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Epsilon 
Epsilon's Classic Amiga Blog
Posted on 29-Apr-2014 10:47:41
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Hi All,

I decided to start a separate blog to my X1000 blog, this one is to focus on Classic Amiga hardware (and software).

Just to be clear I am not stopping work on the X1000 blog! I just didn't think I should include detailed Classic Amiga related stuff in that blog.

To start with I am starting work on a new project to upgrade an Amiga 600. I just received the Amiga 600 today and I have covered the initial purchase and initial setup in some detail. I did a similar upgrade on an Amiga 600 back in later 2011 but the computer died. I kept all the upgrades ready to try again in the future, which starts from today!

I hope you will follow along as I work on upgrading the Amiga 600 step by step with plenty of interesting hardware!

Todays blog entry is located here:

http://classicamiga.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/my-amiga-600-has-arrived.html

The general blog website if you would like to review the other posts is:

http://classicamiga.blogspot.com.au



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Overflow 
Re: Epsilon's Classic Amiga Blog
Posted on 29-Apr-2014 11:53:26
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@Epsilon

It will be very intresting to follow this blog

Got a A1200 myself with "only" a Blizzard 030/50 w/2+16 megs of ram and 1438s monitor.
Been halfway pondering if I should upgrade it a bit, so will see if your blog can get me inspired.

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Re: Epsilon's Classic Amiga Blog
Posted on 30-Apr-2014 14:05:36
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@Overflow

Thanks - I hope you enjoy it! After a few years gap not doing much Classic Amiga stuff at all (focussed on X1000), it is kind of nice to work on a Classic Amiga project again!

@all

I have created another blog entry for todays task of cleaning the Amiga 600 inside and out, replacing the keyboard with a new one, and testing again. Plenty of photos!

Link is here: http://classicamiga.blogspot.com.au/2014/04/cleaning-amiga-600.html

I hope you enjoy it! I am keen to get into the serious upgrade work now it is all cleaned out



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Re: Epsilon's Classic Amiga Blog
Posted on 30-Apr-2014 14:29:49
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@Epsilon

Very nice read- thanks :-

Now all you need is an A604n and Indivision ECS or maybe an ACA 620EC to compliment the Amiga 600

Last edited by amigakit on 30-Apr-2014 at 02:30 PM.

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Posted on 30-Apr-2014 18:45:15
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@Overflow

you can buy my setup if you want.... a1200 with more less every upgrade possible (mediator, voodoo,bvision, bppc bla bla...). i live in Norway too.


@epsilon

i read your blog frequently too, nice to see you're upgrading.

my blog is allready doing every format ... hard to follow everything but my readers keeps asking for more so. .

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Posted on 30-Apr-2014 23:16:04
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@amigakit

Actually, amongst other things I already bought a A604, Indivision ECS, Subway USB and ACA630 from you previously for this project! I intend to cover the various bits as I go along in my blog

It is good for people to know where they can get the bits from, if they want to try this kind of upgrade themselves!



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Re: Epsilon's Classic Amiga Blog
Posted on 1-May-2014 1:54:20
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@Epsilon

Cool, nice blog....will be keeping my eye on it

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@Epsilon

so cool a 'classic' version of your amazing X1000 blog

I must admit I never did take a liking to the little A600 back in the day but I look forward to following this blog along with my favourite X1000 blog for sure

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Re: Epsilon's Classic Amiga Blog
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@Epsilon

Huh, Kickstart 1.3 in Amiga 600? I didnt realize it is possible but why not, it is more compatible with games and utilities.

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Posted on 1-May-2014 17:26:19
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@itix

I thought the same.


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@Epsilon

Thanks for the link to your blog on your A600 refurbish/upgrade. The photos are great and inspiring. Keep up the good work and hope to see the final version in your blog.

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@thread

if someone wants to play A500 games on A600 ...
Is there a way to get the numeric keys?
For example railroad tycoon expects every computer to have numeric keypad on the right of the keyboard.


Other than that.
My A600 is going to be a AO2.1/3.1 demosystem. And I'll get ethernet A604 and ACA620 for it one day.

(looking forward to build my A2000 to be the AOS1.3 demosystem, my golden era of Amiga hobbying, from the years I was considered to be the "guru of Amiga". (I was the only one who read the manual))

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Re: Epsilon's Classic Amiga Blog
Posted on 2-May-2014 15:24:52
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@all

Thanks for your kind words about my blog - I am really enjoying working on this project!

I have updated my Classic Amiga blog again today with the installation of the A604 memory expansion, kickstart rom switcher, indivision ECS and beefier power supply into the Amiga 600.

Link is here:

http://classicamiga.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/installing-kickstart-switcher-a604-and.html

I hope you enjoy it!



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Posted on 2-May-2014 15:36:47
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@KimmoK

Railroad Tycoon is semi-multitasking so it should be possible write an input handler to emulate numpad.

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Posted on 3-May-2014 0:03:39
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@itix

It is possible to use the 1.3 ROM in an A600, but it won't recognise the onboard IDE connector, and most likely any of the expansion cards, PCMCIA slot, etc.

But as you mention it is good for A500 game/demo compatibility.

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Epsilon 
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Posted on 3-May-2014 15:33:16
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Hi All,

I have written a new entry into my Classic Amiga blog, covering the next steps of installing the ACA630 accelerator and hard disk into the Amiga 600.

Link is here:

http://classicamiga.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/installing-accelerator-and-hard-disk.html

Happy reading! There is so much more to do, and I did hit some problems today, but things are coming along nicely now



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@Epsilon

Quote:
covering the next steps of installing the ACA630 accelerator and hard disk into the Amiga 600.


Nice! How fast is 3.9 on ECS and 030?

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Posted on 3-May-2014 17:24:45
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@Epsilon

Nice blog, my first Amiga was an A600 in 1992. Don't have one now, sold the original around 2000 I think and then got another 4-5 years back. Managed to to get 'new' case, decent keyboard etc., had a nice set up but then sold on, wish I had hung on to it! There are some nice add-ons and upgrades out now.

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Posted on 4-May-2014 7:36:19
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From: Adelaide, Australia

@pavlor

OS3.9 runs quite well on the Amiga 600 - I am very happy with it so far. I really like not having to spend a lot of time installing all the various patches needed to a Workbench 3.1 installation to bring it up to the same spec as an OS3.9 base install.

@all

I have created another blog entry today covering the installation of the Subway USB into the Amiga 600.

The link is here:

http://classicamiga.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/installing-subway-usb-into-a600.html

Please enjoy!



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Epsilon 
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Posted on 5-May-2014 8:56:51
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Hi All,

It has been a very productive few days with the Amiga 600 upgrade, with a number of upgrades now done.

I have created a new blog entry for the setup of the MAS Player Evolution on the Amiga 600 for playing back MP3 files at full quality using MAS Hardware.

Link is here:

http://classicamiga.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/installing-mas-player-evolution-on-a600.html

I hope this is interesting for you! I am really enjoying the transformation of the Amiga 600!



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