Yes, I've tried different configs. I have the manual for it so I know how to set it up. But, I think all 4 sims are dead, I might even have damaged one or two of them myself trying to take them out since they were really difficult to remove. There has to be at least two, not only one, so can't test them one by one. Which ever two I test with I get a board fault at bootup. Hunting for working 30 pin sims is probably futile these days. I know there are plenty on ebay but how many of those are scams?
Well. If I can get a replacement for the VXL with at least 4MB, preferably 8 or more, then the memory in the controller won't matter anyway. Never gonna do any heavier stuff on it, I have an A4000 for that.
If I run the controller without ram and the 500 without accelerator everything works just perfectly, but 1 MB chipram only is not fun at all.