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- From: hankduck@postoffice.ptd.net (hankduckman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Newbie needs advice on A2000
- Date: 20 Mar 1996 13:16:13 GMT
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- CV> Hi all,
-
- CV> Just a few days ago, I aquired a _very_ old A2000 second hand
- CV> from a friend of a friend, with a shitload of software. Currently, it
- CV> has in it 1mb Mem, 3 floppy (3.5) and 1 5.25 but no HD. Has a 286
- CV> bridgeboard as well...
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- CV> Being new to the Amiga, the thing seemed awful slow to me - but I thought
- CV> a2000s weret the top of the range Amigas. Now after taking a quick peek
- CV> in the newgroups I see that that is _not_ the case.
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- CV> What I really want to know is: What, right now, is the minimum level
- CV> system I should have got?
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- CV> Do I have a hope of upgrading it, or did I waste my money?
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- CV> Where can Amiga products be found these days, since no major software
- CV> dealers that I have seen carry _any_ amiga stuff these days.
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- CV> I know this is a tall order, but after reading a lot of stuff in here
- CV> I'm starting to feel I got ripped off and should be looking for better
- CV> h'ware if I want to continue in the amiga scene (and I am seriously
- CV> considering it, since I know its a great machine still).
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- The A2000 is eminently upgradeable. Hard drives with +/- 300-500 megs are selling
- in the neighborhood of $250. You need an accelerator with a higher level cpu and
- these are available both new and used. I wouldn't get anything less than a 68030.
- Many of these (such as the GVP's) come with onboard scsi controllers, serial and
- parallel ports.
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- My GVP 68040 is fast and reliable, and my modem runs off the serial port on the
- GVP board...it too is reliable.
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- Check out comp.sys.amiga.marketplace. Some of the commercial on-line services, such
- as Compuserve, also have classified sections in their Amiga forums.
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- You should also purchase the latest OS, Workbench 3.1...comes with a rom chip and
- manuals.
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- Cordially;
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- Hank Duckman
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- from beautiful northwest New Jersey where the deer and the bear run free
- Amiga 2000, GVP '040@33, 64 megs ram,
- PicassoII, Emplant, Opalvision, VLab
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