New A2000

[k4lmp]

Well, I guess I just like to tinker.  I used Commodore 64/128, in the early years, and like the retro feel, and just seeing if I can make something work.  I use Linux as my primary OS, I guess because it is different, and like I said, it is something to tinker and experiment with.  I never did know much about Amiga back in my Commodore days, as they were too expensive for me, but now I see how much ahead of the times they were.  Not really much of a gamer, however I will play one now and again.  

Darrin, good point on the HD limits with version 6.6 roms.  The chips look like they are just EPROMS.  If that is the only difference, if anyone knows what type of chip they are, and has the ROM files that are used, I could burn version 7 chips and replace them.  I don't know if those ROMs are still copyrighted or not, someone else might know the answers to these questions.  Thanks.

Jeff

[k4lmp]

Well, someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the A2091 version 7 roms take a 2764 EPROM.  Anybody know if that is correct, or have the roms?  Of course, if this is not legal, I understand.

Jeff

[k4lmp]

Ok, so I have my CF card reader on the way.  I have been thinking about it, and would like to add a CD drive, instead of keeping my old HD.  I have a couple of SCSI CD burners laying around.  I realize that the burner function wouldn't work, but could I use one of these as a CD-ROM, or will my A2091 only support certain drives?  I have the Ver. 7.0 ROMs on the way, as well, as it has 6.6 right now.  Thanks.

Jeff

[k4lmp]

Well, I got my Kickstart 3.1 chips today, and my CF adapter from Mechware.  I am waiting on my 3.1 WB disks, and my converter so I can hook up a VGA monitor, as I only have composite now.  I got an A520 with an A500 I bought, but no go on using it, as there is no  composite signal from it.  I tried hooking it up to a TV as well, no RF.  Either the A520 is bad, or something is wrong with the output on my RGB video.  It looks like if the A520 was good, I would at least have a blank screen on a TV instead of snow.  Anyway, I guess I will find out when my converter gets here.  

So here is my main question.  I set the jumper on my accelerator so that when I boot, it asks for me to pick 68000 or 68030, for compatibility with older software.  I noticed at the top of the screen, when it boots, it says "autoconfig out of memory" on the screen when it is waiting for me to make the selection, but it boots up fine when i pick either 68000 or 68030.  Is this a problem?  If so, what could I check?

Thanks,
Jeff

One more thing, do you have to do anything to enable an A520, as I assume it gets power from some pins on the RGB port.

[k4lmp]

Well, I did some searching, and possibly the reason for the error is that I have more memory installed than autoconfig can use.  I never thought of this, it makes sense, though as I didn't see it until I changed a jumper on my RAM expansion to use all of its memory.  According to the post, it doesn't hurt anything, and the machine boots up fine.  I think there is a total of 10 meg installed.  I found this info on the English Amiga Board.  

Any ideas on the trouble with my A520, I hope it is just bad, and not my RGB port.

Thanks,
Jeff

[k4lmp]

Well, the A520 is good, works on my A500.  Not good.  I guess I will have to see if voltage is coming out of the A2000's video port to power the A500.