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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Chrome on June 18, 2008, 07:48:26 PM

Title: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Chrome on June 18, 2008, 07:48:26 PM
Wanted:  

**BOUGHT** GVP A530 ( 030&882@50MHz, 8MB RAM, 120MB & 4GB HD)


-030/882 internal turbo for trapdoor slot.
-Supraturbo28.

also you can offer similar products.


PM or e-mail: studiopp@gmail.com
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Tenacious on June 18, 2008, 08:47:58 PM
These are harder to come by now, especially those with 030s.  Prices seem to be going up, too.  I managed to snag a Supraturbo28 about a month ago from e-bay after a year of casual searching.

Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Chrome on June 18, 2008, 08:52:00 PM
ok.  I`m just drooling your hw-list. Do you have any leftovers on your collection ;)

I hope someone wants to get rid of old accelerator. Oh, did I mention: money is no problem...
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: rkauer on June 18, 2008, 09:45:55 PM
 Why not a new 020 accelerator?

 Two more weeks (TM) :-D
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Effy on June 18, 2008, 09:48:32 PM
I´ve got two Mtec 68020i´s WITH 68882 coprocessors but I prefer to keep them in order to experiment with expanding 68000 machines. Also have got an unknown 68030+68882 board, possibly Atari minded but may also work in A500 but it doesn´t have any memory on it  :boohoo:
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: 1NOM155 on June 19, 2008, 12:55:25 AM
rkauer tell us more about your project
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Jeff on June 19, 2008, 01:04:14 AM
@Effy
Here are a couple of pictures of the MTec 68020i board installed in my A1000 with an ICD ADIde FFV2 Kickstart 3.1 in  ROM and it boots off of CF. It's running great, more pictures to come soon.
MTec 68020 in A1000 (http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2577)
Mtec A1000 CPU adapter (http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2578)
-Jeff
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: klx300r on June 19, 2008, 01:49:12 AM
better off asking for the 'holy grail' nowadays than the 530 :roll:
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: rkauer on June 19, 2008, 02:30:17 AM
Quote

1NOM155 wrote:
rkauer tell us more about your project


 Look in EAB's thread (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=36596).(http://www.amigabr.org/uploads/smil47e876b1cbff5.gif)
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Tenacious on June 19, 2008, 05:50:54 AM
The 500 is a great machine, most of us probably began with it.  But, if money is no problem (and especially if it is), it may not be the best place to start today.  Accelerators are becoming scarce and the graphics are un-expandable.

Amigakit is still selling new and refurbed A1200s, which has better graphics and CPU.  Accelerators are getting scarce for it, too though.

3000s and 4000s become available from time to time and they came with 030s as minimum.  Probably, the same cost as the GVP A530 and they are better machines as well.  You can spend a lot of money tricking out an A500 and still find youself painted into a corner concerning graphics, networking, and general expansion.

OTOH, maybe the 500 is what fires your imagination.  Grin.

Final thought: GVP memory is proprietary to them and very hard to find also.  Some avoid GVP accelerators entirely.
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: clemenza on June 19, 2008, 07:45:58 AM
It's true that A500 accelerators are getting harder to find by now. Probably some people prefer the hard way of upgrading their A500s than upgrading their A1200s. I was searching for a long time for an A530 - finally I managed to buy a H530 stormbringer @ 16MHz which I succesfully upgraded to a full 68030@50MHz (not the A530's EC version). It took me lots of time and money but I'm quite happy now as my A500 ROCKS! So, have some patience and keep searching - there are some rare treasures out there! Oh, and keep an eye on rkauer's project - I'm sure I will!
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Damion on June 19, 2008, 07:57:00 AM
Quote

klx300r wrote:
better off asking for the 'holy grail' nowadays than the 530 :roll:


Almost worse is having a perfectly working A530, BUT with a ruined outer case... especially when you're a cosmetics nazi. :/

Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: Tenacious on June 19, 2008, 03:25:07 PM
Congratulations on finding one!  You make look easy.  
Let us know how it goes.
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: alexh on June 19, 2008, 03:36:55 PM
Try and get a DCE Viper 530 instead, much better.
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: hardlink on June 19, 2008, 04:55:12 PM
Quote

Chrome wrote:
Wanted:  
**BOUGHT** GVP A530 ( 030&882@50MHz, 8MB RAM, 120MB & 4GB HD)
PM or e-mail: studiopp@gmail.com


I call Bull! Because, I don't remember selling it. Then again, I was drinking yesterday ...  :crazy:  :pint:
Title: Re: Wanted: Accelerator for A500
Post by: darksun9210 on June 19, 2008, 07:27:28 PM
a viper 530 would rock. the stuff A500 dreams are made of ;-)

i gave up looking for an A530, so managed to get hold of a GVP HD8+, and supra turbo 28 combo. its a good start, but still needing some 32bit flavour
then about 4 weeks later, i found an A530... in Hongkong

as far as my otherhalf is concerned, there were no shipping charges, no import duty, just a 20yr old thing in a box :lol:

i've never seen a viper for real, but, like my A530, they are out there  :-D