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Offline Ilwrath

Re: A2000 or A4000 tower hacking??
« Reply #14 from previous page: June 26, 2004, 10:25:28 PM »


Once again, for the new users here, BoingBoss is a specialist in misinformation, half-truthes, and general rubbish.  But he is sometimes amusing, so we seem to keep him around.  I wouldn't recommend believing or acting upon much of what he says, though.


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Re: A2000 or A4000 tower hacking??
« Reply #15 on: June 28, 2004, 05:57:43 AM »
@BoingBoss Hello Doomy..

I agree with the external box idea as I did this with my A500. I ripped the guts out of an old 486 desktop, kept the power supply, and installed SCSI hardrives, CDROM, and a CD Burner, and connected via SCSI cable through an A530.

The lack of ZORRO expansion is the only thing I sometimes miss, but that is not a problem with your A2000/4000 is it?
My solution uses a lot of desk space because of the size of the A500/A530.
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Re: A2000 or A4000 tower hacking??
« Reply #16 on: June 28, 2004, 07:08:18 AM »
@BoingBoss

Isn't the A2000 a lot bigger than the A3000 and A4000?  That is why it is heavier, not because it is better.  More metal :P
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Re: A2000 or A4000 tower hacking??
« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2004, 08:03:22 AM »
Oh DoomMaster is back  :-)
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Re: A2000 or A4000 tower hacking??
« Reply #18 on: June 28, 2004, 09:03:32 AM »
Hi TjLaZer,

The Amiga 2000 is bigger then the Amiga 3000 and 4000 because it has a larger, better designed motherboard.  The Amiga 3000 and 4000 has their Zorro slots on a daughter board, a very poor design.  The Amiga 2000 and 3000T have their Zorro slots right on the motherboard itself.  This is a much better design.  Also, if you compare the cases of the Amiga 3000 and 4000 to the Amiga 2000 case, the Amiga 2000 case is much better quality.  Also, The Amiga 2000 has a "thru-hole" circuit board, with all of the main chips in sockets.  This makes for much easier repair.  The Amiga 1200 and 4000 have "SMT" circuit boards, which are lower quality then the Amiga 2000's "thru-hole" circuit board.  The Amiga 1200 and 4000 are very hard to repair and are basically "throw-away" boards.  People here on Amiga Org have more problems with the Amiga 1200 and 4000 computers then with the Amiga 2000 Series.  The Amiga 2000 IS the Flagship Amiga, so have some respect for the old girl.
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Re: A2000 or A4000 tower hacking??
« Reply #19 on: June 28, 2004, 10:39:04 PM »
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I agree with the external box idea as I did this with my A500. I ripped the guts out of an old 486 desktop, kept the power supply, and installed SCSI hardrives, CDROM, and a CD Burner, and connected via SCSI cable through an A530.


I built a few of these for customers... The only problem I had was that some power supplies did not work with just the load of a couple drives. I had to put a resistor on there to stabilize them.

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Re: A2000 or A4000 tower hacking??
« Reply #20 on: June 28, 2004, 10:52:59 PM »
Doommy!!!!

i have nothing against the A2000 . . .the real problem is YOU :-(

you are really boring and monothematic . . .basta . .e che ca##o!!!

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