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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2380.0. "Need A1000 memory" by MTWAIN::WOODS (George Woods DTN 223-9971) Tue Mar 21 1989 11:55

    I am in the market for an additional 512K (or more) memory for my 
    A1000.  I havn't seen any used memory for sale.  So, what is the
    best deal for populated 512k (min.) memory?  What should I expect
    to pay?
    
    Thanks,
    gw -- k1dx
    
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2380.1Memory two months agoENGLES::WARDTue Mar 21 1989 12:354
    Last month it was $8+ for the slower TI chips.  Some expansion boards
    are finally being quoted.  Compute your final expansion and decide
    on crossover to 1meg chips via expansion if cost covers it.  Some
    expansions have adaptors for re-use in 2000 enclosure.
2380.3Let your fingers do the walkin!DPDMAI::MARASKYThu Mar 23 1989 00:1116
    RE 0.
    
    I checked around about a month ago for an extra 512 for my A1000.
    I took my Amigaworld and called every shop that had an 800 number
    and found that the price is goin to be about 250-$300 for the add
    on memory board and about the same for the chips.  You can get the
    board with 0K population and then hunt for your own memory or buy
    it from them.  I think the best price that I came up with was one
    of the dealers had one for $450 with 1meg of memory.  I also found
    that alot of the times they have memory that they took in trade
    on a A1000 that they are willing to let go for a cheaper price.
    Best bet is to a AmigaWorld rag and just call all the dealers. 
    What the heck its their dime.
    
    Don....
    
2380.4Time to make some add-on memory?MTWAIN::WOODSGeorge Woods DTN 223-9971Thu Mar 23 1989 16:4414
    Don, thanks for the up-to-date info.  I had suspected that the prices
    you were mentioning were the going prices based on what I'd seen.
    I am not willing to spend $500 for 1/2M when I bought the whole
    A1000 for $400!  I may roll my own.  A fellow Amiga user in ZK is
    sending me a copy of an article on adding chips to the existing
    board.  Time to warm up the 100W Black Beauty and sizzle some chips!
    
    I'll post a note if I actually do modify the A1000 and let you know
    how things turn out.  It won't be until at least April 15 (after
    tax).  In the meantime, I'd like to hear of anyone else's experience
    with homebrew or modified memory for the A1000.
    
    gw
    
2380.5I to need to upgrade my A1000MTHOOD::KULINKKETue Aug 29 1989 21:0612
    I to am looking to upgrade my A1000 memory to 1 Meg. If anybody
    has info on a home brew upgrade I'm more than willing to give it
    a shot. Send any info to MTHOOD::KULINKKE it will be greatly
    appreciated. I also have a spare 1050 memory expansion module for
    the A1000 and would be more than willing to sacrifice it if mounting
    larger chips would work. I don't think there's enough address lines
    there to address more than 256K though. 
    
                                              thanks for any help
                                                  Ken Kulink
                                               MTHOOD::KULINKKE