Amiga Hardware Upgrade Options
From Classicamiga
Over the years many different models of Amiga were released. Commodore and third party hardware developers utilised every possible idea to add hardware upgrades and expansions for all models of Amiga to expand them with more ram, faster processors, harddrives, sound cards, network cards.. etc.
This section of the classicamiga Wiki will explore the variety of expansions available to show some of the possibilities available to get the most from each model of Amiga.
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Amiga 1000
A2000/A1500/A2500
A500/A500+
A600
The A600 is probably the least expandable Amiga model of them all. Its small and compact size has the advantage of taking up less room than any other model, while retaining the same features and capacities of the older A500+ model. There are however still quite a few upgraded that can be added to the A600 to expand it.
Expansion Ports
- Trapdoor Memory slot
The trapdoor slot was designed specifically for the A601 1MB Chip ram expansion card. This upgraded the A600 to 2MB of chip ram which is very useful for productivity software.
- Internal 2.5" IDE Port
This port is designed for a laptop style 2.5" Harddrive. To use this port the A600 must have a kickstart 2.05 rom with a version number of 37.500.
- PCMCIA slot
The PCMCIA card slot on the side of the A600 can be used for a selection of upgrades for the A600
Custom upgrades
In addition to the upgrades possible with the A600 using the built in expansion ports, some third party developers also created upgraded that connected directly to the A600's motherboard, allowing upgrades beyond the original design of the A600.