Amiga 3000 or Amiga 4000

[melott]

I have to recomend the A3000 also.
I've never own an A4000 but I've owned an A1200. I didn't
think that much of the AGA chips.
In my A3000 I have a WarpEngine 040 @ 40 mhz and a CV 64
gfx card. Its loaded with 80 megs ram and I use the
WarpDrive SCSI for the internal HD and the built-in SCSI
for the external SCSI box with CD Rom and back-up HD.
This is a GREAT machine (I've never had the urge for
an A4000). The only thing I'd kind of like is a little
faster accelerator. (Like a 220 mhz ColdFire ;-))

[melott]

As I said before, I run a WarpEngine, CV64, and MultiFace
serial cards in my A3000D. I haven't done the Int2 hack or
upgraded any chips (all standard origonal chips).
I bought this A3k new in 1990 or 91 ( can't remember for
sure) and I haven't had ANY problems.
Oh ... I did upgrade to 3.1 roms.
All those chip upgrads and hacks mentioned in the other
posts don't seem to be necessary in my A3k :-D.
Also .. with WHDLoad and a RTG GFX card (if I understand
correctly) the AGA chip set means nothing.
 

[melott]

@Crumb
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You are lucky... check the hundreds of problems others have in google for example.

And if you try to use an A3640 you'll end up with headaches. High speed Zorro3 cards like the CV64 will make your A3000 hang if you don't use the latest chips or use a mixture of old ones and newer ones.
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Sorry but this just isn't true......
I used a 3640 card in my A3k with the CV64 card for over a
year before I got the WarpEngine.
All origonal chips, using both the Commodore SCSI and the
WarpDrive SCSI at the same time, NO CONFLICTS.
It works great.
What you are saying may or may not be true depending on
the MOBO revision, but certinly not true for ALL A3000's.

[melott]

KD7HTH wrote:
Man! I love hardware debates!!  :-D

 :-) Its interesting as long as it doesn't turn
into a Flame War.

BTW .. some A3000's did ship with HD 1.76 floppies.
 I have one of them.
OOps ..sorry, thats kind of misleading.
I have the HD floppy drive that came new in my son's
A3000. We swapped them before he sold his machine.

[melott]

CU_AMiGA wrote:

Man, i wish they commercially released the A3000+, that is the holy grail! :-D

Regards,

I don't think I've ever heard of the A3000+.
What was the upgrade, AGA, Simms ??