All accelerators that are worth a damn work just fine!
There are issues with certain accelerators and the on board chips that may require an update.
A4000 came with a 880kb drive as well, A300 and A4000 BOTH had the HD drive as an option
:lol: An option... :lol:
the RAMSEY and DMAC are fine
No they are not fine. They are good, but not fine. There are issues with them. Please don't take the piss if you don't know facts about the A3000 h/w.
I used IDE in mine with a Budha controller. In the A4000 you need a SCSI card so its just the reverse problem isnt it?
Well, a Fastlane can be bought for peanuts in eBay. A friend bought one for 3 euros. I don't think you can find Buddha at that price. Not to mention the prices of SCSI HDs.
SIMMS? Who cares if you plan to use an accelerator? I took all my ZIPS out and had 128MB on my CSPPC. Its faster ram anyway.
Well, speak for yourself. Recently a friend bought an A3000. Imagine his surprise when he opened the box and tried to find the SIMM slots. Several people are happy with say 18MB of RAM. When I recommended him a QL retailer in the UK for buying the crap memory chips for the A3000, he was in shock by the prices. He ended up buying a ZII memory board because he didn't want an accelerator. There are some adaptors for SIMMs but they are as scarce as mermaids.
The point is the A3000 is just as upgradable as the A4000 is and only lacks AGA. Most want an RTG card anyway. Put in a Mediator and a tower like I did and your have one kick ass system for no more then what an A4000 would be, and a lot of the times less. You can get an A3000 on ebay US for WAY less then a A4000.
The A3000 is upgradable but NOT as much as an A4000 is. It is a lovely machine, but the AGA, although not of great use, is making difference when using 2D Painting s/w that is not compatible with RTG. There are also some games that are worth having in AGA and you can't in non-AGA Amigas.
