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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!pirates!prall968
- From: prall968@Armstrong.EDU
- Subject: Re: A1000 Newbie makes some questions
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.035658.3845@Armstrong.EDU>
- Organization: Armstrong State College, Savannah, GA
- References: <1992Jul28.193932.15897@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 03:56:58 GMT
- Lines: 46
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- In article <1992Jul28.193932.15897@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> papo@pyuxf.uucp (25241-anaya) writes:
- >So these are my questions:
- >
- >1. In a nutshell, what upgrades can be done with the A1000??
- >
- Lets see, SCSI controllers, MFM/RLL adaptors for those type IBM cards.
- A hack for the audio filter(to turn it off), Kickstart ROM hacks
- And those are just the HACKS..there are more things available from
- companies..
-
- >2. What's the price range of some of them??
- >
- Well Lets see.. Simple no frills SCSI controllers can run from $150 to $250
- An Insider Memory board runs about $179 unpopulated(or is it populated??)
- Just look in the back of AMIGAWORLD magazine... lots of stuff from briwall.
-
-
- >3. What companies are selling upgrades for the 1000??
- >
- Briwall, Amigaman, Grapevine are a few Mail order companies...
-
-
- >4. If the peripherals that are sold for the 500 are also used in the
- >1000, what things I should be looking for??
- Well Any kind of SCSI/RAM expander for the 500 will work on the 1000,
- it will just look kinda funny hanging backwards off the side.
- Don't let anyone tell you it won't work.. I would suggest the ROCTECH
- ROCHARD Scsi/8 meg ram expander.. You can buy it with 0megs of ram and a
- quantum 52meg for about $475.. Now the controller itself is IDE, but they do
- sell a small board to upgrade it to scsi.. plus the 8 megs of RAM wow!
-
- >
- >
- >I'm planning to upgrade my machine in the near future so I can do any useful
- >programming with it. I'll appreciate any response and thanks in advance.
- >
- >
- No Problem.. I know how it is trying to upgrade a 1000.. I seem to be te
- only person in this toiwn who still apreciates the machine....
-
- Gene Prall prall968@pirates.armstrong.edu |Look ma I is in college!|
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