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Not to sound like Doomy but other than ZIII, AGA and PPC coprocessor boards, the A2000 is a competent machine.  In the US, 680x0 accelerators for the A2000 are much more plentiful than the ZIII A3000/A4000 (though 68040/68060 and large fastram boards are perhaps rarer). For retro gaming stuff and even internet surfing, a 68030 will do and doesn't present the incompatibilities of a 68040/060.  The lack of inline video slot is not a problem, as the slot is used primarily for either a genlock board a la the Video Toaster or a Flickerfixer/Scandoubler, of which there are far many more Microways and A2320s designed for the A2000 than you'll find for an A4000 (A3000 has an A2320 chip built in). Care to rethink your A2000 bashing?
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Re: What can I do with a brand new Amiga 2000? Any suggestions?
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2006, 12:56:10 PM »
I wasn't suggesting surfing with just the stock A2000 graphics, though this can be done on a 68030 if you turn off image loading and just want to read text.  Every Model B A2000 can be upgraded to 1MB chipram very easily.  The vast majority of expansion cards, including graphics cards, are Zorro 2 compatible so there isn't much advantage in having Zorro III slots.  GVP(-m), IVS, Progressive Peripherals, RCS Management, Phase 5, Apollo, CSA, Microbotics and even Commodore made tons of 68030/040 accelerators for the A2000.  These are just as obtainable and much cheaper usually than ones designed for the A3000/A4000 fast slot (though these are usually at least a 68040).  Add a Zorro 2 graphics card and a *fast* 68030 with 12+mb of fast ram and you should be able to surf as much as Ibrowse will allow for.  Add a much easier/cheaper to obtain A2000 flicker fixer in the video slot if you want cheap vga compatibility for older games (the vast majority of which are OCS/ECS).

Again, we're not talking rocket ship here but functionality.  The fastest 68K amigas are the A3000/4000 series for which you can get PPC coprocessors and ZorroIII or PCI busboard graphics cards.  A1200 setups (with all the apurtenant timing issues/problems) can be also setup in a tower with PCI busboards and a slower PPC coprocessor.  But for that kind of obscene money (including a flickerfixer), you'd be better off buying an new AMD64 machine with a Catweasel and running AmigaForever on it.
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