08 June 2007, 08:29 | #1 |
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Amiga 500 internal IDE controller
Can anyone help me? I am looking for an internal IDE interface for the Amiga 500 or 500+, it would also be nice to get a accelerator on the same board, does anyone have one for sale?
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08 June 2007, 08:54 | #2 |
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Tired of how much room a side expansion take up on your A500 eh?
An A500 with a side expansion accelerator/HD + SCSI cd-rom, extra powerbricks for the above occupies a whole office table |
08 June 2007, 09:26 | #3 | |
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GVP HD8+ Impact II was the most successful A500 hard drive, there are LOTS of them, hence cheap, no accelerator but they do have 8Mbytes of Fast RAM. |
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08 June 2007, 14:50 | #4 |
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I have the A530 as well as the Series II GVP and the Commodore A570 and A590, oh yea, the Rocktec external unit and the XP something (Forgotten its proper name) that allows me to have a HDD on whilst using the A570.
The problem I have is that all of the add on units are mint and boxed, so nice that I really don't want to use them in case the start doing the usual yellow thing hence why I want to go internal, the price isn't too much of a worry as I will only by one once. |
08 June 2007, 15:14 | #5 |
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Keep your eyes out on Ebay. Last Viper 530 sold for about £280
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08 June 2007, 15:28 | #6 | |
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I dont collect 500's and even my wallet made squealing noises at that! at that price, i would by some a500 plastics and yam in an a1200 with DVDRW and Hard Disk /CF (with 040 CPU +32MB ) and still have money left over for an LCD TV!!! |
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08 June 2007, 23:49 | #7 |
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Wow that is a lot, but not impossible, I will keep my eyes on Ebay as well, but if anyone here has one for sale…
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09 June 2007, 02:00 | #8 |
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You can also get a ICD AdIDE2 with a 2.5" HD. Thats what I have in my A500HD.
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09 June 2007, 05:26 | #9 |
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Who gives a shit about yellowing? You have what you need and much much more, so use it.
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09 June 2007, 12:11 | #10 | |
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What’s the point of damaging something when you have an alternative? |
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09 June 2007, 12:28 | #11 |
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The phrase that comes to mind rhymes with "duck boff".
Collectors... raise prices and lower the tone of the whole scene Amiga equipment will never be "antiques" of the future they just made too many of them. |
09 June 2007, 15:07 | #12 | |
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Just keep things dry, in the shade and keep them quite cool and there won't be any yellowing... |
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09 June 2007, 19:57 | #13 |
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Cheers on the advice on the prevention of turning the plastic yellow, yes I do use the equipment as well, hence why all my old files are backed up on multiple HDD's for the A500, but a lot of people seem to me missing the point, I don’t want to people arguing about what I can or can't use, that’s up to me.
I just want to add one more bit of Amiga to my collection hence why I came to the collection of people who also share a common interest. Cheers for your help Last edited by Seblington; 09 June 2007 at 20:11. |
09 June 2007, 21:17 | #14 |
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Here's a list of the ICD stuff with part numbers/info if you ever come across any. They're all pretty damn rare
http://www.icd.com/amiga/ |
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Eventually it is going to die, nothing you can do can stop that, packing it away and not using it waiting for it to die just doesn't make sense! |
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10 June 2007, 10:31 | #16 |
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Cheers on the link, gives me something to hunt for, greatly appreciated, thanks!
as for collecting, to collect just for value is wrong, there are collectors who collect traffic cones, postcards, bricks even travel sickness bags, there is no money in that, its just what they want to do. Collecting is something to be enjoyed not something to be thought of as making money out of, I tried that, I started making twice my wages by turning my reel to reel collection into buying and selling, that’s when collecting became a business, that’s when I stopped selling. Just remember I DO use it, I am just looking for something else. |
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I've often asked myself why I have 4 Amiga's and it's ultimetly because they remind me of years long gone where computing was fun. To collect them is to love them and to love them is to sleep with them Hang on that didn't sound right at all! Think of it another way - would you rather the Amiga's get scrapped and crushed or lovingly kept in a collection where they will be appreciated and cared for/used? |
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30 June 2007, 11:31 | #19 | |
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From the argument "they're made for use" it would be quite the same. |
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30 June 2007, 11:40 | #20 | |
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