My A1000 is ALIVE!

[Pentad]

I have always thought the A1000 was one of the sexiest computers I've ever seen.  There is just something about the case and the look of the machine.  It was so un-IBM for the time.  The Mac seemed like a toy beside her in 1985.

I don't know who did this picture but I cropped it for my desktop so I could use it in my wallpaper rotation:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/AmigaA1000.jpg


That, my friends, is a very sexy computer.  :-)

I thought the Amiga 3000 captured the sex appeal of the Amiga 1000 years later...


Again, congrats!

P

[Amiga_Nut]

Fantastic, we can never have too many working A1000s in the world.

[Iggy]

I have always thought the A1000 was one of the sexiest computers I've ever seen.  There is just something about the case and the look of the machine.  It was so un-IBM for the time.  The Mac seemed like a toy beside her in 1985.

That, my friends, is a very sexy computer.  :-)

Oh yes! The A1000 and Sun's pizza boxes. both really out shined the Mac. Small, compact, great Windowing systems in glorious color.

We should keep some early Mac models alive just as a reminder of how crude the were.

Then whenever a display of retro machines is set up we could put an A1000 next to an early Mac, point, and ask "Why?".

[klx300r]

@ Pentad

+ 1... she's still gorgeous all these years later:)

[JimS]

When I first saw the message header, I thought you were going to complain about catching the SCA virus. ;-)

[Pentad]

When I first saw the message header, I thought you were going to complain about catching the SCA virus. ;-)

Well, "Something Wonderful" did happen!  ;-)

[Pentad]

Speaking of the Amiga 1000, doesn't the picture below indicate that Apple copied the design of the Amiga 1000?

http://www.vintagemacmuseum.com/images/PowerPC6100.jpg

and

http://media.macworld.co.uk/cmsdata/news/24596/26-01-25-PowerMac-6100-535.jpg

As soon as I saw this Apple model, my first thought was that Apple copied the 'look' of the Amiga 1000.


Just MHO,
-P

[TheGoose]

Congrats!

I, too, have had the happy feeling just within the past 24 hours of reviving my A1000.  And from the looks of it, you're doing the same thing with yours as I am with mine: the Kiwkstart II (and thanks for the really good pic which will ensure I connect the proper wires to the proper pins,) the floppy drive port changer (shuffle board?,) and even the AdIDE.  The only thing I am doing differently is I have also installed the FastPALs, but I think the Kwikstart II and its PAL makes the FastPAL moot (and may also be incompatible.)

IIRC, the AdIDE works if it's installed under the Kwikstart II.  I do recall that the AdIDE must live under a CPU socket accelerator.  It happens to work very well under the Derringer in my A500, but there's no room for that stack.  Good luck!

Hey LoadWB, that's cool let us know how it goes. I learned about this CPU->ROM adapter in my travels and I am going to build one, I think it is within my abilities. It looks the simplest of the different methods. Why? Cause it would fun. If it works I'll give it to someone here who is still on kickstart disks.



"the AdIDE works if it's installed under the Kwikstart II." - THIS IS CORRECT.

The PAL chip I have I think is different / special, I think because it is socketed on my daughterboard. I'll get a close up photo of it.

A1000s, are hard to upgrade, but the most fun/easiest to hack on.

[trekiej]

This thread just got me interested in getting my stuff out again.
Congratulations.

[LoadWB]

Hey LoadWB, that's cool let us know how it goes. I learned about this CPU->ROM adapter in my travels and I am going to build one, I think it is within my abilities. It looks the simplest of the different methods. Why? Cause it would fun. If it works I'll give it to someone here who is still on kickstart disks.

That looks crazy... and fun!

The PAL chip I have I think is different / special, I think because it is socketed on my daughterboard. I'll get a close up photo of it.

A1000s, are hard to upgrade, but the most fun/easiest to hack on.

I got my FastPAL upgrade and Kwikstart II working together.  Turns out that the socket to which the KSII defaults was empty, and that was causing my start-up problems.  I cannot find my spare KS2.04 ROMs, and all my 3.1s are spoken for, so I just dropped a 1.2 and a 1.3 in the KSII and voila.

I'm not certain, but I think the FastPAL upgrade *is* moot with the KSII, since the WOM is bypassed.  So, I may take it out and just keep it spare for a while, maybe sell it.

While I play with the USB in my 4000, work an SPSS project for class, and get my TI system set up in the computer room, the A1000 will go back in its box temporarily.  Once all the rest is settled, I will be back under the hood with the AdIDE and some accelerator.  I have considered stealing the 50MHz Derringer from my A500+ so it's all enclosed.  But the only other accelerator I have for the 68k socket is a rickety 40MHz Derringer, then a GVP A530.

The derringer kicks the A530's ass.  So, I really have two choices: the grumpy 40MHz Derringer and an all-enclosed accelerated 1000, or awkwardly hang the A530 off the side.  The SCSI on the A530 is irrelevant since I will be using the AdIDE.  hrmmmmmmmmmm

Keep up inspiring the Amiga.org A1000 Rebirth Revolution!

[motrucker]

Hey LoadWB, that's cool let us know how it goes. I learned about this CPU->ROM adapter in my travels and I am going to build one, I think it is within my abilities. It looks the simplest of the different methods. Why? Cause it would fun. If it works I'll give it to someone here who is still on kickstart disks.



"the AdIDE works if it's installed under the Kwikstart II." - THIS IS CORRECT.

The PAL chip I have I think is different / special, I think because it is socketed on my daughterboard. I'll get a close up photo of it.

A1000s, are hard to upgrade, but the most fun/easiest to hack on.

Hey, I still use the disks to start my A1000. Main reason is I have so many old games that will not boot under anything higher than 1.3 (1.2 in several cases!). I need to figure out how to add the ROM, AND still be able to boot from floppy.
BTW - did I tell you that Microbotics clock is working? Been ticking away for well over a week now (KOW)....

[LoadWB]

Given time and fundage, I am considering a clock port and Subway for the 1000 with Anaiis (spelling?) USB stack.  But then, realistically, I will probably put a Subway in my 1200, first.  hrmmmmm

[TheGoose]

Given time and fundage, I am considering a clock port and Subway for the 1000 with Anaiis (spelling?) USB stack.  But then, realistically, I will probably put a Subway in my 1200, first.  hrmmmmm

We are going down the same crazed path my friend. I have one of those clock port boards for A500/A1000 sitting in a box. I wish the subway had a flash rom like the Deneb, that would solve a lot.

I also heard about a new board coming from Individual Computers, ACA 520 ? Is that still alive?

[Karlos]

Nice work. Iggy is right about the condition, it does look new.

[TheGoose]

BTW - did I tell you that Microbotics clock is working? Been ticking away for well over a week now (KOW)....

Ah cool, I read somewhere it had some software it needed? Week is a pretty good sign...

See this page:
http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/search.pl?product=&company=Microbotics

• a simple battery backed up clock
• time is read by a CLI command, it does not take over the system clock
• connects to the A1000's 2nd mouse port
• once the port has been used (eg. by reading the clock or pressing fire on a joystick) the MouseTime clock puts itself to sleep making the port totally transparent - but the time no longer can be read from the clock until the next hard reset
• passthrough connector

[Fester]

Nice! Seemed like it was a lost cause from your other threads. Good for you. I'm glad you got it going.