Just got two A2000 computers

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One of them is original A2000HD

It seems to have GVP A2000 030 inside of it. There is also SCSI card, but HD is broken. Wondering how well that IDE controller integrated to GVP works? Any limitations?

http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=1633

Also, I can't found any manuals to it.

It also have unidentifies casette drive, casettes are size on CD case, ie. 13cm x13cm x 0,8cm about. I don have any casettes.

Other one has a Supra turbo 28, supra ram and supra Wordsync SCSI installed. It has a broken power supply.
 
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Nice find but we aren't allowed to discuss prices so you'll have to do your own research on what they are worth.

Take some pictures of the items you want to identify and post them here and I'm sure the experts will tell you what they are.
 
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Here is a GVP, I belive top right cornes has a IDE port? http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=1633

gvp1.jpg

Other side of it

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My two new A2000s, safely under my quest room bed.

under bed.jpg

Tape drive, never seen this before.

casette.jpg

Also it seems that I have now two of these http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=1247

They have rom versions?? 5 and 6 AMIAB5 and AMIAB6

Supra Turbo is this http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=212

And memory is for that is this http://www.bigbookofamigahardware.com/bboah/product.aspx?id=1078
 
The old Impact 3001 is a pig to configure and the IDE is limited to old 540Mb barrier of the pc era (even when this is an Amiga hardware!), so you can only attach IDE disks with less than that and even then some will not recognize. Forget about removable storage hardware (CD and tapes).

I can show what I did on my own A2000 with this accelerator installed. Read the thread thoroughly and you'll find some excellent information and some specially written software for the A3001.
 
I opened those A2000s, one is rev 4.1 and other is rev 6.

Rev 4.1 machine doesn't boot, just black picture. Is it so that kickstart 2.0 would require to connect two pins in kickstart?

rev 6 Amiga boots nicely to kickstart screen 2.0. Every card works 2 supre wordpress 2000, supra 8mb ram and both acceleretor. Though with kick 2.0 I can't check are really working, except GVP turbo, wich shows 8mb ram when booting floppy. At least none of them doesn't prevent booting. Supra turbo seems to have 36mhz oscilator? so it is overclocked? It seems to be handmade mod.

Problems is that I can't found manual / setup floppy for those supra SCSI cards? Can anyone point me right direction?
 
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When I wrote these messages, http://amiga.resource.cx/ was down. No it is up again, but makes me realize that it is VERY importan resourse for drivers/information. It is impossible to find Supra Wordsync and many other drivers without it.
 
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I tesed all the hardware today and everything works exept A2000 with rev4.1 motherboard. Seem that battery is leaked and broke something.

Anyway I removed battery both of them.

Battery_leak.jpg

I made some speed testing, difference between supra and gvp is not a big.

GVP_3001.jpg

supraturbo.jpg

As you may have noticed, some one has overclocked supra turbo.

supraturbo_close.jpg

I also tested bot of supradrve 2000 wordsynch SCSI cards. Both of them seems to work. I tried to boot from 4gb hd wich I use with my GVP HD8+, test failed. Card with AMAB5 rom is visible in early statup menu and it says it is bootable, but it doesn't boot. Card with AMAB6 rom start to boot but it says NO DOSDISK.

Is it so that they require that hd is setupped with supra program or doesn't them support 4gb hard drives?
 
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