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Zeph · 16 November 2015, 21:45

Hi there! Long time lurker, first time poster!

I am currently working on getting my "ideal" Amiga 500 setup and I am getting there slowly but surely!

I have a Rev 6a Amiga 500 running KS3.1 on a ROM switcher with 1.3 and Workbench 3.1, I have 512k trapdoor and an A590 with 2mb Fast RAM onboard, the A590 currently contains a noisy 100mb quantum scsi drive, and, while it works, I certainly wouldn't entrust it with any critical data!

I would like to get a SCSI to SD board and run that inside instead of the rotational drive but the reading I have done so far gives me the feeling that I wouldn't be able to run a drive any bigger than 512mb/1gb (depending on what I read) on the current v6.6 ROMs.

So my question is, is this correct and I don't have any equipment to write to EEPROMs, is there anyone who would be willing to burn me some 7.0+ for a reasonable sum of money or is there some other way?

Many thanks,
Graham

16 November 2015, 21:45	#1
Zeph Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Poole, Dorset Posts: 79	A590 ROM versions Hi there! Long time lurker, first time poster! I am currently working on getting my "ideal" Amiga 500 setup and I am getting there slowly but surely! I have a Rev 6a Amiga 500 running KS3.1 on a ROM switcher with 1.3 and Workbench 3.1, I have 512k trapdoor and an A590 with 2mb Fast RAM onboard, the A590 currently contains a noisy 100mb quantum scsi drive, and, while it works, I certainly wouldn't entrust it with any critical data! I would like to get a SCSI to SD board and run that inside instead of the rotational drive but the reading I have done so far gives me the feeling that I wouldn't be able to run a drive any bigger than 512mb/1gb (depending on what I read) on the current v6.6 ROMs. So my question is, is this correct and I don't have any equipment to write to EEPROMs, is there anyone who would be willing to burn me some 7.0+ for a reasonable sum of money or is there some other way? Many thanks, Graham