Help with A500 hard drive...

[amigabren]

Hi Guys,
I need to add a hard drive to an A500 based sampler because
floppy disks are tending to destroy themselves.
Do i have to use one of those A590 drives or can i use some other sort of drive? they seem to be worth their weight in gold for some unknown reason?
(anyone have one they want to get rid of)

also is there any way to upgrade the ram more than the practically iseless 1MB that this thing has?

[amigabren]

Thanks.
I cant beleive you can still buy ram for these things!
that sorts out that problem...

just the hard drive issue now. anyone have one for sale?, its needs to be able to boot from it. doesnt need to be huge size or anything

[amigabren]

Is there any hard drives / adaptors i can get new? I dont like the idea of using older gear if i can avoid it These samplers are used live on stage -unfortunately, and the less secondhand gear i can use the better.

[amigabren]

will an amiga 1200 or 600 with a hard drive work with all the same software as a 500?