Just Bought a "New" Amiga 500

[scuzzb494]

Hi

The Checkmate was one of the few purpose designed computer cases of the day that was created around the Amiga 500. As such the fun and games you have trying to get all these expansions into the A500 small case can be avoided. The machine was labelled an A1500 before the 1500 and would comfortably house all that is shown in those images. As such it is in my view the ultimate A500. As to the acceleration and other gadgets, I can appreciate what has been done here... And I would love to get my hands on that Viper. However, I have my A1200 with internal IDE, 2 SCSI hard drives, Blizzard and SCSI kit, CDRom, ZIP drive, Ethernet on PCMCIA and modern monitor, with 32MB modest RAM. And it does all this with ease... I use my A500 to play Space Invaders... Saying that I have about a dozen A500s.. I do like them. Red LED or Green LED.. What's your serial number ? :-)

scuzz

[scuzzb494]

Hi

I do like the GVP sidecar. Wish I could get hold of the 040 version... One day no doubt.

I do enjoy it when I read what kit people have tagged onto their mails... And so here is my base list of Amigas. Though I do have many many many more.. Along with 160 or so other makes of retro computer...

scuzz

 A500  
 A500 3.1 A5000
 A500Plus
 A600
 A600HD
 A500 plus A690 ( yes A690 )
 Amiga 1000
 A1200
 A1200HD
 A1200HD/40
 A1200Tower
 A1500
 Checkmate
 A2000
 A2000HD
 A2000 3.1ROM
 A3000
 A3000T
 A3000UX
 A4000d
 A4000T
 CD32
 CDTV
 CD32 plus SX32

 http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[jjans]

mr_a500 wrote:
@jjans

How is softkicking to 1.3 from 2.04 any easier than from 3.1? I have no problem whatsoever softkicking to 1.3 from 3.0/3.1. (not that I ever need to use it - WHDload solves any compatibility problem I ever had)

You do realise that the ultimate A500 was in fact a Checkmate.

@mr_a500: Don't know, it used to work until I upgraded to WB 3.5, and I can no longer go back. Maybe 3.1 would have worked, but 3.5 won't, (I believe the later Kickstart patch runs in ram during boot)

What are you using? I can't remember because WHDLoad works great anyways...

I may just go back to 3.1 if that works OK.

[mr_a500]

The Checkmate was one of the few purpose designed computer cases of the day that was created around the Amiga 500. As such the fun and games you have trying to get all these expansions into the A500 small case can be avoided. The machine was labelled an A1500 before the 1500 and would comfortably house all that is shown in those images. As such it is in my view the ultimate A500.

Trying to cram expansions into the original case is part of the challenge. The case is part of the computer's identity. To me, if it doesn't look like an Amiga 500, it's not an Amiga 500. (A Karmann Ghia has mostly Beetle parts, but you don't call it a Beetle)

I am impressed that you managed to get such a rare Amiga, though. It certainly looks a lot better than the awful Bodega Bay case. I'm also impressed with your Amiga collection. I only have two A500s and an A1000.

jjans wrote:
Don't know, it used to work until I upgraded to WB 3.5, and I can no longer go back. Maybe 3.1 would have worked, but 3.5 won't, (I believe the later Kickstart patch runs in ram during boot)

That's strange. I used to also use 3.9 and never had a problem softkicking to 1.3 from that either. Maybe the upgrade deleted your A500 kickstart file or something.

What are you using?

I use the SKick program. (version 139.122)