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Amiga A600 SRAM upgrade: Any point?
« on: January 07, 2013, 10:47:06 PM »
Hi all. Aside from WHDLoad and a 33% speed increase (?) is there any point in adding SRAM to my A600? Are there any other cool applications I can run? Does it make a difference to anything else?
 
 I don't plan on buying any other upgrades as they don't take my fancy. I'd like to keep my hardware as classic as possible. I have the A604 and was considering SRAM.
A600 | Kickstart 3.1 v40.063 | A604 | 2.5" IDE HDD (4GB) | Workbench 3.1
 

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Re: Amiga A600 SRAM upgrade: Any point?
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2013, 11:18:35 PM »
I don't plan on upgrading the processor (although it sounds fun). I understand you can add 4MB of SRAM via the PCMCIA slot and figured I may do so if it has more applications than WHDLoad.
A600 | Kickstart 3.1 v40.063 | A604 | 2.5" IDE HDD (4GB) | Workbench 3.1
 

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Re: Amiga A600 SRAM upgrade: Any point?
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2013, 11:44:42 PM »
The 4MB kipper upgrade looks tempting. I wonder if my HDD would be in the way though.
 

 I was considering using a null modem cable to connect my Amiga to my PC via Amiga Forever.
A600 | Kickstart 3.1 v40.063 | A604 | 2.5" IDE HDD (4GB) | Workbench 3.1
 

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Re: Amiga A600 SRAM upgrade: Any point?
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2013, 11:46:01 PM »
At the moment the only thing on my HDD is Scorched Tanks. I need to add Gravity Force 2 to that.
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Re: Amiga A600 SRAM upgrade: Any point?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2013, 12:01:48 AM »
Null modem cables are bad? Or just not as effective as CF cards?
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Re: Amiga A600 SRAM upgrade: Any point?
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 12:32:15 AM »
Hmm... I had no idea parallel cable transfers would be so slow. A wireless PCMCIA card was tempting, but I figured I’d have trouble setting it up or connecting to WPA2. (I can't remember what I based that on). I'll have to look for those shield tabs, I never considered an alternative location for the HDD. Cool.
A600 | Kickstart 3.1 v40.063 | A604 | 2.5" IDE HDD (4GB) | Workbench 3.1