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#A2000 MB/PS for sale
Message #216600
For Sale : three Amiga 2000 power supplies, all in good working condition $40 each Amiga 2000 motherboard, rev 6.x , 1 meg Agnus, good working condition $100 If interested please leave E-Mail, thanks. Gary Cooper ( the LIVE one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
Magic menu is your problem, it causes the 5 to 7 second "freeze" on the pull down menus. I don't know of any solution other than shutting down magic menu while using AP. Gary Cooper ( the LIVE one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
#Amiga Stuff for sale
Message #215011
For Sale or Trade : I have 24 256 x 4 ZIPS ( 60 nanosec ) pulled from Amiga 2386 Bridgeboards that I have upgraded I want to sell ( $48 for the lot ) or trade for other Amiga stuff ( make offers ). I also have two internal…
IVS wont boot 3.1
Message #210174
Has anyone had any success running an IVS GrandSlam or a Trumpcard controller on an Amiga 2000 with ADOS 3.1 installed ? I have been unable to get either card to boot in my system, they install correctly, accept all commands when booted with the TCUtils floppy, write and read…
486 Bridgeboard sale
Message #209992
For Sale : Amiga 2386 bridgeboard with Evergreen model 300 CPU accelerator upgrade ( IBM Blue Lightning 486 CPU at 75 Mhz ), 8 megabytes of RAM, GSI model 32 board with enhanced IDE controller, floppy support ( to 2.88 meg drives and accelerated tape backup port ), high speed…
Michael, If you specify that you are ordering an upgrade for a 386SX you will get the proper item ( as far as I know all SX's were surface mounted chips ). The config.sys file I uploaded will work with anything ( plain Bridgeboard, Cyrix upgraded, TI upgraded or Evergreen…
It clips over the existing processor by means of a mounting structure similar to an inverted plcc socket. Works real well.
Cheap 486 Upgardes
Message #197505
For anyone looking for a cheap way to get 486 level performance out of their A2386 BridgeBoard, Tiger Software ( 1-800-888-4437 ) is advertising a Evergreen Rev to 486 SX 25/50 upgrade board for $99.90 ! This is based on the TI 486SXL chip with an 8K L1 cache, similar…
#Cheap 486 Upgrade
Message #197504
For anyone looking for a cheap way to get 486 level performance out of their A2386 BridgeBoard, Tiger Software ( 1-800-888-4437 ) is advertising a Evergreen Rev to 486 SX 25/50 upgrade board for $99.90 ! This is based on the TI 486SXL chip with an 8K L1 cache, similar…
On the MSDOS side GSI 32 IDE/Floppy/Fast I/O card ( WD 2340 and Q540IDE drives ) SoundBlaster 16 SCSI ATI Graphic Pro Turbo SVGA On the Amiga side PP&S 040 card Emplant Picasso II GVP 4008 SCSI ( Q540 SCSI drive ) C2320 Deinterlacer
Bill, I will E Mail a complete instruction archive to you shortly. Let me know if you have any questions. Gary
and they are soldered in – sockets and replacements at any Radio Shack.
The motherboard is set up to accomodate 4 AT slots, you simply pull out the motherboard, insert the connectors ( the holes are open, not solder filled ) and solder them in place. I did both of my A2000's, got the connectors from Radio Shack ( 98 pin AT slot…
David, Sorted thru my pile of Amiga stuff ( Mount Everest! ) and found a copy of the book I never even knew I had. Repost your address to me and I will send it North. Gary Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
2386 20Mhz wanted
Message #188379
Wanted : Amiga 2386 BridgeBoard ( 20Mhz model only ) , in good condition any memory configuration fine. Offering $225 for a 2+ meg board, please respond by E-Mail if you have one you wish to sell. This is for a hacker friend of mine with some sort of weird…
It is included with Amiga UNIX 2.1 ( at least it was on mine ). Look for g++ Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
2386 for sale
Message #187327
For Sale : Commodore Amiga 2386 BridgeBoard, includes 8 megs of page mode ZIP memory, Cyrix 486SLC 50 Mhz upgrade chip, Cyrix FastMath coprocessor, all manuals , cables and software ( MSDOS, Janus 2.1 ). Works perfectly, runs windows and OS2 very well, $525 plus shipping / COD fee. GSI…
You need to add a tool to the icon of the form SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=XXXXX.device with XXXXXX.device being whatever the Trump Card SCSI device is called them HDToolbox works fine. Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
Got 4 of those but they are keeping an accelerator card happy at the moment – sorry! And I would face immediate confinement if I did sell 4 meg GVP SIMMS at 2 for $75. Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
#GVP SIMMS
Message #187032
For Sale : two 1 meagbyte GVP 60 nanosecond SIMMS $75 including shipping and COD fee. Please E-Mail if interested, Thanks Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
GVP SIMMS for sale
Message #186781
For sale : two one megabyte GVP SIM 32 60 nanosecond SIMMS $90 for both including shipping and COD fee. E-Mail if interested. Thanks Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
#A3000 Tower for sale
Message #186776
For Sale : Amiga 3000 ( Tower model ), purchased as a spare system so it has had little use ( under 100 hours total ). Set up is 2 Megs Chip RAM 4 Megs Fast RAM 240 megabyte hard drive High density internal floppy standard density external floppy AmigaDOS…
Amiback and Quarterback are not compatible with WB 3.1 ? I have not had a single problem with backup/restore on two Amigas both equipped with 3.1 using these programs – whats the nature of the problem you are seeing ? Also Amiback tools and Quarterback tools are both fully functional…
Thanks, thats pretty much the conclusion I had come to Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New Mexico
#MWB2 Author address?
Message #185759
Does anyone have an internet address for the author of Magic Workbench ? Thought I would check with him if possible and find oiut if he is going to establish a new USA reg site for this software – thanks Gary Cooper ( the live one ) From Albuquerque, New…
#UNIX tape question
Message #45684
Is anyone familiar with backing up an Amiga UNIX partition to streaming tape by any methods other than cpio ? Amiback and Quarterback wont work since UNIX_ROOT: is not a valid Amiga DOS volume, I want to archive an entire partition to tape to save a large number of customizations…
Hey, sometimes you just gotta roll the dice and take your chances – there were a lot of satisfied folks here discussing MWB2 when I placed my order – worst case I'm out $20 , I will survive. Just wanted to make sure others knew what was happening in regards…
If you are registering thru the US Reg site you may want to wait and see if they are still in operation before sending off your cash. I sent in the registration fee on MWB2 nearly 3 months ago and have yet to see a thing from them, their BBS…
#MWB USA site gone ?
Message #183099
Has anyone purchased Magic WorkBench 2 recently ? I ordered a copy around the first of December and so far have heard nothing. I tried this morning to call the two BBS numbers posted in the MWB USA Regsite info, they have both been disconected. Have these folks gone the…
Richard, You still don't get the point – once you agree to a deal its a deal. As fas as the claim that I sent you an offer after posting this I suggest you check the time of the messages – you are in error. Of course you have the…
#Add Monkey Business
Message #182835
I have detailed an interesting transaction that occured thru this forum over the past couple of days, I thought others here might be interested in the details : —> I saw this add posted Friday :
Richard, I would like to buy the IVS Grandslam for $65 ( plus shipping and COD fees ), please ship to : Gary S. Cooper 844 Trading Post Trail SE Albuquerque, New Mexico 87123 If this is acceptable please E-Mail in response, thanks Gary Cooper ( the live one )…
I got it thru Software Hut a while back, according to the literature that accompanies the UNIX it does have g++ but as far as I can determine it has no standard C++ include files ( no iostream.h etc … ), g++ is there but none of the needed includes.…
#UNIX 2.1 C++ ?
Message #45249
Anyone familiar with the c++ compiler that is part of the Amiga UNIX 2.1 package ? I have just installed the basic UNIX setup on an A3000T, so far everything is working great except I don't seem to have a C++ compiler, just a plain C compiler. I have searched…
A3000T sale
Message #182017
Amiga 3000 Tower in perfect condition, 2 meg chip RAM, 4 megs FAST RAM, 240 meg SCSI HD with Commodore 1942 monitor. System has less than 100 hours total use, considering sale as complete system only. Please E-Mail offers. Thanks
#Gigamem 3 mask ?
Message #182006
Does anyone know offhand what the mask numbers are when Gigamem is used on an Amiga 3000 ? I cant find the little manual that came with the program anywhere ( I apparently no longer have to wait for senility to set in ! ). Any info appreciated.
#MWB 2 still sold ?
Message #181453
Is the US distribution site for Magic Workbench upgrades still in operation ? I ordered MWB2 a month ago today and had so far heard nothing from them, is this what others ordering MWB2 have experienced ?
CPU upgrades
Message #181452
Has anyone tried the IBM Blue Lightning based CPU upgrade on a 2386 BridgeBoard ? I am presently using a Cyrix upgrade chip and it works great, the only downside is the tiny ( 1K ) internal cache. The Blue Lightning based upgrades have a 16K cache and clock triple…
Amiga HW sale/Trade
Message #180841
For Sale : Commodore A2320 DeInterlacer card for A2000, in perfect condition with manual, software and alignment tool S130 plus shipping / COD fee. Trifecta LX2000 SCSI/IDE controller card, brand new in box ( manual, software ). Space for 8 megs of fast RAM, $130 plus shipping / COD fee.…
I had to dump my 2091 when I added a PP&S 040 to my A2000, I was getting floppy disk speed drive access ( well a little better, about 47K/sec ). I put in a Trumpcard Pro and things picked up quite a bit ( > 1 meg/sec ) but…
Sorry, It has been sold.
386 Bridge System Sale
Message #178987
For Sale : Commodore Amiga 2386SX25 BridgeBoard, with 5 megabytes RAM plus a Cyrix 486 upgrade processor installed ( Norton SI 69 ). Works perfectly, very little use, runs Windows 3.1 nicely! Will include soundblaster card , an IDE controller card with I/O ports and a VGA card. Includes manuals…
#386 Bridgeboard for sale
Message #178783
For Sale : Commodore Amiga 2386SX BridgeBoard, with 5 megabytes RAM installed plus a Cyrix 486 upgrade processor ( Norton SI 69 ). In perfect working condition, very little use, runs Windows nicely! Will include soundblaster card and an IDE controller card with I/O ports. Includes manuals and software (…
Thanks for the warning – this is my spare machine to play with so I can aford to muck things up somewhat.
Thanks for the info, glad the A1200 is doing what you need. Would you believe I am still getting E-Mail offers to buy it ? They are REALLY in short supply!
Thanks! The help is much appreciated.
#HDToolbox Device ?
Message #177898
Does anyone remember the trick to use HDToolbox with a non-Commodore controller card ? I seem to remember you add a tool to the programs icon with a line "XXX=dev/AdIDE.DEVICE", what is the correct format for that statement?
Kelly, Thanks for the info – glad its working ok for you, I changed over to Corel SCSI software a while back so I am getting a different reading on the host adapter type from what you are seeing. MSDOS is so much fun ! Gary
Bruno, I did mention that to the gentleman in an E-Mail along with the concerns raised by the conflicting statements in the Adaptec E-SCSI manual – glad to hear things worked out for you. Gary
Kelly, The Adaptec SCSI manual says in the preface "AHA 1510/1520/1522 – Non bus master host adapters for PCs with an AT (ISA) bus. Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 SCSI-2 also resides in this category." Further down the same page "AIC 6260/6360 – SCSI protocol chips. Creative Labs Sound Blaster…
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