Can My A1500 Kick It ??

THX1138 · 28 November 2002, 20:19

Can my A1500 kick ass ?.......that is the question i need
answering in todays realm of the A1200 with it accelerators
and it blizzards boards.

At one time all your mates had an a500 with their half of
meg of ram and you trounced them all with the A1500's
1 meg of chip ram combined with 2 meg of extended ram,
2 floppy drives and an almighty 40 meg hard drive !!!!!

Times have moved on and the money i used to spend
on my Amiga system got transferred to my pc system
as the Amiga started to die.........

But now i want to spend that back on my Amiga......

So......what do i need to kick this machine into the 21st
century and make it a very respectable Amiga ???

Or is it not worth spending the money on it,and invest
in an AGA system ??

RetroMan · 28 November 2002, 20:44

Well, the A1500 is nothing else than an A2000, labeled as 1500er and sold in the UK

So here´s the deal :

If you WANT to play AGA Games, go buy an A1200 and have fun ..... OR ---> play AGA games on WinUAE and make your A1500 to a dream machine like mine is

Specs :

A2000, Rev. 6.2
Kick 3.1
AmigaOS 3.9
Blizzard 2060 Turbocard with 50Mhz
128 MB Ram
A2065 Network Card
Spectrum ECS 28/24 Grafik Card
6 Gig SCSI-II HD
NEC CDRom
PC Bridgeboard

Only thing left for me to add will be a Soundcard

With this System you are able to all that PeCe Stuff, like watching AVI/MPEGs, listen to MP3´s and surf the net with it

THX1138 · 28 November 2002, 20:48

smooth......very smooth,

does 3.1 support hard drives above 4 gig or
did you patch it some other way ?

Where do you reckon i can buy most
of this stuff from. ?

RetroMan · 28 November 2002, 20:52

I bought ALL the stuff from EBay

I use Workbench 3.9, not 3.1 ("AmigaOS 3.9") and there´s no 4GB Limit anymore, also I use SFS (SmartFileSystem) that does NOT have those restrictions that the FFS (FastFileSystem) from AmigaOS had

THX1138 · 28 November 2002, 21:00

What does the pc bridge board allow you to do,
slot pc graphic,sound cards etc into the Amiga ?

How does it work ?

RetroMan · 28 November 2002, 21:10

A PC Bridgeboard is a complete PC on one Zorro II Card

It´s an Hardware Emulator, so I can run MSDOS and Win 3.11 on my Amiga

And yes, you can use old ISA PC Cards with it, but you cannot access them on Amiga Side

Btw. I never use it anyway

THX1138 · 28 November 2002, 22:38

I found the 3.1 rom for 26 Euro + P&P

I presume Amiga Os 3.9 is only available on cd ?

Where would the cdrom connect to ?

RetroMan · 28 November 2002, 22:53

Hmmm, a SCSI or IDE controller I guess

You allready have a SCSI Controller so you may get a cheap SCSI CDR at EBay

THX1138 · 28 November 2002, 22:56

Is there a place on my current scsi card for the cdrom
to connect to then ?

RetroMan · 28 November 2002, 23:02

Uhm, you can connect up to 7 devices to a SCSI Controller, you just need the right cable for it

Amiga1992 · 29 November 2002, 14:30

Moved the thread

THX1138 · 29 November 2002, 15:19

Thanks

THX1138 · 29 November 2002, 19:22

And how di i power these other scsi devices as there is only
1 power cable coming from the scsi controller card to the hardrive.

Is there another lead that i can get to plug into the existing
power cable with more connections along it ?

RetroMan · 29 November 2002, 19:38

Hmmm, the PSU should have enough power cables to handle that

THX1138 · 29 November 2002, 19:41

OK.....i'll have a look.....thought Akira said he had
moved this thread ?

RetroMan · 29 November 2002, 19:45

Quote:

Originally posted by THX1138
... thought Akira said he had
moved this thread ?

Hmmm, he moved it to a proper forum I guess

THX1138 · 29 November 2002, 19:48

Your joking....right ?

RetroMan · 29 November 2002, 19:51

No, why

THX1138 · 29 November 2002, 19:54

What do you mean by a proper forum ?

This is a proper forum ?

It still on the Eglish Amiga Boards.....right ?

Paul · 29 November 2002, 19:58

This is a Thread/Topic

A forum is the category.

28 November 2002, 20:19	#1
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	Can My A1500 Kick It ?? Can my A1500 kick ass ?.......that is the question i need answering in todays realm of the A1200 with it accelerators and it blizzards boards. At one time all your mates had an a500 with their half of meg of ram and you trounced them all with the A1500's 1 meg of chip ram combined with 2 meg of extended ram, 2 floppy drives and an almighty 40 meg hard drive !!!!! Times have moved on and the money i used to spend on my Amiga system got transferred to my pc system as the Amiga started to die......... But now i want to spend that back on my Amiga...... So......what do i need to kick this machine into the 21st century and make it a very respectable Amiga ??? Or is it not worth spending the money on it,and invest in an AGA system ??

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28 November 2002, 20:44	#2
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Well, the A1500 is nothing else than an A2000, labeled as 1500er and sold in the UK So here´s the deal : If you WANT to play AGA Games, go buy an A1200 and have fun ..... OR ---> play AGA games on WinUAE and make your A1500 to a dream machine like mine is Specs : A2000, Rev. 6.2 Kick 3.1 AmigaOS 3.9 Blizzard 2060 Turbocard with 50Mhz 128 MB Ram A2065 Network Card Spectrum ECS 28/24 Grafik Card 6 Gig SCSI-II HD NEC CDRom PC Bridgeboard Only thing left for me to add will be a Soundcard With this System you are able to all that PeCe Stuff, like watching AVI/MPEGs, listen to MP3´s and surf the net with it

28 November 2002, 20:48	#3
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	smooth......very smooth, does 3.1 support hard drives above 4 gig or did you patch it some other way ? Where do you reckon i can buy most of this stuff from. ?

28 November 2002, 20:52	#4
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	I bought ALL the stuff from EBay I use Workbench 3.9, not 3.1 ("AmigaOS 3.9") and there´s no 4GB Limit anymore, also I use SFS (SmartFileSystem) that does NOT have those restrictions that the FFS (FastFileSystem) from AmigaOS had

28 November 2002, 21:00	#5
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	What does the pc bridge board allow you to do, slot pc graphic,sound cards etc into the Amiga ? How does it work ?

28 November 2002, 21:10	#6
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	A PC Bridgeboard is a complete PC on one Zorro II Card It´s an Hardware Emulator, so I can run MSDOS and Win 3.11 on my Amiga And yes, you can use old ISA PC Cards with it, but you cannot access them on Amiga Side Btw. I never use it anyway

28 November 2002, 22:38	#7
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	I found the 3.1 rom for 26 Euro + P&P I presume Amiga Os 3.9 is only available on cd ? Where would the cdrom connect to ?

28 November 2002, 22:53	#8
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Hmmm, a SCSI or IDE controller I guess You allready have a SCSI Controller so you may get a cheap SCSI CDR at EBay

28 November 2002, 22:56	#9
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	Is there a place on my current scsi card for the cdrom to connect to then ?

28 November 2002, 23:02	#10
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Uhm, you can connect up to 7 devices to a SCSI Controller, you just need the right cable for it

29 November 2002, 14:30	#11
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,646	Moved the thread

29 November 2002, 15:19	#12
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	Thanks

29 November 2002, 19:22	#13
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	And how di i power these other scsi devices as there is only 1 power cable coming from the scsi controller card to the hardrive. Is there another lead that i can get to plug into the existing power cable with more connections along it ?

29 November 2002, 19:38	#14
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	Hmmm, the PSU should have enough power cables to handle that

29 November 2002, 19:41	#15
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	OK.....i'll have a look.....thought Akira said he had moved this thread ?

29 November 2002, 19:48	#17
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	Your joking....right ?

29 November 2002, 19:51	#18
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	No, why

29 November 2002, 19:54	#19
THX1138 Amiga Centurai Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 526	What do you mean by a proper forum ? This is a proper forum ? It still on the Eglish Amiga Boards.....right ?

29 November 2002, 19:58	#20
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	This is a Thread/Topic A forum is the category.

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