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  2. Posted

    I think one of the bigger Amiga forums might be able to offer some advice RE: the GVP. I've had a few and they have worked well but have not had good luck getting them running when something goes wrong. I suspect their PSUs are not very robust and that they have some ESD sensitive bits.

     

    Have you checked out Kipper2k's web site? He's got a combo RAM/IDE board that fits into the 68000 socket which is an ideal basic upgrade. He's also going to be the one producing the Vampire 500 board which has digital video out, massive RAM expansion, ultra fast IDE, and a 68060 class processor.

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    The keyboard is the trickiest part. Commodore had a promotion back in 1988 called 1000+1000=2000.

     

    The way it worked is you traded in your Amiga 1000 and could get a base A2000 for only $1000. I'm not sure but I think this would have been something like a $1000 discount on the A2000.

     

    Commodore didn't actually want the A1000's back. They had you send a check for $1000, your A1000's serial number (I think this was on a warranty page in the 3-ring binder) and your A1000's keyboard!

     

    This left a bunch of folks with an unusable A1000 and an brand new A2000.

     

    Nearly immediately after this, 3rd party sellers began offering variants of this adapter (same that carlsson menitons) that let you connect the A2000's keyboard to the A1000. For this reason, there are fewer A1000 keyboards out in the wild than there are A1000 computers.

     

    Unfortunately, as a collector, this is a poor situation since one of the coolest retro features of the A1000 is its ability to park the keyboard underneath the main unit when not in use. It's actually one of the defining characteristics of the Amiga's Industrial Design and came as a shock to Amiga Inc. when Commodore axed it.

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    You might want to take a look at this guide: http://www.thebitplanes.com/archives/63 the first page has some A1000 specific info.

     

    Personally, I'd recommend swapping it with somebody for an A500. The 500 is a great starter Amiga.

    But the 1000 is super pretty...

    Adding to Carlsson's comment on floppies - you don't want to use 1.44HD disks because the Amiga formats disks as DS/DD (unless it's an Amiga 3000/4000 that's got an HD drive in it). HD disks formatted as DD disks always seem to error out sooner or later.

     

    If you want KS/WB disks for the 1000, PM me your address and I'll copy some for you.

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    Forgive me if this has been mentioned in this long thread, I'm just now getting to it because I have spent the last two weeks playing with my Amiga ACA500 expansion and then digging out all my other Amiga stuff and I am currently convinced that an Amiga 1200 with the upcoming Vampire II from kipper is the cost effective and efficient way to go for all your basic Amiga needs

     

    The board is going to be well under $200usd

     

    Check the kipper 2k website for links to YouTube videos and the forums that you can get connected to the latest news

     

    It's astounding !! I'm selling or trading all my stuff to get an a600 or a1200

     

    See my comments with detailed description of what I have in other recent Amiga threads here if anyone wants to trade

     

    Edit: haha just saw you got one

     

    Sell it!! Seriously. The clincher for me was seeing an A600 flawlessly emulate Power Mac OS7 !!!

     

    I mean damn! It is incredible. I won't spoil the surprise when you watch it for yourself .. Go check it man

     

    http://kipper2k.com/accel600.html

     

    I'm pretty sure Vampire is coming to the 500/2000 at some point. Almost certainly not soon, but I remember hearing it will happen.

     

    A word of warning about the 600/1200 - like the 4000, they are well known for having cap issues. They also have poorer membrane keyboards. Replacement keyboards - particularly 600/1200 keyboards or even just the Mylar circuit sheet are probably the most direly needed Amiga spare part that hasn't been produced yet.

     

    I'll be selling my upgraded A600 for $350 soon because I don't trust the build quality of wedge Amigas.

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    About to sell one for 350

    White case, but broken tabs and drilled holes for expansions

    US keyboard

    ACA 620

    604n

    RTC module

    Indivision ECS

    VGA DIN in place of RF

    Kipper CF card to IDE interface, routed ext.

    kipper mouse/joystick 9-pin DIN extender thingy

    old PSU

    good mouse

    KS 3.1

    recapped

  15. Posted

    Thanks Kyle! I did a quick search and must have missed that thread.

     

    What I think I (and possibly others) need is to make a page or two of "quick start" notes for every retro system we own and tuck them in with the hardware in case they get packed for extended periods of time or somebody else eventually inherits them.

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  17. Posted

    I've just taken out my 800 after having packed it away for about two years. The last thing I did was install Incognito and flash the bios to get it to recognize carts.

    Having hooked it all back up, I see it's booting into Sparta DOS currently. I probably did this, but I know almost nothing about Sparta DOS.

     

    Now I can't even remember how to get to the main INCOGNITO configuration screen.

     

    Can somebody tell me what key(s) to hold down?

     

    Thanks!

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    Were you able to present the game in New Jersey over the weekend? I am going to see if I can get the game presented in Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and Seattle Retro Gaming Expo. I would have to find someone to present the game in Houston as well if they are going to another show this year.

    I can make a display for it at SRGE this year, assuming SRGE happens (I'm beginning to have doubts...)

  21. Posted

    I made some of these sorts of Frankenstein consoles back in the day. We kept plastic shells at R&R for repairs and I would take the ones I liked the look of and wrap them around a console. I remember socking away a bunch of the silver Xbox jewels that go on the top and the silver BTS stickers for the bottom so I could open and service consoles without leaving unsightly holes.

     

     

    Way back when the original crystal-green team consoles shipped, they made us all pay full price for them (something about tax reporting) and my wife didn't want me to get mine. I think they were $299 or $399... I told her these were special collectible consoles and showed her the picture that called the consoles "crystal green." She became much more receptive to the idea of having one.

     

    Unfortunately, when the console arrived, she found out that "crystal" is a euphemism for "clear plastic".

    For $299 she was expecting some kind of actual crystal Xbox! She was pretty upset with me after that.

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  24. Posted

    One original Xbox revision (accounting for about 25% of all Xboxes) cannot support progressive mode in some games, unless the game took a special update. 480p was released mid-cycle to the console and some games like Arctic Thunder, Battle Engine Aquila, Fable (first release),Commandos 2, GunValkyrie, Jet Set Radio Future, Panzer Dragoon Orta and others can only play in 480i on these consoles. Technically not a bug since the console wasn't officialy marketed as 480p.

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