ScuzzBlog: Diaries July 2018 Entry 13th July 2018: Post 02: A500 Thanks for the memory A500 - Thanks for the memory The A500 is a truly wonderful Amiga. Mostly cus it runs perfectly well as a base unit and can handle most applications designed for it, subject only to disk swapping. To gain more RAM is an easy process of adding through the trap door. And hard drives and peripherals can easily be plugged in via the side expansion slot. The trick with the A500 is to respect the era that it was born of and be honest to the period. It really is no use wanting the computer to run as an A1200, let alone a more modern machine. There was so much made and created for the A500 you are hardly going to even dip your feet into the pool that is Amiga 500 wonderland. So sit back and enjoy the memories.... [ sorry for that ]. I used the memory thing and the opening lines as way of leading us into the point of this topic and that is the expandability of the Amiga 500 for RAM etc. Amiga 500 - Thanks for the memory Say cheese.. or killer cheese. Cut your fingers on this thing to get at the pesky bloody barrel battery. Same board just a different revision. Fortunately outside of the main machine but still very destructive... and invisible. So if you have one of these.. Chances are the battery is leaking. Keep a watchful eye on the state of your pins. Boards for the A500 did often tend to be small. But still had the blasted battery. Pretty much a standard expansion to the Amiga 500 in the day So where are those wires going ? Love that switch on the card Its a ROM sandwich Plastic jigsaw Interesting switch to the RAM board Microbotics with a 2032, how wonderful Pheonix by DSH Internal options were also available. Inside the Checkmate. That's the Spirit. Plus acceleration The Mega Midget Racer And finally the A5000. For me the cards are a bit over the top for a base A500 and I tend to keep them in boxes. Except the viper. Sorry for being brief... Gotta water the bloody grass. Summer.. honestly who needs it. Soon be winter.

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