Wanted: 020 or 030 accelerator for A2000 (is Kent Seaton out there?)

[CdreCommodore]

Hi there,

Like the subject says, I'm looking for an 020 or 030 accelerator for my Amiga 2000.  It needs to have at least 8mb of add-on ram, but preferably more.  I have a Picasso II and have yet to actually be able to use it owing to the lack of an accelerator.

Another poster here referred me to Kent Seaton for this, but I've been unable to find a good email address for him, and apparently according to another post somewhere in the forums, he's been out of the scene for a while anyway.

Anyway, if you have what I'm looking for, please let me know.  :-)

Look on requestfocus.com for an address for Kent.  He's rather busy with two jobs and school, but I'm sure he'd help if it can.

Wayne

[Karlos]

TroyDavis wrote:
Hi there,

Anyway, if you have what I'm looking for, please let me know.  :-)

If you can find one, an 040 or 060 accelerator card will give the old A2K some real poke :-)

Damn shame that phase5 never released the A2604 or whatever it was called (basically the CSPPC for the A2000).

[Kent]

I can't say that I've been out of the scene, just rather busy as all hell.  My schedule every week is to leave just around 6:15am and get back home before 11pm if I'm lucky.  The free times I have I've been spending them on software developing in C/C++ and even (shudder) C#.  I also have an average of 4 essays due each friday for other classes.  These last few days in the honor of turkey slaughtering, I've had some time to catch up with the world around me.  I have a couple GVP combo (030 33MHz, w/ scsi) boards that may suit your needs just fine.  Check your pmail for some more specifics.

:pint:

[Brian]

I'd just like to comment on the GVP 030 Combo board and say that it's a real sweet thing adding a fast 030, memory and a SCSI controller to the machine. Had the pleasure of testing it once and damn it's good stuff.

[CdreCommodore]

How hard was it to track down the special GVP SIMMs?

[Stew]

  The simms are hard to find but he should have some with the boards I gave him. I have an 040 board in a toaster 2000 that uses the 16meg simms. Wish I could locate a few of those that doesn't break the bank.
 

[Brian]

GVP simms are hard to come by... 4Mb'ers are out there in small numbers. 16MB'ers are very hard to find and when (if) they ever surface thery are expencive as hell... often surpassing what you have to pay for a 64 or 128Mb EDO simm.

Anyway... the GVP board should come with some memory, see if it's enough for your needs and if it is then buy... don't think too much about maximum amount or how hard it'll bee to find that extra bit of memory that you'll never get to use. 8-16Mb is usually enough for most day to day usage.

[Karlos]

@Kent

Hey, long time no C (sorry)! Sounds like you are a very busy man these days :-)

Both you and Kees have postred here in the last 24 hours :-) Is there a special alignment of the planets or something?

/we now resume the normal topic

[Kent]

Yeah no doubt.  On an average, I'm working about 65 hours each week.  I do an average of 4 hours each day in studies on top of the 8 hours of college I'm in (that's not class time, that's registered time for the course).  Generally, I take the entire Sunday off unless there's a test.  Tomorrow it's back to the daily grind until December 22nd.

Here's my week at a glance:

Monday: 6:15am I'm gone to Harley.  12 noon I leave for class which starts at 1pm picking up or eating the lunch I brought with me.  1:50pm, class is out and I have to be at my second job which starts at 2pm (thank god it's on campus).  This job ends at 10:30pm and I lock up after everything is done (generally by 10:45pm) and I get home and crash by 11:15pm if I have no other errands to run.

Tuesday: 6:15am same routine to start.  However my class doesn't start until 6pm so I stay until 5pm and battle the traffic in the midst of rush hour spending almost one hour on the road.  Spend until 8:50pm in class and then head out to the computer lab until 9:45pm (when it closes).  From there I start heading home but pick up dinner on the way.  I get home around 10:45pm.

Wednesday: Duplicate of Monday

Thursday: 6:15am until 5pm at Harley.  In the evening I spend most of the time pounding out the final touches on the latest works I have.  I leave at least three extra hours of catchup sleep from the missing ones prior unless of course there is a test to study for.

Friday: Mad day.  6:15am to noon when I rush over to school for class at 1pm scarfing down that cheese burger I picked up from uncle ronnie's lounge.  Out at 1:50pm and head to the computer lab for some work on various programs until 6pm.  From there I'm free for the evening but generally end up crashing close to 8 when I put my daughter down for bed.

Saturday: Yup, gone again at 6:15, but this time it's more work at the college.  I'm out at half past noon and generally don't look back.  I spend the afternoon with my family and crash shortly after 8pm.  Every once in a while I need to head back to harley and finish up some of the paperwork I've started through the week.

Sunday: I wake up around 1pm... go back to bed after eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner around 3pm.  No just kidding.  But I don't wake up until late in the day.  I'm not a morning person.

Then it starts all over again... what joy can you get eh?  Still holding a 3.56GPA with almost 30 college credit hours toward my 120 hour bachelors degree.

:pint:

[CdreCommodore]

Hey Kent,

Since I haven't heard from you via email yet and you just responded here again, I wanted to let you know that I emailed you at the three addresses you mentioned, and the .edu address bounced.

[redrumloa]

If you don't get one before Friday, check my auctions. I have a GVP Combo card (030/SCSI/RAM) that is scheduled to start @ $0.01 on Friday.