My A500+ Project

[sim085]

Hi sorry to bring this thread up, but a new question popped to my head and wanted to see if there are any answers for it :-)

So since A1200 accelerator cards seem to be (1) more frequently available and (2) more powerful; Is there some converter which would allow an A500+ owner to stick an A1200 accelerator card rather then an A500+ accelerator card?

If not (which is the most obvious answer I guess), why not?

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

pyrre wrote:

It would probably be easier to adapt A2000 accelerator to fit into A500 side expansion bus.

All you need is this and the micronik (or similar) tower....

But that would mean I would have to change mu current case for the A500+ right?

[sim085]

So I cannot maybe just build a convertor from the A500+ style CPU fast slot to an A2000 style CPU fast slot? Something very simple and strait forward? I guess there would still be the problem on how to put that thing in the A500+ case but that would be another problem. I personally do not like the idea of towerzing my A500+ ... it just feels strange to me to see an A500+ inside a tower!!

[sim085]

I understood your point about the A1200 accelerator bridge and agree that such a project would be impossible. But this project does not sound so much impossible :-) But it is not going to happen now for sure  :-P I guess fitting such a big card in the A500+ is the hardest task once a convertor is built! Thanks for the answers :-)

[sim085]

Thanks pyrre for your reply As I said in previous posts I am not intrested in ANY accelerator cards for my A500+ at the moment ... I mostly keep asking on different accelerator cards for two reasons. The first one is to learn the differences between the different Amigas and the second one is that in the 'future' I may still upgrade the A500+ with an accelerator card... maybe ...

The Blizzard 2060 is an intresting option because I think it would be very powerfull for A500+ with an 060@50Mhz processor and 128Mb of fast RAM!

[sim085]

Hi people,

Sorry to change subject again. Today I received the parts I had ordered from eBay; I have connected the GVP HD8+ and the 1Mb RAM expansion board and everything worked fine However I am scared of only one thing ... how do I switch the computer off now?

I have two ppc supplies. Is it ok if I just switch the hard drive ppc off and then the computer ppc off or there is some other way? I am afraid I could damage the hard drive if I just switch off the hard drive ppc.

[sim085]

pyrre wrote:
I would not use two PSUs for one computer...

Why? Is it for the space they take or there is something more to it? Such as it is bad to first switch off one device and then the other!

pyrre wrote:
I would rather modify one to power both the computer and the Hdd.

At the moment I was trying to avoid doing this since my soldering skills are practically none.

However still; even if with one PSU then is it just a question of switching off the PSU or I have to follow some steps to switch the Amiga off? I do not feel right just switching off the PSU since it feels as if I am cutting the electricity from the hard drive all of a sudden and thus potentially breaking it.

[sim085]

Thanks for the replies. I am very conservative and was not planning to change the hard drive ... mostly since I just bought the thing and seems it is working as should

I am glad to hear that the hard drive will auto lock once the power is turned off. I thought I should have to lock the hard drive first in some way or another.

BTW - The hard drive has a switch on top of it. If I am not wrong this is to determine if I want to play using the floppy disks or else start the workbench from the hard drive. If so, couldn't I just turn this switch to 'Game' and then restart the amiga and only after that I switch off everything? Or changing this when the hard drive is running is considered a bad thing?

[sim085]

I have connected the two PSUs to a socket extention which in turn is connected to the same wall socket. This means that if I wanted I could just turn the wall socket off and all my Amiga (including hard drive) would also turn off. I am not doing so because I am afraid this would damage something. Feel safer to switch on/off everything step by step. However I guess if all my PSUs are connected to the same wall socket (through the socket extention) then I should not have the problem you mentioned - altough I will still test

[sim085]

I bought this socket extension a month ago so it is new! However I am no expert in electricity and therefore cannot know if it is grounded or not! I do not know if this is relevant but where I live (Malta) our electrical system is like that of the UK; this means we have a Neutral wire in every plug (even the socket extension I bought has one)

I would never use old equipment with my A500+; apart from my A500+ :-P :-)

[sim085]

Thanks people I'll follow the instructions

[sim085]

Hi again,

Was just wondering .. is there maybe a wireless adapter for the A500+ rather than connecting the Amiga with PC with a cable?

[sim085]

Hi Dandy,

Yes in my first post I wrote PPC rather then PSU :$ but I corrected it in my second post on that subject I connected everything to the same socket extension but still switch everything step by step as suggested on this thread

[sim085]

@pyrre
mmm ... let me see if I understand correctly all this.

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?

Now if the above is right. If I buy an Accelerator Card then I would connect this to the clock port instead of the CPU? or they cannot be chained?

[sim085]

@darksun9210

From your comments, even if I buy all the hardware required it seems nearly impossible to get that configuration working! So I guess I better find another alternative. Isn't maybe any wireless adapter which connect where the null modem would usually connect. If not how hard would it be to build such a device?

 

[sim085]

@Lockon_15
I entered in the international section of the A1K.org site, but I did not find any A500 section. Do you mean I should ask question about the A500+ on that forum?

... also; so I cannot maybe find/build a wireless adapter which I can connect instead of a null modem?