Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Forums
« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?  (Read 12021 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« on: April 18, 2010, 02:18:16 PM »
I know this probably has been asked before, but a google search didn't seem to reveal any answers. How do I upgrade the ram on my amgia 500 to 1 mb? I have a fat agnus chip.
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2010, 02:41:38 PM »
That doesn't upgrade the chip ram does it?
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2010, 02:52:54 PM »
See I thoguht that's what fast ram was...
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2010, 03:03:43 PM »
Wikipedia says that a trapdoor expansion is fast ram. It also says that the amiga 500 is expandable to 1 mb of ram directly on the motherboard. I have an a500 and I live in the US. I believe I have a rev 5 board iirc. I do have a fat agnus.
« Last Edit: April 18, 2010, 03:05:54 PM by Super TWiT »
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 03:10:53 PM »
So, if I wanted to upgrade the chip ram, either way I would have to do some soldering huh... Would I receive decent capatibility with applications if I just upgraded the trapdoor memory, because I REALLY don't want to solder anything. (My soldering skills are poor, and I don't want to practice on my amiga board!) My real intent is to make this an ecs machine so since I have the fat agnus, I could just plug in a super denise
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 03:49:46 PM »
Do I even need a ram expasion to use most ecs software?
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2010, 03:57:36 PM »
The only reason I ask if I NEED the ram is that I am a cheap skate, but want to be able to run ecs software on my amiga. How much ram should I have to be ecs compliant?
« Last Edit: April 18, 2010, 04:02:36 PM by Super TWiT »
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2010, 04:25:29 PM »
So, I wouldn't be able to run ecs software if I just had a trapdoor ram expansion?
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 

Offline Super TWiTTopic starter

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Join Date: Aug 2009
  • Posts: 222
    • Show all replies
Re: Upgrade Ram to 1 MB Amiga 500?
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2010, 05:42:48 PM »
So ECS apps will run on OCS hardware? Than what was the point for ecs?
Logged
Once there was a man and a boy in the woods.
 
Boy: I\'m scared...
 
Man: Hah! What have you got to be afraid of? I\'m the one that\'s going to be coming back alone!
 
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »