ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2017
Entry 20th May 2017: Post: 1
A2000 Oddity
Hi
I've often puzzled over how Workbench numbers work as they often don't
relate to what I read as the official release numbers. Take the A2000
that I'm working on at the moment. It is running 2.1 which should be
v38.36 but this one is 38.35. The beta was 38.30 so at some point
someone created this hybrid to run I guess on the 2000. The version is
the same just the Workbench version is different. Still has SAY but I
guess someone could have installed that themselves. No Narrator or
translator device. Doesn't have the GadTools GUI for SAY so not the beta
version.
Its a real odd Workbench cus everything seems to be well and truthfully
merged with the OS so stuff like Parnet hasn't got its own drawer and
neither has DOpus. I have seen this done before, just makes configuring
a little more interesting. Nothing is assigned to this software. Also a
whole bag of stuff gets loaded in at boot.
Not the first variation on a theme I've seen mucking around with my
machines. Probably home grown in some way. The date is 1985 to 1993 when
2.1 was 1985-91 and the Kickstart is the 3.1 Rom 40.63... not that means
anything. So I don't know how in truth you work out which OS you have
anyway.
One great thing about this A2000 is the keyboard it has the red Amiga
buttons and the red CapsLock light is sat over the edge of the button as
a rectangle that then goes down the face of the key.
I dragged this A2000 out to sit next to the Checkmate to Parnet across
the OS. I wasn't going to set a machine up but I decided to shunt over
the Amstrad. You may recall a few months back me having this 2000 that
suddenly kicked into gear the hard drive when I sat the computer on its
side. It is that machine. In incredibly good condition. I do believe the
previous owner was a smoker. The case isn't discoloured , it's just that
the machine is either burning slowly or their is a strange odour. I'll
go with the latter as I think I have a good handle on general burning
smells from computers. Maybe its a capacitor. Don't think so.
This machine has the GVP hard drive on the card with modest Ram..
SeriesII thingy, plus the IOExtender Card and the A2000 1mb RAM card
which is a beast.
http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=967
http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=601
http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=1196
I also put the BridgeBoard in there to make life difficult for the
spiders to even find space for a home.
http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=328
And having fully loaded the machine she booted first time and has been
running since. A credit to the good folk of Commodore. As ever.
scuzz
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