I'm finally one of you! (got an Amiga 500)

[SamuraiCrow]

@IndyJones

You've got 512k of Chip memory and 512k of Fast memory.  1 meg total.  It's a start.  That 512k in the belly-slot of the A500 may have a battery backed clock that needs the battery removed.

At one time I would have recommended checking if you got a Fat Agnus chip in there and, with a Kickstart upgrade and a little soldering and a jumper wire or two you would have a full 1 megabyte of Chip RAM.  There is also a hack on the Aminet that tells how to add 8 megs of real Fast RAM to an A500.

As it is now, I'd recommend you leave it in its stock configuration so you can run all of the classic games for it.  Whether you upgrade or not, you should be able to run AmosPro on it to do a little coding.  It's a pity the AmosPro manuals are out of print and no longer available first-hand.

[IndyJones]

Well, I'm paying shipping. And another forum member on the other board is going to dig out his 3000 for me.

The 500 will be for games. The 3000 will be to see if I can get a Toaster working again.

[rkauer]

IndyJones wrote:
Well, I'm paying shipping. And another forum member on the other board is going to dig out his 3000 for me.

The 500 will be for games. The 3000 will be to see if I can get a Toaster working again.

 Again?!?!

 Did you had a toaster (not that one intended to burn bread) before? :bow:

[hardlink]

taunusand wrote:
A500 *INTERNAL* harddisk??

What indicates an internal (or any) harddisk?

EDIT - Oops - nevermind, he said it :oops:

The next screenshot does indicate more programs in a directory than would fit on floppy

[IndyJones]

rkauer wrote:

IndyJones wrote:
Well, I'm paying shipping. And another forum member on the other board is going to dig out his 3000 for me.

The 500 will be for games. The 3000 will be to see if I can get a Toaster working again.

 Again?!?!

 Did you had a toaster (not that one intended to burn bread) before? :bow:

I used a Toaster in college, then in a video production job. They were never "mine."

[IndyJones]

Okay, how would I go about making disks? I have some disk images and some floppies I can use. Is there a way to connect to Amiga to a PC? Or can I write an Amiga image to floppy on a PC?

[Krusher]

Transfer the images on your miggy on harddrive and there are tools to write them back on floppy.

Or buy a Catweasel  :-D

Oh and there's a tool for connecting Amiga to a PC

http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/3-108.html

[IndyJones]

Thanks, I'll look into that.

Also, if I want to pick up a monitor on eBay, which model numbers work with the Amiga? Is there one that will also work with my recently acquired C=128?

[Krusher]

1084 or any monitor with an rgb input.
Don't know about your c128, I supose there's a composite output on it?

[IndyJones]

I'm seeing 1080, 1702, and 1902 monitors on eBay right now. Will any of those work?

[Krusher]

The 1902 is a no go, as its specifically build for the C128 and can only accept DIGITAL rgb
Or you have to build an svideo adapter for your Amiga...

The other two are no problem (although horribly old)

[IndyJones]

Ideally, I'd like one to work with both the C=128 and the Amiga. I have a desk setup for both and one monitor would be much better than 2.

[Krusher]

I assume you want to use the 80 columns mode of the 128? Then you need the 1902.

You'll have to settle with the Amiga though, since composite is a lot worse to look at then rgb, and you need the A520 modulator to get color.

[IndyJones]

I have (and am using right now) the A520. I'd like to upgrade that a real Amiga monitor, though.

[HopperJF]

Out of the small selection of monitors you listed I'd recommend opting for the 1080, its a lovely monitor even now, with the old-school Amiga logo and absolutely excellent picture quality.

[Krusher]

IndyJones wrote:
I have (and am using right now) the A520. I'd like to upgrade that a real Amiga monitor, though.

Then there's no other solution then have 2 monitors. Amiga monitors don't have RBGI inputs needed for the 128, and 128 monitors lack the analog RGB input needed for the Amiga..

You're out of luck I'm afraid, and you'll have to live with 2 monitors. But at least you can watch them at the same time : :-D

Oh I forgot to mention the Commodore 1940/1942 monitors for the Amiga.