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Offline Red_EyeTopic starter

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I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« on: August 12, 2003, 04:18:44 AM »
Hiya,  I'm new to the forum so Hello :)
yeah...
I'm hanging out for the postman to bring my Amiga 4000...
Wondering what I should do first... :)

Any ideas?
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2003, 06:25:23 AM »
Check the battery  :-D
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2003, 06:39:31 AM »
Check sanity
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2003, 09:43:46 AM »
T_Bone wrote:
Check the battery  :-D [/quote]

battery???

mmm.... can't find it.  It plugs into the wall but is there a battery inside?
What size battery should I buy?

Thanks :)
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2003, 10:07:10 AM »
Red_Eye revealed:[/quote]It plugs into the wall but is there a battery inside?[/quote];-) The A4000 has a real-time clock battery that allows it to keep track of time even when the main power is off.  It is located on the motherboard, under the expansion cards.  It is begining to corrode, replace it.
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2003, 10:08:16 AM »


These things will kill your motherboard if they leak. Many that have been left in attics and basements have leaked acid, damaging the board.
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2003, 07:58:45 PM »
Welcome to Amiga.org Red_Eye.

I have moved this to the Hardware Forum where it will get more exposure.
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2003, 08:36:51 PM »
If the batery has leaked it is better to remove it and not have it than to leave it to damage your board. Look for white powder around the battery .when you have done that it depends on what you want from it and what specifacation it is. :-)
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2003, 09:34:12 PM »
Ok that thing with battery first ! I agree
Nice to see somebody buying the worlds best computer :-)

Let us know what extras you got with it.
Graphic-Card, SCSI-Controller etc.

btw Welcome to Aorg
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2003, 11:28:49 PM »

enjoy it while you can...
cause the moneyworld
does not allow quality to stay alive.
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2003, 01:07:14 AM »
An A4000, nice.
Congratulations.
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2003, 01:25:14 AM »
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Red_Eye wrote:
Hiya,  I'm new to the forum so Hello :)
yeah...
I'm hanging out for the postman to bring my Amiga 4000...
Wondering what I should do first... :)

Any ideas?


Haha, let me get the motherboard so that I can fix my 4000  :-D
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2003, 11:32:11 AM »
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strobe wrote:
Check sanity


Ok, I know the rules about not feeding the trolls, but still. I got to ask.

Why are you here? You obviously have NO interest in ANYTHING Amiga, so it's a bit weird to come back here to post on a more or less daily basis, isn't it?

Personally, I would love to have an A4000. But my A500, A1200(possibly two working, I've found out that my error detection algoritm last year was a BIT quick and dirty before buying new motherboard) and the Access will have to suffice. Thinking of mounting the extra A1200 in a picture frame and hang it on the wall (running demos, of course :-) )
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2003, 11:52:32 AM »
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Wondering what I should do first

Open the box ? :-)
Seriously, I don't understand, you don't know how an Amiga works ? So you ask what to do ?
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Re: I just bought an Amiga 4000 - what to do first???
« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2003, 12:08:14 PM »
@Elwood:

I think it was more a question of "what can I do with it that's fun and bad for me" (he did use smileys ;-) ) than a "how do I turn it on" ;-)

I would immediately order a Mediator and look into the CPU question (the CPU question is the one that goes "is this fast enough for me?" ;-) )
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