Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB

[TjLaZer]

Yes I remember back in the late 80's when I had my beloved A1000 I wished I could afford a fast memory expansion card.  I only had 512k and a lot of new apps and games needed 1MB.  I simply could not afford any of the very expensive memory options.  I remember really wanting the Minimegs 2MB RAM card for the A1000 by Memory and Storage Technologies.  M.A.S.T.  It was the cheapest board for the A1000.  I was determined to get it but I never did.  I eventually took the easy way out and sold my A1000 and bought an A500 with A501 clone! LOL  The A1000 was looking like it was getting abandoned so I jumped ship while I still could.

Well after 20 years I finally got the Minimegs!

It was the only time I saw it on ebay and I had a very high reserve on it just in case. LOL

[TjLaZer]

I just aquired an A1000 for free a few days ago and I have this running on it now.  Now all to do is fix the floppy drive, as it seems a little finicky about reading disks....

[TjLaZer]

Hahah what fun!  It turned out the Minimegs A1000 I got only had 1MB on it in the form of ZIP chips 256x4 I think?  Well I had a dozen loose chips that I decided to install in it to give it the 2MB RAM.  All I had to do is solder 8 ZIPs and set a jumper.  It's running 2MB fine now!  Testing it on an A1000 with an Insider 2 with 1.5MB right now.  I got a 4MB A1000!  (Man I would of killed for those specs back in 1987!!)