Just got an Amiga Tech A4000t....now what?

[Matt_H]

Welcome, fellow 4000T owner! It looks like you have all the essentials except a CPU board: ports module, disk module, and audio/video module are all there. But the internal drive chassis seems to be missing, unless you took it out for your photos. It's not critical, but it holds up to 3 drives and adds some stability to the case.

If one of the RAM clips is broken, it's not terrible: you can use 2 8MB SIMMs in alternating slots, skipping whichever one is broken.

Your second floppy drive looks unusual. It may actually be a floptical drive like the LS120.

The coin battery won't leak. If it's dead, you can hook up an external battery to a 4-pin header nearby on the motherboard.

Otherwise, you've got 5 Zorro III slots and 2 video slots to play with!

Have a look at the entry at BBoAH for some more info. There's also a PDF manual you can download.

[Matt_H]

Would it do any harm to power it up without a cpu card installed?  I don't know if the mainboard is good or not.  I guess I need to see if I can find a cpu.  As for SIMMS, depending what kind it takes, I probably have some on hand.

If the CPU isn't (properly) installed, there's really no way to know if the motherboard is good or not. There's nothing on screen or in the LEDs that would give any indication. I think you may need to sit tight until you can get a CPU board - any chance there's one in one of the other boxes of gear you acquired?