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Amiga.org specific forums => New User Introductions => Topic started by: caliban_6 on February 28, 2005, 03:48:03 PM

Title: Greetings All
Post by: caliban_6 on February 28, 2005, 03:48:03 PM

Hello everyone,

I have a long and sorted history with computers, and the last Amiga I had was a 1200 back in 1995.  I woke up the other night at 1 AM could not stop thinking about the Amiga.  I took this as a sign and have acquired an Amiga 4000.  So I guess I am rejoining the community after a long hiatus.

I have a few questions I need answered whilst I am here.  The computer I purchased has no monitor, keyboard, or mouse.  What are my options?  I know I cannot run on down to CompUSA and buy the equipment ... or can I?  Let me know please.

Thanks for the info,


Jeremy

Title: Re: Greetings All
Post by: adonay on February 28, 2005, 03:49:41 PM

HI and welcome

adonay :-D

Title: Re: Greetings All
Post by: Kronos on February 28, 2005, 04:04:10 PM

The good think about the A4000 is that none of it's connector are standard  :lol:

The video-out is a D23 instead of the usual 15-Pin, but you might have gotten an adaptor with the A4000.

Problem is, the basic screenmode of the A4000 has 15kHz, while most modern monitors won't accept anything below 30kHz.

So you either need to search a working monitor (some of these combined LCD-TV-VGA thingies might work), or you need a flickerfixer-scandoubler.

Mouse and KBD do use normal connectors, but don't even think about putting a PS2-kbd or a serial-mouse their. Unless you have another set of special adaptors...

Title: Re: Greetings All
Post by: melott on February 28, 2005, 04:10:40 PM

Hi Cal... and welcome.........

You can get a mouse and keyboard adaptor from Softhut
or several other places and then you CAN just run down
to CompUSA and buy a PC keyboard and mouse  :-D
For the monitor, any VGA or SVGA monitor should work.
(I think the A4000 has a 15 pin connector)
 

Title: Re: Greetings All
Post by: Crisisdog on February 28, 2005, 05:19:24 PM

To the best of my knowledge, the A4000 did not use a 15-pin VGA cable; only the A3000 had this due to the built in flicker fixer.  To use a modern multisync monitor, your best bet is to purchase a flicker fixer board.  Some models sit in the video slot, some clip onto the actual AGA graphics chip, and another actally connects a box to the external 23-pin port.  These units 'double' the the video signal up to 30khz, the minimum for most of today's monitors.  The external 23-pin port alone needs a monitor that will sync down to 15khz, which are pretty rare.

The Amiga uses custom keyboards and mice, although PC devices can be used with adapters.

As mentioned, Software Hut is a good starting point to check for this equipment.

 :-D

Title: Re: Greetings All
Post by: Brian on February 28, 2005, 08:10:55 PM

Addaptors for monitor, keyboard and mouse are available yes... but I think you'll get a better deal on the secondhand market of real Amiga monitor, keyboard and mouse.