My (modest)

My Last A2000 Hardware Configuration
(Picture does not show second tower or new monitor)

• Amiga 2000 (More general A2000 info)
  • Display: NTSC
  • Motherboard Revision: 6.1
  • 2Mb Chip RAM (DKB MegaChip)
  • 4Mb 16-bit Fast RAM (8 1Mb SIMMs on card, but all my peripheral cards must be tying into this 8Mb space)
  • 16Mb 32-bit Fast RAM (4 4Mb GVP SIMMs on card)
  • AmigaDOS 3.9 (MultiUser)
• GVP EGS Spectrum 28/24 GFX Card w/CyberGFX software (More Info)
  (If this card is any indication as to the performance of a CyberGraphics64, I would say spend the money)
• OpalVision 24-bit graphics card
• GVP G-Force 040 Combo Accelerator (More Info)
  • GVP GURU-ROM (An absolute MUST have!!)
  • Seagate ST318203LC 18.2Gb Hard Drive (In External Tower Case #1)
  • Seagate ST32550N 2.5Gb Hard Drive (In External Tower Case #1)
  • Seagate ST32550N 2.5Gb Hard Drive (In External Tower Case #1)
  • HP ScanJet 3c Flat Bed Scanner
  • Iomega 1Gb JAZ Drive (In External Tower Case #1)
  • Tandberg SLR3 1.2G QIC-1000 Tape Backup (In External Tower Case #1)
  • Toshiba XM-3401TA CD-ROM Drive (In External Tower Case #1)
• GVP Series II +8 SCSI Host Adapter (More Info)
  • Seagate ST15150N 4.3Gb Barracuda Hard Drive (In Own External Case)
  • Seagate ST15150N 4.3Gb Barracuda Hard Drive (In External Tower Case #2)
  • Seagate ST34572N 4.5Gb Barracuda 4XL Hard Drive (In External Tower Case #2)
  • Seagate ST32550N 2.5Gb Barracuda 2LP Hard Drive (In External Tower Case #2)
  • Smart and Friendly CD-R 4000 CD-Recorder (In Own External Case)
  • Plextor UltraPlex 40 Max CD Drive (In External Tower Case #2)
  • Iomega 100Mb ZIP Drive (In External Tower Case #2)
• BSC MultiFace Card III I/O Serial Card (It never hurts to have too many serial & parallel ports!!)
• Supra Express 56K FAX Modem (DUART0)
• ViewSonic Professional Series PS790 19 inch Monitor (Primary - Spectrum connected)
• Scott 14 inch Monitor (Secondary - ICD FlickerFixer Connected)
• Commodore 1084S 14 inch Monitor (Tertiary - RGB/DCTV Connected)
• 4 Floppy Drives (1 is High-Density)
• MLI 691H External Speakers
• 3-Button Optical Mouse

I normally run my system on a 16-bit (512 color) 1024x768 resolution screen, but with AmigaOS3.9 it insists that I use 64,000 colors. I keep my workbench simple with default Opus background and MagicWB icons. My system has 4 serial ports & 4 parallel ports (Standard A2000 has 1 SER & 1 PAR, Combo card has 1 SER & 1 PAR, & MFCIII Card has 2 SER & 2 PAR ports). I use these ports for DCTV, Digital Sound Studio, Modem, NULL-Modem connection, etc. It is nice to have multiple ports and never have to swap them around.

I must be like the king of recycling old unwanted computer components. I realize that none of my CD-Roms are nearly as fast as most other people's, but I don't need the speed. I don't have hoards of CDs, so by having 4 CD Rom drives running I increase the amount of files I continually have access to. I still have a few more old CD Rom drives sitting around, but I will have to start a 3rd chain to add them. Now, power is becoming an issue. I wonder how many more devices I can add before I start tripping the circuit breaker for this section of the house.

Click here to give my WorkBench a peek.

If anyone has any questions or comments about Amiga programs, the Amiga in general, or programs that I recommend, I would be more than happy to lend my experience.

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