Some A2000 questions

[runequester]

1: What accelerator cards are worth being on the lookout for ? Mostly wondering what was compatible with the 2000, and which could be fitted without too much messing around.

2: The machine I am getting has 2.0 ROM's. Will this run workbench 3.0 or should I look for 2.0 instead?

3: What would be the simplest way of getting a hard drive set up for this thing?

4: Anything else that is worth knowing about the 2000 ? I had a 1200 back in the day, so I am aware that the stock machine is basically just a box 500, but anything of note?

[runequester]

Thanks for the advice. I am honestly mostly after a bit of extra RAM, so I can get extra sound effects in the couple of games offering that (Hired Guns, Walker etc) but a slightly beefier processor couldn't hurt.

[runequester]

thanks for the advice guys.

Here's a question too... is there a way to reset the d**m machine other than the power button. Does the 2000 not respond to the normal 3 key reboot?

[runequester]

Actually my bad. For some reason I remembered it as amiga+amiga+DEL. Its been too long...

[runequester]

You want some important advice?

Open it up, find the battery.... make sure it didnt leak.

If it has leaked, remove it and clean the corrosion from the motherboard.

In any case i would remove it right away.

so this might be a dumb question but.. how do I identify the battery and how do I safely remove it?

[runequester]

If it's original, it's a blue or green cylinder the size of a grape soldered to the motherboard on its side near the 68000 chip. I cut mine off with a pair of wire cutters and some patience.
 
If it's a coin type or some other battery "hack", then it was already replaced by someone and you can leave it.
 
If there's corrosion, come back and search here or ask about it. There's procedures for cleaning it up.
 
brian

Someone posted some pictures so I've identified it. It has no corrosion at all, and the battery looks newer than the rest but its still the old "barrel" looking type. I'll remove it this week, just to be on the safe side

[runequester]

I am mostly after a fun machine to mess with, and to play old games on, so keeping it 16 bit might be the best then.
 
The only real techie thing I'd like is a CD ROM drive, to give me an easy way of transferring files, since I don't have another option currently