OK, I just got a nice A2000 from someone who wanted it to go to an enthusiast rather than the city "recycling" program.
It has GVP combo 030/50 rev 3 w 16 meg ram.(also Firecracker 24,Picasso II, DPS PAR,Emplant.
I took the cards out to inspect since the system config didn't tell me enough.
I have 2 meg video plus 16 meg memory.
I think I see a megachip unit under the drive cage.
Then where is the Picasso memory? I know its physically on the Picasso card but why dioesn't it show up?
Village Tronic no longer has support for Amiga----
there were no manuals or disks provided with this computer.He said it was a "closet cleaning"
IS DPS PAR manual /software available?
Most software appears to still be on the hard drives,I just don't know how to USE these boards.
I DID re-arrange the boards so the DPS card that needed only an ISA was no longer covering up a full ZORRO slot.
Now have one ISA and one full ZORRO/video/ISA slot available.
There are a total of 2 23pin video, 1- MAC video(15 pin), and 2-vga (15pin) connectors.Will I need 5 monitors hooked up to see just what all is going on?
Can I upgrade memory past the 16megs of the GVP combo board?
Anyone know how to use the Appletalk (serial) ports of the Emplant card to network the Amiga while using Amiga OS.
Other networking suggestions?
The A2000 has version 40.something ROM;was told they are 3.1.
I have Amiga OS 3.5 CD boxed edition coming in the mail.
Any issues with GVP and 3.5?
Consensus of best card to get it on internet?
My DSL box has usb and ethernet ports.I have only used ethernet so far with Mac OS9/10,Ubuntu,and Windows ME and XP(took the Vista laptop back;no real improvement over XP for my needs!)
Thanks.
