A500 Action Replay in an A2000 ?

I've been wondering...

The expansion port in the left side of the A500 is as I understand it a Zorro-II port.
if it's a direct 1 to 1 pin connection with the Zorro-II in the A2000, wouldn't it be possible to use a device such as the Action Replay for the A500 inside the A2000 with a 1 to 1 pin connector that fits both female slots ?

I wouldn't advise it!

The A500 verion is strictly for the A500 and no other. You require either a Mk II or a Mk III version for the A2000.

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/actionreplay

so you say that a AR MK II/III A500 model can be converted into an A2000 model ?
but not a MK I.

or am I totally off here ?

Datel produced a version of the AR for the A2000 and A3000 starting with the AR Mk 2. This is a totally seperate product from the A500 AR Mk 2 which will NOT work in the A2000

All AR's (Mk I, II, III) for the A500 were in cartridge form whereas the AR's for the A2000 and A3000 (Mk II, III) came in the form of a CPU card that fitted internally and not on the Zorro II port.

See the link in my previous post to see the differences.

Ok, so the slot where the A2000 version of the AR is plugged into, is not a Zorro-II slot ?

I know the A500 cartridge doesn't fit directly into the A2000 (physically) because it has a edge-slot connector, and the A2000 version is a PCB.

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Originally Posted by Tomse

Ok, so the slot where the A2000 version of the AR is plugged into, is not a Zorro-II slot ?

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The slot is the CPU Upgrade Slot, not a Zorro II

CPU Upgrade slot has 86 conectors whereas Zorro II has 100

Thanks. it all makes sense now..
I just thought that all ports inside were Zorro-II and Passive ISA, I didn't know there was a specific CPU slot aswell..

thanks for the info blankstare ;-)

Does this mean I can connect my GVP 030 Combo (for A2000 CPU slot) into the side expansion port of my A500?

http://amiga.resource.cx/mod/a2000.html

"Early A2000s implement an internal version of the A1000 external edge connector as processor card slot. All other revisions use a 86 pin processor card slot with a coprocessor interface which allows processor cards to be added without the need to remove the 68000."

I don't know what the differences are between the A1000/A500 edge connector, the A2000 CPU slot and a Zorro II slot, but I believe there is a lot of similarity between them. It may be quite possible to convert between some of these. I'm sure I read somewhere that that A2000 CPU slot is little more than a Z2.

My original question is after having looked at this:
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/supra28

I didn't see it said CPU slot

I read in another place that you can use the same hardware in both A500/A2000 just take it out of it's housing.