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A2000 030 for sale

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#180644From: Gary KleinerJan 3, 1995 11:03 PM
My Amiga 2000 needs a new home. Rev 6.2 motherboard. GVP 030/40 accelerator with 8 megs 32bit RAM, 1 meg chip RAM, two floppys 120 Meg Hard drive. All yours for $900 plus shipping.
#180741From: James HahnJan 4, 1995 8:07 PM
A few questions: Which version of the OS is installed? Do you know if your machine can successfully run Amiga Basic? What condition is it in? Thanks.
#180743From: Gary KleinerJan 4, 1995 8:22 PM
Bomis, OS 2.1 is installed. There's no reason why it wouldn't be able to run ANY Amiga software (except AGA stuff of course). Regards, Gary
#180752From: Robert ComerJan 4, 1995 9:37 PM
Er, no it wont run Amigabasic… AmigaBasic doesn't like anything other than a 68000. It also has problems with extra RAM. Warp 3 — Engage! Bob Comer Cheyenne, Wyoming U.S.A.
#180759From: Gary KleinerJan 4, 1995 10:07 PM
Thanks for the info Bob. GK
#180797From: paul ciminoJan 5, 1995 4:40 AM
Amiga Basic also has problems with OS 2.x and up !
#180760From: Doug PartridgeJan 4, 1995 10:16 PM
Bomis, I've been using Amiga Basic on an A2000 with a GVP 030/33 accelerator for years and haven't run into any problems. I run with 1 meg chip ram, 4 meg 16 bit ram and 4 meg 32 bit ram. Doug Partridge — Helena MT.
#181104From: Ronald B. RomineJan 7, 1995 10:47 PM
DP <<been using Amiga Basic on an A2000 with a GVP 030/33 accelerator for years and haven't run into any problems>> Unless your using an altered version of AmigaBASIC, there will be problems with AmigaBASIC on 32-bit Amigas. AmigaBASIC isn't 32-bit pure, it is only 24-bit pure (it ported from a 24-bit Mac BASIC). AmigaBASIC used the "unused" 8-bits for holding pointers. Forcing AmigaBASIC to load only itself into CHIP memory, can bypass the problems caused by loading AmigaBASIC into 32-bit memory areas. However, I'm not sure if this works with Amigas with AGA, since their CHIP RAM is 32-bit. – Ron. (People who say cats always land on their feet… just don't know how to throw them right.)
#181272From: Doug PartridgeJan 9, 1995 7:24 AM
Ron, Thanks for the information. Maybe that explains a couple of 'bugs' in some of my programs. Very good cat joke ! Doug.