Apollo A630 + Other Q's

[Lemaru]

Hi

I got an Apollo A630 which i got a few years ago new from a World of Amiga show...

Unfortunately it never worked too well with the revision of A600 motherboard i have..

Got a bit of a modification on it in that the crystal has been socketed so as to make it changable for different clock speeds.

Does anyone know how much these go for these days seeings as they are quite rare! its a 68030 running at 33mhz (depending on which crystal is in it) and a 32meg simm

also got various other a600 and a500 bits floating about but dont really know how much any of it is worth

Any advice helpful... cheers

[Lemaru]

Its working just it doesnt work too brilliant with the revision board i have (1.5 i believe)

its got a crack on the fpu socket too but as long as it isnt played with once it is fitted it worked ok

might keep it for a tower project but its more of a something to do while building it job rather than building it to use as the a600 isnt really upto much these days as far as i can see

anyone any ideas on keyboard adaptors which work with the a600??

[Lemaru]

i am not so sure that the interface for the a600 keyboard is the same as the 1200 when i looked into it quite a while ago

what practical uses would a 68030 a600 have these days??

used to be used for running my bbs and web browsing with alynx... but what with now having a pc then there isnt much call for using the amiga for this... what other uses is there??

is it worth spending a few quid on getting some 3.1 roms, keyboard adaptor (unless i make one with atx psu support) wireless/wired lan card and Compact flash adaptor and shove it all in a tower case or is it worth leaving it tucked away in its box with the 2nd a600 and a500 with a570 cd drive

also i would need to get a different revision motherboard to use with the a630.... more cash to spend

also whats the stance on connecting it to a 15inch tft

[Lemaru]

thats the thing... towering would be good for not having to have an unsightly power supply sitting on the desk with a cd drive and cable dangling out of the side

i aint much of a games player neither so the games isnt that tempting to me

got a 2nd a600 i would leave in its case as it has no yellowing so looks nice and new

my apollo 630 is still boxed too

[Lemaru]

after getting some stuff sorted i am going to keep the a600 stuff to compliment my amithlon setup!

i have 2 complete amiga 600's neither of which work with the apollo 630 coz of the mobo revision! gutted

amikit are seling a600 mobo's so just gotta decide on a rev once i have found what works!