For Sale TF536: 030+64 MB+IDE internal expansion for the A500
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FAIR WARNING. We have recently discovered that the board does not work properly on A2000 rev6. If you have one of these, DO NOT BUY IT. And those who have bought it and can't use it are welcome to send it back for a full refund. This may get fixed in a firmware update later on, but please assume for the moment that it is not compatible with such a configuration.
The board has been tested (by me) on A500 rev5 and 6 and A500+ where it works without issues.
Unfortunately I don't own an A2000 so I can't do any A2000 related testing at home.
The board has been tested (by me) on A500 rev5 and 6 and A500+ where it works without issues.
Unfortunately I don't own an A2000 so I can't do any A2000 related testing at home.
I saw issues posted regarding A2000 Rev 6 boards on other forum. Please withdraw me for now. Disappointed but thank you for being up front about issues. I hope issue is resolved and you will be still making cards in future as this seemed like best opportunity to get something more modern in my A2k.Regards
Doug
Regards
Doug
I hope this can be fixed too. There are so many different revisions of the Amiga hardware, it's always hard to test it on all of them, but as long as we can consistently reproduce the issue it should be possible to fix it.
EDIT: everyone on the waiting list should have been contacted. Please let me know if I skipped someone.
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I haven't attempted to install the TF536 I purchased for my A2000 yet, and just confirmed that both boards that I have are Rev 6, unfortunately. Is it possible to use the TF536 that I intended for the A2000 in an A1000?
I'm glad to hear that the A500 isn't impacted, as I already purchased a CF card with adapter, and a 3.1 ROM for that machine, to go with the TF536 I purchased for that machine.
I'm glad to hear that the A500 isn't impacted, as I already purchased a CF card with adapter, and a 3.1 ROM for that machine, to go with the TF536 I purchased for that machine.
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It only impacts SOME A2000s, so it may still work for you... give it a try. Because this was newly discovered, I am still not sure what causes this.
It should work on the A1000 with a kickstart adapter, but I will check and confirm tomorrow.
Ok, I'll give it a shot on one of the A2000's that I have. I believe that I already have a kickstart switcher for the A1000, so if you find that it works for that model I might just install it in that machine.
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It's a bit difficult to fit behind the floppy drive, but it is doable (I am using this adapter: https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=540). The card works great on the A1000, booted right up with no issues.
EDIT: it's a very tight fit but I was able to put back the metal shield and to close the case with everything working. Make sure to put a piece of plastic between the bottom of the 536 and A1000's daughterboard so they don't end up touching accidentally.
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Terrific, thanks for the info! Can you tell me which ROM you used for the Kickstart (or if it was just the OEM ROM)? And, if your card would fit along with a ROM switcher, perhaps?
I'll check out that adapter from amigalove.com, thanks for the link.
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I have Kickstart 3.1 in it - the original A1000 boot roms would crash on 030 so you need the kickstart adapter. I don't know how it would work with the switcher, as I don't have one, i am not sure if it relocates the board enough. But the one from the link is perfect.
I cleaned up the waiting list. I don't think the people left on it were still interested so from now on it's first come first serve.
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