new A3000, what upgrades should I get???

[MskoDestny]

roguebeck wrote:
So I need to find myself some 3.1 Roms.... I am guessing they need to be A3000 specific.?.?

Yep.

Also what do I look for, for USB in a 3000?

Well you have three options from what I can tell. 1. Try to track down an Algor or Highway card. It's out of production so it might not be easy. 2. Get a Zorro card with an A1200 clock port on it and get a Subway card. 3. Get a Mediator PCI board and the Spider USB card.

I don't think you need to worry about USB unless there was a specific USB periphal you want to use.

[MskoDestny]

B00tDisk wrote:
Ah well there's the rub: there's so much you can connect via USB that IMO it's the peripheral connector to have.  Network, keyboard, mouse, scanner, external storage (both disk and firmware)...the uses are endless.  Go USB! :-)

Well for drives USB is going to be quite slow on the Amiga. SCSI would seem to be the way to go here. For keyboard and mouse, interfacing to the standard ports gives you better compatability with software like games. There's also the problem that not all USB devices are supported on the Amiga.

I don't know, for me USB on a classic Amiga wasn't all that compelling, but I'm sure others feel differently.