New to A500/C64

[temba]

Hi there,

well, I finally went and bought 3 x A500's and 2 x C64's and a C64-4plus is maybe on the way.

I bought them in different places with the idea of putting together the best A500 and C64 possible from the different purchases.

Now the thing is that I am new to A500 (had a C64 as my very first computer) and am in doubt as to what I can do with them, apart from playing wicked old-school games!!

Here are my questions to you gurus out there!

1. can I connect an IDE HDD to the A500 and how? What is the max size of the HDD? I have seen pics of peoples Amigas with HDDs 'lying' around
2. what kind of RAM do I need to get to upgrade?
3. I run Suse Linux 10.0 x64 - which is the best emulator I can use to connect to my A500?
4. which cable is needed? just a serial cable?
5. do I automatically have rights to download and use any Kickstart as I now own an A500?

Hope to hear from you guys!

regards
temba

[temba]

Sounds good!

Well, what I can summise from these replies is that:

1. I need to upgrade in order to use one of the many 6.4 Gb HDDs lying around
2. I need more RAM for this to work
3. I need to buy/upgrade my Kiskstart version to ver 3.0 or higher

If I have left something worthwhile ou, then pls let me know.

Can someone send a link of sorts mentioned for adidec? I did a quick google and found some clothing and fabrics sites!

thanks again!

I look forward to getting into this 'new' area on Tuesday when my babies arrive!!!

temba

[temba]

Thanks guys,

I will venture forth and fiddle with the new machines.

Maybe find this 030 accelerator thingy and see how to upgrade the animal so it becomes a beast.

Trust me, I will be posting again soon, and even better, someday helping other newbies  :-D