A500 essential extras and mods

Kola · 04 March 2009, 22:29

Hey all,

No matter how much I try to get away with the excellent WinUAE I really would rather have a real A500.

I know these days you can buy a lot of add ons and mods with technology that wasn't around in the days of old.
Can anyone let me know what is indispensable and will greatly enhance the experience?

Peter · 04 March 2009, 22:53

An A1200

Kola · 04 March 2009, 22:57

Got one thanks. Had one for 15 years now but want an A500.

prowler · 04 March 2009, 22:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter

An A1200

Obvious really, isn't it?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kola

Got one thanks. Had one for 15 years now but want an A500.

Fair enough!

Peter · 04 March 2009, 23:12

In that case I would look out for either an A590 or a GVP HD8+ (as Alex and I discussed in this thread... http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=43130 from yesterday...

I think the GVP is a nicer item...

Amiga1992 · 05 March 2009, 01:23

The ultimate add-on for an A500:

Skope · 05 March 2009, 02:00

@Akira

Would'nt it get in the way of the screen?

Madcrow · 05 March 2009, 02:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akira

The ultimate add-on for an A500:

Booo! I would say that the most essential add-ons are a 512 KB RAM expansion and an extra floppy drive (or two). A really nice joystick, a TV adapter (preferably one modded to generate S-Video Output) and lots of fun games are also recommended.

Photon · 05 March 2009, 02:20

A500 demos look best on a C1081 monitor.

A Scart cable for it, a stereo that was top notch in the mid-90s, a 512K ram expansion, and you're in heaven

An extra drive could save some disc swapping if you fancy multidisk games.

For data transfer I recommend a sidecar IDE interface+an IDE-to-CF adapter. And a 1GB Sandisk Extreme III Compact Flash card for it.

If you want to never write an adf to floppy ever, you need at least a 68020 accelerator + WHDload. IIRC there are packs of "ClassicWB" with WHDload and a bunch of nice stuff pre-installed. Then you can prepare a CF pretty quickly in WinUAE and double-click icons to run game after game..

fc.studio · 05 March 2009, 11:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Photon

A500 demos look best on a C1081 monitor.

A Scart cable for it, a stereo that was top notch in the mid-90s, a 512K ram expansion, and you're in heaven

An extra drive could save some disc swapping if you fancy multidisk games.

For data transfer I recommend a sidecar IDE interface+an IDE-to-CF adapter. And a 1GB Sandisk Extreme III Compact Flash card for it.

If you want to never write an adf to floppy ever, you need at least a 68020 accelerator + WHDload. IIRC there are packs of "ClassicWB" with WHDload and a bunch of nice stuff pre-installed. Then you can prepare a CF pretty quickly in WinUAE and double-click icons to run game after game..

For WHDLoad use it's much better A500+ with 1 MB CHIP Ram as standard and upgradable to 2 MB CHIP by dedicated expansion in the trapdoor.
You could have a KickSwitcher with 1.3 and 2.04 ROM to solve incompatibility probems with games on floppy.

bugsthor · 26 March 2009, 15:42

i am selling my GVP hd8+ series II 1 gig split into 3 partitions hdd 4mb memory installed with 3.1 as i installed 3.1 chips in my 500+ with 1mb memory in the trap door.

i paid about £80 for it without any wb installed. the box is like brand new
with floppy disks and instruction book also in perfect condition.

you could make me an offer without me going through ebay.

anyone interested ?
here some sexy amiga pron

marcfrick2112 · 02 April 2009, 09:03

Kola: what is essential depends on what you want to do with your 500... But I would really say a hard drive would be high on my list. I used a Supra SCSI interface and various HDD's from 40MB to 600MB or maybe 1GB, can't remember, as well as Zip drives, and a SCSI CD .....
I would also say an accelerator at some point, but they seem to be pretty uncommon nowadays

I really mis my fairly tricked-out 500 system... Just before the 500 and the accel. died, I had: A500 rev. 6, KS3.1, 2MB chip, 34MB fast RAM, (32MB on accel., 2MB in SCSI interface) Derringer '030 + '882 @ 50MHz, ~600MB HDD, Zip 100, Toshiba 4x CD-ROM (ooooh, 4x ...

) DCTV, can't remember what printer I had back then, tho....

Good luck with your 500.... I understand some ppl. prefer the 1200 (I own 3 myself) but the 500 was my first ever miggy.... so I understand...

04 March 2009, 22:29	#1
Kola Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: UK Posts: 308	A500 essential extras and mods Hey all, No matter how much I try to get away with the excellent WinUAE I really would rather have a real A500. I know these days you can buy a lot of add ons and mods with technology that wasn't around in the days of old. Can anyone let me know what is indispensable and will greatly enhance the experience?

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04 March 2009, 22:53	#2
Peter Still an Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent Age: 55 Posts: 2,715	An A1200

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Peter Still an Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent Age: 55 Posts: 2,715	In that case I would look out for either an A590 or a GVP HD8+ (as Alex and I discussed in this thread... http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=43130 from yesterday... I think the GVP is a nicer item...

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Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	The ultimate add-on for an A500:

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Skope Protracker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: 8364 Posts: 381	@Akira Would'nt it get in the way of the screen?

05 March 2009, 02:20	#9
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,647	A500 demos look best on a C1081 monitor. A Scart cable for it, a stereo that was top notch in the mid-90s, a 512K ram expansion, and you're in heaven An extra drive could save some disc swapping if you fancy multidisk games. For data transfer I recommend a sidecar IDE interface+an IDE-to-CF adapter. And a 1GB Sandisk Extreme III Compact Flash card for it. If you want to never write an adf to floppy ever, you need at least a 68020 accelerator + WHDload. IIRC there are packs of "ClassicWB" with WHDload and a bunch of nice stuff pre-installed. Then you can prepare a CF pretty quickly in WinUAE and double-click icons to run game after game..

26 March 2009, 15:42	#11
bugsthor Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: liverpool Age: 52 Posts: 86	i am selling my GVP hd8+ series II 1 gig split into 3 partitions hdd 4mb memory installed with 3.1 as i installed 3.1 chips in my 500+ with 1mb memory in the trap door. i paid about £80 for it without any wb installed. the box is like brand new with floppy disks and instruction book also in perfect condition. you could make me an offer without me going through ebay. anyone interested ? here some sexy amiga pron

02 April 2009, 09:03	#12
marcfrick2112 Amiga Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Age: 53 Posts: 180	Kola: what is essential depends on what you want to do with your 500... But I would really say a hard drive would be high on my list. I used a Supra SCSI interface and various HDD's from 40MB to 600MB or maybe 1GB, can't remember, as well as Zip drives, and a SCSI CD ..... I would also say an accelerator at some point, but they seem to be pretty uncommon nowadays I really mis my fairly tricked-out 500 system... Just before the 500 and the accel. died, I had: A500 rev. 6, KS3.1, 2MB chip, 34MB fast RAM, (32MB on accel., 2MB in SCSI interface) Derringer '030 + '882 @ 50MHz, ~600MB HDD, Zip 100, Toshiba 4x CD-ROM (ooooh, 4x ... ) DCTV, can't remember what printer I had back then, tho.... Good luck with your 500.... I understand some ppl. prefer the 1200 (I own 3 myself) but the 500 was my first ever miggy.... so I understand...

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