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29 expansions found
Company Phoenix Microtechnologies, Australia | Date 1990 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- FastRAM expansion
- supports 0.5, 1, 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations
- memory autoconfiguration
- autoconfiguration disable switch
- connects to the side expansion port
- versions for A500 and A1000 differ in case and passthrough option, passthrough connector is only featured in the A1000 version
- battery backed realtime clock
Company Ashcom Design, UK | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- No description available.
Advert (GB)
1993-01
Company Alfa Data, Taiwan | Date 1993 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 2076 / 24 |
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×4 ZIPs, 100 ns or faster
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four, giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
- memory autoconfiguration
- disable switch on top of the case
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
- incompatible with the A570 CD-ROM drive connected to the passthrough connector - disabling the AlfaRAM's memory gets the A570 to work
front side
Case opened, top side
Case, top side
back side
- AlfaRAM500.dms
two RAM test programs
22 kB
Company Power Computing, UK | Amiga A1000, A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 34951 / 0 |
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
- supports 1M×4 ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four, giving 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
- memory autoconfiguration
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
Company Electronic Design, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 10676 / 136 |
- sixteen ZIP sockets for up to 8 MB RAM
- accepts 256k×4 and 1M×4 ZIPs in groups of four giving configurations from 512 kB to 8 MB
- DIP switch for RAM configuration (accessible from outside)
- power LED
PCB, front side
exterior, front side
exterior, back side
PCB, back side
Company Byte by Byte, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- 64 DIP sockets for up to 2 MB RAM
- takes 256k×1, 150 ns DIPs in groups of 16
- supports 512 kB, 1 or 2 MB configurations
- autoconfig
- connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
- external power supply
front side
Advert (US)
1987-11
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
Advert (GB)
1990-12
Company Combitec, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 49160 / |
- a HD 20 A hard disk adapter with additional memory daughterboard
- eight SIP sockets for up to 8 MB RAM
- supports only 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations, it cannot be set to 6 MB
- accepts 1 MB SIPs in groups of two, 120 ns or faster
- no waitstates
- hard disk and memory disable switches
- passthrough connector
Advert (DE)
1988-11
Advert (DE)
1989-07
Company Alcomp, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500, A1000A2000 | - - | Interface side expansion portZorro II |
- EPROM reader
- supports 27512 EPROMs (64 kB capacity)
- two sockets can be occupied by 32256 static RAMs (buffered by battery)
- A500 / A1000 version:
- 16 sockets accept 1 MB
- can be expanded with 16 more sockets for 2 MB capacity
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
- Zorro II version:
- 32 sockets accept 2 MB
- the start of the address range can be set by two DIP switches to avoid conflicts with other cards - 0x400000, 0x600000 or 0x800000
- can be used as a physical drive - supports up to 8 partitions
- autoboots with Kickstart 1.3
- the boot partition can be selected in the boot menu, which can reached by pressing the left or right mouse button (depending on revision) during startup
- can be used as Kickstart disk for the A1000
- cannot burn EPROMs, only read (seperate EPROM burner needed)
front side
back side
- Alcomp_Tools-16.dms
tool disk
Modulgenerator v1.23, A500-Eprommer v1.6, A2000-Eprommer v1.3
example programs
422 kB
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1989-04
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1989-08
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1989-11
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1989-11
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1990-05
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
Advert (DE)
1991-10
Advert (DE)
1992-12
Company Elsat, Poland | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- memory
- eight 30 pin SIMM sockets for up to 8 MB RAM
- accepts 1 MB SIMMs
- supports 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations
- passthrough connector
front side
Company 3-State, Germany | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 512 / 2 |
- external RAM expansion
- possible configurations are 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB
- consists of three boards: mainboard, controller daughterboard and one of three different RAM daughterboards
- mainboard holds the controller daughterboard and the RAM daughterboards
- passthrough connector
- RAM daughterboards work also in the Apollo 500AT
- disable switch
- RAM daughterboard - Type 1
- ZIP RAM sockets
- takes up to up to 8 MB RAM
- RAM daughterboard - Type 2
- sixteen 22 pin SIP sockets
- 128 kB (256k×4) SIPs
- takes up to 2 MB RAM
- RAM daughterboard - Type 3
- 64 256k×1 DIP chips, soldered to three stacked boards
- 2 MB RAM (not expandable)
Main board, front side
Main board, back side
Exterior, front side
Exterior, rear side
Control card, front side
Control card, back side
RAM card, front side
RAM card, back side
Advert (DE)
1992-02
Advert (DE)
1992-08
Advert (DE)
1993-01
Company Memory and Storage Technology, Australia | Date 1989 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- 512 kB RAM
- four socketed 256k×4, 100 ns DIPs
- connects to the trapdoor slot
- 3 volt Lithium battery backed up clock
- disable switch
Company Micron Technology, USA | Date 1987 | Amiga A500, A1000A2000 | - - | Interface side expansion portZorro II | Autoconfig ID 1023 / 1 |
- 64 DIP sockets accept 2 MB RAM
- supports 0.5, 1 or 2 MB configurations
- accepts 256k×1 DIPs, 120 ns
- zero wait states
- recoverable RAM disk (rrd.device) - a warm boot takes about 45 seconds, including 12 seconds of memory diagnostics
- the design is licensed from ASDG, the card is technically the same as the ASDG 2MI
- the A1000 and A500 versions both rehouse the Zorro II card and provide a second Zorro slot for an additional card - however, as no slot breakout exists, only internal Zorro cards can be used
- A500 version:
- external power supply
- power switch and power indicator LED
- passthrough connector - in order to use it, some terminator resistors have to be removed
- A1000 version:
- optional external power supply
front side
front side
front side
A1000 version, front side
A1000 version, inside side
Advert (US)
1987-09
Advert (US)
1988-01
Company Memory and Storage Technology, Australia | Date 1989 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- sixteen DIP sockets for up to 2 MB RAM
- accepts 256k×4 DIPs in groups of four
- possible configurations are 0.5, 1 or 2 MB
- zero wait states
- connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
- autoconfigure LED
- disable switch
Case opened, front side
Advert (US)
1991-09
Company Cabletronic, Italy | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- RAM Expansion
- 2 MB Fast RAM expansion
- power and RAM access LEDs
- plugs into side expansion port
- no passthrough port
top side
bottom side
- ESP329.pdf
User Manual
150 kB
Company MacroSystem, Germany | Date 1991 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- eight 30 pin SIP sockets accept 8 MB RAM
- accepts 1 MB SIPs and supports 2, 4 or 8 MB configurations
- connects to the side expansion port
- disable switch
- integrated hard disk logic
- all ICs are socketed
Advert (DE)
1990-12
Company Amiga Hardware Tuning, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500, A1000A2000 | - - | Interface side expansion portZorro II | Autoconfig ID 19796 / 42 |
- sixteen sockets accept up to 1 MB EPROM or SRAM
- supports 27C512 EPROMs (64 kB capacity)
- supports static RAM, backed up by battery
- autoboot, requires at least Kickstart 1.3
- A500 and A1000 versions:
- side expansion port to Zorro II adapter
- there's no case, the Zorro II card is mounted vertically
- the adapter has passthrough connector
Company Golden Image, UK | Date 1991 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 1056 / 9 |
- early versions have sixteen DIP sockets with 1M×1 DIPs for 2 MB RAM, and two SIMM sockets for another 2 MB
- later versions have four 30 pin SIMM sockets for 2 or 4 MB RAM
- accepts 1 MB SIMMs in pairs
- disable switch on the back of the case
- power LED connector
- connects to the side expansion port
Exterior, front side
PCB, front side
PCB, back side
Exterior, back side
Advert (US)
1991-12
Advert (DE)
1992-08
Company Digitronics, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga A500A2000, A3000, A4000 | - - | Interface side expansion portZorro II |
- No description available.
Advert (US)
1988-06
Company Evesham Micros, UK | Date 1992 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port |
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 and 1M×4 ZIPs, 120 ns or faster
- adds 0.5, 1 or 2 MB with 256k×4 ZIPs
- adds 2, 4 or 8 MB with 1M×4 ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four
- ZIP types cannot be mixed
- disable switch
- RAM access LED
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
- optional external power supply
Company Rex Datentechnik, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port |
- EPROM reader
- 16 sockets accept 1 MB
- supports only 27512 EPROMs (64 kB capacity)
- can be used as a fast disk
- cannot burn EPROMs, only read (seperate EPROM burner needed)
- connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
- no case
- A500: can use SRAMs (backed up by battery)
- A1000: sandwhich board, the inner board contains the control logic, the outer board holds the EPROMs only
A500 version, front side
A1000 version 9204A, back side
A1000 version 9204B, front side
A1000 version 9204A and B, front side
A500 version, back side
Advert (DE)
1988-10
Company Combitec, Germany | Date 1989 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 49160 / 42,43 |
- a HD 20 A hard disk adapter with additional static memory daughterboard(s)
- S-RAM 500
- 512 kB static RAM
- 32k×8 DIPs in 16 sockets on a daughterboard
- S-RAM 1M
- 1 MB static RAM
- 32k×8 DIPs in 32 sockets on two daughterboards
- can be used as Fast RAM expansion or reset resistant RAM disk
- the RAM disk needs a mountlist entry (512 kB: 30 tracks, 32 sectors)
- keeps content over months
- hard disk and memory disable switches
- connects to the side expansion port, has passthrough connector
- optional external power supply
Exterior, top side
Case open with two SRAM daughterboards, front side
Case open with one SRAM daughterboard, front side
Case open with HD-20A baseboard, front side
Advert (DE)
1988-10
Advert (DE)
1988-10
Advert (DE)
1988-11
Advert (DE)
1988-12
Advert (DE)
1989-05
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1989-07
Company Profex Electronics, Germany | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 211 / 0221 / 42 |
- 64 DIP sockets with 2 MB RAM
- uses 1×256, 120 ns DIPs
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
PCB, front side
Exterior, left side
Exterior, right side
Advert (DE)
1988-03
Company Microbotics, USA | Date 1988 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 1010 / 0 |
- the StarBoard 2 / 500 is a StarBoard 2 with a different case
Exterior, top side
Case opened, right side
Case opened, left side
- Starboard2.pdf
user manual
2.3 MB - Starboard2_SB2000.pdf
user manual for SB2000 Zorro Adaptor
359 kB
- 8Up_StarBoard2.dms
Memory Test disk v3.11
296 kB
Advert (US)
1988-02
Advert (GB)
1989-06
Company Supra, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 1056 / 10 |
- sixteen ZIP sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 and 1M×4 ZIPs, 120 ns or faster
- adds 0.5, 1 or 2 MB with 256k×4 ZIPs
- adds 2, 4 or 8 MB with 1M×4 ZIPs
- accepts ZIPs in groups of four
- ZIP types cannot be mixed
- disable switch
- connects to the side expansion port
- passthrough connector
- connector for an additional external power supply
Board, front side
Board, back side
Case, bottom side
Case, top side
- SupraRAM500RX.pdf
Operator's Manual
133 kB
- SupraRAM-15.dms
tool disk
(Supra Memory Tester v1.5)
359 kB
Advert (DE)
1990-11
Advert (DE)
1990-11
Advert (US)
1991-05
Advert (DE)
1991-06
Advert (DE)
1991-11
Advert (DE)
1991-11
Advert (US)
1991-12
Advert (US)
1992-08
Advert (US)
1992-12
Advert (DE)
1993-10
Company Spirit Technology, USA | Date 1990 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 2034 / 6 |
- an expansion chassis containing a standard Spirit OctaByte Zorro II card
- 64 DIP sockets accept up to 8 MB RAM
- supports 2, 4, 6 or 8 MB configurations
- accepts 1M×1 DIPs, 150 ns or faster
- connects to the side expansion port
- external power supply
Advert (US)
1990-03
Advert (US)
1991-04
Company XEL, Australia | Date 1990 | Amiga A500, A1000 | Interface side expansion port | Autoconfig ID 460 / 14 |
- FastRAM expansion
- 8 DIP sockets accept up to 1 MB RAM
- supports 256k×4 DIPs
- accepts DIPs in groups of four, giving 512 kB or 1 MB configurations
- connects to the side expansion port, no passthrough connector
- memory autoconfiguration
- optional hard disk interface
- to enable the hard disk interface, a PAL chip has to be installed on the board into the empty socket
- proprietary 26 pin hard disk connector on the board, no external connector
- separate HDD case with MFM controller is connected via ribbon cable
- no autoboot capability
Advert (AU)
1990-06
Advert (AU)
1991-06