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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: amigamad on June 11, 2003, 03:28:58 PM
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The A500 Power Board works just like a regular 512K memory expansion for Amiga 500. Just plug it into the trap-door slot of you A500 and you're all set with 1 Megabyte of memory!
But the Power Board is more. In addition to the 512K fastram it will give your Amiga 500, you also get a ramdrive of an extra 512K. The memory for this ramdrive is not taken from the system memory - it's on the card as well!
And just when you thought this was all, the Power Board brings the world of PC to your Amiga. Mounted on the Power Board is a NEC V30 16-bit microprocessor which will run MS-Dos up to version 6.22. The Power Board software will turn your Amiga 500 into a PC, using the Amiga 500's built-in ports for input and output, and the Amiga's custom chips for video emulation. complete with SoundBlaster emulationLast but not least, the Power Board comes with a battery-powered real-time clock, so your Amiga will keep track of time!
PLEASE NOTE : Software is NOT included - but can be downloaded here free-of-charge
ATTENTION : Price INCLUDES insured postage to U.K, Ireland or any other European country!
link here kcs power board £10.99 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3029817269&category=11991)
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turn your Amiga 500 into a PC, using the Amiga 500's built-in ports for input and output, and the Amiga's custom chips for video emulation. complete with SoundBlaster emulation :-)
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I've got one of these in my A500. Hardly ever used it, it was only useful for the odd DOS app as it was a bit too slow for anything else. You could very slowly play some old games though.
I didn't know the software for it was freely available, I'm going to do an update and see if there have been any improvements since my version.
Chris
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This NEC V30 can be considered with what x86 ? what speed is this processor running ?
How much RAM does the PC have access to ?
What about parallel, serial port, HD/FLOPPY,...
Leo.