05 November 2015, 22:00 | #1 |
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My modded A500+
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A few months ago I decided to upgrade my A500. Actually i had two A500's rev. 6a. But with the 1MB chip limit I wasn't satisfied, so I bought one A500+ with minimal to none battery leakage, threw the battery away. The A500+ came with 1MB extra installed. What can I say, my kids love to play games on it. So do I Here's what I put in it. - Bootselector (don't know way) - Modded PC-drive - Kickstart switch 1.3/3.1 controlled by reset buttons - Kipper2k's A508IDE + 16GB CF partitioned 500MB/14GB - Indivision ECS - 68010 CPU, WHDLoad quitkey now works great (got back to the 00-CPU for more compatibility) Added HD-LED cable from A508IDE to keyboards drive-LED, now left part of LED flash when CF-card is in use and right part of LED for diskdrive. Homemade VGA-bracket. I placed the bootselector switch right beside floppydrive, accessed from trapdoor, didn't want any unnecessary holes in chassis. Hope you liked it. EDIT: Have used that 010-CPU for a while now. Most of the time I play Whdload and that's OK, but when I switch to KS 1.3 and play floppy games the trouble starts, for most games and software aren't compatible with 010. So I'm now back with the 00-CPU and all is good ?? EDIT 2: I´ve also put back the original floppydrive. Last edited by Fendrix; 18 February 2024 at 12:02. |
06 November 2015, 12:50 | #2 |
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Nice!
Did you make the Indivision extension yourself? Because the standard cable is just a bit tooo short! |
06 November 2015, 13:49 | #3 |
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Hi, yes I made the flat cable extension myself. It's beyond my understanding how they can include such short cable that doesn't reaches the best point of placement.
But it was an easy job, not that expensive. |
02 December 2015, 00:05 | #4 |
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Hi fendrix
nice machine! Did you have any trouble installing the a508ide ? I can't get it to fit in my a500 using the adapter like you show as a capacitor gets in the way How did you do it? |
14 December 2015, 16:25 | #5 |
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Hi ikorodu.
Thanx I bought new caps and soldered them lying down. I also made 2 support-legs, that I screwed in place under the PCB of A508IDE on each side of the CF-card. So now it won't wiggle loose from CPU-socket when CF is taken in and out repeatedly. /Fendrix EDIT: HAHA, I didn´t lie down when I was soldering them in place Last edited by Fendrix; 18 February 2024 at 12:00. |
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Edit in 1st post
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18 February 2024, 12:05 | #8 |
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I have now refubished the original floppydrive and put it back in the machine
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18 February 2024, 17:35 | #9 |
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That's a sweet A500+
Can you remind me of the name of your Joystick please in the Pic above pls? |
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Seems tp be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAC-2
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Quote:
Thanks zipper. |
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