Need A500 parts....

[alx]

Wasn't the 8088 an Intel chip at about 4Mhz made just after the 8086?  If so I wouldn't bother at all - even later MS-DOS won't run on it.  In fact, I wouldn't bother with any kind of x86 board - it won't be an "Amiga", and a 486 is the absolute mininum for web browsing.

For $130, perhaps you'd be better off getting an accelerated A1200?  Unless you want to add a graphics card, I cannot imagine how bad the web would be in OCS screenmodes  :-o

[fatman2021]

How about an A64 Interface with 1541  drive and a Dataflyer 500 SCSI Controller.

[MarkTime]

You can upgrade an A500 fairly commonly to 030 speeds, several companies made such expansions and they are available from some amiga dealers.

You would need that, memory, 3.1 chips, some kind of hdd expansions...just to get a bare minimum.

The problem with the A500 though, is its virtually impossible to get the graphics upgraded, and it needs that badly....some hacks are available for adding a ZII in a tower case.

Anyway, you are talking big expense for little gain.
Better to get an A1200 with 030 and hdd, you might get lucky and get one near your budget....  AGA graphics are still not the best for web browsing, but thats the best amiga for a little over 100, imho.

Don't even think about web browsing on an OCS machine without a graphics card...please!

[fleg]

I don't know if GVP ever made one for the A500 but I know Progressive Periphials made one.  These are practically non-exsistant though because of a fire(I think that's why they were never released) which damaged or destroyed many of their boards .  The PPS 040/500 boards are extremely rare.  If you ever find one let me know :-)

[N7VQM]

fatman2021 wrote:
I now have $130 to spend on a computer. This includes shipping.

I know I'm going to get slammed for this but...

With such a tight budget, I would suggest you forgo an Amiga solution and scrounge for some PC parts.  I have a P2-450, motherboard with RAM/on-board-audio and a Hercules Terminator 2x/i AGP video card that I would let go for half the cost of shipping.  You would still need a modem or ethernet card, a harddisk, case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse however.  

Besides, I know from expierience that the internet on an A500 is a serious pain.  My connection to the internet for the first 3 years was a modified A500 running OS2.1.  Web browsing was painful.  EMail, FTP, and IRC were just about all it was good for.  The fact that almost all the good network apps of the time used MUI didn't help.

Also, with a PC-based solution, your options for inexpensive future upgrades are much greater.  And there are good network apps available free for x86 computers.  Unless I missed the news, there aren't any free web browsers on our favorite platform yet.

If you're interested, let me know and I'll fire it up this weekend.  I also have other hardware I'm willing to part with inexpensively.