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On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 2:11 PM Sentrytv <sentrytv@yahoo.com> wrote:
I’m sending you this email because I recently acquired an Amiga A1000 and 2000.
Even though it came to me in boxes, in like new condition, there were no manuals, no software, nothing. so I’m trying to find out if you have any experience with these and maybe you can point me in the right direction. Id like to get a Kickstart 1.3 and Workbench 1.2 floppies.(This is what the computer is asking for)
Also maybe you know if an “A T” PC style Keyboard would work on the 2000? I know they make an adapter for 2000 to 1000 keyboard input. But alas I do not have a 2000 keyboard.
All Amiga Keyboards are Amiga only. The 2000 and 3000 share keyboards. The 1000 and the 4000 are their own kind. None are compatible with AT keyboards. Same with mice. I would invest in one of the Amiga to USB converts for Keyboard and mouse available on ebay, as the A2000 keyboards are expensive and may have issues due to age. I would also pick up a Gotek floppy emulator for the A2000, as the drives are not compatible with anything and you need a working Amiga to make disks. With a Gotek you can load ADF (disk files) onto USB sticks and boot those as emulated floppies. You can find versions of Workbench in ADF format floating around. I have actual floppies but I just recently restored my A2000 and found a few of the floppies are bad. I ended up installing via Gotek onto a SCSI2SD adapter used as the hardrive. Also the Amiga Explorer was something I used- it allows you to push files from a PC via Serial port onto the Amiga (everything can't be turned into a ADF disk file...) https://www.amigaforever.com/ae/ https://www.everythingamiga.com/2017/05/amiga-explorer-pc-to-amiga-data-tran... You'll also need/want a hardrive for the A2000, which means a Hardrive card/scsi controller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Commodore-Amiga-A2091-SCSI-Hard-Drive-Contr... If you don't already have one in there. Using an Amiga with just floppies is not fun. -andy
All Amiga Keyboards are Amiga only. The 2000 and 3000 share keyboards. The 1000 and the 4000 are their own kind. None are compatible with AT keyboards. Same with mice.
I have never tried, but I thought the A4000T keyboard was similar to the A2000? Need to check when I get home now. The CDTV I picked up at the Swapmeet is definitely different (Mini Din.)
I would also pick up a Gotek floppy emulator for the A2000, as the drives are not compatible with anything and you need a working Amiga to make disks. With a Gotek you can load ADF (disk files) onto USB sticks and boot those as emulated floppies.
That is a good way to get access to boot floppies to get started. Without a Workbench disk he won't be able to boot to the CLI to get Amiga Explorer going. Also, Amiga Explorer seemed to have issues with higher serial speeds (above 19200? 38400?) for me but it is cool software. Would be really nice to see some cheap parallel port ethernet adapter that gets you to a file server. A few projects started but didn't go super far. If you are in a jam, I can copy Workbench floppies for ya on my 2500. I like the platform a lot but am not great at it. Been trying to repair a 600 but it has been kicking my butt. Need a replacement Fat Agnus IC for it for my next step in testing, the 2MB one that is more rare. - Ethan
Andrew thank you. The 2000 has a hard drive controller card in it with two hard drives.(RLL Mini scribe 8438 & SCSI ST-1096) It also has a 2 meg memory card. After I Powered up the 2000 it asked me for workbench floppy 1.2. It would be nice if I could get it to boot from the hard drive. Also after opening the unit I found the battery back up leaked on the board and cleaned that up, but I haven’t turned it on yet to make sure everything else is working. but of course I still need workbench 1.2 floppy. Unless there’s a configuration setting that I need to change to boot from hard drive? (Since on-board battery died) If I go get the floppy emulator card then install it and set it up, can I make Floppies from the emulator? In other words make hard copies of certain floppies like kickstart and workbench? Mike Rosen Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
On Dec 1, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Andrew Diller <dillera@gmail.com> wrote:
Some answers below-
On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 2:11 PM Sentrytv <sentrytv@yahoo.com> wrote:
I’m sending you this email because I recently acquired an Amiga A1000 and 2000.
Even though it came to me in boxes, in like new condition, there were no manuals, no software, nothing. so I’m trying to find out if you have any experience with these and maybe you can point me in the right direction. Id like to get a Kickstart 1.3 and Workbench 1.2 floppies.(This is what the computer is asking for)
Also maybe you know if an “A T” PC style Keyboard would work on the 2000? I know they make an adapter for 2000 to 1000 keyboard input. But alas I do not have a 2000 keyboard.
All Amiga Keyboards are Amiga only. The 2000 and 3000 share keyboards. The 1000 and the 4000 are their own kind. None are compatible with AT keyboards. Same with mice.
I would invest in one of the Amiga to USB converts for Keyboard and mouse available on ebay, as the A2000 keyboards are expensive and may have issues due to age.
I would also pick up a Gotek floppy emulator for the A2000, as the drives are not compatible with anything and you need a working Amiga to make disks. With a Gotek you can load ADF (disk files) onto USB sticks and boot those as emulated floppies.
You can find versions of Workbench in ADF format floating around. I have actual floppies but I just recently restored my A2000 and found a few of the floppies are bad. I ended up installing via Gotek onto a SCSI2SD adapter used as the hardrive.
Also the Amiga Explorer was something I used- it allows you to push files from a PC via Serial port onto the Amiga (everything can't be turned into a ADF disk file...)
https://www.amigaforever.com/ae/
https://www.everythingamiga.com/2017/05/amiga-explorer-pc-to-amiga-data-tran...
You'll also need/want a hardrive for the A2000, which means a Hardrive card/scsi controller: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Commodore-Amiga-A2091-SCSI-Hard-Drive-Contr...
If you don't already have one in there. Using an Amiga with just floppies is not fun.
-andy
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