No riser needed: More fixes for the battery damaged Amiga 3000

I’m finally making some progress fixing the battery damaged Amiga 3000, and that makes me very happy. Thanks for everyone who has been helping with this repair.

Part 1: https://youtu.be/BWvVkza1m1g
Part 2: https://youtu.be/nA-FHdahNAo
Part 3: This part

0:00 Intro
2:15 Demonstrating the problem
8:47 What’s happening during Kickstart init
11:10 Comparing different Kickstart boot sequence
15:35 How about a ROM patch?
21:17 Installing Workbench 3.1 onto a BlueSCSI
36:43 Fixing/rebuilding the clock/calendar circuit
54:28 Addressing the broken Flicker Fixer

— Links

Kickstart yellow-screen fix patcher:
https://github.com/misterblack1/A3000_kickstart_patch/tree/main

Spreadsheet comparing the boot process of various Kickstart versions:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ADmB7wnGe3Aa9Qh7mQzUIIVfPfIEcclG/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=117528869241822185109&rtpof=true&sd=true

Schematics:
https://support.retrorewind.ca/media/commodore/amiga/a3000_schematics.pdf

Adrian’s Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

Support the channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

— Instructional videos

My video on chip removal without damage:

— Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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