13 September 2004, 21:32 | #1 |
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What the hell is this ?
Hello everyone..........how you all doing ?
I know this is some kind of memory expansion manufactured by "Power Computing" but can someone else here throw some more light on this ? |
13 September 2004, 22:17 | #2 |
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Do you have more info?
for what Amiga is it? |
13 September 2004, 22:22 | #3 |
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Good point.....hehe
It came out of the trapdoor of an A500 and i think was also connected to the "Gary" chip ?.........does this make any sense ? |
13 September 2004, 22:23 | #4 |
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Looks like it also has a ROM switcher, at least that's wht I think the cable and the extra PCB are.
Woops just read your reply, no clue then. I think thatif it was connected to Gary, this expansion might be able to put a normal A500 with full 2MB of Chip, or full 1MB of chip (most A500 expansions are 512k of "fast") |
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it seems to me a 1,5 mb expansion for a500 without its hull, but i'm peeking here...
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Also on the same amiga the sound was garbled as well.........might try and install it into another 500.....what do you think ? |
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Once upon a time some expansions with 2 or 2.5 Megs where around, and for some reason or another (can't exactly remember why). They had to be connected to Gary in that way. But the expansion I had was physically larger than the one in the picture, it actually filled the entire trapdoor, and was a pain to eject without taking the Amiga apart. Although ... I can't remember why I would want to eject the RAM expansion.
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It must be connected to the motherboard and gary must be placed on it, who knows what the difference it make? Probably something about chip/fast mem but it doesn't hurt to try it out.
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chip or fast: i don't remember really, i do rem though that it must be carefully connected or else it damage the mobo and the ram itself, by experience...
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The blue thing on the main board looks just like a battery, which would suggest a RAM expansion of some kind. But I why the separate board/switch? It is interesting how the cables between the two are insulated with such a thick black cable - where is the smaller board supposed to be mounted?
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15 September 2004, 19:22 | #12 |
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The small board is mean't to be connected to the socket where the "gary" chip fits and the the chip sits on top of the samll board !
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now why has no one tought of this before?
http://www.powerc.com/cgi-bin/psearc...id=4&act=gpage Have a look around there Site, it has loads of Amiga stuf for sale. WHOOOO HOOOO |
15 September 2004, 20:33 | #14 |
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and this is what you think it is ?.......looks good to me !
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its for the 500, its from Power Computing.
and it looks its also conected to the gary chip So i came prety close eh?. Maybe this is an new version whit more mem? |
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