Expanded A2000 using NO SLOTS!

[mechy]

I'm in the process of expanding an A2000 I picked up a while back.

So far, I've added a kipper2 8MB memory card.

Got a minimeg installed for 2MB chip RAM which gives me a total of 10MB!

Am considering using a cfide68K for the hard drive.  Now that mkl has figured out the IDE hard drive problem with the adapter, it'd be perfect.

Probably add a ROM switcher just for s&g's.

Anyone else ever try this?  I know it kind of defeats the purpose of the slots for the A2000, but it's still kinda cool looking!

Curtis

Why do all this to a machine that has a proper expansion bus curtis. You are way better off bang for buck using a gvp 030 board or some such. especially since 32bit ram is way better than 16bit ram,and onboard scsi is a plus. all the dongle type things are neet and all but generally not as reliable as a cpu slot accelerator in the long run. If you really want a bridgeboard,go for the C= 2088,2286 or 2386.. 286 boards are pretty easy to find and relatively cheap-they allow you to share amiga side cdroms,floppies and even use isa vga gfx cards and soundcards for the pee-cee side.. 2088's are semi useful maybe as a low end dos box lol.
Take advantage of the slots,it is what they are there for

[mechy]

Mechy, I was just trying to see what could be done!

Yeah, it's easier to use the slots, but sometimes you just have to try something to see if you can do it.  Sort of like the last words of a redneck, "Hold my beer and watch this!"

Don't get me wrong, it does work. I have used a csa derringer 030/50 with 32MB ram in a 2000 long ago,which fits in the 68000 socket.The IVS vector 030/50 was also a great card which used the cpu slot with the same spec and decent scsi on board. it was a darn good card and probabaly better than the gvp stuff in some ways,72 pin simms was a plus on the derringer and the vector used standard 30pin ram!

We all enjoy hearing about your trials with this hardware also.

good luck