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Offline TjLaZerTopic starter

Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« on: February 21, 2008, 06:33:07 AM »
Yes I remember back in the late 80's when I had my beloved A1000 I wished I could afford a fast memory expansion card.  I only had 512k and a lot of new apps and games needed 1MB.  I simply could not afford any of the very expensive memory options.  I remember really wanting the Minimegs 2MB RAM card for the A1000 by Memory and Storage Technologies.  M.A.S.T.  It was the cheapest board for the A1000.  I was determined to get it but I never did.  I eventually took the easy way out and sold my A1000 and bought an A500 with A501 clone! LOL  The A1000 was looking like it was getting abandoned so I jumped ship while I still could.

Well after 20 years I finally got the Minimegs!

It was the only time I saw it on ebay and I had a very high reserve on it just in case. LOL


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Offline keropi

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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2008, 07:09:04 AM »
congrats!!!!
feels good to finally get stuff you wanted, eh? happens to me too....
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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2008, 07:16:18 AM »
 Congratulations!:banana:
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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2008, 08:56:05 AM »
WOW Grats!!!
Now all i have to do is find one for myself....  :lol:
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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2008, 09:48:49 AM »
Congrats . . .

Since you sold your A1000, what will you connect it too . . .  :-?
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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2008, 07:29:17 PM »
Beware. They appear to use a different RAM than other A1000 memory expansions and are very static sensitive.  I have one part-working one and threw out one nonworking one.
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Offline TjLaZerTopic starter

Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2008, 02:03:28 AM »
I just aquired an A1000 for free a few days ago and I have this running on it now.  Now all to do is fix the floppy drive, as it seems a little finicky about reading disks....
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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2008, 08:01:25 AM »
Hahah what fun!  It turned out the Minimegs A1000 I got only had 1MB on it in the form of ZIP chips 256x4 I think?  Well I had a dozen loose chips that I decided to install in it to give it the 2MB RAM.  All I had to do is solder 8 ZIPs and set a jumper.  It's running 2MB fine now!  Testing it on an A1000 with an Insider 2 with 1.5MB right now.  I got a 4MB A1000!  (Man I would of killed for those specs back in 1987!!)
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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2008, 09:50:48 AM »
How much was it? If anything.
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Re: Finally after 20 years! Minimegs A1000 2MB
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2008, 11:04:44 AM »
congrats mate,


I know the feeling of "always wanted one" when i finally got my CD32!!!
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