Miked wrote:
I think they still have Mini Megi (2Mb chip for A500) at Softhut.
They're not scarce, just bloody expensive
So, I contacted Softhut, and except for a few remaining Roms they have nothing for the A500. The person was nice and did suggest I purchase an A4000 desktop unit. Maybe this is the way to go as it seems everywhere I turn I hit a brick wall.
-Miked
An Amiga 1200 is generally more cost effective than an A4000 although it is easier to get a graphics card for an A4000. Either the A1200 or A4000 will be more cost effective than upgrading an A500.
The best part about the A500 is the number of older games that will run on it that would require some hackish HD installer such as WHDLoad to get it to work on the A1200/4000.
Rumor has it that the A3000/4000 version of the PowerVixxen accelerator card will come out before the A1200 version. These new cards will come bundled with AmigaOS 4.0 and will run older software through emulation using a JIT compiler on the PowerPC processor.
It is doubtful that there will ever be a PowerPC-based accelerator card for the A500/2000 since these were 16-bit systems.
In short, an A1200 or A4000 would be a good investment compared to upgrading your A500.
