Installing is an easy job if you're familiar with computer hardware. Especially the latter makes a bigger difference than I initially expected. At last the RAM upgrade so I'll be able to use more fast RAM and chip RAM. 33MHz seems enough for me) and the overclocked parts stress the system and old PSU more. I did not choose for this because the performance jump from the original Amiga 500 is already very high with 33MHz (i.e. The TF534-card is stock, but could've been overclocked to 40MHz and to 50MHz with a ceramic chip. 4GB is more than enough for me and I've read that big CF-cards (16GB+) can cause problems (that are solve-able but I'd like going hassle free ). The pre-installed CF-card is a big convenience since I don't have experience setting it all up. Amiga 500 512KB/2MB expansion with RTC (check if you have the Agnus 8372A chip).Ī few items are key in this: the 3.1 ROM is needed to boot from the CF-IDE port. 4GB CF-card with Workbench 3.1 by Cloanto installed.Ĥ. I cancelled my order of the Classic 520 (that still isn't available now!) and bought the following:Ģ. I have ordered one in late June and kept waiting patiently until I saw that had a special offer on the TF534 in late November. Unfortunately the production of the Classic 520 is delayed time after time. A decent CPU, 8MB of fast RAM and both SD and CF slots that are accessible from the outside of the machine. A non-invasive option without any modification at all and it has decent specifications. Initially I wanted to buy a Classic 520 that hooks up to the side of the Amiga.

For the Amiga 500 I had to work with a serial cable for data transfer and I have an additional diskette drive hooked up. For the C64 I have bought an Ultimate II+ that makes life a lot easier (don't get me wrong I still like to use the tape or floppy drive every now and then ). I have set up my Amiga 500 in a spot where I can interchange it easily with the C64 as they both hook up to the 1084 monitor. Sound Blaster? You had to wait until 1990. It's easy to forget but remember that VGA came out in 1986 and was very expensive at the time. graphics, sound and performance all in one. Looking back at 1985 with the Amiga 1000 and being able to buy it in the form of an Amiga 500 in 1987. One being that it was 'the alternative' and another was that for it's time it was a powerful yet affordable machine. I never used an Amiga before but always liked the system for different reasons. In 2019 I bought both my Amiga 500 and Commodore 64C.

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