Amiga 2000 Technical Question

[gertsy]

Here are some pictures. Also a very odd little 9 pin plug was in the far right front joystick port, just a 9 pin F encased in small black plastic and a printed label that gives a long serial number.

Sounds like a software dongle.  Required to run a specific piece of expensive software.
The idea was to stop software piracy.

I guess you have a Mega Chip 2M Board attached to your Angus slot (http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/megachip) and a Derringer (http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/derringer)or simular 68030 card in your 68000 processor slot.
Both of these are under the Powersupply/floppy drive chassis.

Sounds like a top unit.

Should check the condition of the Battery.

I wouldn't worry too much about the 50MB SCSI as is fairly limited for the space it takes up.  You should be able to score a 1GB SCSI somewhere.  IF not go the SCSI reader option as suggested.  Instant 2GB.

Congrats.

[Bamiga2002]

Great find! 68030 and all! A true mil-spec A2000

[Dr.Bongo]

Also a very odd little 9 pin plug was in the far right front joystick port, just a 9 pin F encased in small black plastic and a printed label that gives a long serial number.

Sounds like the anti-piracy dongle that came with RoboCop3 to me.

[mrnukem]

I was wondering the same thing about the CPU.  I have to assume he has something like this:
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=63

It is a 68030 & FPU card for the A2000 that actually plugs into the CPU socket rather than the CPU slot.  It also has a jumper to switch it between 68000 and 68030 mode.

That is the one I have with the 50 MHz CPU.

This is the memory card : http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=973

This looks to be the Hard drive Controller: http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1247

funny thing is this Amiga 2000 was bundled with a complete Coleco Adam computer system, with printer, keyboard and game controller. The thrift shop folks thought it was all a single system and the Coleco Adam works too so it was a good day to have gone thrift store shopping.

I have Amiga Explorer on my Windows 7 system and transferring stuff across has gone very smoothly.

Thanks for all the info everyone!

[Dr.Bongo]

I've got to ask, what did you pay?

[mrnukem]

I've got to ask, what did you pay?

I got the Amiga and Coleco systems for $150 total

[Dr.Bongo]

I got the Amiga and Coleco systems for $150 total

Bargain! nice one

[mrnukem]

Under Workbench About function it says I am using Kickstart 37.175 and Workbench 34.28. and just wondering about the best option to upgrade the OS.

I do have copies of various Workbench disks but not sure which one would be best and also do not want to accidently loose my hard drive functionality when upgrading the OS.

[desantii]

Workbench 3.1 and Kick start 3.1 (both version version 40.xx) would be nice upgrades OS wise.

[mrnukem]

Workbench 3.1 and Kick start 3.1 (both version version 40.xx) would be nice upgrades OS wise.

Do I need to upgrade the kickstart ROM chip in the computer to get Workbench 3.1 working?

[desantii]

If i remember correctly, you will need a kickstart rom version of at least 3.0 (39.xx) to run workbench 3.1

[runequester]

You can run 3.1 workbench with the 3.0 ROM's but there might be some slight incompatibility issues. ROM's are usually cheap

[freqmax]

EEPROM are cheaper ..

[Darrin]

Do I need to upgrade the kickstart ROM chip in the computer to get Workbench 3.1 working?

Check again and see if your SCSI card is the one I first mentioned as possibly being in your machine.  The BBOAH entry mentions something about an issue with 3.1 ROMS.

ClassicWB has a nice setup that works with 3.0.

[mrnukem]

Check again and see if your SCSI card is the one I first mentioned as possibly being in your machine.  The BBOAH entry mentions something about an issue with 3.1 ROMS.

ClassicWB has a nice setup that works with 3.0.

This is the SCSI controller I have

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1247

[Darrin]

This is the SCSI controller I have

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1247

That's not the one I was thinking about.  That should be OK.

You're going to have a nice machine when you've finished.