Amiga tech in the Pacific Northwest

[nineoc]

Hello all:

One of my A2000's has developed a problem. Can anyone recommend a technician in the
Pacific Northwest?

[nineoc]

Will do, thank you very much.

[nineoc]

Well, I certainly will keep this in mind. Thanks very much for the tip.

[nineoc]

Have been speaking with a fellow by name of Glen VanDenBiggelaar in Edmonton, Canada,
who does Amiga repairs on the side. He has a backlog at the moment, and would not be able to review my machine for a month yet.

I will ask him for permission to provide his contact info.

[nineoc]

Thought his name might ring a bell with someone.

Forgive my ignorance but what is meant by PM me?

Comment was made about Amiga Forever. I am attempting to use it on my PC.

I use my A2000 on a regular basis to do the following:

--Create images in DPaint

--Import them into a utility called Trace that converts the image to a rescaleable vector graphic.

--Then import it into Pro Page to create a document and size the image appropriately,
then print the document with a laser printer.

--My reasoning for Amiga Forever involvement is to have a platform if the Amigas decide to get finnecky.

--Is there another alternative?

Regards,

W

[nineoc]

So, thanks to a number of folks, my machine is up and running again.

Let's see if I can reconstruct the chain of events, as it is quite interesting, the way it played out:

First contact is this Forum, with my initial SOS call.

First response was from Tripitaka, who suggested I look through the web directory.

This led me, among other helpful folks, to Joe Muoio at Software hut, who suggested I talk to Ed Jeffries at Video Lab, telephone 913-403-0045, who suggested I pull the 060 to see if I would get a workbench screen.

Pulled the card, and the system did bring up the workbench screen, suggesting that the 060 is faulty.

Talking with Ed, I informed him that the card is a DKB Wildfire, from 1995. He immediately googled the thing and found some info on it. We discovered that there
were two locations that should have had jumpers on them that did not.

Finding two spare jumpers, I installed them on the two locations, and Voila, the machine has booted successfully five times, and is still running as we speak.

As to why it ever worked without the jumpers is anyone's guess.

All in all, I am EXTREMELY APPRECIATIVE to everyone who offered their opinions and suggestions, so thank you everyone.

This truly is a great community, and VIVA LAS AMIGAS.

Regards,

Wayne

[nineoc]

Yes, it has been good all around for all of us.

Great image, by the way.

Will have to post one.

Would love a definition of your alias.

[nineoc]

So, if I may ask, why Tripitaka?

Because of your multiple personalities?

BTW:

My wife has just written a book on the Mayan Calendar.

It can be found at http://www.whitepuppress.ca

In a non-related issue, (although there are those who say that all things are related),
I see that there is a notice saying I have a private message waiting for me. As I am unfamiliar with this forum, can you tell me how to send and receive what appears to be called PM's?

[nineoc]

Okay, thanks.

As you can see, I am now okay at the moment, but will certainly keep your contact info on file for the future.

Regards,

Wayne

[nineoc]

Well, I hate to say it, but the machine has failed again.

Back to the drawing board, I guess.

[nineoc]

Well, that is about what is going on.

It is VERY intermittent.

Will do as you suggest.

Thanks again.

Did you receive the rerun of the missing PM that I sent?

W