Amiga 600

[Timo W.]

Finally, I finished working on my main Amiga 600 yesterday. This one is in my collection since 1997 and has been carefully updated over the years.

Specs:

Rev. 1.5 motherboard with new caps
68030 @ 40 MHz (with MMU)
68882 FPU @ 40 MHz
2 MB Chip RAM
4 MB Fast RAM (8 MB possible by killing PCMCIA)
Kickstart 3.1

Expansion hardware used:

M-Tec T-630
A604n + RTC
Indivision ECS
MP3@64 (connected to A604n clock port)
CF-to-IDE adapter with external access and LED fix

Hell of a machine. Can play MP3 files in the background, connects to a VGA monitor, the CF card can be removed and booted with WinUAE for easy file transfer. I'm loving it. :D

 

[ClassicHasClass]

That's a delightful setup. I like how the CF card is positioned, too. Very accessible!

 

[Timo W.]

I like how the CF card is positioned, too. Very accessible!

Thanks. Already working on my second A600, which will not get any upgrades that would need case modding, though. :D

 

[Timo W.]

My second Amiga 600 is finally almost done and running.

Specs:

Rev. 1.3 motherboard with new caps
68EC020 @ 16,7 MHz
2 MB Chip RAM
Up to 10.8 MB Fast RAM
Kickstart 2.05 / 37.350 (running Workbench 2.1)

Expansion hardware used:

ACA-620
A604n
SD-to-IDE adapter
Additional Clockport adapter

More pictures soon!

 

[piksar]

good job

 

[KC9UDX]

Very nice!

Now alls you need is a numeric keypad!

 

[Timo W.]

11 years later, the Amiga 600 shown in the first post has finally been finished ("again" ). It's now how I always wanted it to be.

Hardware is basically unchanged, just a cleaner layout overall, but it got new keycaps and separate audio out for the mp3 playback (switchable). The OS and drivers saw most changes. I now make full use of the IndivisionECS' framebuffer mode.

 

[Timo W.]

If you want to see that Amiga 600 in action, I made a video about it earlier this year:

(in German; no idea if and how good auto-generated subtitles work)

 

[tech58761]

It's coming up as subtitles / captions unavailable.