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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: fatman2021 on June 17, 2003, 05:03:49 AM
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I'm looking for Kickstart 3.1 and Workbench 3.1 rom chips as well as memory upgarde, HDD and a cd-rom drive...
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http://www.compuquick-amigadirect.com/
That will get you the roms. The rest of it might be a bit more problmatic as no A500 hardware has been made in a while Hang around here or haunt ebay.
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www.64andmore.com
You'll find lots of stuff there. Give Paul a ring and ask about the stuff you want.
Good Luck! :pint:
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@FATMAN
I have an old 500+ at home, i dont use no more ( i have 2 of them and an a1200). it has a mem upgrade (about 4-8mb i think) in the trapdoor. i will check the size and give you a price. where are you?
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I live in Palmer, Alaska..
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I have two A500 motherboards and a 1 meg upgrade that goes into the trapdoor if your interested.
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Sounds good,I'm looking at building a computer that runs AmigaOS 3.9 I will then give this computer to the local library so people can play with it. I also would like the thing to be Internet ready.
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I also would like the thing to be Internet ready
It might not give a very good impression of the platform then - I've never done it myself, but from what I've heard browsing the web with a stock 68000 would be like trying to swim in tar with lead weights attatched to you :-( Did anyone ever make 040 or 060 accelerators for the A500?
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Wasnt there an A500 33MHz 68040 card made by GVP back in 1992 ish?
I seem to recall it came with Kickstart 2.1 on it and cost about a grand :-)
Recall a review in Amiga Shopper magazine (cool mag in its day)...
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At this point in time I have $80 to spend on a computer.
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I now have $130 to spend on a computer. This includes shipping.
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Give Redrumloa a buzz, who knows how many more NOS atuff he has found... ;p
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done....
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Should I use a 8088 Bridgeboard, Commodore 286 Bridgeboard, or a 286 emulator on my Amiga 500?
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Wasn't the 8088 an Intel chip at about 4Mhz made just after the 8086? If so I wouldn't bother at all - even later MS-DOS won't run on it. In fact, I wouldn't bother with any kind of x86 board - it won't be an "Amiga", and a 486 is the absolute mininum for web browsing.
For $130, perhaps you'd be better off getting an accelerated A1200? Unless you want to add a graphics card, I cannot imagine how bad the web would be in OCS screenmodes :-o
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How about an A64 Interface with 1541 drive and a Dataflyer 500 SCSI Controller.
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You can upgrade an A500 fairly commonly to 030 speeds, several companies made such expansions and they are available from some amiga dealers.
You would need that, memory, 3.1 chips, some kind of hdd expansions...just to get a bare minimum.
The problem with the A500 though, is its virtually impossible to get the graphics upgraded, and it needs that badly....some hacks are available for adding a ZII in a tower case.
Anyway, you are talking big expense for little gain.
Better to get an A1200 with 030 and hdd, you might get lucky and get one near your budget.... AGA graphics are still not the best for web browsing, but thats the best amiga for a little over 100, imho.
Don't even think about web browsing on an OCS machine without a graphics card...please!
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I don't know if GVP ever made one for the A500 but I know Progressive Periphials made one. These are practically non-exsistant though because of a fire(I think that's why they were never released) which damaged or destroyed many of their boards . The PPS 040/500 boards are extremely rare. If you ever find one let me know :-)
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fatman2021 wrote:
I now have $130 to spend on a computer. This includes shipping.
I know I'm going to get slammed for this but...
With such a tight budget, I would suggest you forgo an Amiga solution and scrounge for some PC parts. I have a P2-450, motherboard with RAM/on-board-audio and a Hercules Terminator 2x/i AGP video card that I would let go for half the cost of shipping. You would still need a modem or ethernet card, a harddisk, case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse however.
Besides, I know from expierience that the internet on an A500 is a serious pain. My connection to the internet for the first 3 years was a modified A500 running OS2.1. Web browsing was painful. EMail, FTP, and IRC were just about all it was good for. The fact that almost all the good network apps of the time used MUI didn't help.
Also, with a PC-based solution, your options for inexpensive future upgrades are much greater. And there are good network apps available free for x86 computers. Unless I missed the news, there aren't any free web browsers on our favorite platform yet.
If you're interested, let me know and I'll fire it up this weekend. I also have other hardware I'm willing to part with inexpensively.