Looking for Amiga stuff

[icbrkr]

Just got myself an Amiga 3000 (for free! .  Surprisingly, it works.  Now I'm looking for some parts:

Any non-coax Ethernet card.  10BT is fine, I just need something to transfer files to this things.

A 1-4GB SCSI drive, 50 pin.  The 50MB drive just isn't going to cut it for long

An external SCSI CDROM drive.

Anyone have something like this lying around?

[icbrkr]

I'll admit I don't have anything to trade since I normally deal with old console games/accessories when it comes to trades.

I'm up for paying cash though if it's reasonable.

I've *removed* the battery as it was starting to leak, but hadn't gotten to the motherboard yet.  I'll add a replacement later  

I might pick up a A2065 card w/RJ45 or an Amiganet card since I found both for fairly cheap (around $50).  The Xsurf is about 135 at Softhut and that's just too much for an ethernet card.

Other A3000 questions while I'm at it:

The kickstart appears to be on the HD instead of a ROM chip.  
How do you upgrade something like this to 3.1?  Should I just softkick it?

[icbrkr]

Got the HD from Ebay for a whopping dollar 4.3GB should be enough.

[icbrkr]

I plan on formatting it with 1GB partitions like I do my A1200.  BTW, how can I tell if I have the real kickstart ROMs or a file?  The motherboard seems too new to have softkick files but when it boots it states on a yellow text on blue screen that it's kicking 2.1 and rebooting.  

MskoDestny:  anything on my online store is up for trade (www.epochgames.com).  Some items might be missing since I did a game expo recently and haven't updated it.  These are my "extras" (I have over 2,500 carts/CDs  Hit the webpage for pics).

[icbrkr]

Effy: I know, I just don't think I'm up to that point yet  I just want to transfer some files over to the Amiga.  We'll see how serious I am about the system later.

And it appears your friend Doomy still reads here:

   From:      retrogeek@comcast.net
   Subject:    Enquiry from Epoch Games
   Date:    July 20, 2005 10:04:12 PM CDT
   To:      sales@epochgames.com


The stupid {bleep}s on Amiga Org will not be able to help you with your Amiga 3000 problems, but I can.  I own 2 Amiga 3000 computers and they work great.  It sounds like you have one of the old Amiga 3000s which has the Kickstart 1.4 Bootstrap ROMs on a \"ROM-Tower\".  In order to get this Amiga 3000 to work, you must do the following:

1 - Use another Amiga computer to format the hard drive.  The device name MUST be WB_2.x

2 - Next, install Workbench and copy an Amiga 3000 Kickstart Image file to the Devs directory

3 - Now, take this hard drive and put it into your Amiga 3000 computer.  It should work just fine.

You can also buy and install a set of Amiga 3000 Kickstart 3.1 ROMs, but be prepared to spend between $50 to $100 for them.  If you need the Amiga 3000 Kickstart Image file and the Amiga 3000 Super Kickstart disk, I would be willing to trade them to you for your Sega Genisis Phantasy Star III cartridge.

Sincerely,
The DoomMaster


PS:  Do not believe everything you hear about me on Amiga Org.  Most of those guys are dumb stupid {bleep}s and Wayne \"The {bleep}\" Hunt hates anyone that becomes more popular then himself.  When I was on Amiga Org, I was one of the most popular guys there, because I actually helped people with their Amiga problems.  So, if you really need help with your Amiga problems, just contact me  

[icbrkr]

No problem, I had no intentions of listening to him.  I just figured we could all use a good laugh.  His now private ebay feedback speaks volumes about him.

[icbrkr]

The free Amiga 3000 was posted on a forum along with some other stuff, all listed free, just pay shipping.  I ended up snagging the A3000 (which has 2MB chip + 4MB Fast), and a CDTV with 2 remotes.

[icbrkr]

Anyone else feel like signing Doomy up for some pr0n?  I've got some more nice unsolicitated email from the {bleep}.  I love how you're supposed to take anyone seriously while they're cussing at you in email.  There's obviously some confusion on his part, the A3000 is up and running just great.

From:      retrogeek@comcast.net
Subject:    Enquiry from Epoch Games
Date:    July 25, 2005 3:27:31 AM CDT
To:      sales@epochgames.com


Hey you stupid {bleep}, if you would have done what I told you to do in the first place, instead of bad mouthing me on Amiga Org, your Amiga 3000 computer would be up and running by now.  I tried to help you and I even offered to mail you the disks you need, but you had to be a red neck asshole about it.  As I told you, most of the people on Amiga Org do not know what they are talking about when it comes to the Amiga computer.  The only other person besides myself that does know a lot about the Amiga computers is TJLazer from Tacoma, Washington.  He owns just about every type of Amiga and Atari ST computer ever made and so do I.  In fact, I did actually work for Commodore.  I have been playing video games since PONG and I have been working with computers since 1982.  So yes, I do know a lot about them and you would be wise to listen to what I have to say.  Now, SHUT YOUR STUPID MOUTH AND JUST MAYBE YOU WILL LEARN SOMETHING!  One more time, if you want to get a hard drive to work
  on an Amiga 3000 that has the Kickstart 1.4 (Boot Strap) ROMs, you MUST do the following:

1 - Use another Amiga to format and partition the hard disk.  The Device Name MUST be WB_2.x

2 - Install Workbench 2.04 or 2.1 and copy an Amiga 3000 Kickstart Image file to the Devs directory

3 - Now mount this hard drive into your Amiga 3000 and it should work just fine.

4 - Install the rest of your Amiga software as you normally would.

ALL \"Boot Strap\" Amiga 3000 Kickstart ROMs are version 1.4.  Later Amiga 3000s were released with the real Kickstart 2.04 ROMs.  The Kickstart 3.1 ROMs for the Amiga 3000 were only available as an option.

Please note, you can also use the Super Kickstart disk to format the hard drive, but the above method works better and is much more reliable.  I have an Amiga 2000 in my shop that I use for prepping and formatting hard drives that go into my customers Amiga 3000 computers.

Next time, before you talk {bleep} about me, you had better do your {bleep}ing homework, you little piece of {bleep}!

Sincerely,
The DoomMaster

From:      sales@epochgames.com
Subject:    Re: Enquiry from Epoch Games
Date:    July 25, 2005 6:38:27 AM CDT
To:      retrogeek@comcast.net

Thanks for your email.  All future emails from you will be ignored, and placed nicely in my spam/kill file.  And while you're at it, go {bleep} yourself.