Amiga 500 revision 6 or 6a

Bamiga2002 · 27 November 2013, 07:26

There seems to be a trend to favor this specific revision of A500, but what are the reasons behind this? Compatibility, stability....what's the thing that makes this revision click?

Bamiga2002 · 27 November 2013, 10:39

I have tried to find info on the net, but haven't found anything that backs up the "greatness" of a rev 6 board. Eg. is a rev 6 mobo better than a rev 8 one and why?

Someone must have an answer, but the one guru that does seems to meditate...

roy bates · 27 November 2013, 16:53

i wouldnt say the revision 6 was better than the revision 8.
i would say it was better than the revision 5.
and i do say its the best 1.3 amiga 500.

Bamiga2002 · 27 November 2013, 17:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by roy bates

i wouldnt say the revision 6 was better than the revision 8.
i would say it was better than the revision 5.
and i do say its the best 1.3 amiga 500.

And care to specify why that would be so?

roy bates · 27 November 2013, 19:45

i just personally like it better than the revision 5.

Leffmann · 27 November 2013, 20:19

I think the rev. 6 was the first one you could upgrade to 1M chip memory, that's probably why it's sought after. I've never heard of any kind of compatibility problems, where some software would run on a rev. 6 but not on a rev. 3 with the otherwise same specs, it doesn't make much sense.

I didn't even know there was a rev. 8 A500 motherboard, I thought the rev. 8 ones were all A500+?

zipper · 27 November 2013, 21:09

Not all, some were adapted to A500, probably Commodore had shortage of A500 mobos. And there was also a scarce rev.7 mobo.

Bamiga2002 · 27 November 2013, 21:41

Good to know this info

.
Like zipper said - taken from BBOAH:
"Later A500's may use the same motherboard revisions that the A500+ used, including the ECS chipset. This was probably during a transition period when moving from the standard A500 to the standard A500+. Commodore often used 'old stock' to save money. Apparently you can spot Rev 8/ECS based A500s my checking the logo near the LEDs. If it's an A500 logo instead of a commodore logo, then it's a newer A500."

27 November 2013, 07:26	#1
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Amiga 500 revision 6 There seems to be a trend to favor this specific revision of A500, but what are the reasons behind this? Compatibility, stability....what's the thing that makes this revision click? Last edited by Bamiga2002; 27 November 2013 at 10:42.

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27 November 2013, 10:39	#2
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	I have tried to find info on the net, but haven't found anything that backs up the "greatness" of a rev 6 board. Eg. is a rev 6 mobo better than a rev 8 one and why? Someone must have an answer, but the one guru that does seems to meditate...

27 November 2013, 16:53	#3
roy bates Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: birmingham Age: 55 Posts: 2,827	i wouldnt say the revision 6 was better than the revision 8. i would say it was better than the revision 5. and i do say its the best 1.3 amiga 500.

27 November 2013, 19:45	#5
roy bates Registered User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: birmingham Age: 55 Posts: 2,827	i just personally like it better than the revision 5.

27 November 2013, 20:19	#6
Leffmann Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,269	I think the rev. 6 was the first one you could upgrade to 1M chip memory, that's probably why it's sought after. I've never heard of any kind of compatibility problems, where some software would run on a rev. 6 but not on a rev. 3 with the otherwise same specs, it doesn't make much sense. I didn't even know there was a rev. 8 A500 motherboard, I thought the rev. 8 ones were all A500+?

27 November 2013, 21:09	#7
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,838	Not all, some were adapted to A500, probably Commodore had shortage of A500 mobos. And there was also a scarce rev.7 mobo.

27 November 2013, 21:41	#8
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Good to know this info . Like zipper said - taken from BBOAH: "Later A500's may use the same motherboard revisions that the A500+ used, including the ECS chipset. This was probably during a transition period when moving from the standard A500 to the standard A500+. Commodore often used 'old stock' to save money. Apparently you can spot Rev 8/ECS based A500s my checking the logo near the LEDs. If it's an A500 logo instead of a commodore logo, then it's a newer A500."

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