My A500+ Project

[pyrre]

why would you buy/use a none grounded socket extension in the first place?... and you dont grab your moms 1970 socket extension and use that.. your dealing with computer equipment and 1 rule is ground everything to hell and back before usage.

Could no agree more.

[pyrre]

tree wires usually means a grounded socket. two wires for the current and the one for grounding.

[pyrre]

Not that i can think of no...
At least not easy.

You can get a cpu socket adapter with clock ports.
They will enable you to use USB adapters like the subway USB
And in theory you should be able to use network adapters with it.
But..
the subway requires "Processor 68030 (25MHz) or higher" to work in amiga...

[pyrre]

If I buy a clock port then I would have to remove my CPU from the CPU socket, connect the clock port in the CPU socket, and then connect the CPU on the clock port. After that (if the CPU was powerful enough) I could connect a subway USB to the clock port which would allow me to connect USB stuff to my A500+ (including some type of wireless adapter). Is this right?

Yes exactly like that.
except one thing. wireless. I have not investigated enough on this matter. but i don't know of any wireless solution for A500.
However.
I will embark on another solution for my A500+.
I have the trumpcard sidecar. It has two zorro sockets. and hopefully i can use the budda flash in it. the trumpcard does not have the buster chip. So i am really excited, will it work...?
And if the budda works. then i will try adding a subway, and hopefully i find some network adapter that works with it...

[pyrre]

If I buy such a device then I would try and use Ethernet since my wireless network is based on Ethernet! Wouldn't my Amiga be recognised just like any other computer I have on the network! I can then maybe use the Amiga Browser sold by Amiga Forever.

Yes, in theory. BUT.. only if you can find or write drivers for that device. And on top of that find/write drivers that are compatible with amiga TCP/IP stack.
And if you get it to work. you will always be limited by the speed of the serial port.

[pyrre]

I know I am pushing my luck now, but rather then a CF card could I put a USB Pendrive?

Yes you can.
Autoboot= NO! (the drivers must be active at bootup for that.)
But you still need a 030 at minimum 25mhz to power ANY usb controller in ANY Amiga...

[pyrre]

Now couldn't I buy a SCSI to USB adapter and USB pen drive? Wouldn't that be the same. I did a small search on google and seem there is some type of SCSI to USB adapters!

Link please?

[pyrre]

From what I am understanding I would only be connecting the USB to the SCSI adapter. My A500+ will no be seeing a USB but only a SCSI hard drive which in reality would be a USB pendrive! So why do I need a more powerful CPU? I am sorry in advance for my stupidity on this subject :$ :$

Hmm... depending on how the SCSI-USB interface works...
If it replaces the CF bridge and lets you connect a pendrive to the SCSI chain. Yes it should work fine...
Do you have any link for such a device?

[pyrre]

Yes. it should work fine with a SCSI-ide adapter.
It will enable you to connect a SD card as HDD to a SCSI chain.
And with a SD-card reader you can mount it in UAE as a harddisk and install software to it...

[pyrre]

@alexh

Or at those prices just risk it

I go for that option.
And i said SHOULD...
I did not say it WILL....
Sadly, with amiga and hardware like that it is often trial and error...

[pyrre]

Information i can find:
Grandslam
Trumpcard professional 2000
In short...
Check the jumper for ram and see if it is in the right position.
You may need to add commands in the startup-sequence to make the system see the ram...

[pyrre]

you must have a text editor tool. and use it to edit the file called "startup-sequence" in the "s" directory on the disk used to boot workbench. either floppy or hard disk.
In the newly purchased OS 3.1 and 2.1 there is a tool called "ed" in the c directory.
It is a simple and easy editor...

EDIT: wrong folder at first...

EDIT: oh.. to use it. boot wb press right amiga key and "e" as in Execute. (english keyset!) And type "ed s:startup-sequence" in the popupwindow.
And so on and so forth...

[pyrre]

Trail and error.
But remember to BACK UP the files you are working on. in case you mess up... :-D

[pyrre]

@ Metalguy66

I have a Derringer 030 myself. It is the 50mhz version, modified with a 50mhz fpu (was 25 originally).
I have never had those instability issues you refer to.
Mine sits quite firmly in the cpu socket.

As far as kickstart switches go. i have not come to that yet. I am still in the lookout zone for parts.
Need a new Zorro based SCSI or IDE controller. Will also try to install a network card inside the trumpcard (if i can find one small enough.)
However i have a dedicated A500 with kick 1.3 for games and demos requiring that. It is also a OCS machine whilst the 500+ is ECS...
In future i will pay some attention for the 1.3 A500 as well. But first up is the A500+.
Then i will try to setup my A1200 to work properly with the BVision board. Then the A2000 will get some attention.
So far all that is done is to remove all leaky batteries and clean the corrosion off the motherboards and ram expansions for A500...