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38 expansions found
Company MicroniK, Germany | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket |
- 2 MB RAM
- sixteen 256k×4 DIPs
- 512 kB / 1 MB Chip RAM jumper
- the main board connects to the trapdoor slot
- an adaptor board connects to Gary's socket
- battery backed up clock
- disable jumper
Company Individual Computers, Germany | Date 2004 | Amiga A500 | Interface 68000 socket |
- clock port interface
- provides two A1200 compatible clockport connectors for the A500
- connects into the 68000 socket
front side
with SilverSurfer attached, front side
with SilverSurfer attached, front side
back side
Company W.T.S. Electronics, UK | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 512 kB RAM - expands the A500 to 1 MB Chip RAM
- sixteen socketed 256k×1 DIPs
- optional battery backed up clock
- disable switch
- connects to the trapdoor slot
front side
back side
Company MicroniK, Germany | Amiga A500+ | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 1 MB RAM
- eight 256k×4 DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
Company Solid State Leisure, UK | Date 1992 | Amiga A500, A2000 | Interface 68000 socket |
- processor
- 68020 @ 16.67 MHz, PGA
- optional PGA FPU, no MMU
- memory
- 1 MB RAM installed, expandable to 4 MB
- 32 DIP sockets
- takes 256k×4, 80 ns or faster DIPs
- non-autoconfiguring
- hardware maprom
- does not support DMA to its 32 bit RAM, it affects the A590 badly - DMAfix can solve this
- notes
- connects to the 68000 socket, the 68000 is replaced onto the board
- 68000 fallback mode - the software can switch from 68030 to 68000 but cannot switch back, the machine has to be switched off
- HDToolBox gets confused with the board (it works correctly in fallback mode)
- memory is not available in fallback mode
front side
back side
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1990-11
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1991-03
Company Individual Computers, Germany | Date 2013 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 4626 / 64 |
- processor
- CPU: 68EC000 @ 14 MHz
- CPU is overclocked, the nominal speed of the CPU is 10 MHz
- memory
- 2 MB RAM
- memory autoconfiguration
- 512k Flash ROM, it contains a licensed Kickstart 1.3 and 3.1
- installed trapdoor expansions are supported
- 512k expansions can be added as either ChipRAM or FastRAM - an ECS Agnus is needed for ChipRAM option
- if larger than 512k, automatically added as FastRAM
- notes
- delivered without case, meant to be installed as-is (bare board)
- MapROM feature
- two CF card slots (replace hard disk)
- one slot supports autoboot from Amiga formatted CF cards with RDB
- no hotplug support
- one slot supports FAT16/FAT32 formatted CF cards to allow data exchange with PCs (no software needed, FAT95 filesystem in ROM)
- not all CF cards are working, try-and-error procedure may be necessary to find a working one
- boot menu with the following options
- select between Kickstart ROM installed in Amiga or one of the two Kickstarts in Flash ROM of ACA 500
- floppy options - allows deactivation or no-click mode
- switch between PAL and NTSC modes
- load A1000 Kickstart disk
- issue flash software update from CF card
- store and select configuration profiles and a standard configuration
- language selection (english or german)
- A1200 compatible clock port
- A1200 CPU port
- allows installing processor cards for A1200 CPU slot
- supported are only three models: ACA 1220, ACA 1232 and ACA 1233
- other cards may work, reported are Blizzard PPC, Blizzard 1260, Blizzard 1230 IV, Apollo 1260, Cobra
- the ACA 1231, being an OEM product, does not work
- 16 bit I/O expansion port
- de-brick jumper, disables certain RAM and ROM functions to allow flashing a new ROM
- compatibility jumper (J2)
- disables RAM and certain IRQs
- CF card slots, expansion and clock ports disabled
- MapROM disabled
- other features to increase compatibility
- compatible with WHDLoad game software (Quit key is also supported), however due to limited amount of RAM on the card many games do not work
Company Alcomp, Germany | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface parallel port, joystick port |
- sound sampler
- 8 bit mono soundsampler
- 1× RCA input
- level adjustment knob
- installs to parallel port and joystick port
- no software delivered, so a separate digitizer program is needed
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1988-02
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1988-12
Company Commodore, USA | Date 1988 & 1991 |
- full description is in the models section
- short description
- 68000 @ 7.14 MHz
- A500:
- 512 kB Chip RAM, expandable to 1 MB
- original chip set (OCS)
- A500+:
- 1 MB Chip RAM, expandable to 2 MB
- enhanced chip set (ECS)
Rev 3 motherboard, front side
Rev 3 motherboard, back side
Rev 5 motherboard, front side
Rev 6A motherboard, front side
Rev 6A motherboard, front side
Rev 6A motherboard, back side
Rev 8A motherboard (A500+), front side
Rev 8A motherboard, front side
Rev 8A motherboard (A500+), back side
- A500_A2000_Rom31.pdf
3.1 ROM installation guide for A500 / A2000 (german)
18 kB - 1MBChip_A500_A2000.pdf
How to achieve 1MB ChipRAM for A500 rev7, rev6A, rev5, rev3 and for A2000 rev4.x (german)
53 kB - BigAgnus_A500_A2000.pdf
How to add Big Agnus 8372A (german)
39 kB
Advert (DE)
1987-06
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1987-07
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1987-10
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1987-10
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1987-10
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1987-12
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1988-01
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1988-05
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1988-06
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1989-04
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1989-11
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1991-06
Company MicroniK, Germany | Date 1993 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- Zorro II busboard
- expands the A500 with three Zorro II slots
- the Zorro cards are mounted vertically
- passthrough connector - its usability is limited because of the missing Buster Chip
- optional external power supply - the power source can be selected by jumpers
- disable switch
- power LED
front side
back side
Company Ralf Jochheim Computer Tuning, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot | Autoconfig ID 2050 / 1 |
- four DIP sockets with 512 kB RAM
- 256k×4 DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- battery backed up clock
- disable jumper
front side
Advert (DE)
1991-11
Company Frank Strauß Elektronik, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- SCSI 2 controller
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- autoboot ROM (Boil)
- 50 pin internal SCSI header
- DB25 external SCSI connector
- no RAM option
- passthrough connector
Board (Tronex SCSI), front side
CHA-Boil 500, right side
Board (Tronex SCSI), back side
- Boil241.dms
install disk v2.41
268 kB - Boil252.dms
install disk v2.52
269 kB
Company Cortex Design Technologies, UK | Date 1990 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- eight 30 pin SIMM sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
- accepts 1 MB SIMMs only
- supports 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations
- zero wait states
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
- supplied with its own power supply
Exterior, front side
Exterior, front side
Exterior, rear side
PCB, front side
PCB, back side
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1990-12
Company Progressive Peripherals & Software, USA | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 756 / 2 |
- AppleTalk interface
- existing AppleTalk networks:
- unlimited number of Macs may be networked
- 230,4 kbit/s transfer speed (AppleTalk standard)
- cannot access Macs with MacOS 7.x or later
- can share files and printers
- Amiga only networks:
- up to 32 Amigas may be networked
- 460,8 kbit/s transfer speed (between other DoubleTalk or Emplant cards)
- allows any Amiga to function simultaneously as a file server, printer server or client
- can share large RAM disks
- supports network distributive software to take advantage of the processing power of several networked Amigas
- 512 kB ROM
- phone jack network adapter
- additional DB25 serial port for the Amiga - due to a misdesign this serial port is not available as long as the AppleTalk connector is connected (it uses the same hardware interrupt)
- connects to the side expansion port
- software utilities: Network Manager, AutoLogoff, AutoPublish, password security, NetMail
front side
Company Gigatron, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500+ | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 1 MB RAM
- eight 256k×4 DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
Company Kupke, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 2073 / 4 |
- processor
- 68030 @ 14 MHz, PGA (synchronous with the A500)
- optional PGA FPU - it can run at 14 MHz, or use a separate crystal
- memory
- 32 DIP sockets accept up to 16 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 or 1M×4 chips
- accepts chips in groups of eight
- possible memory configurations are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13 or 16 MB
- notes
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector for other side peripherals
- conflicts with the A590 SCSI controller
- disable switch on top of the case
- jumper settings
| Jumper | Default | Description |
| JP101 | - | FPU Oscillator: 1-2 - no oscillator present, 2-3 - oscillator present |
| JP201 | OFF | MMU Disable: ON - MMU disabled, OFF - MMU enabled |
| JP202 | OFF | CPU Cache Disable: ON - Cache disabled, OFF - Cache enabled |
| JP302 | ON | Cache Chip Memory: ON - caching disabled, OFF - caching enabled |
| JP303 | - | 1MBit/4MBit: ON - 1MBit, OFF - 4 MBit |
| JP304 | - | reserved |
| JP305 | - | reserved |
Board, front side
Board, back side
Exterior, top side
Advert (DE)
1993-11
Company Kupke, Germany | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- two RAM daughterboards (the same boards as in the A1000 version)
- early versions:
- 1 MB per board (2 MB total)
- 32 DIP sockets per board
- takes 1×256k DIPs
- later versions:
- 2 MB per board (4 MB total)
- 16 DIP sockets per board
- takes 4×256k DIPs
- connects to the side expansion port, has passthrough
- disable switch
Advert (DE)
1987-06
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1988-03
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1988-10
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1989-04
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1989-12
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1990-01
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1990-01
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1990-11
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1991-05
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1991-05
Company Kupke, Germany | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 221 / 0 |
- 64 DIP sockets accept 2, 4 or 8 MB RAM
- takes 1×1M DIPs
- 32 of the 64 DIP sockets are on a daughterboard
- disable switch
- connects to the side expansion port, has passthrough connector
Main board, front side
Main board, back side
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1991-10
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1992-12
Company Kupke, Germany | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 2073 / 2 |
- SCSI 2 controller
- RDB compatible
- uses polled I/O instead of DMA transfers
- autoboot ROM - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- 50 pin internal SCSI header
- DB25 external connector
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- hard disk activity LED
- disable switch
- optional memory board - Golem RAM-Card 500
- 64 DIP sockets accept 2, 4 or 8 MB RAM
- takes 1×1M DIPs
- 32 of the 64 DIP sockets are on a daughterboard
- takes away the space from the internal hard disk
- optional processor board - Golem 68030
- 68030 @ 14 MHz
- optional FPU
- 32 DIP sockets for up to 16 MB RAM
- takes 256k×4 or 1M×4 chips
- leaves no space for the internal hard disk
- notes
- connects to the side expansion port, has passthrough connector
- built-in Kickstart switcher with 5 ROM sockets
Memory daughterboard, front side
Memory daughterboard, back side
Main board, front side
Main board, back side
- GolemSCSI.dms
install disk
317 kB
Advert (US)
1990-11
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1991-10
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1992-02
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1992-04
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1992-12
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1990-11
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1991-05
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1991-05
Company Combitec, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 49160 / 42 |
- adapter for the Combitec HD 20 or HD 40 external hard disk unit
- HD 20 contains an OMTI 5528 controller card and the ST-506 hard disk
- HD 20 A contains the autoboot ROM
- the two units are connected through DB25 connectors
- connects to the side expansion port, has passthrough connector
- disable switch
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1988-10
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1988-10
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1988-11
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1989-07
Company Great Valley Products, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 2017 / 10,11 |
- SCSI 2 DMA controller
- 3.58 MB/s transfer speed
- FaaasT ROM SCSI driver (gvpscsi.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- RDB compatible
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- supported by Linux
- A-Max II driver (gvpscsi.amhd)
- memory
- four 30 pin SIMM sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- accepts 1 or 4 MB 120 ns SIMMs
- supports 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations
- the 4 MB configuration requires four 1 MB modules, a 4 MB module is not sufficient
- fully autoconfiguring
- notes
- connects to the side expansion port
- has no passthrough connector
- stylish design matches the A500
- disable switch
- hard disk activity LED
- external power supply
- built in fan
- mini expansion slot for the optional PC emulator card
- problems may arise with the combination of A500, 8372A Agnus and an internal memory expansion with CPU or Gary adaptor - a trace has to be cut to solve the problem
- jumper settings
| J5 OFF OFF ON ON |
J6 OFF ON OFF OFF |
J7 ON OFF OFF OFF |
J8 ON ON ON OFF |
J9 OFF OFF OFF ON |
J12 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-3 |
- memory - 0 MB - 2 MB, CN9-CN10 - 4 MB, CN9-CN12 - 8 MB, CN9-CN10 |
Case opened, top side
Exterior, top side
Exterior, rear side
Exterior, right side
PCB Rev 3, front side
PCB Rev 6, front side
PCB Rev 3, back side
- a500hd8.dms
GVP-M
install disk
373 kB - amiga.html#gvp
Ralph Babel
SCSI ROM image
gvpscsi.device v4.15
16 kB
Advert (DE)
1991-01
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1992-10
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1992-11
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1990-11
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1990-11
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1991-05
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1991-09
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1991-11
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1991-12
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1992-02
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1992-03
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1992-09
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1992-11
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1993-05
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1993-06
Company Great Valley Products, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 2017 / 1,2 |
- SCSI 2 DMA controller
- DMA to onboard 16 kB buffer
- RDB compatible
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- Impact A500-2/X
- optional autoboot / RAM board
- 2 MB zero wait-state RAM
- sixteen 1M×1 DIPs
- autoboot ROM - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- notes
- connects to the side expansion port
- has no passthrough connector
- hard disk activity LED
- built in fan
- external power supply
Autoboot / RAM module, front side
Case opened, right side
Exterior, front side
Exterior, back side
Exterior, right side
Exterior, left side
- ImpactSCSI.pdf
Installation and User's Guide (english)
5.4 MB
- amiga.html#gvp
Ralph Babel
SCSI ROM image
gvpscsi.device v3.15
16 kB
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1989-04
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1988-05
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1988-08
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1988-11
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1988-12
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1989-02
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1989-06
Company Great Valley Products, USA | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 2017 / 1,2 |
- SCSI 2 DMA controller
- DMA to onboard 16 kB buffer
- onboard autoboot ROM - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- autoboot disable switch
- RDB compatible
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- memory
- four 30 pin SIMM sockets accept up to 4 MB RAM
- accepts 1 MB SIMMs
- supports 2 or 4 MB configurations
- fully autoconfiguring
- notes
- connects to the side expansion port
- has no passthrough connector
- hard disk activity LED
- built in fan
- external power supply
front side
back side
- amiga.html#gvp
Ralph Babel
SCSI ROM image
gvpscsi.device v3.15
16 kB
Advert (US)
1989-12
Advert (US)
1990-03
Company Kupke, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500A2000 | - - | Interface side expansion portCPU slot |
- Kickstart Module and Switcher
- allows switching between two Kickstarts
- Kickstart 1: 1 socket for an original ROM
- Kickstart 2: 2 sockets for an EPROM based Kickstart
- jumpers to select between the Kickstarts
- expansion features both A500 side expansion and A2000 CPU connectors
front side
back side
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1989-04
Company Jürgen Kommos, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- SCSI 2 controller
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- 50 pin internal SCSI header
- no external SCSI connector
- autoboot ROM (jkscsi.device)
- no RAM option
- passthrough connector
front side
back side
- Kommos_SCSI.dms
install disk
350 kB
Company MicroniK, Germany | Date 1997 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- Zorro II busboard
- 3× Zorro II slots
- 2× ISA slots
- 1× video slot
- 1× CPU slot for A2000 processor boards
- 1× A500 side expansion port
- the ISA slots are inline with a Zorro slot
- the video slot is slightly offline with its neighbour Zorro slot and the distance between them is larger than in an A3000 - cards using both a Zorro and video slot are ruled out
- connects to the side expansion port connector
- four ROM sockets for installing Kickstart 1.3, 2.0 and 3.x consequently
- the board is part of the Micronik A500 Classic tower system
- 2× 5.25" external drive bays
- 3× 3.5" external drive bays
- 2× 3.5" internal drive bays
- 200W power supply
front side
back side
Company Megatronic, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- MFM controller
- basically a reproduction of the C't OMTI-Adapter
- the Seagate RLL controller card is housed externally with the 5.25" hard disk and the power supply
- connects to the side expansion port with a cable - no passthrough connector
- does not autoconfig - the controller address is set by four DIP switches
- does not autoboot
- distributed in the US by Progressive Peripherals as "The Vault"
Megatronic OMTI Adapter - Interface and Hard disk, front side
PP&S The Vault - Hard Disk, front side
PP&S The Vault - Hard Disk Case opened, front side
PP&S The Vault - Hard Disk PCB View, top side
Company Creative Microsystems, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface 68000 socket |
- processor
- 68000 @ 14.32 MHz, synchronous to the motherboard
- software and jumper switchable 7 or 14 MHz mode
- optional PGA FPU up to 16 MHz with separate oscillator
- notes
- jumper selectable Fast ROM mode for accessing the Kickstart ROM with reduced wait states
- some DMA devices (for example the A590) do not work when the board runs at 14 MHz, unless the PAMC board is modified (trace cut)
- plugs into the 68000's socket
- electrically the same as the A2000 version, it only differs in its shape to allow the installation of Agnus expansions (like the MegAChip)
front side
front side
- CMI_PA-90.dms
utility disk
PA program v9.0
195 kB
Company Protar, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 4149 / 51,52 |
- SCSI controller
- uses polled I/O instead of DMA transfer
- autoboot ROM - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- not RDB compatible
- supports SCSI Direct
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- hard disk activity LED
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- memory
- one 72 pin SIMM socket accept up to 8 MB RAM
- supports 1, 2, 4 and 8 MB configurations
- supports only special Protar SIMMs
- notes
- connects to the side expansion port, has no passthrough connector
- stylish design matches the A500
- disable switch - turns off both RAM and hard disk
- the connector of the optional external power supply has the same pinout as that of the A500
- when a power supply is connected to the Protar, the A500 does not need its supply any longer, it gets its power from the Protar
Board, front side
Case, front side
Case, rear side
Case, front side
inside side
Board, back side
- Protar_A500_HD.pdf
Benutzerhandbuch (german user manual)
47 kB
- Protar500HD-22.dms
install disk v2.2
Protar Manager v1.128, protarscsi.device 2.17 (28 Jun 1992)
367 kB - Protar500HD-14.dms
install disk v1.4
Protar Manager v1.31, protarscsi.device v1.193 (9 Nov 1991)
378 kB - Protar500HD_ROM.bin
ROM image
32 kB
Advert (DE)
1991-05
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1991-06
Advert (GB)
1991-09
Company Micro R&D, USA | Date 1992 | Amiga A500, A500+ | Interface trapdoor slot |
- A500
- 512 kB RAM
- two versions:
- RAM-512K - four 256k×4 chips
- RAM-512K.C - sixteen 256k×1 chips
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- battery backed up clock
- A500+
- 1 MB RAM
- eight 256k×4 chips
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- Notes
- features the same OEM hardware as the Telmex Mini RAM 500
front side
back side
Advert (US)
1993-04
Company Comspec Communications, Canada | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 1006 / |
- SCSI controller
- uses polled I/O transfers
- autoboot ROM (CompspecSCSI.device) - can be disabled by software
- does not support the RDB standard
- DB25 external SCSI connector
- A-Max II driver (comspechd.amhd)
front side
rear side
Company Supra, USA | Date 1987,1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 1056 / 5,8 |
- SCSI controller
- 5380 controller IC
- the 3.5" hard disk is housed in a separate case
- DB37 external connector (SCSI and power in one cable)
- 1987:
- optional autoboot ROM
- optional battery backed up clock
- 1988: autoboot ROM (suprascsi.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
- optional memory expansion daughterboard
- sixteen DIP sockets for 2 MB RAM
- takes 1M×1 DIPs
Main board, front side
RAM daughterboard, front side
- SupraDrive_Series_I.pdf
user manual
2043 kB
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1988-11
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1987-09
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1988-11
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1989-09
Company Supra, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 1056 / 9,13 |
- SCSI controller
- uses polled I/O, not DMA transfer
- autoboot ROM (suprascsi.device) - autobooting requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- automounts FFS volumes only
- place for a 3.5" hard disk inside the case
- 50 pin internal header
- DB25 external connector
- A-Max II driver (supra.amhd)
- supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD
- series III:
- RDB compatible
- unlike former revisions this one automounts all volumes
- ROM version AMAB6 corrects the problems with processor cards
- memory
- sixteen DIP sockets accept 0.5, 1, 2, 4 or 8 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 and 1M×4 DRAM chips - the latter are required above 2 MB
- DIP sizes cannot be mixed
- fully autoconfiguring
- memory disable switch - leaves the hard disk on
- notes
- hard disk activity LED
- hard disk disable switch - it leaves the memory enabled
- connects to the side expansion port
- expansion passthrough connector
- connector for the optional external power supply
- DIP switch settings
| switch 1-3 | - SCSI ID (connected with a cable to the hard disk's ID selector jumpers) |
| switch 4 | - autobooting: ON - disabled |
| switch 5 | - RAM: ON - enabled, OFF - test mode |
- jumper settings
| J1 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON |
J2 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON |
J3 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON |
RAM - 0 - 2 MB, 256k×4 - 1 MB - 512 kB - 4 MB - 2 MB, 1M×4 - reserved - 8 MB |
| J5, J6 - | power source: ON - A500, OFF - external power supply |
Main board, front side
Main board, back side
DIP to ZIP adapter, front side
DIP to ZIP adapter, back side
- SupraBoot38b.dms
install disk v3.8b
348 kB - SupraBoot-30C.dms
install disk v3.0C
343 kB - SupraBoot30.dms
install disk v3.0
347 kB - SupraTools38b.dms
tool disk v3.8b
192 kB - SupraTools-30B.dms
tool disk v3.0B
223 kB - SupraTools-30A.dms
tool disk v3.0A
220 kB - SupraAMax.lha
A-Max driver v1.30
3 kB
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1990-07
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1990-11
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1990-11
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1991-08
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1991-11
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1991-11
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1991-11
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1991-12
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1992-08
Advert (US)
1992-12
Advert (DE)
1993-10
Company HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket |
- four ZIP sockets with 2 MB RAM
- 1M×4, 70 - 80 ns ZIPs
- can be configured as 512 kB Chip + 2 MB Fast RAM or as 1 MB Chip and 1.5 MB Fast RAM
- battery backed up clock
- the main board connects to the trapdoor slot, the adaptor board connects to the Gary's socket
Advert (DE)
1992-02
Advert (DE)
1992-06
Company HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- four DIP sockets with 512 kB RAM
- 256k×4 (514256), 70 - 80 ns DIPs
- battery backed up clock
- clock write protection
- clock disable jumper
- memory disable jumper
- connects to the trapdoor slot
front side
back side
Advert (DE)
1992-02
Advert (DE)
1992-06
Company HK-Computer, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface 68000 socket |
- 16 ZIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 and 1M×4 ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four giving 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 6.5, 8 MB configurations
- connects to the 68000 socket - the 68000 is replaced onto the board
front side
front side
Advert (DE)
1992-02
Company Zydec, UK | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot, Gary socket |
- up to 1.5 MB RAM - gives 2 MB total
- twelve 256k×4 DIPs or sockets
- 0, 0.5, 1 or 1.5 MB configurations
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- an adapter board connects to the Gary socket
- battery backed up clock
- disable switch
- requires Kickstart 1.3
Company Zydec, UK | Amiga A500 | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 512 kB RAM
- AmRAM-16: sixteen 256k×1 DIPs
- AmRAM-X: four 256k×4 DIPs
- AmRAM-Z: four 256k×4 ZIPs
- battery backed up clock
- disable switch
- connects to the trapdoor slot
front side
Company Zydec, UK | Date 1991 | Amiga A500+ | Interface trapdoor slot |
- 1 MB RAM
- eight 256k×4 DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- disable switch