A1000 & A590?

[jjans]

OK here is a thought...

I was wondering if I could install my CBM A590HD+ onto my old A1000.

I understand that the 86 pin side expansion slots on the A500 and the A1000 are the same. Also I would not be able to autoboot, due to the A1000's Kickstart 1.2, but has anyone tried this before?

[jjans]

Thanks for the info!

I'll give it a try this weekend!

[jjans]

Well, it worked!

I had to make a boot disk that assigns the SYS: to the hard disk, but the old girl (A1000) seems not to mind the A590, and runs fine.

Also, I was amazed to see the date was still accurate after all this time sitting packed.

Only thing that went wrong was the A1000's mouse with the angled plug. It is no longer working. I opened the mouse itself and found a fair amount of corrosion had built up inside the circuit board. I tried to clean it, and now I get vertical pointer movement and the buttons work, but no horizontal movement.

Pain in the arse, as the A500 mouse will not fit in the joyport, because the A590 housing is now in the way.

A small detail though. Oh yes, the 2 MB of Ram in the A590 is working as well.

[jjans]

I tried to solder the A1000 cable to the A500 mouse board and got nothing at all. This leads me to think that the pins may be different. The A500 mouse works fine on the A1000 without the A590 atatched.