can amiga 500 expand to 18 mb ram ?

[desiv]

sticking with the default 68k cpu, the absolute max would be 1mb chip, 8mb fast and 0.5mb slow... maybe a bit more...(my own mem not being 100%)

I've got a DKB MinimegaChip in my 500 and have done the motherboard fix, so I have 2M CHIP and 8M FAST. (one of tomthul's 8M under CPU boards)

I've never tried to use it all, but the OS sees it.

If you need an Amiga 500 to get more than that (in the standard case), I think you're looking at something like the DCE/E-Matrix Viper 530.
68030 CPU and up to 128M RAM. (And other goodies)
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=67

Looks awesome, but to be honest, I've never seen one in the wild...

desiv

[desiv]

The other option is that Jens (Individual Computers) who made the recent accelerators for the 1200 and 600 is supposedly working on one for the A500.
I don't remember the stats totally, but I think it was to be a 68020 with 16M of RAM.

Of course, Jens is really busy, but that will be pretty awesome....

desiv

[desiv]

I also agree, an A3000 is the way to go, but always take a look at the battery area in a 3000 before buying

I always find it funny that (at least for me), I would have trouble spending $xxx for an Amiga 3000, but I will pay $xx for a 500, and then $xxx to expand it to the point where I would have spent less on an Amiga 3000 in the first place..  :-)

But its still fun this way..

desiv