I got my A2000 today... :-)

[Darrin]

Nice purchase.  I've been busy expanding my A2000 over the last few months.  The A2000 was my first Amiga, but I sold it when I moved to America.  Then last year I managed to pick up another one from a chap in Houston.  I've got the revision 4.2 mobo with a 1MB Agnus.  I did add an 8MB Zorro RAM card, but I removed it when I added a 68030 and a graphics card.

If you want to use it for games then grab a cheap Zorro SCSI or IDE expansion card (Some SCSI cards cam come with RAM on them) for HD installation (watch eBay for a cheap scan doubler if you want a PC monitor).

If you want a bit more fun then add a 68030 or 68040 (which will have their own RAM expansions) along with that SCSI/IDE card, upgrade the AGNUS chip and find a good Zorro graphics card.  Finally get Kickstart 3.1 ROMS, a CD ROM and OS3.9.

Anyway, I hope you have fun with it.

[Darrin]

There is a jumper on the motherboard that controls whether it is in NTSC or PAL mode. Open the cover and move it to the NTSC position and you will have a NTSC 2000. You will have to remove the power supply carriage to do this. The jumper is in the back of the motherboard behind the Agnus chip.

I just did the reverse and converted my NTSC 2000 to PAL by cutting 2 tracks.

If you're using a monitor then I'd stick to PAL as a few games don't like NTSC (Ooops!  Reread your post and you want to use a toaster!).  Better yet, locate the jumper (I'm at work, so I can't check the number) and run the pins to a switch on the back of the case and then you can toggle between PAL and NTSC between boot-ups.