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Mini-updates 2 - A501 battery, PC-98 Gotek update, SparcStation 1+ debugging

I’ve been up to a bunch of little projects while waiting on parts and time for the big jobs, so here is another mini-update on three of those projects.

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Commodore A501 memory expansion battery removal

When I first got my Amiga 500, it wouldn’t boot. Suspecting something was wrong with the A501 512K memory expansion, I pulled the card, at which point it did boot. It didn’t take me long to realize that battery corrosion had killed it.