Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

On 5 October 2016 at 04:55, Fred Cisin wrote: > Not to be more flippant than usual, PC-DOS/MS-DOS has no graphics capability > (80x25 text). Doesn't DOSShell count? -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk •

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

be a great VCF demo). Original message From: Chris Hanson <cmhan...@eschatologist.net> Date: 10/5/16 12:50 PM (GMT-06:00) To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000 On Oct 4,

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 10:29 AM, wrote: > All you Amiga heads watch out for those motherboard batteries! Especially on > the A3000! A3000s are probably going to be very rare due to all the > destroyed motherboards (Someone should reproduce one with sockets for the > original

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > I know it is not really practical to turn it into a dos machine, but it would be a nice setup to me. If i can find a 286 and a vga card I am all set then. >>> On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, william degnan wrote: > >>

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

I would by no means ignore the commodore amiga software side of things. IM pretty excited to get to mess around with workbench. That FPGA graphics card project is impressive. On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > I know it is not really practical to turn it

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

I know it is not really practical to turn it into a dos machine, but it would be a nice setup to me. If i can find a 286 and a vga card I am all set then. On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, william degnan wrote: turning an Amiga 2000 into a DOS machine is like turning a car into a boat. you technically can do

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

On Oct 4, 2016, at 7:13 PM, devin davison wrote: > > It looks as if PC compatibility > boards can be added to the machine, boards with a 286, 386, or 486 and > some memory on a board, capable of running MS DOS. IF i were to install > such a board, what kind of graphics

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:30 PM, Fred Cisin wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, devin davison wrote: > >> I know it is not really practical to turn it into a dos machine, but it >> would be a nice setup to me. If i can find a 286 and a vga card I am all >> set then. >> > > Try for a

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, devin davison wrote: I know it is not really practical to turn it into a dos machine, but it would be a nice setup to me. If i can find a 286 and a vga card I am all set then. Try for a 386, or at least 386SX. Too much "modern" software demands it.

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

Yeah, on the note of that battery, it looks fine, but is going to be replaced asap. Ive had a couple of apple computers turn to trash over that battery going bad in there. I know it is not really practical to turn it into a dos machine, but it would be a nice setup to me. If i can find a 286 and

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

> On Oct 5, 2016, at 07:29, et...@757.org wrote: > > All you Amiga heads watch out for those motherboard batteries! Especially on > the A3000! A3000s are probably going to be very rare due to all the destroyed > motherboards (Someone should reproduce one with sockets for the original >

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

> > Congratulations on rescuing the 2000! I wanted one pretty badly when I > > was working in an Amiga dealership in the late 1980s, but had a 1000. I > > still don't have a 2000, but I've scratched that itch with a 3000 that I > > got a couple years ago. I still have my old 1000, but haven't

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

Congratulations on rescuing the 2000! I wanted one pretty badly when I was working in an Amiga dealership in the late 1980s, but had a 1000. I still don't have a 2000, but I've scratched that itch with a 3000 that I got a couple years ago. I still have my old 1000, but haven't powered it up

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

have a unit with toaster but we need a keyboard. it sets flat not a tower. Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)fills history in 2 areas we cover - computers and video production In a message dated 10/4/2016 9:58:46 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, n...@nf6x.net

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

Congratulations on rescuing the 2000! I wanted one pretty badly when I was working in an Amiga dealership in the late 1980s, but had a 1000. I still don't have a 2000, but I've scratched that itch with a 3000 that I got a couple years ago. I still have my old 1000, but haven't powered it up for

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

Since you would be using the Amiga for video it would be emulated CGA or mono. I think you can install a VGA card in an ISA slot (and you can expand all the slots to 16 bit if you solder in the header). Most people used an ISA network card to get around the more expensive Zorro Amiga boards

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

On Tue, 4 Oct 2016, devin davison wrote: I figured this would be the place to ask... It looks as if PC compatibility boards can be added to the machine, boards with a 286, 386, or 486 and some memory on a board, capable of running MS DOS. IF i were to install such a board, what kind of

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

The toaster looks interesting but i have a stockpile of sgi gear that keeps me busy in the whole CG department. the video toaster, interesting hardware, but not something practical i would end up using much...Thanks for the info. if i can just cram any old vga card in there then that is what i

Re: Picked up Commodore Amiga 2000

A buddy located this just in time, it was out at a scrapyard and we are about to get hit with a hurricane over here in florida. Picked up a commodore amiga 2000 with the keyboard, no mouse or monitor. I hooked it up to a tv via composite and get to the boot screen. It appears to have a scsi hard