A 1985 Motorola 68000-based Amiga 1000, the first Commodore Amiga ever shipped, came into Drygol's workshop for recapping, cleaning, and mechanical repair. While IBM PCs of the same era were pushing monochrome and EGA graphics with PC speaker audio, this machine ran dedicated coprocessor chips delivering high-resolution color graphics and stereo sound.
The unit arrived in strong condition and already fitted with a Parceiro expansion board: 8 MB fast RAM, an SD card slot, and a real-time clock. Drygol recapped both the PSU and mainboard, recapped and lubricated the floppy drive, and replaced the original 230 VAC PSU fan with a quieter 12V unit. The keyboard was fully disassembled, deep cleaned, and retr0brighted.
Two mechanical problems from a previous owner were also corrected: an oversized screw causing internal stress and a broken plastic clip. The full write-up at retrohax.net is worth reading for the component-level detail on the recapping process and the Parceiro integration, not just the before-and-after photos.
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