A600 mobo, possible to use?

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Hi, guys, it's been a while.

I'm thinking about getting an A600 mobo, like someone suggested once, but how can I enclose it without original case?

I have an A500, but I was pointed out that the case won't fit, should I just get a whole A600 complete?

My reason for the A600 is because I want the capability for storing games on HDD, and I'm just impatient waiting for another sidecar to appear on ebay for A500


Thanks everyone!

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So just to throw this out there, would NTSC be a problem in Australia (that uses PAL), or can I still use my A520 adapter?

(Total newbie here).

I might go all out and try hunt down a complete A600 if things go my way.

I'm not using an RF cable, but A/V inputs on my television.

EDIT: Actually, shouldn't be a problem, I have an A/V adapter for my monitor, it will look a little horrible for a while, but usable. (Just looking at pics above, there is already A/V out ports on A600.)

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So what should I ask the seller? If it's AGA NTSC? It's coming from Canada I think.

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The mobo turned out to be PAL, so bid and won! I have a laptop HDD, it's actually 6Gb, is this too big for an A600?

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Jiffy wrote:
....or you can use a different filesystem which support larger harddrives and partitions....

Can this be done without extra RAM, or an accelerator, etc? I definately don't want to be losing data, like sticking tape over the hole of a standard 3.5" floppy!

When I have it all set up, I'll need to find a guide to do all these things, cuz basically this is all new to me. I come from DOS/Windows/Linux world.

EDIT: The mobo has a 2.05 ROM, will this let me use a 6Gb HDD, or do I need newer system plus accelerator, etc, etc?

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Thanks Jiffy. So as you are saying, using two 2Gb patitions to make 4Gb's won't result in any data loss over time? Is this correct?

Thanks,

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