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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: boinger on December 27, 2008, 03:43:07 AM

Title: a3000(D) processor upgrade - info, help appreciated.
Post by: boinger on December 27, 2008, 03:43:07 AM

hi. i'm a newbie on this site and not a techie. i'm in the process of upgrading my a3000 desktop ntsc os 2.04(at present gonna be 3.1 soon). what is the best '060 processor board available for this machine. i only care that the new board will support 64-128 megs of ram. scsi 11 support is not important to me. if the board has scsi ii support and i don't implement it will i still have to do that int 2 modification on the motherboard ???

any info would be appreciated as this is costing me serious $ but i've always loved the amiga ever since i bought my a1000 in '86.

thanx.

Title: Re: a3000 prcessor upgrade.
Post by: dannyp1 on December 27, 2008, 04:07:15 AM

I would suggest maybe a Cyberstorm MKII.  It is a proven performer and several have sold recently for reasonable amounts on EBay ($225 - $250).  That's down from the $400 plus they were fetching earlier this year.  Even if it comes with no Ram you can pick up the 4 32MB simms on EBay for under $20.  The MKII is what I use in my A3000T (Mine is overclocked to 66).

Dan

Title: Re: a3000 prcessor upgrade.
Post by: rkauer on December 27, 2008, 04:10:33 AM

http://www.bboah.com/cgi-bin/showcat_en.cgi?CATID=7

Title: Re: a3000 prcessor upgrade.
Post by: boinger on January 13, 2009, 03:03:45 AM

if i can get a mk iii made by phase5 not dce would that be good ?