HDD equipped A500 - which WB ?

[ChaosLord]

Which workbench depends on what ROM you have in your Amiga.

A regular A500 has a Kickstart 1.3 ROM.  In that case you are looking at one of the 2 following options:
A: Workbench 1.3 plain jane unmodified.
B: Magic Workbench.  Which is just a regular workbench that looks a zillion times better.

If you have a Kickstart 3.0 or 3.1 ROM then you could install ClassicWB which is very popular and very powerful.

I have not actually messed around with an oldsk00l ECS workbench install in a century so I am sure other ppl will be along to give more detailed, elaborate, up-to-date answers.

You forgot to say how much RAM you have.  If u have a totally basic 1MB RAM Amiga then that limits what you can do.  If you have a more reasonable 5MB RAM A500 then that opens up a lot more possibilities.

I gave away all my A500s many many years ago but I kept 1 A2000 which is exactly the same thing as an A500 with a detached ergonomic keyboard and expansion slots.  I use my A2000 for retro gaming the same way u use ur A500.  My A2000 has 1MB chipram and 8MB fastram which is what plainjaine A500/A2000 were designed for.  Having the 8MB fastram lets me multitask nicely, have lots of drive buffers, etc. etc.  Just makes the whole experience more enjoyable.

[ChaosLord]

Hi,
 
The wait is over. My IDE68K has finally arrived.

WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Wait a sec!  What is this?  Is there a pic or a website?!?!?  Can ppl buy these now?

There is a guy on here who really needs one of these if they are available!

Gimme some infos!

How much $?

Pls hurry

[ChaosLord]

Oh, yeah, ks 3.1, 8 MB RAM.

That is nice

The only way for it to be nicer is if it was one with a 25Mhz 030 + 16-32MB highspeed fastram.

As soon as you test your IDE68k to make sure it really works then I shall go around telling everyone and their dog to buy one!

[ChaosLord]

Kickstart 2.05 or higher works fine or a custom kickstart 1.3 with the A600 code and it works fine.

As for the board it fits fine and it is miles away from the Indivsion ECS, I know because I had it setup that way :-)

You will need to be able to solder though, two wires run from the IDE68K to the Amiga 500. Plus you can't use a side car with it installed.

Too complicated for me.  I suddenly lost interest.
1. Hafta upgrade the kickstart.  That is extra $
2. Banished from adding memory expansion on the side?  It just ain't an Amiga without some FASTram added on.  Certain games need fastram to run at full speed, else they drop the framerate.

If you plug one of these into an A2000 does it banish you from using ALL your Zorro slots?

If you plug one of these into a CDTV or Minimig then does it block any hardware from working?

[ChaosLord]

Wow!  Kipper2K is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But wait, can u really plug all that stuff into an A500 and it works?

1. A500
2. A500 CPU Adapter.
3. 8MB RAM Expansion
4. IDE68K

All that ?  Has anyone done it?

And could u also add one of his CF Adapter cards to that if you wanted?
(A normal hard drive is good for me but some ppl want CF cards.)

Also, does all that stuff work in an A2000?  Does Kipper2K have an A2000?

Actually my A2000 already has 9MB in it so I would not want the memory expander board.  And its an A2000 so I would not need the cpu adapter right?  I could just plug in the IDE68k and go, right?  If only I knew how to solder

[ChaosLord]

Mechy makes SCSI to CF adapters.   I think he lets anyone buy one.