Old Amiga user getting back into Amigas..

[outlawal2]

Good evening!  I am getting back into Amigas (The machine most responsible for making me the Geek I am today)  I bought an Amiga 2000HD with 2mb ram...  I have MANY questions, but the first issue that MUST be resolved is that I need a flickerfixer as none of my monitors will work with this beast.  

Any idea on a REASONABLE flicker fixer?  (I only paid $90 for the darn machine, and so far the best I have seen price wise is about twice that)

The other issue I am having is that I can't get Amiga Explorer to connect to the serial port on the 2000. (Yes I have bought a good quality null modem cable and have set all the settings according to the program but still no dice..)

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[outlawal2]

Currently Amiga Explorer is all I have for communicating from one to the other...  May have to go your route..  

[outlawal2]

Can't really confirm the cable on another PC but it is a brand new cable from Belkin right out of the box.  REALLY doubt that the cable is bad.  I did verify that the com port is correct in my Bios (I am using COM Port 3 actually)and it is correct in Windows.  For your final suggestion, regarding 4 colors in Workbench, this is a bit dicey because I don't have any way to use a monitor. So I am running the Amiga through a Hauppauge PVR unit and viewing onscreen using a TV application. (Hokey I know, but it DOES work, albeit with about a 2 second lag that is quite interesting)  Anyway, the video is monochrome so I am not certain how to verify how many colors I am running.  (Remember I am an old Amiga guy but it has been FOREVER since I have used one!)  Thanks for your help...