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A2000 for sale

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#116645From: Joe KuzmaOct 1, 1993 7:32 AM
A2000 system for Sale! Amiga 2000, 3.5" drive, 80 meg hard drive, 2 megs of RAM, 4 megs of 32-bit RAM with 68030 25mhz accellerator (CSA MMR), and a 68882 25mhz math coprocessor. 1084 Monitor. Sharp JX-100 scanner, and ASDG's scanning & image processing software. V2 ROMS. IBM 286-Bridgeboard with 40 meg hard-card, serial-card, and 5.25" high density drive. Amiga mouse. Bunch of software packages (too many to list). Give me an offer! I would like to sell this system so I can purchase a laptop. No reasonable offer refused! Joe Kuzma Work Ph:(202) 637-5941 (24-hour voice mail box) Internet: JPK@DC4.hhlaw.com
#117329From: HARRISON J. CHASTANG IIIOct 7, 1993 9:45 PM
Would you be willing to trade for a laptop? Only problem is how would you get the computer to SFO without having to pay megabucks in shipping exit/
#117784From: Stephen AndersonOct 12, 1993 9:28 PM
Jumping in here (and trying to steal a sale <grin>) – I too have an A2000 w/ 68030 upgrade (it's actually a factory assembled A2500). What kinda laptop do you have? I live in the LA area and often come up to San Jose – perhaps if you are really interested in the 2500 we can work something out. Drop me a line and I'll give you a complete list of what I've got. Steve Anderson
#117801From: HARRISON J. CHASTANG IIIOct 13, 1993 12:43 AM
It's my business associate's compaq 386 with 60 meg. HD and I think 2 meg. of memory. He sells computers so he always has something he's trying to get rid of, unfortunately no Amigas. Do you have any toster connections?
#117824From: Joe KuzmaOct 13, 1993 8:15 AM
I don't think so, as the laptop I want costs $4700. (486, active-matrix color, etc). If you are still interested in the Amiga system, give me an offer and I'll either accept, decline, or counter-offer. How does that sound?
#117840From: Black Belt SystemsOct 13, 1993 1:31 PM
You might want to look at the Toshiba active matrix laptops… under 3 grand now, and they look _marvelous_. –Ben …via AutoPilot
#117894From: Don Curtis/SYSOPOct 13, 1993 11:49 PM
Ben, You can get their dual scan passive for less than 2 grand, and it's not bad. Not as good as the active…but close. Don
#117966From: Black Belt SystemsOct 14, 1993 2:44 PM
Not close to my eyes… we've got both at the office, and the active puppy is not only clearer and brighter, and a *darn* sight faster. Live action (video for windows and FLIC anims, for instance) is perfectly fine to watch, where the passive displays just smear everything together. I know, I'm spoiled. :^) –Ben …via AutoPilot
#118093From: Joe KuzmaOct 15, 1993 7:57 AM
Ben, Thanks for the tip. I'll check them out, Toshiba's are known to be good laptops! Though the last time I looked at them, a small item annoyed me – the location of the CNTRL & ALT keys on the keyboard were reversed. To a touch-typist as myself, I rarely look at the keyboard – and I would make a number of mistakes. The other notebook that I like is the NEC one. Modular design, which allows for upgrading almost every component. Though, I do like the IBM one the best.. as it does have full multimedia capability with its docking bay. Decisions, decisions… (took me 3-years to decide on the car I wanted).
#118114From: Black Belt SystemsOct 15, 1993 1:26 PM
I go into "keyboard shock" every time I change machines. :^) My 1200 annoys the living tuna out of me because of that little unlabled key next to the left shift which prints a < character. I say very bad things when I hit it.
#118158From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPOct 15, 1993 5:35 PM
Isn't there some utility that lets you remap the unlabeled key to something else, like a left shift? I know they have this for X Window, and I thought I saw something like that around here. I know what you mean about changing keyboards…. I go nuts when I have to use a keyboard with the control key in the wrong place. Steve
#118296From: Black Belt SystemsOct 16, 1993 1:19 PM
re: Utility to remap 1200 blank key from > to left shift Um… could be, certainly, but I'm unaware of it. If anyone DOES know of such a utility, I'd be most grateful if they could point it out. Drives me bananas!
#118354From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPOct 16, 1993 7:44 PM
I think I may have found what you're looking for. There's a program called KMAPED.LZH in library 15 that lets you mess around with your keyboard map. I don't think you can remap the blank key to a left shift, but you might be able to disable it. I just tried this utility to create a keymap that disabled my "Del" key and it worked. (Or rather, the "Del" key *didn't* work.) 🙂 Not sure if it'll work with a 1200, but it's worth a shot. Let me know if it works. Steve
#118397From: Black Belt SystemsOct 16, 1993 11:35 PM
Thanks – I've printed the message (thank you, autopilot) and will give it a shot.
#118361From: Robert ComerOct 16, 1993 7:58 PM
I use MachIV to remap those dead keys… (Now MachV) Works great, though it does a lot more than that, so maybe it's not what you want. (Good macro recording though, so maybe you do want it!)
#118404From: Black Belt SystemsOct 16, 1993 11:37 PM
Thanks Bob but I prefer to keep things as vanilla as possible… I'll try that remapper before I go the route of a "swiss army knife". Those things make me nervous, I've had some really bad compatability problems with some of them.
#118428From: Robert ComerOct 17, 1993 2:18 AM
Same here about the compatability problems, but MachIV has been better than most. I have KeyMapEditor too, but it predates the 1200's keyboard, so it doesn't work for remapping them for me. (Hopfully there's a newer version, mines date 1991.)
#118647From: Michael ClarkeOct 18, 1993 8:15 AM
Why the hell DID our beloved CBM include those two, dumb, blank keys? Any ideas?
#118666From: Marlene Zenker/SYSOPOct 18, 1993 10:24 AM
Those keys are probably used in a country where they need the extra keys. On keyboards in the US, they're not needed, so they're just blank. Steve
#118884From: Black Belt SystemsOct 19, 1993 6:02 PM
No… I have no idea whatsoever. Brain damage?