Hello all :-)
I've just gotten my hands on a couple of pieces of hardware that I'm pretty excited about :-D
The first is a standard A500-HD8+ from GVP, but I'm sure with the number of these things around people are probably sick of hearing about them :roll:
The second is a Commodore A1060 sidecar, which I havn't seen much mention of, so maybe they're not so common. Or maybe people just don't like them.. ;-)
Anyway, I bought both of these because, in my opinion, they're two of the most attractive addons for their respective Amigas (Though I really wish they'd kept the checkmark logo on the front of the 1060 instead of replacing it with a black C=) and so I've completely pulled them apart to give them a thorough clean up, and now that I've got screws and circuit boards lying everywhere, I have a few questions :-D
First off, I'm thinking I'll just give the HD8's case a run through the dish washer (if this is a bad idea please speak up!) but I can't get the internal fan out and I'm affraid I'm gonna break it if I keep trying, so advice appreciated :-)
I'm less clear about how to clean the sidecar's metal casing (don't wanna do something stupid like rust it or scratch the paint!) so some tips there as well would be great!
A few other questions are; where can I get RAM for the HD8+ and is there a certain type to look out for? And how hard are PC286 cards to get a hold of? :-P
The next one's not really an Amiga question I guess, but does anyone have any reccomendations for cards to fill the sidecar's ISA slots with? Amiga-Hardware.com also mentions a '512K + 80K Dual Bus Memory' expansion, how do you go about doing this?
I think that's about all I need to know, sorry if any of this sounds noobish or silly, like I said, I like these things 'cuz they're perdy, even if they are probably better off in more experienced hands ;-) Thanks for your time!
