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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: AmigaEd on April 27, 2005, 03:24:14 AM
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Ok! dig this....
I've got an A2000. I got this from Doomy before I knew who Doomy was and it only took me four months to get it. The good news is that A2000 is everything that he said it was or wasn't. :-o
Anyway, this is a second A2000 for me and I'd like to hop this one up some. There isn't much to it right now so I figure the sky is the limit!
It has no floppy drives, no keyboard, no mouse (I can use the ones off my other A2000 for now) and kickstart 1.2 rom. I do have some misc. hardware lying around and I'm also not afraid to build things when needed. I have an AdSCSI interface, SCSI Drives, Opalvision card, A2286 bridge board, external floppies, etc.
What kind of hardware and software things can I do to this machine to make it bit more up to date (in the Amiga definition of time). What kickstarts and os's could I max out with.
-AmigaEd
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Look up my A2000T.lha file on aminet if you'd like some hacking ideas. I made quite a mess of that machine, but it was cool when it was done. :)
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Depends on how much you want to invest and what you are planning to do with it after you have upgraded it.
The bare minimum for me is:
- dual internal 3.5" floppy;
- 2 MB fastram;
- internal SCSI harddisk (any size);
- KS 1.3 or higher.
With the above config you have a very nice gaming rig, but it's not able to run the more demanding and/or 'recent' Amiga software. For this, you have to add:
- turbocard (the fastest you can get);
- more ram (preferably on turbocard);
- a flickerfixer and/or videocard;
- 2 MB chipmem;
- Kickstart 3.1.
With this, you can run OS3.9, a nice update to older Amiga OS versions (especially if you've only been used to OS1.x).
On top of that, you can also add more stuff like:
- networkcard (X-Surf?);
- soundcard (Delfina?);
- cd-romdrive/USB-card/whatever.
After that, you have a pretty much maxed out 2000. It will most likely cost you bigtime, though. You will have a very cool 2000, but it will still not be able to keep up with a current day pc...
All in all, it depends on the amount of money, time and effort you want to invest in maxing it out.
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My upgrade recommendation:
replace the barrel battery!
3.1 ROM (maybe DKB rom switcher for old games)
FatAgnus 8272 w/ 1MB chipram hack (depends on motherboard)
8373 SuperDenise IC
Amber Board or Microway Flickerfixer in video slot
GVP or Phase 5 68030+ accelerator w/16MB ram and SCSI-II controller
ZII graphics card (PicassoII+ or GVP Spectrum 28/24)
4GB scsi-2 harddrive
4x scsi internal cdrom (R/RW drive)
Fast serial board or ZII ethernet (a2065, XSurf, Ariadne)
ethernet hub connection or 56K modem for dialup
ZII memory board w/ 4MB (just to boost 16-bit system ram).
17" Sony Trinitron monitor
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Welcome to the A2000 owners club!
For a laugh, tear out the insides, fit PC parts in it, have it boot into WinUAE, and sell it back to Doomy telling him it's now got an '060 ;-)
Ahem, if you can find the right parts, and have the moolah, the sky is the limit. A basic setup for games would be easy and fun though :-)
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Double post, sorry.
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This is my 2000 setup
A2000 rev 6.3 mobbo (all known fixes)
Flatron FT795+ 17" monitor
ROM 3.1 + 1.3 ROM with ROM switcher
FAT Agnus
Amiga Hi Densisty Drive
Blizzard 2060 @ 64Mhz 128 Fast Ram
Commodore A2032 CVBS video Board
Cybervision 64 / 3D Svga Graphics Card
AT BridgeBoard + ISA Ethernet board
Oktagon IDE Controller
Commodore A2091
Fujitsu MO 512 Mb removable unit
8 Gb Quamtum FireBall UW Drive
And externally housed (in a scsi rack) a Yamaha 16*4*24 CDRW + UltraPlextor 40x + 200 Gb Seagate SCSI drive (UDMA with SCSI adapter)
Oh! Changed the chip ram in mobbo for a faster one, and a homemade KickFash waitting to be tested :D
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@ FrankBrana
AT BridgeBoard + ISA Ethernet board
Are you able to share this ethernet between the AT and Amiga sides?
Also, Please let us know how you make out with your homemade kickflash.
-AmigaEd
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Yes, Im using the ISA ethernet in the amiga side.
Both kickflash and AT ethernet are available in aminet.
Mmm if you wanna get 16 bit slots from the 8 bit isa slots in the A2k, you only have to complete the 8 bit connector to 16, by add the rest of the connector not present in the board by default.Just solder it. Thats it.
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Gut it all save for the powersupply and stuff it full of christmas lights then run it with the case off.
Would be worthless as a computer but it sure would be purty to look at...
:-D
I'm looking to set up my extra almost box stock 1.3 A2000 as a signal generator/drive bay for my A4000 VT Flyer.
hmmm The xmas light thing does sound kinda cool...