Just bought an A500 - first Amiga in 30 years - what now?

[pbinmich]

I just bought a stock A500 with a floppy selector board. I got an A520 with it just to be able to quickly hook it up to a display.

Ultimately, I'd like to do some development, specifically banging on HW directly. But to start I'd like to make things convenient, e.g. not wait around for floppies loading/switching.

I see various options out there but would like some recommendations on what might be the best route to upgrade.

What else might also be 'typical upgrades'? I see PiStorm can provide acceleration, RAM, graphics, SD card(?)...but I do want to keep things compatible so I can test what I develop on a standard machine. So I'm not sure that would be the best route, or a GoTek and something else? What display options are best? etc.

Just looking for some advice, thanks.

[comfysofa]

No ones replied - and, while im not qualified too much to answer....

1. from a storage point of view very simple = just get a MicroSD card of about 16 to 32 and that'll hold everything thats ever been produced on the amiga and then some...
2. Memory, max it out (not sure what the ceiling height is for memory on a 500)
3. CPU: subjective but it would seem people are developing for 68030 onwards??