First off please excuse my ignorance when it comes to the Amigas. I have owned four different models since about 1985. Have been out of the Amiga scene for many years and the brain just does not work like it use to.
I am contemplating getting an A2000 and was wondering just what use is it? I mean with the A1200/600 and A4000, what can you really do with an OCS chipped machine? No AGA for nice modern screens. Aren't you limited to WB3.1(w/ 3.1 rom)?? I know there were upgrades but most are long since out of production and the old ones sell for a mint.
Is it possible to find IDE upgrades now?? What about graphics?? I have read about the ACA500 and something like that would really fire up my old 500. Anything similar for the A2000??
Sorry for all the questions but trying to re learn.
Hi Stingray76,
The A2000 is still a fun machine play with and I would agree with every thing Oldsmobile_Mike listed. I am in the process of revamping my A2000 It needs a new PSU and way to connect to a PC monitor. (All my Amiga monitors died years ago.) Have you seen Oldsmobile_Mike' photos of his A2000? As others have said it is a very robust and versatile machine. The accelerator will be an expensive option but I am sure if you shop around you will find a reasonable deal. I intend to use the Video Toaster for mine which I purchased a few years ago but never had a chance to use because my monitors dying. Other than that, all of the reasons already mentioned in the thread illustrate just some of the uses for an A2000. I am guessing Commodore may have sold more A500's but the A2000 was next most sold machine with the most revisions to the motherboard. It was considered the work horse for many video and graphics users even after the release of later models.Therefore there were many products made for it.
