I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???

[Red_Eye]

Hiya,  I'm new to the forum so Hello
yeah...
I'm hanging out for the postman to bring my Amiga 4000...
Wondering what I should do first...

Any ideas?

[Red_Eye]

T_Bone wrote:
Check the battery  :-D [/quote]

battery???

mmm.... can't find it.  It plugs into the wall but is there a battery inside?
What size battery should I buy?

Thanks

[Red_Eye]

Hahaha,
Yeah,
I was talking about software etc... but will check the battery.  

Took it to a computer shop but the guy was dumbfounded, so I need to find an amiga expert in Auckland, New Zealand to change the battery.

She boots up well

My boyfriend and I have always wanted an A4000 so I'm really excited about it

Thanks for all the interesting posts...

-red

[Red_Eye]

Framiga wrote:

by carls on 2003/8/15 1:20:52

@Framiga
What would be better - a thread that might seem scary but could save your Amiga's life, or a funny thread that might kill it?

we all don't know, the electronic aknowlegment that this guy has!

By the way, he hasn't post again after the first post!

Ciao

-sorry I haven't posted... was sick for a while.  I usually post from work where internet access is free  

[Red_Eye]

HEY another question :
It didn't come with a monitor so I bought a TFT 17inch flat screen, slim screen things...

BUT the amiga monitor cable has more pins than the TFT screen one does.

Can I buy an adaptor, or um... do I throw the monitor away?

Thanks HEAPS
Red.

[Red_Eye]

spirantho wrote:
Hi Red,

Places like Eyetech (www.eyetech.co.uk) have a lot of stuff, don`t know about in NZ.

Hope that helps!

Thanks...
Another question... What would I need to plug my amiga into my LAN at home?  Just a network card? or a Stack as well?

Ta,
Red/

[Red_Eye]

Framiga wrote:
Yes, OK but . . .have you checked the battery? :-D

Ciao

Um... not exactly.  The "expert" I took it to didn't know anything about Amigas... Will find someone local (I hope)  It does boot up tho.  We got it working thru a TV.

Someone asked for specs and here goes :  
Specs:
Amiga 4000/40
CPU: 68040 @ 30Mhz
RAM: 48Mb Fast and 2Mb Chip Ram
HDD:
1x SCSI 2Gb Seagate (speed 4.5MBps)
1x IDE 1.3Gb drive (speed 1.5MBps)
CDROM: 10x IDE (quoting speed from memory)
FLOPPY: High Density Floppy Drive.
KICKSTART: 3.0
Installed, a Warpdrive CPU Board with SCSI (& ram).

Comes with clean Amiga Keyboard, and nice Black Amiga Mouse.

SysInfo Speed Tests...This runs like...
35x A600's
15x A1200's
10x A2500's

Workbench 3.1 installed, along with heaps of games, Scala, etc.

Cheers,
Red.