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PCMICIA card 4mb + 1mb expansion ram Amiga 600 WANTED
« on: March 17, 2012, 03:02:02 PM »
Hi people

I posted this on a couple of other boards too just in case I can find success.

I have installed one of those CF Hard Drives for WHDload gaming, but the   novice that I am didn't really understand that I can hardly use it on   standard stock 1mb alone! So, am looking for a 4mb PCMCIA card and   possibly a 1mb expansion for the trapdoor too.

If anyone has anything spare, or can point me in the right direction, much love shall come your way!

Happy weekend,
Lewis.
 

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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2012, 03:10:34 PM »
Prices on PCMCIA SRAM have skyrocketed in the past few years for some reason. Look around for the brand new A604 for Chip RAM and the ACA630 accelerator. More power than you might need right now, but worth it.
 

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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2012, 05:22:19 PM »
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Re: PCMICIA card 4mb + 1mb expansion ram Amiga 600 WANTED
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2012, 06:01:28 PM »
FANTASTIC!!
I will order me one of those A604's, but I can't seem to find an in stock ACA630? Any ideas?
 

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Re: PCMICIA card 4mb + 1mb expansion ram Amiga 600 WANTED
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2012, 06:14:27 PM »
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FANTASTIC!!
I will order me one of those A604's, but I can't seem to find an in stock ACA630? Any ideas?

It was successful, which means they'll do one run then never make any again.

EDIT:  AmigaKit needs to start buying the rights to manufacture and distribute these things, so that we don't have to be beholden to the whims of finicky designers.
 

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Re: PCMICIA card 4mb + 1mb expansion ram Amiga 600 WANTED
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2012, 06:19:05 PM »
Oh damn! Really? So I won't find one? Kinda got set on this rather than the cards now....Any other suggestions from you people with knowledge?

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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2012, 07:57:33 PM »
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It was successful, which means they'll do one run then never make any again.

EDIT:  AmigaKit needs to start buying the rights to manufacture and distribute these things, so that we don't have to be beholden to the whims of finicky designers.


Well, sometimes it's that, but it also has a lot to do with supplies of components drying up. I think the Subway was designed almost a decade ago and the only reason the last production run was possible was because the developer of another (unreleased/incomplete) Amiga USB card sold his out-of-production parts to E3B.

We'd all love to see more availability of Amiga stuff. It holds its value incredibly well, so there's no risk of a manufacturer eating the costs of unsold product from a larger production run. The challenge is that the return on investment is years long, so developers/dealers may not be able to wait that long to recoup costs, or may not have the cash on hand to order a larger quantity in the first place.
 

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« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2012, 08:15:21 PM »
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Well, sometimes it's that, but it also has a lot to do with supplies of components drying up. I think the Subway was designed almost a decade ago and the only reason the last production run was possible was because the developer of another (unreleased/incomplete) Amiga USB card sold his out-of-production parts to E3B.

We'd all love to see more availability of Amiga stuff. It holds its value incredibly well, so there's no risk of a manufacturer eating the costs of unsold product from a larger production run. The challenge is that the return on investment is years long, so developers/dealers may not be able to wait that long to recoup costs, or may not have the cash on hand to order a larger quantity in the first place.


Group buys, then, like so many other websites do for runs of things that cost too much to do one-off.  Subway may be 10 years old, but the deneb isn't, or the xsurf, or fastATA, or the a1200 cards that Jens did.  All viable, all sellable.

Also, it holds its value incredibly well because of scarcity.  Check what people are selling Denebs for not even a year after Vesalia and AmigaKit sold out.  A 25 dollar SOC can put a USB chip on their board, and for another 10, a NIC.  Perhaps they should choose some cheaper, more available hardware to begin with.
 

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Re: PCMICIA card 4mb + 1mb expansion ram Amiga 600 WANTED
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2012, 02:20:58 AM »
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Prices on PCMCIA SRAM have skyrocketed in the past few years for some reason. Look around for the brand new A604 for Chip RAM and the ACA630 accelerator. More power than you might need right now, but worth it.



PCMCIA SRAM has always been expensive due to specialized hw applications its still used for..

As far as ACA 630 they are NO LONGER being made and are near impossible to find.
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