Subj : Re: Amiga 3000 resurrected
To   : Greg Goodwin
From : Rodney Hester
Date : Sun Nov 09 2003 22:06:02

In a message of 09 Nov 03 Greg Goodwin wrote to me:

 GG>      You've got mail!  :)

Thanks!  Responded.  =)

 GG>      Aside from that, this is working out well.  Managed to figure out
 GG> thanks to the beginning help from the local Amiga group and a manual I
 GG> picked up the local used computer store how to backup the startup
 GG> disks, and now things are sailing much better.  Running Term-030 and
 GG> Workbench off two floppies and a good sized ram disk.  :)

I must say this - the Amiga 3000 was very literally designed to be used with a hard disk. It's especially convenient on the SuperKickstart model to switch ROMs, though floppies (as you've seen personally) do still work.  =)

 GG>      Still would love it if PCMCIA cards could be used on this model,
 GG> but that might just be a A1200 thing.

A1200 and A600, yes.

 GG>      What kind of memory cards could be used on the A1200 (and other
 GG> Amigas with the PCMCIA slot?)

Pretty much any 4MB (or smaller) PCMCIA RAM card should work, I believe.

 GG>      I think the keyboard is finally getting most of the rust knocked
 GG> off of it.  I took it apart to try to clean it... (A2000 keyboard)
 GG> Impossible.  But it did remind me of how the Atari 800 keyboard was
 GG> made... once again adding fuel to this feeling a lot like the Atari 800
 GG> days... which is what I wanted in a way.  The feel and excitement of
 GG> the Atari 800, but with a system that can do what I want now, and a
 GG> little more modern than the 800.  Making that Jay Miner connection, it
 GG> seems to have worked.  :)

Jay was indeed a living legend.  =)  Everything he touched seemed to be ahead of its time.

Glad to hear you're enjoying the 3000!

- Rodney

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