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Yesterday, 07:36 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Amiga 500 making disks in Commodore

Ok, you convinced me! I'll get one of those once I get a little free cash

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January 24th, 2021, 12:38 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Amiga 500 making disks in Commodore

Now that sounds like something I can do. That would be compatible with the A2000 also, correct? I'll definitely look into that, I don't really...

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January 23rd, 2021, 05:55 PM

RadRacer203 started a thread Amiga 500 making disks in Commodore

So I was lucky enough to be able to trade for my second Amiga today, a 500. It's in excellent shape apart from missing screws, it works well with the...

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January 7th, 2021, 06:36 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Intel Dual 486 DX-50 for free in Silicon Valley (local pickup only) in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

Man, I'd love yo have that. No chance on shipping? Too bad I'm in the opposite coast lol

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January 2nd, 2021, 10:57 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

Does anyone happen to know what size screws the Amiga 2000 uses? The ones I have holding the lid on, the drive bay covers, and the floppy/psu bracket...

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December 31st, 2020, 03:43 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

Ah, ok. I didn't know it could be both. The one place I saw a description said it had "an ide controller" and that was it

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December 31st, 2020, 10:20 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

In any case, either scsi on top of the hard drive controller or IDE is really handy to have.

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December 31st, 2020, 09:16 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

I've been doing some digging, and apparently the accelerator card I have (GVP Impact) has an IDE controller built in but that only supports some...

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December 31st, 2020, 04:52 AM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

It apparently has version 1.2 in it, I'll look into upgrade roms for it though for sure. Also, the ide does sound like it would be really helpful,...

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December 30th, 2020, 07:03 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

I've done stuff like that for making CP/M disks. I do have the Deluxe Option Board I believe so hopefully I can use it

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December 30th, 2020, 06:10 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

Great... Guess that's gonna be fun to try and get working. Can't even write it using Linux? Or my Central Point Option Board?

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December 30th, 2020, 04:27 PM

RadRacer203 replied to a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

Well, good news! It turned out to be a rom chip falling out! I guess now I need to ask how I'm supposed to make disks for it?

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December 30th, 2020, 03:16 PM

RadRacer203 started a thread Got my first Amiga, it has issues in Commodore

Just picked up my first Amiga, a 2000, today and it definitely has issues. It apparently worked enough to get to the insert floppy screen a month or...

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