Internal hd on a500?

h4tt3n · 03 February 2010, 21:58

Hello everyone, new guy on the forums.

I just picked up a mint condition a1200 for a fiver and am currently experimenting with various kinds of ide harddisk drives and compacflash drives.

Now I'd really like to know if something similar is possible with my old a500 unit? I'm imagining something like a 2.5" hd or a cf card tucked away under the hood and somehow hooked up with the expansion port on the left side of the machine. I searched in google and these forums using all the obvious search terms, but nothing came up.

Cheers,
Mike

smoorke · 03 February 2010, 22:02

there are internal a500 ide units which plug into the cpu socket.
Maybe someone else can tell you what name to search for
Edit: try googling 'ide68k'. But i'm sure there are others

prowler · 03 February 2010, 22:28

Hi H4tt3n, and welcome to EAB!

Have a look in these two threads for some ideas:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=46447
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=50248

ck1200 · 03 February 2010, 22:57

There is the gvp hd8+ but it's not internal it's a bolt on unit to the side with a separate psu, and usually a ram upgrade

Oh and welcome to the forum

Chris

h4tt3n · 14 February 2010, 11:15

Ok, I did a little more research on how to put a 2.5" ide harddisk into an a500 and found this. It's called AdIDE 44 (novia) and is produced by a company called ICD.

Does anyone here use this piece of hardware or anything similar? Is this the way to go? I'd rather not buy any gadgets unless it's been confirmed to work by someone who's not selling it :-)

Apparently you can build your own device from this schematic. I suppose it takes some previous experience with electronics to build this - let alone reading the diagram :-)

Cheers,
Mike

Jope · 14 February 2010, 15:27

The AdIDE works, but it's not very commonly available. Also it becomes a bit hairy when working with devices over 1GB.

Get Mika Leinonen's IDE interface instead?

rkauer · 17 February 2010, 03:16

@Jope: when using Leilonen's IDE solution also the A500 kickstart ROM must be replaced for either a 2.05 (37.300 or 37.350), 3.1 (40.063) or even a custom-made 1.3 with appended SCSI.device.

03 February 2010, 21:58	#1
h4tt3n Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Denmark Posts: 38	Internal hd on a500? Hello everyone, new guy on the forums. I just picked up a mint condition a1200 for a fiver and am currently experimenting with various kinds of ide harddisk drives and compacflash drives. Now I'd really like to know if something similar is possible with my old a500 unit? I'm imagining something like a 2.5" hd or a cf card tucked away under the hood and somehow hooked up with the expansion port on the left side of the machine. I searched in google and these forums using all the obvious search terms, but nothing came up. Cheers, Mike

03 February 2010, 22:02	#2
smoorke Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ghent/Belgium Age: 43 Posts: 247	there are internal a500 ide units which plug into the cpu socket. Maybe someone else can tell you what name to search for Edit: try googling 'ide68k'. But i'm sure there are others Last edited by smoorke; 03 February 2010 at 22:07.

14 February 2010, 11:15	#5
h4tt3n Registered User Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Denmark Posts: 38	Ok, I did a little more research on how to put a 2.5" ide harddisk into an a500 and found this. It's called AdIDE 44 (novia) and is produced by a company called ICD. Does anyone here use this piece of hardware or anything similar? Is this the way to go? I'd rather not buy any gadgets unless it's been confirmed to work by someone who's not selling it :-) Apparently you can build your own device from this schematic. I suppose it takes some previous experience with electronics to build this - let alone reading the diagram :-) Cheers, Mike Last edited by h4tt3n; 14 February 2010 at 11:35.

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03 February 2010, 22:28	#3
prowler Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sidcup, England Posts: 10,300	Hi H4tt3n, and welcome to EAB! Have a look in these two threads for some ideas: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=46447 http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=50248

03 February 2010, 22:57	#4
ck1200 CBM & Retro Mad Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Wales/Wirral Uk Age: 42 Posts: 611	There is the gvp hd8+ but it's not internal it's a bolt on unit to the side with a separate psu, and usually a ram upgrade Oh and welcome to the forum Chris

14 February 2010, 15:27	#6
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	The AdIDE works, but it's not very commonly available. Also it becomes a bit hairy when working with devices over 1GB. Get Mika Leinonen's IDE interface instead?

17 February 2010, 03:16	#7
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	@Jope: when using Leilonen's IDE solution also the A500 kickstart ROM must be replaced for either a 2.05 (37.300 or 37.350), 3.1 (40.063) or even a custom-made 1.3 with appended SCSI.device.

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