Recommend an Amiga

[ChaosLord]

Or you could just pop the key tops off and swap the Y and Z around... Too simple?

Oh isn't that sweet

Someone so naive and innocent that they don't realize how completely vile and evil the keyboard industry is.

The plastics companies who actually make the keycaps always lie to the CEO of of whichever company is making keyboards.  They trick them into buying keycaps that are unswitchable-aroundable.  This is to prevent ppl from doing exactly what you have proposed.  And to stop ppl from switching to Colemak layout which is massively superior to silly QWERTY.

But there is a flaw.  Their evil trap doesn't work as long as the 2 keys you are switching around are on the same row.  But if the keys are on different rows you can forget about it.

Give it a try if you don't believe me.

99% of All normal (non-laptop) keyboards have keys where every single row of keys is
1. A different shape.
2. A different height.
3. A different angle.

Yes all 3 at the same time!

This is what I call "Screwball Profile".  It is a total scam ripoff.  That is the world we live in.

Y and Z are on completely different rows on my keyboard.  Switching their places screws up everything badly.

[magnetic]

I read that there are problems with the ROM version of Kickstart 3.1 on the Amiga 3000.  For instance, I would need to drop my cpu speed from 25MHz to 16MHz.  Is there a way to install WB31 on this system or should I stay with WB21?

Hmm dont know where you heard this but not accurate. I've never heard  of dropping the cpu speed. If you put 3.1 roms you will be fine. If you have the rare softkik amiga roms (1.4) you Can boot 3.1 from it. I had  a desktop 3000 that was setup like this.

[ChaosLord]

There is a Kickstart file in the Devs directory on the WB2.x volume.  Is this a correct configuration?  If I press both mouse buttons it gives me a menu to load either kickstart 2.04 or 1.4.  When I try to install Workbench 3.1, it fails with an error that I need kickstart 3.0.

You have the kewl version of the A3000!  The A3000 with kickstart as a file on the HD.  A super user-friendly machine by Commodore Business Machines!

I totally forgot about that menu!

I haven't used my A3000 regularly since around 1994.  AGA had taken over everything by then.

The way I switch my kickstarts around is I have all 3 of them in that DEVS: directory named appropriately and then just copy whichever one I want into the default name.  I can't remember the default name ottomh.  I guess "Kickstart".  I have a Kickstart 1.3, 2.04, and 3.1 (and maybe others I can't remember).

I read that there are problems with the ROM version of Kickstart 3.1 on the Amiga 3000.  For instance, I would need to drop my cpu speed from 25MHz to 16MHz.  Is there a way to install WB31 on this system or should I stay with WB21?

100% total complete nonsense!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Use Kickstart 3.1 on my A3000 for countless years!  It is the best kickstart and it works on all Amigas!  

Whoever had a problem either was using a corrupt kickstart or they were using the wrong kickstart for their machine.  You can't just copy over an A500 3.1 kickstart or an A4000 3.1 kickstart.  Each model of Amiga has its own kickstart if u want everything to work 100% correctly.

All my Amigas operate at 25 Mhz and ONLY 25 Mhz.  Some guys tried to sell me one of those lame-O 16 Mhz models and I refused.

I did succeed in transferring the OS to a larger hard disk.  I set the drive up as two 512M partitions. Should I isolate the OS in a small partition of it's own?  I do not mind repartitioning to get it right. It is a little tricky as I cannot boot off a floppy at all.

Partitioning your drives is up to you.  If u start a new thread about it I am sure a lot of ppl will give you their opinions.

It partly depends on what kind of person you are and how you intend to use the machine.

Rather than worry about the partitioning I think you should focus on getting a 3.1 kickstart that works (if you don't already have one).  You probably have one in your devs:  Or use the search function to scan your whole hard drive.  Whoever had the puter b4 u might have had it in a weird place.