Finding ZIP chips

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I'm trying to think of a way of getting hold of some ZIP chips. I have this Alfa Data HD for an A500 that can take ZIP chips for an extra 8 megs of ram, the trouble is finding zip chips to put in there.
So far the only way I could think of getting at ZIPs was to get them off some other board, possibly a case of desoldering them.
Any better ideas?

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Looks promising. Many thanks

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That would be most helpful Ron, although they aren't 1MB ZIPs are they? I'm not sure if this is a problem or not, as I don't know how these things work on the expansion bus.

Re: HopperJF - It doesn't appear that castle sell ZIPs.

It's a bit tedious that I ended up with ZIP sockets - according to amiga-hardware.com some of the AlfaData IDE interfaces came with SIMM sockets.

I've also read somewhere that ZIPs weren't very good for some reason - high failure rate or something.

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Just to clarify, it's one of these units: http://www.amiga-hardware.com/alfapower.html

Also, I have no ZIPs installed.

I'm getting confised with the megabyte/megabit abbreviations. Are we actually talking 4 megabytes on the ZIP? Sorry if I seem dense, but theres a big difference!

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Not bad, but there is only room for 8 chips. An extra 4 meg is more than enough though. What about shipping to the UK?

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Palpatine - I'll have to check the board again. Last time I looked I didn't really count them.

Spirantho - I'm just running a normal 7MHz 68k, so it won't matter. I often thought that A500 accelerators are a bit of a waste, especially GVP's '030 one because you still have to use a slow 16-bit bus...

ed - I just realised that was a reply to the wrong question

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But I don't think it would make much difference in graphical performance? I'm not clear on how much the CPU deals with - I guess the Workbench applications would be much better.
Generally the trouble is finding A500 accelerators - it doesn't seem that many people bought them.

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Hmm only 8? That's weird.

I've checked and there are indeed 16 ZIP sockets. I'll probably be fine with 4MB worth though - I can't see a use for an extra 8MB right now. How should I place an order?

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Ok Ron, I put through an order for one 4meg set. The shipping came out a little more, at 9 euro. What's the deal with the VAT? You still have to charge it for international orders? Although, considering it's the EU I suppose it works slightly differently.

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Ah yes. I didn't quite add it up right in my head. The postage is no problem, as long as everything stays intact!

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Ron,

Any update on the order I put through?