Trying to identify which A2000 Version I just got

[mrnukem]

Just purchased an Amiga 2000 as an upgrade from my old Amiga 1000 but I am a bit confused as to which version I have (A,B or C). I looked on a few different pages but it seemed like there was conflicting information on the different web sites.

I ran the Advanced Amiga Analyzer Diagnostics Software and this is what the Config Section told me I have.

Rom v34.0
Angus ECS 1M
Denise 8262 OLD
CPU 68000
FPU None
Display NTSC
1015K Chip Memory

Also when I boot it asks for WB v1.3 and boots just fine on 1.3 but will not take 2.0 or higher. I see Kickstart chip upgrades on Ebay all the time for around $20.00. What would I look for to upgrade to Kickstart v3.1 or higher (how high can I go?)



Thanks for the help. Many of you have helped me in the past with my Amiga 1000 questions.

[mrnukem]

It has 2 Audio and 1 Composite Video Jack.

I looked inside and in the front right corner on the motherboard it says (c) 1988 Commodore Computers.

My main concern is that I did not get a German Revision A as from what I read that version had some problems.

Think I got a good deal. $50 for the A2000, Mouse, Keyboard and it has 2 floppy drives. $40 for shipping so $90 total. So far I like it much better than my Amiga 1000

Would this be the Kickstart upgrade I need?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Amiga-kickstart-Rom-3-1ver-40-63-Amiga-2000-USED-WORK_W0QQitemZ220238695337QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Would I just swap out the chips or is there any other modification I would have to do for the upgrade?


Thanks for all the replys folks!

[mrnukem]

I have the worst luck. Got home today to find that it now gives me disk read errors on any disks I put in. I had left it on with a demo running and on reboot it trys to read the disks  but gives a read/write error on known good disks that worked on it as of yesterday. Guy sold it as-is on e-bay but said floppy disk worked. Neither of the 2 drives it it work so I think the issue is the controller chip and heat. I was all stoked and excited too and now I am out $90 total.

Baby Jesus hates me...

[mrnukem]

I checked the jumper. Also tried to use the internal drive 2 as the main floppy drive but it would not recognize any disks. (I removed the Jumper 301 when setting the Amiga as a single drive system) From research I found that I can not just pop a PC floppy drive in as a test drive so I took an Amiga 1010 external floppy drive I had our of the case and tried to set that as drive 0 as a replacement and it also did not recognize any disks. I cleaned the drive as well and made sure all the chips on the mother board were not flexing out of socket.

Is there a way to force the Amiga to boot off an external floppy drive? I have 2 that I know were working on my Amiga 1000 and if I can get the system running that way it would be a workable solution. I was hoping to get a hard drive for this system but this really has stopped me out of the gate so to speak.

Thanks for the tips and advise.

[mrnukem]

I am in South West Washington. I had used some canned air on the drives but will go in with some swabs and try to do a deeper cleaning.

I feel silly because I was all excited about my new system and now I am just bummed out.

Thanks will let everyone know what happens. Any more tip or tricks to try?

[mrnukem]

Is there a Way to for the Amiga to boot off an external floppy drive? Any key combinations at boot up to make it boot from an external drive? I had disconnected the internal drives but no boot from external discs.

Whats odd is both the floppy drives are Chinon brand and have the exact same model number but drive 0 has 2 rows of 4 jumper blocks and drive 1 has 1 row of 4.

Thanks again for all the help