Amiga 500 Build for a Sorta Newbie

[jasenr]

Hello all, I am not new to Amigas, but I have never done more than play floppy games with original hardware. I am wanting to build up a killer Amiga 500 (within reason) I don't really care about playing anything more than old floppy games, but I would like to build out a good machine that I could use for WHDLoad. I have an 500 (well, 2 500's and 2 1000's) and a 590 drive. The old XT drive is going out though. I was looking at a SCSI to memory card reader I saw people talking about if I can find one. Any thoughts on what I should do? Thanks! I was also thinking about putting in a scan doubler I think it was called, so I can use modern LCDs...

[jasenr]

Thanks for the input! I think one of my motherboards is a 6A, but I'll have to open it to check. My 590 is a beautiful yellow (I'm gonna retrobrite it someday), but at least it has 2 MB already. I had a thought, could I use an old internal SCSI zip or jaz drive as a hd, or would it be too slow? I am mad I missed a deal on a Supra (I think) 020 accelerator for a 500 a while back. It was only $150. I am also looking for an NTSC 1200, but I want a loaded up 500 anyway. Would love to find a 500+ board, I missed a 500+ NTSC board a long time ago for $100. I was not sure if these prices where good, so I let them go. As for the 68010, are there any compatibility problems with old games booting from floppy or is the bigger incompatibility going to be the 3.1 rom? Sorry for the rambling response, I am really pumped about getting this going! :-D

[jasenr]

Is this a correct 68010?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MC68010L10-MOTOROLA-PROCESSOR-QTY-1-NEW-US-SELLER-/190882264768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c717836c0

They seem to have slightly different numbers...

I found 68010P10's, P12's and L10's so far...

[jasenr]

Ok, I just bought the P12 and started bidding on the 590 Roms. Next up, a 3.1 Kick. I see that some of them say a certain MB version. Does that matter? Thanks for your help, it's much appreciated! I wouldn't have known where to start! I am thinking about trying the Zip drive since I am not looking for blazing speed... Either way, I have one in my old components bin that I have collected over the years in IT. That or I may just find a good old scsi drive. I have heard that some 590's had the scsi intercace disabled on the XT models. I hope not since mine came with an XT drive.

[jasenr]

I realized I never sent back a thank you for ya'll's advice! Just to let y'all know, I finally got some time to install the cpu/rom and A590 firmware tonight. Everything works great as far as I can tell! I just loaded WB3.1 on my A590. I haven't gotten any of the 590 mods done apart from the firmware upgrade. My 590 is a disaster! I'll probably need to strip it down and dip the plastic in retrobrite and get some more fastening hardware, but it works! I am wondering what I should do next. I have an AdRam board, but it doesn't have the little cable that goes to the motherboard. My motherboard is a 6A. I plan on getting an Indivision Scandoubler. Can I use a Zip drive on the 25 pin scsi port so I can move files between my PC and Amiga?