Subj : Re: amiga 500 pimpin'
To   : Daniel Path
From : claw
Date : Sat Jun 04 2022 18:02:27

On 03 Jun 2022, Daniel Path said the following...
 DP> Hello All,
 DP> 
 DP> i've bought an amiga 500 and i would like to pimp it a little bit, but i
 DP> am not an expert, so please help with some advice.
 DP> 
 DP> i see that there is a 'trapdoor' ram and theres fastram. should i buy
 DP> both, or a trapdoor ram is enough? i see that there are several
 DP> different trapdoor rams, like 512K, 1M, 2M+. i would like to try games,
 DP> but maybe later i will set up a BBS on it which i bet needs more RAM.
 DP> 
 DP> i need to order a video cable as well. i have some old CRTs with RGB/VGA
 DP> and a 1802 monitor as well. which one are you using:
 DP> scart/svideo/vga/rgb ?
 DP> 
 DP> i think a gotek is a must.
 DP> 
 DP> do you recommend anything else?
 DP> 
 DP> thanks!
 DP> dp

What I can say is the little time I had a 500 I used the side car for it.  Had a decent HDD in it and it also added ram.  Depending on what you actually want to do with it will determine the amount of ram to aim for.  If your just looking for nostalgic feel and gaming the extended ram is only needed for a few games.  If your going to actually turn it in to a BBS or something like that I would reach out to absinthe bbs and talk to the sysop he runs his on a 1200 but will most likely have some advise for you on it. He also hosts a ton of Amiga files.  I run a 1200 but am too selfish to let it be a BBS.  :D  I host on my home lab server. 

I would say if your getting an HD on that thing check out Classic WB this is the best version of the OS I have found with very little effort.  Simply download and follow the directions. https://classicwb.abime.net/
You will need the classic WB disks.  Works with 3.0 and 3.1

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