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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Mark25810 on February 22, 2025, 05:15:25 PM

Title: Amiga 500 plus question as just bought one
Post by: Mark25810 on February 22, 2025, 05:15:25 PM
Hi there i won a big on ebay for a working amiga 500 plus

I realise i need to remove the battery right away when i get it

Do capacitors really need replacing in these or will they be ok. I read 500 seriies does not need them replacing like with the 1200 but unsure if true.

Also it has no workbench disks which i want so what workbench would have come will they be 2.04 ones?

I also want to get a 1mb expansion for the trapdoor do it has 2mb will the following be ok

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165579814460?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=IohNxfftRcq&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=k3nynafxtjw&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Title: Re: Amiga 500 plus question as just bought one
Post by: RobertB on February 22, 2025, 09:06:23 PM
Quote from: Mark25810 on February 22, 2025, 05:15:25 PM
Do capacitors really need replacing in these or will they be ok. I read 500 seriies does not need them replacing like with the 1200 but unsure if true.
Unlike the surface mount capacitors of later Amigas, the A500 through hole capacitors don't really need replacing since they don't fail as much.
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Also it has no workbench disks which i want so what workbench would have come will they be 2.04 ones?
Right.
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I also want to get a 1mb expansion for the trapdoor do it has 2mb will the following be ok
If I understood your question, yes.  I got my RAM expansion from AmigaKit.com which upgraded my A500+ to 2 meg Chip RAM.

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Title: Re: Amiga 500 plus question as just bought one
Post by: amigakit on February 22, 2025, 10:29:11 PM
Hello

Congratulations on the Amiga 500+ and welcome to Amiga.org

We have low cost A500 Plus RAM expansions here:

https://www.amigakit.com/a500-memory-expansion-amiga-plus-p-502.html

(https://amigakit.amiga.store/images/a500-_1mb_memory_expansion_160px.jpg) (https://www.amigakit.com/a500-memory-expansion-amiga-plus-p-502.html)  (https://amigakit.amiga.store/images/a500-_1mb_expansion_purple_160px.jpg) (https://www.amigakit.com/a500-memory-card-purple-special-edition-p-91304.html)