A600 8Mb fast expansion

[Jeff]

It would be great if mrmkl's IDE68K project could be merged with lordv's 68K memory expansion board. This would be perfect for the A500, A1000, CDTV, ect. Perhaps a header could be added to the IDE68K board so it would interconnect with the existing 2008 memory board design. This would add flexibility for installation in different cases, that is if it would even work at all.

I have the IDE 68K working in a 1000 just fine but I have no way to add any expansion memory (short of the old piggyback hack) as the 86 pin Bus is occupied by a Sidecar. This would be perfect! Sorry if I Hi-Jacked the thread.

Jeff

[Jeff]

@mrmkl
There will be plenty of room vertically above the CPU socket for another board in the 1000. The only thing you might have to do is notch the rear of the floppy drive mounting bracket, no big deal. Although I am good with hardware, modifying the layout of lordv's board is probably more than I am in for at the moment.

BTW look here for a picture of your IDE68K board finished and working in the A1000
A1000 IDE68K Running
A1000 Motherboard Kick 3.1 and IDE68K

@TJLazer
The Insider and Spirit boards are next to impossible to find these days, at least for me. Do you know where I can find one? Even the AdIDE I was watching a while back went for over $200.00. That was when I decided to hold out for the IDE68k which works brilliantly. For now the project has been shelved until something turns up. I've given up on the ranger board inside the sidecar, the expansion bus just isn't stable enough.

Thanks for all the help,
-Jeff