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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Kernel on May 12, 2011, 02:33:27 PM
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I've had an A3000 for a few years that I picked up on ebay. I pulled it all apart to take pics, remove the battery, etc. and then ended up storing it until recently... in pieces.
I wanted to put it back together and see what is on it and make that *ever difficult* decision of if I want to sell it to someone who would get more use out of it or keep it for those rainy days when I long for an Amiga again :).
The problem is, I forget how the SCSI and Floppy cables need to be hooked up and don't want to fry anything. I seem to recall that, at least for the floppy, the twist had to be on a certain side of the mobo and/or drive. The SCSI I'm not too sure about.
Can someon help with this one? I pulled down an PDF of the manual and tried searching Google but didn't find anything helpful.
Thanks!
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Line up the striped side of the cables with pin1 that is marked on the motherboard. Make sure all the pins mate the plug.
The twist end of the floppy cable is the drive end, plug the straight end into the motherboard. Doesn't matter which drive you connect to which connector on the floppy cable.
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http://www.sacc.org/
Select links, then scroll down to the A3000 links or ( http://www.sacc.org/index-a.html )
from the top link menu select menu 2 and from it select A3000
I am forgetfull so I put links to good sites posted there and there is good info for the A3000. (links)
If you have usefull links let me know.
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Thanks to both of you! I have it up and running again. Though I'm not totally sure what OS it has since the HD volume name references 2.x but the label references 3.1, and there is a lot of software on the 240 MB drive that I need to filter through, I do know the hardware is:
68030/68882 @ 25Mhz
Rev 6.1 Modified Motherboard
240MB HD
FB-354 880K Floppy (w/broken button)
FB-357A 1.76MB Floppy
2MB Chip RAM
4MB Fast RAM
Anyone know where I can land a 1GB or better SCSI I drive and external CD SCSI I drive (I'm guessing the response will be ebay most likely) and what models I should look for? I'd like to load this from scratch without giving up what came with it and use OS3.5 or perhaps OS3.9 with it eventually should I decide to keep it in the end. Would need a Picasso IV of course...
You know, I'm kicking myself because believe it or not, I had an A3000 that I sold back in 1998 and it was pretty much the dream config...
2Mb Chip RAM
16MB Fast RAM
1GB HD
32X External CD-ROM
Picasso IV
LOL the only thing I wanted for it was a high density floppy and could never find one... sold uut to the man and got into PC's. good choice though since my career is based on them now but I still wish I'd kept it...