Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!kudla From: kudla@rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) Subject: A500 Expansion Options? Message-ID: Nntp-Posting-Host: nuge107.its.rpi.edu Organization: just say no! Distribution: comp Date: 6 May 91 19:07:18 GMT Lines: 32 Over the last year I've been scouring the ads in Amiga magazines for what my options are regarding RAM and SCSI expansion on the 500. When the price of Quantum hard drives dropped a lot in the last couple months, I started looking harder. What I want is a board that'll let me slap up to 8 megs (preferably in increments of 1M) on my 500 *and* give me a SCSI connection. I see lots of the former (Supra's 500RX series comes to mind) and some of the latter (there are SCSI interfaces for the 500 in the ~$150 range) but it looks like the only way to get both is to get one of those ungainly sidecar-type boxes by GVP or Supra (or CBM for that matter) with memory expansion, SCSI, and a rather unreasonably-priced low capacity hard drive all slapped on the side of my 500. Does anyone know of a product like what I'm looking for? That way I could get a memory expansion and SCSI and worry about the hard drive a few weeks/months later. I think MAST makes one but (1) it's probably not shipping and (2) they use their own proprietary memory packaging which they sell for $100 a meg. I don't think so, guys..... If it turns out to be cheaper to go for Supra's memory thing and someone else's 500 SCSI interface, so be it, but I'd much rather have one unit that does both, particularly with a passthru since I intend to pick up the 690 when it's available. If it had its own power supply I wouldn't complain either. Thanks in advance for any leads people might have! Robert Jude Kudla No more bars! No more cages! Just rollerskating, disco music, and the occasional light show....