Hi everyone, newbie here :)

[tonto2k]

Hi,

I am new to amiga's. I couldn't afford one back in the day, but now the hardware is a bit cheaper(or is it?) I thought I would get into the scene.

I am the proud owner of a 500 with 512k expansion from a car boot sale. A 600 standard and I recently bought a gvp impact series II off a good old boy called Matt. I have a 540 mb quantum fireball scsi drive in it and a load of old sims off ebay for it. I also have the gvp 286 expansion plug in for the expansion slot thing(lucky me?) The 286 came with the 600 for some reason even tho it only works with the 500 !

Anyone any experience with these gvp impact series II hd+ and installing ram on them?

thanks in advance guys.
tonto.

[tonto2k]

Hi,

Yes it's a gvp impact series II a500 HD+ (not hd+8), it takes 30 pin simms but the guy I bought it off said it would just take standard 30 pin simms. So I bought 29 normal pieces off ebay for £4 and I intend to stick them in.

The maximum ram it will take is 8mb and thats with just two out of four slots filled, it requires two 4mx8 simms to utilise the full 8megs :-? I thought 4mx8 would equal 32mb? Or am I barking up completly the wrong tree ?

Heres a photo of it:

http://amiga.resource.cx/photos/photo.pl?id=impact500mk2


Also, could I swap the 68000 processor out my a500 for a 68030 just like you would in a pc? or is a expansion adapter thingie neccessary?

cheers,
tonto.