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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Vlabguy1 on March 25, 2013, 12:41:00 AM
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Recently acquired an A2000 and a A2500 and really never thought much of the A2000's just being big, not really attractive etc.. but have since have a new fondness for the beasts..
And they are loaded with several good upgrades.. :
A2500:
DKB 2632..
GVP A2000-HC+8
Supra Corp SupraRAM 2000 (8meg)
Super Denise
2meg Agnes..
A2320 Display Enhancer
A20000:
Supra Corp 68K ACCELERATOR (An oddly shaped card, never seen before, sits horizontal
in the slot, see pic).
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***added one more..
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@Vlabguy
awesome! congrats on getting your new 2000 systems. make sure to take a few photos for the gallery. :)
-- eliyahu
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A20000:
Supra Corp 68K ACCELERATOR (An oddly shaped card, never seen before, sits horizontal
in the slot, see pic).
It's shaped that way because they used the same board for the A2000 and A500 version of it. The A500 version of it sits in a case and attaches to the side expansion connector.
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@ Vlabguy1
Congrats on the find! I'd be interested to hear how you get on with the DKB 2632. I got one in a 2500 I acquired and it's very, very unstable. Hope you have better luck with yours!
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Your A2500 has almost everything mine has, minus a GVP EGS Spectrum and plus the Supra ram card. The HC+8 does the same thing and you can just put simms in it and pull the Supra card. Are you sure it has 8mb? The most Zorro II ram you can have in an A2000/A2500 is 8mb and the 2630 card usally has 2 or 4mb of 32 bit ram which is mapped into the 8gb of Zorro II ram space. The 2632 makes it possible to have a decent amount of ram in an A2500. They are extremely rare and you really scored in getting an A2500 with one.
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I have three and guess I am lucky, but they all work perfectly and only thing I have ever replaced were the batteries.
True tanks and with a 68060 & RTG its a pretty amazing machine for being 26 years old.
Congrats on your find!
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@Vlabguy
awesome! congrats on getting your new 2000 systems. make sure to take a few photos for the gallery. :)
-- eliyahu
Will do for sure!!
Rich
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@ Vlabguy1
Congrats on the find! I'd be interested to hear how you get on with the DKB 2632. I got one in a 2500 I acquired and it's very, very unstable. Hope you have better luck with yours!
I will keep you posted..on the 2632..
Rich
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I have three and guess I am lucky, but they all work perfectly and only thing I have ever replaced were the batteries.
True tanks and with a 68060 & RTG its a pretty amazing machine for being 26 years old.
Congrats on your find!
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Really enjoy my 2000-60 at 64 Mhz and Picasso II.
I am amazed at how fast it boots and its response time.
Enjoy the 2000s !
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I will keep you posted..on the 2632..
Rich
Much appreciated. Thanks!
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Much appreciated. Thanks!
So far..so good. What issues are you experiencing?
Rich
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awesome that sounds like a nice setup.
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**just adding pics..
Great pics! Think you've got enough floppy drives there? I thought Amiga only supported a max of 4, LOL. ;)
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@ Vlabguy1
Congrats on the find! I'd be interested to hear how you get on with the DKB 2632. I got one in a 2500 I acquired and it's very, very unstable. Hope you have better luck with yours!
Odd, I used my 2632 with 128mb of ram for years without problems.
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Same here, I've never had any problems with it, both starting from the shell after Workbench loaded, or putting it in the startup-sequence.
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Good pictures, i bet commodore's marketing department (if there was such a thing) would have loved those! ;)
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I had problems with my DKB 2632 and SCSI devices, I have to make the memory the same priority as on board fast ram and that helped. But I did have some stability issues for a while, not sure if it was overheating or a power issue. Was very frustrating.
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Good pictures, i bet commodore's marketing department (if there was such a thing) would have loved those! ;)
Thank you, I appreciate the compliment.
Rich
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i miss my a2000, i had the alfa data ide controller, 420mb drive, 1mb agnus, a flickerfixer, scsi card, cdrom, csa derringer 030 50mhz with 32mb ram. and the 2.04 roms
miss it
want to build up another amiga soon.
i received a c128 2 months ago, just booting that up, got a sd card for it, pretty slick.
have it hooked up to my 24in monitor.
oh, ya, congrats on you find.
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i miss my a2000, i had the alfa data ide controller, 420mb drive, 1mb agnus, a flickerfixer, scsi card, cdrom, csa derringer 030 50mhz with 32mb ram. and the 2.04 roms
miss it
want to build up another amiga soon.
i received a c128 2 months ago, just booting that up, got a sd card for it, pretty slick.
have it hooked up to my 24in monitor.
oh, ya, congrats on you find.
That sounds like a good setup as well..
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You will end up liking the 2000/2500 a lot. I still have two. The one I use most has a GVP '030 with a total of 24Mb RAM running OS 3.5. Mine has the Micrway AGA FF/SD. It is a very stable machine.
I hope you have the newer version mobo in yours - that helps a LOT!
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You will end up liking the 2000/2500 a lot. I still have two. The one I use most has a GVP '030 with a total of 24Mb RAM running OS 3.5. Mine has the Micrway AGA FF/SD. It is a very stable machine.
I hope you have the newer version mobo in yours - that helps a LOT!
So far I'm liking it...
Anyone need anything scanned, lol.. check the new pic..