My current hardware configuration
- 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.
Go the Amiga User database to locate other Amiga
users at Amiganet.com.