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Old 08 November 2004, 08:32   #1
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Amiga600 question

Hi all,

This is my first post, I've a question which I hope doesn't sound too stupid

I used to have an amiga500 back in the 80's and upgraded it with 1mb.
I remember it was plugged in an expansion slot under the computer. That machine is long gone.

I've recently bought an A600 from e-bay which I believed should have 1mb included. When I opened un the expansion slot under the machine it was empty. Is the 1mb included in the main circuits of the Amiga or have I been ripped off?

Can anyone help?

Thankyou in advance,

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Old 08 November 2004, 09:01   #2
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The 1mb is included on the mainboard of the A600.

You can fit an expansion in the trapdoor to expand the wee machine to 2Mb chip ram!
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Old 08 November 2004, 09:09   #3
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yep, a600's have 1MB standard.... u can get a trapoor 1MB (+clock) or a pcmcia ram card to add fastmem... but if u plan to upgrade to a 030 then the pcmcia mem will be too slow... for the 68000 it is excelent though
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Old 08 November 2004, 09:27   #4
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You can put a hard disk in it too!
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Old 08 November 2004, 10:39   #5
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Can i ask how much you paid for it ???

As above its 1 meg standard so no you havent been ripped off unless you spent a fortune getting it
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Old 08 November 2004, 12:17   #6
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I got mine +1Mb expansion + 2MB pcmcia for 35 euro....
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Old 08 November 2004, 12:37   #7
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I got mine +1Mb expansion + 2MB pcmcia for 35 euro....
I think you did very well myself
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Old 08 November 2004, 14:17   #8
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thing is, that when I received my A1200, I totally forgot the a600... now it is stored.... I enjoy my a1200+whdload more
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Old 08 November 2004, 19:28   #9
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Thanks guys, that's a relief.

Might look around for a 1 or 2mb, how much should I look to pay for one of these?

I paid £10 for to A600 off e-bay, got it cheap cos a key is broken.

I was wondering what you guys think of this I found on e-bay. I'd like to transfer some games in adf over to the Amiga, anyone bought it?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...sPageName=WDVW
I know I'll probably need more memory to do this. I've read back through numerous posts about doing this.

Thanks

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Old 08 November 2004, 20:55   #10
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this is a LAME network kit... If u want to link serial the Amiga-PC then use Cloanto's AMIGA EXPLORER... buy this instead of this cable/soft of questionable perfomance.... more info here: http://www.cloanto.com/amiga/explorer/
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Old 08 November 2004, 21:11   #11
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I heartily recommend a TCP/IP connection and AmigaExplorer.

The A600 can use them.

Once you have 2mb chip (trapdoor expansion) you will be able to use a PCMCIA ethernet card (you can get them for about £10), make sure it's either an NE2000 compatible one, or the 3Com 3c589 one.

You need 2mb to run the TCP/IP stack such as Miami or AmiTCP.

A hard drive is an easy upgrade, any old laptop 3.5" IDE drive will do, almost any size as Amiga programs are small. You can usually get 10gb drives for under £25.

This is a good website

http://www.amiga600.de/

Take a look at the guide I wrote for A600 users

http://cfr.ganom-pages.de/modules.ph...2d151cf0c3370f
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