19 February 2002, 20:46 | #1 |
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Amiga 600 PCMIA 2MB
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Not so much a problem but a question I'm in the process of buying a 2mb PCMIA RAM upgrade for my 600. How can I test to make sure it's working?is it fast ram or chip ram and finally, what differences will i notice when running it? Thanks -Andrew |
19 February 2002, 21:26 | #2 |
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Well, if it´s an 2MB upgrade it will be Fast Ram, cause the A600 can only manage 2MB Chip and got 1MB Chip on Board, so if your expansion would be chip, there would be 3MB and thats impossible If you want performace boost in WB, then get a 1MB chip mem upgrade for the trapdoor slot, or even better a 030er Turbocard with 40 Mhz. AND Ram on it
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20 February 2002, 07:02 | #3 |
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PCMCIA RAm is always mapped as Fast RAM in a 600 or 1200 system....
Retroman's advice is great, get a 1MB internal expansion, will be much handy. Ive got one... If the PCMCIA card is cheap, get it too, extra Fast RAM will come in handy Forget about the accelerator. |
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Re: Amiga 600 PCMIA 2MB
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I think it's even slower with the A600.
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Yes, the problem is because of the very poor speed of the PCMCIA interface, so it will affects both the A600 and the A1200 .
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21 February 2002, 08:46 | #7 |
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PCMCIA ram is slow as heXXXXX in any Amiga
get some real fast ram |
22 February 2002, 00:37 | #8 |
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But a trapdoor expansion AND pcmia would be good? i'm trying to find a trapdoor expansion but can't find one anywhere. i know one place sells them for £30 but that is way too many ££s. Any ideas?
Thanks for the help guys |
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There have been a few threads about 1MB expansions for the A600, and for some reason £20-30 seems to be the price a lot of people found. I don't really understand why since this is the price I paid years and years ago. To be honest, if you are only gaming, 2MB RAM won't make any difference to you anyway, unless you have a HD, in which case it is useful but not essential. |
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I paid 30 dollars for my expansion... I think that's a decent price...
2MB Chip is nice for the apps like DPIV, but it wont work for you if you want WHDLoad games... only some games will be able to run with such low memory.. Retroman's advice is good |
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23 February 2002, 01:29 | #12 |
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So are there any programs/situations where the amiga would benefit from 2mb chip pcmia expansion?
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Sorry retroman, but I never tried WHDLoad on my A600, I talk from what Codetapper said to me.. that's all... but I now remember somebody saying before about this preload function...
Now, Andrew, you got a bit confused.... PCMCIA RAM is NOT Chip RAM... |
25 February 2002, 01:27 | #14 |
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Ahhhh, yeah its fast RAM. Is this right. Where would extra fast ram come in handy. The cards only £3.50 so I think i'll get it anyway but i'm just wondering what to expect from it.
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Did you get the memory expansion? Does it work fine?
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Get it, it's cheap, but expect it to be poop. Try to buy a Chip RAM expansion, you will LOVE WHDLOad
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04 March 2002, 19:26 | #17 |
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I lost the auction. Doh!
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