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10-31-2003, 09:42 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
Red, I don't suppose you know what rev Mobo and Rom they have, do you?
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10-31-2003, 09:58 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
I don't check mobo revisions, but the few I have opened up have been rev5 so chances are they are all that rev.
KS roms are a crap shot between KS1.2 and KS1.3. I'd say about 60% are KS1.2 and 40% are KS1.3. Sorry if that doesnt help for these specifically :-?
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10-31-2003, 10:06 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
Oh, it more than does. That's the rom version I want (If I get one, it's strictly for 'legacy' games) Don't know about the rev 5 mobo, though. My 500 had one and it gave me nothing but problems. :-( It had a 2.04 rom, but it wouldn't use a 1.3 or a 3.1. I went and bought a 3.1 rom and it never worked. Thank god I ended up getting my first A2000 (given to me by a mate of mine who still has his 'Van Halen' 500. He painted that poor 500 to look EXACTLY like Eddie's guitar. Poor thing.)
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11-01-2003, 01:53 AM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
Methuselas,
The only problems with Rev5 is that you need to solder a wire to your kickstart chip if it's something better than 1.x, and if you want to do the 1M chip mod, you need to cut a trace on the motherboard as one of the jumpers isn't there yet in this rev.. I never had any trouble with my rev5 and I see that your only troubles were that you probably didn't have the wire on the kickstart chip. :-) |
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11-01-2003, 02:02 AM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
Actually, I had the trace cut and the wire to the rom, but I also had an AdRam card in it too. I couldn't get ANY kind of accelerator working with it.
That sucked, 'cos I was given an A2000 with a rev6 mobo that didn't like any accelerator either. I spent 200$ on an Apollo 030/50 back in 1997 and NEVER got it to work. Eventually, it was destroyed, along with my A3000 and a bunch of other Amiga items by my ex lady. Well, I wouldn't call her a lady. A friend with benefits was more like it. Then again, she wasn't really even a friend. :-( Sigh....I really miss my A3000.
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11-01-2003, 02:02 AM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
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11-01-2003, 02:31 AM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
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11-01-2003, 02:36 AM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
Red, do you know what edition that Magic deck is? Revised, 4th, etc, its difficult to see...Or approximate age?
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11-01-2003, 04:47 AM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
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11-06-2003, 01:05 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
That Magic deck did okay didn't it Red?
Its amazing what people will pay for Magic cards - I reckon my collection is worth well over a grand!
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11-06-2003, 02:04 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
Ya know, he's got these nice new A500's, and I have probably 20+ 500 motherboards here. . . I also have a crapload of ROMS (1.2 1.3 2.04 2.05 3.0). I'm sure between the two of us you could end up with a really nice 500. :-D
Man I wish I had a trained monkey to test all this stuff for me. |
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11-06-2003, 02:09 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
If only I was in N America Jag, I'd take some bits off your hands...
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11-06-2003, 02:12 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
Damn, I thought you were going to offer to be my trained monkey for a second there.
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11-06-2003, 02:42 PM
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Re: Imperfect refurbished A500s for cheap!
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