3000T Update/Help

[don27dog]

Hello Again All,

I just received my package from AmigaKit and have everything I need to get my 3000T fired back up after 12 years of collecting dust. I lost the HD that contained my previous OS and my mother threw out all my amiga disks over the years so I ordered 3.1 Roms and workbench 3.1 to get it back up and running. If all goes well will order os3.9 asap. Ok here is my problem. How do I get these 2.04 roms out of there? These suckers seem to be stuck in there pretty good. Not exactly a lot of finger room in there for my chubby fingers. I figured I better ask before I start prying on things and break something before I get started. I am really excited to get this up and running but it has sat for 12 years so I guess it is best to wait another day until I can get some advice. Thanks guys..
Donnie

[don27dog]

Thanks Mates...  Going to be a long day at work today. I am like a kid the night before x-mas.

[don27dog]

Well the problems keep mounting. I received my package from Amikit. Installed 3.1 Roms. Went to install os 3.1 and install got 45% and had a read error on the extras disk and install stopped. The good news is I now boot to a Workbench screen. Bad news is I can't transfer any files onto the amiga. I can't get the amiga to reconigize a pc disk.Workbench isn't seeing the cd-rom drive. I tried to install AmigaExplorer but get error msg in cli when I tried TYPE SER: to RAM:Setup

TYPE can't open ser:
object not found

Anyway this is my progress if you can call it that. Any direction I can go or do I have to wait for another copy of Extras disk?

[don27dog]

Any Ideas where to go from here?

[don27dog]

It worked.. I transfered files manually and now have ami-explorer up and running transfering files as I type. Thanks for the suggestions. Next question is what are my essential Amiga programs I should install first. I guess I will need to install SID or directory Opus pretty quickly.

[don27dog]

WOW how cool is that. After weeks of waiting for OS disks to installed. Tonight I removed a gvp card and reinstalled it. Presto. My amiga is back Workbench 2.1 and everything just the way I left it. After playing around for a few hours. I logged on to my old BBS and found last files uploaded on 2/16/97. It has been 11 years and 2 days since it was last used. Now I just have to get these stupid Amitcp and Amipop requests to disappear. I assume I can edit user startup. Will have to play around somemore. Well it looks like it is time for another Amiga. I kinda like this one just the way it is. Anyway today is a good day...

[don27dog]

UPDATE. I finally got AsimCDFS and have the cd-rom installed. I just installed os3.9 and am having some performance issues. It is bogging down under 3.9 I assume I need some more ram. I have 2Meg on board and 2 meg on GVP controller. Also I can only get resolution to 640 X 200. What are my memory options? Sorry for the stupid questions but it has been 10+ years since I played around with an amiga. I would like to update but not sure where I should go with it. I am thinking Mediator PCI Busboard, Voodoo graphics card, and network card. Any opinions or other options?

Donnie

[don27dog]

Thank you for the advice.. Anyone else have any suggestions. When I first started this project I was just curious if I could get my my old childhood computer up and running. Over the last month or so gathering missing parts it has grown into a labor of love. It has brought back some awesome memories and the community has been very helpful. I now ready to invest some money into it and use it as much as possible.

[don27dog]

Update.

I have found some ram for it. Still searching for other parts.

[don27dog]

UPDATE..

I found more ram and reinstalled os3.9. It runs much better this time around. Still have one problem. When I reboot the computer I get a msg cannot open cdrom device unit 0. I click abort and it boots fine and the cd works. Any ideas?

[don27dog]

BINGO... you nailed it.. Thanks mate.. It is now working fine.. hummm pretty much stuck at the moment.. Still haven't decided what to upgrade next. I want a Cyberstorm but finding those has been a little more difficult than I expected. Will the Mediator PCI Busboard, Voodoo graphics card, and network card work with my current processor and the 8megs of ram I have on my GVP card? If so could I add the Cyberstorm later? How many PCI slots does the Cyberstorm have? I don't want to buy the mediator only to find out later it will be useless with Cyberstorm.

[don27dog]

I was missing the front cover so went out to the garage today and made a front cover. I don't like the colors but it was all I had laying around. Will go to the hardware store this week and find better colors.

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