA! done…

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Posted by: dlong on April 1, 2006 at 6:52 PM

Hm.

Makes me wonder what other computers had translucent motherboard material...

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Posted by: Starman97 on April 1, 2006 at 9:36 PM

Hehe no wonder the Amiga came in a case with foil lining.
No ground plane on that motherboard. I'll bet the logic signals are noisy as all getout.

Everything made now is a 4 layer PCB except for the cheapest PCI expansion cards. Think $5 nic or serial port.

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Posted by: Amiga Fan on October 16, 2009 at 11:18 PM

It was not lined with foil.It was made out of metal - I'd like to see you wrap some food in it !!

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