A500 Space Invaders MB revision

[rossb]

Hi,


I recently acquired an A500 that needs some TLC. I'm no expert, as such can anyone here with far more experience than myself identify this MB revision based on the attached photos? It seems to be very early in relation to my 2 other A500's



Regards,


Ross.

[Sim085]

It looks like a rev3
http://amiga.resource.cx/photos/a500,1

[rossb]

Originally Posted by Sim085

It looks like a rev3
http://amiga.resource.cx/photos/a500,1

Thanks Sim,


I did stumble across that after I posted. It has KS 1.3 ROMs so guessing whoever had it originally upgraded. I'm assuming most Rev 3's would have 1.2 ROMs from the factory?


Regards,


Ross.

[Sim085]

Originally Posted by rossb

I'm assuming most Rev 3's would have 1.2 ROMs from the factory?

http://amiga.resource.cx/mod/a500.html has the following information;

revision 3:
512kB Chip RAM on motherboard as 16 chips
Kickstart 1.2 ROM

However I myself never owned a rev3 A500 so do not know this from experience. I read several posts here people claiming commodore shipped stuff with anything that came to their hands but mostly related to rev8a shipped as A500s. Maybe someone with more experience from those days might have more hands-on information.

[rossb]

Originally Posted by Sim085

http://amiga.resource.cx/mod/a500.html has the following information;

revision 3:
512kB Chip RAM on motherboard as 16 chips
Kickstart 1.2 ROM

However I myself never owned a rev3 A500 so do not know this from experience. I read several posts here people claiming commodore shipped stuff with anything that came to their hands but mostly related to rev8a shipped as A500s. Maybe someone with more experience from those days might have more hands-on information.

Thanks Sim,


Yes, that's certainly my experience with C= 64 stuff. It's definetely a "keeper". Interested in what the "buggy" aspect is. Used to this from A1200 MB's specifically with certain vendors accelerators, but hadn't heard of issues with early MB's in A500's.


Thanks for taking the time out to reply though

[redblade]

Were all Kick1.2 Amigas just US keyboards or did you import that from NTSC US/Canada or PAL NZ/Austraila?

[Jope]

Originally Posted by redblade

Were all Kick1.2 Amigas just US keyboards or did you import that from NTSC US/Canada or PAL NZ/Austraila?

They made them with most layouts. Also the space invaders keyboards exist in several layouts. I own keyboards with USA, German and Swedish/Finnish myself.

[redblade]

Originally Posted by Jope

They made them with most layouts. Also the space invaders keyboards exist in several layouts. I own keyboards with USA, German and Swedish/Finnish myself.

Space invaders?!?! But you still have to use setmap first as the keyboard defaults too USA0 ?

[stevsurv]

Thats definately a rev 3 mb and yes they did come with a 1.2 ks rom. I own one as well.

[AmigaHope]

What is the serial # of this system? It's pretty damn early.

[Jope]

Originally Posted by redblade

Space invaders?!?! But you still have to use setmap first as the keyboard defaults too USA0 ?

Yes, space invaders.

Yes, you must use setmap, as with any Amiga keyboard that is not usa.

[nogginthenog]

Originally Posted by Sim085

I read several posts here people claiming commodore shipped stuff with anything that came to their hands but mostly related to rev8a shipped as A500s.

My rev5 A500 came with Kickstart 1.3 and Workbench 1.2.

[demolition]

Originally Posted by Jope

They made them with most layouts. Also the space invaders keyboards exist in several layouts. I own keyboards with USA, German and Swedish/Finnish myself.

And I have one with a Danish keymap.

[Hewitson]

Wtf is a space invader keyboard?

[Jope]

Originally Posted by Hewitson

Wtf is a space invader keyboard?

https://www.google.com/search?q=space+invader+keyboard

[demolition]

If you wonder why it is called by that name, it is because the switch looks a bit like a space invaders character:

[Hewitson]

Oh, it's just a childish term to describe a certain type of keyboard switch. Thought it might have been something interesting.

[rossb]

Originally Posted by stevsurv

Thats definately a rev 3 mb and yes they did come with a 1.2 ks rom. I own one as well.

Thanks

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[rossb]

Originally Posted by AmigaHope

What is the serial # of this system? It's pretty damn early.

Case serial is 02336

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[lesta_smsc]

If you check back my post from a few years back you will see I had an Amiga with KS 1.2 for sale! Unfortunately, personal circumstances meant I had to sell it but at such a bargain price!