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Title: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: amiga1084 on January 21, 2006, 09:35:47 PM

Hello All,

Whats a better machine a fully expanded A2000 GVP Combo Board 030 50Mhz with Picasso 2+ GFX card
and flicker fixer (Amber Board),or a stock A3000.I ain't to worried about Zorro 3 slots as there
ain't many cards to use them.Also A2000 is bigger machine.Whats your opinion.
Thanks in advance Merv Stent

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: amigagr on January 21, 2006, 09:52:03 PM

i have work in a tv station for 4 years with an a2000-1,3 rom gvp 8mb ram 40mb hd, and now i have an a3000 with 4gb hd, 6 mb ram, merlin vga scsi cdrw. i prefere the a3000 but an expanded a2000 is another kind of beast so it's not easy to deside... from another point of view most of this expansion can expand and an a3000 too  :roll:

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: magnetic on January 21, 2006, 09:59:05 PM

There is no competition for an unexpanded stock A3000 compared to that 2000 system you just specced. The gfx board is an accelerator as well as providing 24bit screen modes.

magnetic


So out of those two the A2k is better. Though if you plan on future high end upgrades the A3k is the way, and its nice and small, however the A2k is much roomier for expansion and can hold way more boards and drives

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: InTheSand on January 21, 2006, 11:04:10 PM

Agreed - the expanded A2000 will beat the stock A3000 easily in all areas!

The A3000 desktop case can only hold two floppy drives and one hard drive internally. There's no room (and no faceplate) for a 5.25" device, so that rules out internal CD drives, unlike on the A2000...

 - Ali

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: amigaclyde on January 22, 2006, 12:10:30 AM

My A3000 desktop has two floppy drives and two hard drives internally.

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: InTheSand on January 22, 2006, 12:13:47 AM

Hi,

Where/how have you mounted the second hard drive? Just curious!

 - Ali

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: amigagr on January 22, 2006, 12:16:09 AM

and mine can take two hard drives, one beside psu and the other in front of it beside the floppy, but only one floppy

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: InTheSand on January 22, 2006, 12:23:29 AM

I need the two floppies as one is driven by a Catweasel card...

But I'm open for suggestions as to where an additional hard drive could be placed (securely!)...

 - Ali

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: amigaclyde on January 22, 2006, 03:03:26 AM

It's mounted on top the original hard drive. It fits just right.:-)

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: InTheSand on January 22, 2006, 03:11:52 AM

Ah! Good idea!

Will have to give that a go, though I hate taking my A3000's case off as it never seems to go back on properly!

Cheers,

 - Ali

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: amigaclyde on January 22, 2006, 04:28:48 AM

I assure you, it fits. I did this seven years ago and my
A3000 still purrs like a kitten. :-)

Title: Re: Whats Better Machine A2000 or A3000 With Almost Same Specs
Post by: K7HTH on January 22, 2006, 08:14:21 AM

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InTheSand wrote:
Ah! Good idea!

Will have to give that a go, though I hate taking my A3000's case off as it never seems to go back on properly!

Cheers,

 - Ali

Just make sure you secure both drives with plastic tie straps to keep them together. You do not want them sliding around your case!