A500 4/8mb with IDE board completed

kipper2k · 25 September 2013, 21:59

Hi All,

Just to let everyone i have built the 4mb/8mb fastmem board for the Amiga 500. Below are a couple of pictures. The A500+ is running kickstart 3.1 and this particular board has 4mb fitted (I wanted to get it built ASAP and tested) 8mb will work fine. I will be selling it, i am waiting for more chips, as it was, i had to steal the Xilinx chip from my other ide board.

This board should work with the A1000 and A2000, (CDTV without the autoconfig ram)

Price will be $74 CAD for 8mb version and $64 for 4mb version, and i will now accept pre-orders (no payment yet please)

majsta · 25 September 2013, 22:13

Now that is something

Man without too much talk build product maybe better that anything build in recent times. Maybe this is only we need for A500.
kipper2k nice work I m so happy right now especially because someone is mad for shore and you know what I m talking about

kipper2k · 25 September 2013, 22:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by majsta

Now that is something

Man without too much talk build product maybe better that anything build in recent times. Maybe this is only we need for A500.
kipper2k nice work I m so happy right now especially because someone is mad for shore and you know what I m talking about

LOL,

I assembled it and turned on computer and it didn't work, reinserted the CF card and away it went... Jig of Joy

kipper2k · 25 September 2013, 22:18

BTW,

I received the Vampire 600 boards, but still waiting for my chips order. My fish will be cold by the time they get here

Orcish75 · 25 September 2013, 22:29

Amazing stuff Kipper2k!! Will you be making a board with a 44pin IDE header so that a CD-ROM or second CF card can be attached?

Cheers

kipper2k · 25 September 2013, 22:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Orcish75

Amazing stuff Kipper2k!! Will you be making a board with a 44pin IDE header so that a CD-ROM or second CF card can be attached?

Cheers

Once i get some free time (which is tough for the next few months), i can add it. THe 40/44 pin header would have made the 2 layer board very busy

emufan · 25 September 2013, 22:33

nice expansion. back in the days, my a500 would be happy if he got such addon

btw: since signatures are not visible to guests anymore, i suggest adding your website into the normal posting area

DonAmiga · 25 September 2013, 23:42

Looking Great kipper

Put me down for one 8mb board

imigger · 26 September 2013, 00:11

nice id like 1 please.

cpiac64 · 26 September 2013, 00:23

kipper2k can send me only board, i have all components, but for test on cdtv i need place fastram at address 600000-A00000

thanks in advance

demolition · 26 September 2013, 10:27

Will it fit inside a 500 as it is, without relocating the board? There was some issues with the old mem expansion, so I would expect similar problems with this one.

alexh · 26 September 2013, 11:29

I see you went with the K.I.S.S. approach and integrated the two separate designs onto a single board instead of merging the two into one CPLD. It works, which is cool.

Put me down for one.

kipper2k · 26 September 2013, 12:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by demolition

Will it fit inside a 500 as it is, without relocating the board? There was some issues with the old mem expansion, so I would expect similar problems with this one.

It should now fit inside the Rev 5 as the height is now lower, you may still need a little surgery in laying down the caps on the board. If you want replacement caps i can supply them for people.

@ Alexh,

no point in reinventing the wheel,it was simple to integrate the 2 designs onto one board and of course less time consuming, and not introducing any bugs that may rear their ugly head down the road

ajk · 26 September 2013, 12:58

@kipper2k

Cool stuff. I'll take one too

kipper2k · 26 September 2013, 13:16

One more thing about leaving the fastmem CPLD unchanged is that people can swap out the CPLD if using it for the CDTV where autoconfig ram doesnt work due to mem conflicts. (CPLD can either be reprogrammed or swapped out with a non config version (which i have). I posted a link somewher to this, cant remember atm where

bubbob42 · 26 September 2013, 13:22

Kipper2k, did you read my PM concerning autoconfig IDs for your boards?

Best regards,

Marcus

kipper2k · 26 September 2013, 13:32

Quote:

Originally Posted by bubbob42

Kipper2k, did you read my PM concerning autoconfig IDs for your boards?

Best regards,

Marcus

Hi Marcus,

I don't see it, when did you send ? and can you resend please.

THanks

Turran · 26 September 2013, 14:24

Put me down for one 8MB as well. My A2000 need love.

bubbob42 · 26 September 2013, 15:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by kipper2k

I don't see it, when did you send ? and can you resend please.

'bout three weeks ago - I did just sent it again.

mfilos · 26 September 2013, 22:13

Put me down for one 8MB as well

Nice one kipper2k \o/

25 September 2013, 21:59	#1
kipper2k Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Thunder Bay, Canada Posts: 4,323	A500 4/8mb with IDE board completed Hi All, Just to let everyone i have built the 4mb/8mb fastmem board for the Amiga 500. Below are a couple of pictures. The A500+ is running kickstart 3.1 and this particular board has 4mb fitted (I wanted to get it built ASAP and tested) 8mb will work fine. I will be selling it, i am waiting for more chips, as it was, i had to steal the Xilinx chip from my other ide board. This board should work with the A1000 and A2000, (CDTV without the autoconfig ram) Price will be $74 CAD for 8mb version and $64 for 4mb version, and i will now accept pre-orders (no payment yet please) Last edited by kipper2k; 25 September 2013 at 22:27.

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25 September 2013, 22:13	#2
majsta www.majsta.com Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Banjaluka/Republic of Srpska Age: 43 Posts: 448	Now that is something Man without too much talk build product maybe better that anything build in recent times. Maybe this is only we need for A500. kipper2k nice work I m so happy right now especially because someone is mad for shore and you know what I m talking about

25 September 2013, 22:18	#4
kipper2k Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Thunder Bay, Canada Posts: 4,323	BTW, I received the Vampire 600 boards, but still waiting for my chips order. My fish will be cold by the time they get here

25 September 2013, 22:29	#5
Orcish75 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Age: 49 Posts: 53	Amazing stuff Kipper2k!! Will you be making a board with a 44pin IDE header so that a CD-ROM or second CF card can be attached? Cheers

25 September 2013, 22:33	#7
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	nice expansion. back in the days, my a500 would be happy if he got such addon btw: since signatures are not visible to guests anymore, i suggest adding your website into the normal posting area

25 September 2013, 23:42	#8
DonAmiga Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 523	Looking Great kipper Put me down for one 8mb board

26 September 2013, 00:11	#9
imigger Banned Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: england Posts: 135	nice id like 1 please.

26 September 2013, 00:23	#10
cpiac64 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Italy Posts: 1,136	kipper2k can send me only board, i have all components, but for test on cdtv i need place fastram at address 600000-A00000 thanks in advance

26 September 2013, 10:27	#11
demolition Unregistered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Copenhagen / DK Age: 44 Posts: 4,190	Will it fit inside a 500 as it is, without relocating the board? There was some issues with the old mem expansion, so I would expect similar problems with this one.

26 September 2013, 11:29	#12
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,397	I see you went with the K.I.S.S. approach and integrated the two separate designs onto a single board instead of merging the two into one CPLD. It works, which is cool. Put me down for one.

26 September 2013, 12:58	#14
ajk Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,341	@kipper2k Cool stuff. I'll take one too

26 September 2013, 13:16	#15
kipper2k Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Thunder Bay, Canada Posts: 4,323	One more thing about leaving the fastmem CPLD unchanged is that people can swap out the CPLD if using it for the CDTV where autoconfig ram doesnt work due to mem conflicts. (CPLD can either be reprogrammed or swapped out with a non config version (which i have). I posted a link somewher to this, cant remember atm where

26 September 2013, 13:22	#16
bubbob42 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 585	Kipper2k, did you read my PM concerning autoconfig IDs for your boards? Best regards, Marcus

26 September 2013, 14:24	#18
Turran Moderator Join Date: May 2012 Location: Stockholm / Sweden Age: 49 Posts: 1,575	Put me down for one 8MB as well. My A2000 need love.

26 September 2013, 22:13	#20
mfilos Paranoid Amigoid Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Athens/Greece Age: 45 Posts: 1,978	Put me down for one 8MB as well Nice one kipper2k \o/

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