I got an Amiga 600.

gklinger · 13 August 2008, 08:46

I just got a free Amiga 600 minus the power supply (no biggie, I've got spares) and floppy drive (again, no biggie as they seem easy to come by) and I'm wondering what in the hell I'm going to do with it. I've got a spare CF-IDE adaptor and CF card and putting 3.1 ROMs in it seems easy enough but upgrading beyond that looks like an expensive proposition. I suppose running WHDLoad on a 68000 with 1MB RAM would be as frustrating as spending $400 on an 030 accelerator would be crazy.

It's a cute little machine but seriously, does anyone actually use these? What's really odd is that while I can't think of a single reason for me to keep it, the thought of selling it seems wrong somehow. There's no cure for the Amiga disease, I guess.

T_hairy_bootson · 13 August 2008, 08:51

I have one with a 6gig HDD and 3.1 roms. Installed workbench 3.1 on it and put it in the cupboard, not touched it since.

rkauer · 13 August 2008, 08:51

OK, two solutions:

1- Wait for some months until I finish the A600 accelerator (less than 150 USD for sure);

2- Give that Amiga to me! I'll love to have another A600 around. It is a NTSC machine?

Paul_s · 13 August 2008, 08:59

Cute but an oddball machine in the Amiga lineup. They should've stuck to the A500+ at the time then gone straight to the 1200 imo.

Tis true though, once you have any amiga it's hard to let go

alexh · 13 August 2008, 09:48

You can get an NedoPC 2008 8MByte FAST RAM upgrade for $40 + shipping from Acidrain if you want one. Not bad if you ask me.

gklinger · 13 August 2008, 10:08

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Originally Posted by rkauer

1- Wait for some months until I finish the A600 accelerator (less than 150 USD for sure);

You magnificent bastard. I'm going to go read this thread right now so I can ask all kinds of annoying questions.

Quote:

2- Give that Amiga to me! I'll love to have another A600 around.

You shouldn't have mentioned #1!

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It is a NTSC machine?

I would assume NTSC but I don't really know. I should investigate that.

@alexh: You've come through again, mate. I think I'll order one of those RAM boards to tide me over until rkauer's accelerator is ready to rock and roll.

Just had a thought. Would the Indivision fit in the 600?

rkauer · 13 August 2008, 10:23

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Originally Posted by gklinger

You magnificent bastard. I'm going to go read this thread right now so I can ask all kinds of annoying questions.

Quote:

You shouldn't have mentioned #1!

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I would assume NTSC but I don't really know. I should investigate that.

@alexh: You've come through again, mate. I think I'll order one of those RAM boards to tide me over until rkauer's accelerator is ready to rock and roll.

Yeah, that memory expansion is damn cool! Shame it don't work with another CPU than the plain 7.09MHz 68000.

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Just had a thought. Would the Indivision fit in the 600?

Nope. The new Indivision is for A1200 only. But you can have that inexpensive scandoubler a guy is doing in USA (65USD!!!). Good enough for any Amiga with less than AGA.

alexh · 13 August 2008, 10:39

I see you are from Canada. If they do not have RGB SCART over there, you can very easily mod an A600 for S-Video. The Luma/Chroma signals are available internally they are just not wired to any connector. Just 2 (?) solders and voila. I've seen some nice mods where they drilled the plastic added a very good S-Video connector screwed to the case... you'd almost think it was an official connector.

gklinger · 13 August 2008, 10:41

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Originally Posted by rkauer

But you can have that inexpensive scandoubler a guy is doing in USA (65USD!!!). Good enough for any Amiga with less than AGA.

I'm on the waiting list. I hope my grandchildren enjoy it.

I was mostly just curious about the Indivision. I reckon this 600 will end up as a spare games machine (I should not have shown my girlfriend how to use the 1200) in which case there won't be much flicker needing fixing and I've still got a Toastscan kicking around here somewhere.

alexh · 13 August 2008, 11:54

Toastscan is as good as Roy's scandoubler if not better for A600.

jimbob005 · 13 August 2008, 13:14

@gklinger i still use mine one but iv put an a1200 mobo inside cf hdd and a dvd rom

james

coze · 13 August 2008, 13:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by gklinger

I suppose running WHDLoad on a 68000 with 1MB RAM would be as frustrating as spending $400 on an 030 accelerator would be crazy.

If you get the 1mb chip ram add on you'll run whdload just fine. A 2 or 4 mb SRAM card will make most classic amiga games possible. It's a nice little machine to hook up to tv to blast some alien breed or shadow o'thy beast.

links to some strange people who pushed their 600s to the limits ...

http://www.amiga600.de/
http://web.archive.org/web/200512100....amiga600.net/

argh amiga600 net seems dead. I posted the webarchive link instead.

klx300r · 13 August 2008, 16:39

you got all the luck Golan

where did ya find that little cutey???

I think its great to have in your collection but as I know you have a supped up 1200 I doubt you'll get much use out of it...of course my favourite hobby nowadays is always fun.....MODDING time ....Compact Flash HD, CD/DVD Drive, accelerator card, flicker fixer/scandoubler, ram ram ram etc etc etc

gklinger · 13 August 2008, 17:00

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Originally Posted by jimbob005

@gklinger i still use mine one but iv put an a1200 mobo inside cf hdd and a dvd rom

I saw that, jimbo. I was impressed that you had the guts to cut up a 1200 motherboard and amazed that it worked. Unfortunately I'm not up for such a job.

@coze: I was checking that site out yesterday as a matter of fact. My plan right now is to hunt down a A601 and buy one of those NedoPC RAM expanders alexh pointed out. I think that's the best way to go until the accelerators are ready.

Zetr0 · 14 August 2008, 02:37

@gklinger

You Know You Want To Really

Smiley · 14 August 2008, 03:07

Ah yes. I remember when I tried to make a tricked out A600. Big headaches lie ahead my friend! I could never get my TEAC cdrom working.

Even using one tested by the Z man himself. I just couldn't get the drivers to recognize it.

I don't even have a working Amiga anymore. Shame. When I need money I just sell stuff.

Zetr0 · 14 August 2008, 03:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Smiley

Ah yes. I remember when I tried to make a tricked out A600. Big headaches lie ahead my friend! I could never get my TEAC cdrom working.

Even using one tested by the Z man himself. I just couldn't get the drivers to recognize it.

I don't even have a working Amiga anymore. Shame. When I need money I just sell stuff.

you got really unlucky with that project my friend, and then life came along and kicked you as well its very sad

Had it of not of been for your project I seriously doubt I would of gotten an A600 from Lopos2000, so with my deepest respect, my A600+ project is a homage to yours

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13 August 2008, 08:46	#1
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	I got an Amiga 600. I just got a free Amiga 600 minus the power supply (no biggie, I've got spares) and floppy drive (again, no biggie as they seem easy to come by) and I'm wondering what in the hell I'm going to do with it. I've got a spare CF-IDE adaptor and CF card and putting 3.1 ROMs in it seems easy enough but upgrading beyond that looks like an expensive proposition. I suppose running WHDLoad on a 68000 with 1MB RAM would be as frustrating as spending $400 on an 030 accelerator would be crazy. It's a cute little machine but seriously, does anyone actually use these? What's really odd is that while I can't think of a single reason for me to keep it, the thought of selling it seems wrong somehow. There's no cure for the Amiga disease, I guess.

13 August 2008, 08:51	#2
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 47 Posts: 2,084	I have one with a 6gig HDD and 3.1 roms. Installed workbench 3.1 on it and put it in the cupboard, not touched it since.

13 August 2008, 08:51	#3
rkauer I hate potatos and shirts Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Sao Leopoldo / Brazil Age: 58 Posts: 3,482	OK, two solutions: 1- Wait for some months until I finish the A600 accelerator (less than 150 USD for sure); 2- Give that Amiga to me! I'll love to have another A600 around. It is a NTSC machine?

13 August 2008, 08:59	#4
Paul_s Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Amigaville Age: 46 Posts: 3,337	Cute but an oddball machine in the Amiga lineup. They should've stuck to the A500+ at the time then gone straight to the 1200 imo. Tis true though, once you have any amiga it's hard to let go

13 August 2008, 09:48	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	You can get an NedoPC 2008 8MByte FAST RAM upgrade for $40 + shipping from Acidrain if you want one. Not bad if you ask me.

13 August 2008, 10:39	#8
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	I see you are from Canada. If they do not have RGB SCART over there, you can very easily mod an A600 for S-Video. The Luma/Chroma signals are available internally they are just not wired to any connector. Just 2 (?) solders and voila. I've seen some nice mods where they drilled the plastic added a very good S-Video connector screwed to the case... you'd almost think it was an official connector.

13 August 2008, 11:54	#10
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,432	Toastscan is as good as Roy's scandoubler if not better for A600.

13 August 2008, 13:14	#11
jimbob005 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: swadlincote, uk Age: 43 Posts: 226	@gklinger i still use mine one but iv put an a1200 mobo inside cf hdd and a dvd rom james

13 August 2008, 16:39	#13
klx300r Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ManCave, Canada Posts: 1,627	you got all the luck Golan where did ya find that little cutey??? I think its great to have in your collection but as I know you have a supped up 1200 I doubt you'll get much use out of it...of course my favourite hobby nowadays is always fun.....MODDING time ....Compact Flash HD, CD/DVD Drive, accelerator card, flicker fixer/scandoubler, ram ram ram etc etc etc

14 August 2008, 02:37	#15
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@gklinger You Know You Want To Really

14 August 2008, 03:07	#16
Smiley Amiga-less! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,350	Ah yes. I remember when I tried to make a tricked out A600. Big headaches lie ahead my friend! I could never get my TEAC cdrom working. Even using one tested by the Z man himself. I just couldn't get the drivers to recognize it. I don't even have a working Amiga anymore. Shame. When I need money I just sell stuff.

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