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In fact Amazon has a working A500 for $150
Still looking!I might be interested in a 500 also if available.All i'd be using it for is games and maybe some midi/music activity if i get to integrate it in a studio environment.....but mostly nostalgia gaming
Remember, if you get an Amiga 500 and decide you want to use an ACA500 later, it only works with Rev 6A and higher boards.
I have an A500, Rev5 mobo, ROM 1.3 (or ROM1.2 if you prefer), A501, 1MB Agnus, in a box, waiting on a sale that didn't happen. I could part with it, PM me if you're interested.
Would you say those reports are not quite "unconfirmed" then?
Actually, the ACA500 works in a revision 5 PAL A500. Therefore, it should be possible to use in a rev 5 NTSC if you switch it to PAL and change Agnus to a 8371 or 8372A and disconnecting pin 41.
Thanks for the heads up, sm3!Are you talking about this?http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1168I do read the following at the end:³ motherboard revision 5 or higher required. At this time, there are some unconfirmed reports of NTSC motherboards not working with ACA 500.Would you say those reports are not quite "unconfirmed" then?
... ACA 500 sucks anyway, lol.
I don't know if it sucks, for the price, it's not a bad upgrade. Better than messing with one of those old hard drives in my opinion. I use mine to burn real floppies from ADFs and also use it as boot environment for my Workbench 1.3. I'm going to spring for an ACA1233 soon to plug-in to the ACA500. I think that will work better for WHDLoad and then I can also plug it into my A1200
Well, it didn't work for my NTSC Rev 5 board, but after I found an NTSC 6a, it works.
... On the lookout for a Rev 6 board or a whole A500 that is Rev 6 NTSC.