Got my A1000!

[mr_a500]

I was also surprised about the mouse when I got my A1000 (got mine for free). An external floppy will definitely come in handy (got an external floppy for free too! ha!).

Unfortunately, you won't be able to put the kickstart in one drive and WB in the other. Only the experimental kickstart 1.4 could boot WB from external - and 1.4 is a little too buggy to be useful.

About removing the case - after removing the case screws, there are snaps on the inside of both sides of the case. You just have to make sure you push in - I think on the bottom part (going from memory here) and carefully pull out and up on the top part to clear the snap. Then do the same on the other side. It's a bit of a bugger, but go slow and careful so you don't break it.

[mr_a500]

Well I purchased a Toastscan from Softhut at the time I bought the A4000 from Boogiegail. It got to my house first. hehe

Anyway, I hooked it up to my A4000 and then connected my Viewsonic 17GS but was unable to get a clear signal for more than 5-6 seconds. It just kept scrolling and blanking. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong and I was going to e-mail Softhut to ask them about it. There was no documentation with it.

Oh man, you got a Toastscan? I guess you didn't see the thread where I (and a few others) explained that the Toastscan is a piece of crap. It was my worst Amiga purchase ever. I tried everything to get a good picture with that thing, but all I got was flickering, unstable, chunky images with poor colour. I happily went back to my 1084 after that. (Softhut doesn't do refunds either - exchange only!)