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Offline amiman99

Re: Amiga 600 the worst?
« on: August 22, 2014, 05:36:41 PM »
Quote from: Iggy;771487
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I just put a $50 passive ISA PC SBC in mine to use dual purpose with Windows.
I did that too: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=68952&highlight=sbc
A500 KS 2.1, 1MB Chip, 68000
A600 KS 3.1, 2MB Chip, ACA630 32MB RAM
A1000 KS 1.3, 8MB RAM
A1200 KS 3.1, Blizzard IV 50MHz 64MB RAM
A2000 KS 2.1, 68030 25MHz, 6MB RAM
A3000 KS 3.1, 68030 25MHz, 16MB RAM
A4000 KS 3.0, 68040 25MHz, 16MB RAM
CDTV KS 3.1, 4MB RAM
CD32
(AROS BOX) Dead :(
 

Offline amiman99

Re: Amiga 600 the worst?
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2014, 06:23:12 PM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;771505
I considered that with mine.  Got about as far as thinking if I really wanted to do it right, I'd need to turn the other 8-bit ISA slots into 16-bit by soldering on the additional connectors, so I could use video card, sound card, etc.  The connectors can be bought all day long on ebay for like a buck, but all that extra soldering... ugh!  Dang you cost-cutting Commodore!  :(
The hardest part wasn't the soldering, it was the disassembly and assembly of the A2000.
Most SBC come with Video card and LAN and all IDE, floppy controllers, so you only need a good Sound Blaster sound card, and also I wouldn't bother with a 486 SBCs, it's just too slow.

As far as the A600 for being the worst, I think it was back then, when compatibility was important and HDs were expensive.
Now, A600 is one of the more desirable Amigas, because includes the IDE, PCMCIA, color video out and it's compact. You can get fairly priced accelerators, mem expansions, run WHDLOAD games, etc.
One problem I have with A600 is the crappy CAPACITORS :furious:
A500 KS 2.1, 1MB Chip, 68000
A600 KS 3.1, 2MB Chip, ACA630 32MB RAM
A1000 KS 1.3, 8MB RAM
A1200 KS 3.1, Blizzard IV 50MHz 64MB RAM
A2000 KS 2.1, 68030 25MHz, 6MB RAM
A3000 KS 3.1, 68030 25MHz, 16MB RAM
A4000 KS 3.0, 68040 25MHz, 16MB RAM
CDTV KS 3.1, 4MB RAM
CD32
(AROS BOX) Dead :(