Can buy a US A500 in Europe. What mods?

dirkies · 05 June 2015, 20:28

So a US colleague of mine has in his attic a 1989 mint boxed A500 and 1084 monitor he would be willing to sell me really cheap. I have a spare A500 220v psu and an OCS PAL Agnus. Would it be worth buying this or do I need more mods to make this work? For the monitor not sure if this is usable altogether?
Thanks for suggestions!

kipper2k · 05 June 2015, 20:52

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Originally Posted by dirkies

So a US colleague of mine has in his attic a 1989 mint boxed A500 and 1084 monitor he would be willing to sell me really cheap. I have a spare A500 220v psu and an OCS PAL Agnus. Would it be worth buying this or do I need more mods to make this work? For the monitor not sure if this is usable altogether?
Thanks for suggestions!

You can use your regular 220v psu, assuming you are in Belgium, if he is in the USA then i dont think it would be worth the shipping cost to Europe, there are lots for sssale in Europe. If it is a Rev6a motherboard, then consider it.. if it is rev 5 then i would pass

dirkies · 05 June 2015, 21:37

No he's in Germany now and his girlfriend works with me so shopping costs are zero! Since its a 1989 one is deffo a post rev 5 one (mine is and that's a June 1988 one)

Brotboxfan · 06 June 2015, 00:28

The A500 is not a problem with an European PSU in Europe. Look at the voltage data at the monitor! It must be 220V - 240V in Europe.

roy bates · 06 June 2015, 14:57

get a step down transformer 220/250 to 110/125

Amiga1992 · 06 June 2015, 19:45

You can use any european 220V PSU with it.
If you connect the machine through RGB it sould be fine.

Be aware though that a lot of PAL software will give you trouble, you will need to make the machine be NTSC/PAL switchable if you want to play all software.

dirkies · 07 June 2015, 08:32

As I said I have a spare Agnus chip I plan to put in there, is that the only chip that converts an NTSC into PAL ?
And for the monitor, even if I have a stepdown transformer, isn't there other differences since it is supposed to be running NTSC all the time, will it actually display PAL input correctly at 50Hz?

Jope · 07 June 2015, 08:36

The main crystal should come from a PAL machine too.

What is the revision of the motherboard + model of the Agnus?

dirkies · 07 June 2015, 09:21

aha, main crystal needs replacement too. good to know!

Not sure about revision or Agnus model, all I know for now is that he bought it in 1989. I will for sure know more the day I have it on my desk

Jope · 07 June 2015, 09:57

Sure.. 1989 is just on the verge of Rev6 and 8372. You might be lucky, in that case you don't have to swap Agnuses.

I wasn't as a kid, Rev5 and 8371 for me. :-)

05 June 2015, 20:28	#1
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,297	Can buy a US A500 in Europe. What mods? So a US colleague of mine has in his attic a 1989 mint boxed A500 and 1084 monitor he would be willing to sell me really cheap. I have a spare A500 220v psu and an OCS PAL Agnus. Would it be worth buying this or do I need more mods to make this work? For the monitor not sure if this is usable altogether? Thanks for suggestions!

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05 June 2015, 21:37	#3
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,297	No he's in Germany now and his girlfriend works with me so shopping costs are zero! Since its a 1989 one is deffo a post rev 5 one (mine is and that's a June 1988 one)

06 June 2015, 00:28	#4
Brotboxfan Registered User Join Date: May 2014 Location: Germany Posts: 7	The A500 is not a problem with an European PSU in Europe. Look at the voltage data at the monitor! It must be 220V - 240V in Europe.

06 June 2015, 14:57	#5
roy bates Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: birmingham Age: 55 Posts: 2,827	get a step down transformer 220/250 to 110/125

06 June 2015, 19:45	#6
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	You can use any european 220V PSU with it. If you connect the machine through RGB it sould be fine. Be aware though that a lot of PAL software will give you trouble, you will need to make the machine be NTSC/PAL switchable if you want to play all software.

07 June 2015, 08:32	#7
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,297	As I said I have a spare Agnus chip I plan to put in there, is that the only chip that converts an NTSC into PAL ? And for the monitor, even if I have a stepdown transformer, isn't there other differences since it is supposed to be running NTSC all the time, will it actually display PAL input correctly at 50Hz?

07 June 2015, 08:36	#8
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,880	The main crystal should come from a PAL machine too. What is the revision of the motherboard + model of the Agnus?

07 June 2015, 09:21	#9
dirkies Zone Friend Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Belgium Age: 51 Posts: 1,297	aha, main crystal needs replacement too. good to know! Not sure about revision or Agnus model, all I know for now is that he bought it in 1989. I will for sure know more the day I have it on my desk

07 June 2015, 09:57	#10
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,880	Sure.. 1989 is just on the verge of Rev6 and 8372. You might be lucky, in that case you don't have to swap Agnuses. I wasn't as a kid, Rev5 and 8371 for me. :-)

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