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Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« on: May 09, 2017, 11:48:46 PM »
Just snagged one of these Amiga CDTV A500 / 8MB RAM Boards. I've been looking forever for an easy fast ram solution for my A500 (Kipper2K board is hard to get now). He has a couple left. :) Price is good but that exchange rate is :(  .....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-CDTV-A500-8MB-RAM-Board-/322505350661?hash=item4b16d11e05:g:78EAAOSwSypY9~Ze
A500: 2MB Chip, 8MB Fast, IndiECS, MiniMegi, IDE4ZorroII on Z-500, KS1.3/KS3.1, WB3.1&BWB
 
A2000HD: 2MB Chip, 128MB Fast, P5:Blizz 2060@50MHz, PCD-50B/4GBCF, XSurf100, RapidRoad, IndiECS, Matze RTG, MiniMegi, CD-RW, SunRize AD516, WB3.9
 
A1200: 2MB Chip, 64MB Fast, 4GBCF, GVP Typhoon 030 @40MHz w/FPU, Subway USB, EasyNet Ethernet, Indi AGA MKI, FastATA MK-IV, Internal Slim CD/DVD-RW, WB3.5

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Re: Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2017, 12:06:26 AM »
Dang!  Nice looking board, anyway.  Enjoy!  :hammer:
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Re: Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2017, 01:15:14 AM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;825581
Dang!  Nice looking board, anyway.  Enjoy!  :hammer:


Yes, enjoy indeed! Now on to a PlipBox and a SCSI2SD adapter. :) Then the Mechy SCSI card reader goes into the A2K! :)

BTW Mike, this seller also has quite a few GVP 4MB 64-Pin SIMMs... aren't these the rare ones you were trying to source for a long time? It seems to me that I recently saw a thread on EAB were someone (Matze?) had a new batch made up for GVP accelerators.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-GVP-4MB-64-Pin-SIMM-/322488299997?hash=item4b15ccf1dd:g:7QkAAOSwImRYiNx2
A500: 2MB Chip, 8MB Fast, IndiECS, MiniMegi, IDE4ZorroII on Z-500, KS1.3/KS3.1, WB3.1&BWB
 
A2000HD: 2MB Chip, 128MB Fast, P5:Blizz 2060@50MHz, PCD-50B/4GBCF, XSurf100, RapidRoad, IndiECS, Matze RTG, MiniMegi, CD-RW, SunRize AD516, WB3.9
 
A1200: 2MB Chip, 64MB Fast, 4GBCF, GVP Typhoon 030 @40MHz w/FPU, Subway USB, EasyNet Ethernet, Indi AGA MKI, FastATA MK-IV, Internal Slim CD/DVD-RW, WB3.5

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Re: Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2017, 01:25:32 AM »
Nah, I found what I needed forever ago.  It was from something similar - someone made up their own batch of GVP-compatible SIMMs over on Amibay, since original ones are like hen's teeth!  ;)  Thanks though!
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Re: Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2017, 04:41:22 PM »
Interesting RAM upgrade! I havent seen that one before. I have one that goes on the diagnostic port in mine. Also gives me 8MB auto config.

I bet this would work in an A500 as well?
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Re: Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2017, 04:47:43 PM »
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I bet this would work in an A500 as well?

That's what I'm hoping! :laugh1:

Actually, I'm thinking this will work in an A2000 as well. Might need a Rev6 mobo though. But my Blizzzzzz suites my fast ram needs in my A2K just fine! :)

I wonder who had these made up? Nice simple design.

Annnnnnnnd, all 5 of them are sold!
« Last Edit: May 10, 2017, 05:03:55 PM by gizmo350 »
A500: 2MB Chip, 8MB Fast, IndiECS, MiniMegi, IDE4ZorroII on Z-500, KS1.3/KS3.1, WB3.1&BWB
 
A2000HD: 2MB Chip, 128MB Fast, P5:Blizz 2060@50MHz, PCD-50B/4GBCF, XSurf100, RapidRoad, IndiECS, Matze RTG, MiniMegi, CD-RW, SunRize AD516, WB3.9
 
A1200: 2MB Chip, 64MB Fast, 4GBCF, GVP Typhoon 030 @40MHz w/FPU, Subway USB, EasyNet Ethernet, Indi AGA MKI, FastATA MK-IV, Internal Slim CD/DVD-RW, WB3.5

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Re: Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2017, 05:08:29 PM »
Should work in an A2000 as long as it physically fits underneath the drive sled. Also probably not compatible with CPU slot accelerators. But definitely a clean, modern upgrade. :)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Re: Amiga CDTV / A500 8MB RAM Board
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2017, 05:47:41 PM »
If anyone is interested, this ebay seller has 5 more of these A500 8MB boards for sale... :)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-CDTV-A500-8MB-RAM-Board-/322515584454?hash=item4b176d45c6:g:78EAAOSwSypY9~Ze
A500: 2MB Chip, 8MB Fast, IndiECS, MiniMegi, IDE4ZorroII on Z-500, KS1.3/KS3.1, WB3.1&BWB
 
A2000HD: 2MB Chip, 128MB Fast, P5:Blizz 2060@50MHz, PCD-50B/4GBCF, XSurf100, RapidRoad, IndiECS, Matze RTG, MiniMegi, CD-RW, SunRize AD516, WB3.9
 
A1200: 2MB Chip, 64MB Fast, 4GBCF, GVP Typhoon 030 @40MHz w/FPU, Subway USB, EasyNet Ethernet, Indi AGA MKI, FastATA MK-IV, Internal Slim CD/DVD-RW, WB3.5

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