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From: tep@tots.Logicon.COM (Tom Perrine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A500 motherboard revs?
Message-ID: <241@tots.UUCP>
Date: 13 Mar 91 20:50:05 GMT
Reply-To: tep@tots.UUCP (Tom Perrine)
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I purchased my A500 a *long* time ago. The serial number is
C?1<a bunch of 0s>2452.

I assume that this is the "original" rev motherboard, but I have never
taken the case apart to find out.

Now that there are upgrades/newer models, I would like to know:

1. What motherboard revs have there been for the A500?

2. I am fairly sure that I am stuck at 512K chip ram. Is this true? I
am willing to cut traces, etc.

3. Any reported problems with "older" A500s and GVP or Supra HDs? (I
am planning to add a 50Mbyte Supra or GVP II in the next three weeks.)

4. Any reason that, if CBM ever does announce 2.0 for A500s, that I
wouldn't be able to run it on this machine?

Thanks,
Tom Perrine (tep)                       |Internet: tep@tots.Logicon.COM
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