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Novice Amiga user
« on: May 03, 2015, 04:26:48 AM »
Hi. I'm a philosophy prof. in Houston. I'm not very knowledgeable about legacy equipment, let alone Amiga matters, but I love my A3000.  I'm using Final Writer (97) to make tests, syllabi, etc. for my courses. One of the things I'm interested in is finding out if there is anyone, highly skilled in Amiga, that is interested in working on mine, for reasonable pay. I called AmigaKit, but hadn't realized they were overseas; I could buy an Amiga for the cost of shipping. Anyway, my box has a couple of issues and mostly I'd like to make some modifications, like a graphics card. So if anyone is interested please let me know.
 

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Re: Novice Amiga user
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2015, 06:01:12 PM »
Ok, thanks. Is the English Amiga Board a domestic audience, or worldwide ?  What I would like is to find someone I can send my 3000 to (fortunately the 3000 is significantly smaller than other boxes from around 1990) for some work. I need the following:  1) a better graphics card installed, 2) more RAM (if possible), 3) my SCSI cd drive installed (I think one has to open it up and disconnect certain things), 4) a new os installed (I have a new copy of 3.5), 5) a video problem fixed (AmigaKit told me it likely involves pulling out and resetting all video chips), 6) either a new 3.5 floppy drive installed or the current one repaired (it just gives checksum errors now, though before I was able to use it, maybe a couple of other minor things (like a new diode "power on" light). I simply have no skill in any of this and would destroy the whole thing if I tried to do it. Hence, I would like to find someone who could do it and simply pay that person to do all this. I love this little box, and though the college provides me with all the latest kit and software (Office 365, etc.), I prefer my Amiga. :-)
 

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Re: Novice Amiga user
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2015, 09:26:01 PM »
Yes, I do get the impression that there is more Amiga activity in GB and Germany. I already have a SCSI cd drive, well, actually I have two of them. It's connecting things like that which I have trouble with. I know this requires me to do things on the motherboard to get it to work. I have 16 mg of ram; so I guess I would need a card. I do not know what video/graphics card I have, and though I know how to find out with an x86 machine I don't on an amiga. I just know that when I see images online of the amiga stuff of other ppl there's looks a lot better than mine; I mean their video output does. I want mine to get that kind of output and screen image. My battery was already replaced long ago and shows no acid on the motherboard. Ok, I'll try posting on the hardware forum, I guess, and see if anyone there is interested in earning a little money.