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a2000 retro hardware questions
« on: June 11, 2006, 08:30:14 PM »
I'm cobbling together an A2000 since I cant find
the parts to put the 3000ux back together and have some dumb questions...

I put in a gvp 030/33 3001 with 8meg. I replaced the
a2091 with a gvp 2000-hc+8 also with 8 meg. I know
zorro II is limited to 8 meg, but does that include
the CPU slot?

Also I put in the A2410 graphics card from the UX but never
did get it to do anything with workbench, I got EGS to
throw up some useless clocks and calculators on it but thats it. Is it usefull for anything?

Last I put in an old Toaster 2000 but have no software
to drive it. Is that available anywhere and will it
even run under OS3.9?


 

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Re: a2000 retro hardware questions
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2006, 10:10:40 PM »
The 3000ux had a '040 board and simm adapter board that
meant that the case (powersupply/hd floppy platform) had to be butchered for them to fit. The computer was on a desk in front of a window that leaked and water set on the
rear of the board and caused some corrosion around the
connectors. I cleaned it up, it still worked. But I never
reassembled it and put the components in a box when I moved 4 years ago.

Now I can only find the motherboard (no ram since it had
a simm adapter), the zorro backplane, and the power supply. The case (a 3000ux badged one kinda rare), the ram,
and the 040 accelerator/ram, floppy, hd are missing.

So Im putting a 2000 back together to play those games I cant on the CDTV.

Maybe someday I'll buy a 3000t case with PCI and make it right.
 

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Re: a2000 retro hardware questions
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2006, 03:53:46 AM »
There is no socketed ram since it was removed fot the simm adapter. It does have 3.1 roms though.
 

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Re: a2000 retro hardware questions
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2006, 02:52:52 PM »
You are absolutely right. I forgot all about that. I powered it up this morning and got the boot screen.

I did find the cyberstorm memory board but havent found the
040 board yet. I hope I find it. Last I checked they dont exactly give those away.
 

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Re: a2000 retro hardware questions
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2006, 04:42:22 PM »
It was a phase5 cyberstorm. I do have a few zips in a parts drawer... But I hope to find the adapter board. Those
pins on that board were very fragile so even if I find it it might be useless.
 

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Re: a2000 retro hardware questions
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2006, 10:03:17 PM »
I found the 040 and the ram adapter. Seems to power up. Now I just need a case. I can scavenge a scsi drive out of a mac and a floppy out of a 2000.

Im at a loss for the case problem though.