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Title: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: feanor76 on April 19, 2010, 06:34:25 PM
hi all ,
i have been given an amiga 500 to sell and it has some expansion boards fitted, i would be very grateful if anyone can tell me what they are and what they are worth.
the first board is a baseboard ram board but i am not sure of size and how to tell if it is working
the second board is fitted in the cpu socket and has a 3 way toggle switch wired to it
the 500 also had a roctec rochard 800c hard drive fitted how can i tell how much ram is built into this if any
i have tried googling to no avail so any info would be very helpful
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: ElPolloDiabl on April 19, 2010, 06:41:43 PM
You've got a cpu upgrade in there that alone should be worth a bit, up to $150.
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: feanor76 on April 19, 2010, 06:56:06 PM
any idea how i can tell what cpu upgrade it is and what the toggle switch is for?
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: zipper on April 19, 2010, 07:02:41 PM
It's similar to Rossmöller turbo but the PCB text on Rm is Tornado. 68000@14 MHz + optional FPU. Must be plain on/off switch.
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: scuzzb494 on April 19, 2010, 08:43:33 PM
Quote from: feanor76;554438
hi all ,
i have been given an amiga 500 to sell and it has some expansion boards fitted, i would be very grateful if anyone can tell me what they are and what they are worth.
the first board is a baseboard ram board but i am not sure of size and how to tell if it is working
the second board is fitted in the cpu socket and has a 3 way toggle switch wired to it
the 500 also had a roctec rochard 800c hard drive fitted how can i tell how much ram is built into this if any
i have tried googling to no avail so any info would be very helpful


Hi

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1001

[ quote ]

Max Ram:  4MB
Ram Type: DRAM Chips
FPU:  None
RTC:  Yes
Connection:  Trapdoor Slot


The baseboard is a two piece unit. The first part (top image) fits underneath the Gary chip (note CSG5719 Gary on the card). The second parts connected via a cable and sits in the trapdoor slot. The board which sits underneath the gary chip is necessary so that more than 512K of memory could be added via the trapdoor slot. The baseboards adds up to 4MB of additional memory.

scuzz
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: feanor76 on April 19, 2010, 09:28:42 PM
thanks guys for the heads up ,would you recommend i sell these seperately from the amiga
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: Amiga_Nut on April 19, 2010, 10:30:32 PM
Quote from: feanor76;554474
thanks guys for the heads up ,would you recommend i sell these seperately from the amiga


No offence but did you only join this forum to get prices to pimp your warez on ebay after a lucky find rather than any actual long lost love for all things Amiga?
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: VingtTrois on April 19, 2010, 10:46:43 PM
Quote from: zipper;554447
It's similar to Rossmöller turbo but the PCB text on Rm is Tornado. 68000@14 MHz + optional FPU. Must be plain on/off switch.


Yeap! It looks like the expansion card TORNADO. See here: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/tornado
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: scuzzb494 on April 19, 2010, 11:43:26 PM
Hi

Which Ebay are you selling the items on. US. German. UK etc

Interested in the Huppi card

scuzz
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: feanor76 on April 19, 2010, 11:53:35 PM
Quote from: Amiga_Nut;554479
No offence but did you only join this forum to get prices to pimp your warez on ebay after a lucky find rather than any actual long lost love for all things Amiga?

lol i hear what your saying, i may not be a die hard amiga fan hence me not knowing what the boards exactly were, but i used to always envy the amiga screenshots in zzap being the owner of a C64 back in the day :)
I have an amiga 1200 as well that i will use more often for gaming, so the 500 is surplus to my needs !
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: Amiga_Nut on April 20, 2010, 12:06:17 PM
Quote from: feanor76;554494
lol i hear what your saying, i may not be a die hard amiga fan hence me not knowing what the boards exactly were, but i used to always envy the amiga screenshots in zzap being the owner of a C64 back in the day :)
I have an amiga 1200 as well that i will use more often for gaming, so the 500 is surplus to my needs !


LoL fair enough, just wondered due to your post count.

I'm not 100% sure about that specific 2x speed 68000 CPU accelerator there but it may be possible that this unit can also be sold to earlier Atari ST owners as well as A2000/1000/1500 Amiga owners.

If you have an original 68000 for the A500 my advice is, if possible, remove the CPU accelerator and sell that separately.
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: rkauer on April 21, 2010, 07:11:59 PM
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search.pl?product=tornado&company=
Title: Re: need some help identifying expansion boards
Post by: feanor76 on May 20, 2010, 11:25:23 PM
i have listed the ecs amiga 500 complete with cpu and ram upgrades and rochard hard drive on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130393192800&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT