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From: jwb@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Jeff W. Brogden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Questions, questions, questions...(kinda long)
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Date: 23 Jan 90 16:45:46 GMT
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Reply-To: jwb@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Jeff W. Brogden)
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Situation:
	I am going to get a second Amiga thanks to Commodore's Educational
Discount (it's for my wife, I'm tired of her kicking me off my Amiga, so
she can use it :-)

I have an older A2000 (don't know the rev number, bought it in May 1988)
with 2 floppies, standard 1mg RAM, 1.2 ROMS, and a bridgeboard (which is
hardly ever used).  Basically a stock A2000.  I have a modem hooked to
the serial port and a printer to the parallel port.

Q1:
	I want to be able to hook the two Amiga's together (the new one
will be the A500 bundle) so my wife can use the printer, etc.  I think this
can be done (Dnet right?).  If anyone has done this let me know about your
experiance and any pitfalls, etc.

Q2:
	If I boot my A2000 each time so the bridgeboard is mounted, can my
wife open up a window into it on her A500 and use it from there?

Q3:
	I plan on adding a hard drive with the purchase of the new
computer.  I was looking at Supra's Wordsync controller and a SyQuest.  Any
one used this setup?  Let me know what you think, any pitfalls, how it
works, etc...  (example: does it recognize when a new cart has been
inserted)

Q4:
	I need to keep my modem hooked up to the serial port, and the
printer to the parallel port.  What kind of multi-serial boards are
available, who makes them, what are their features, etc...
I found three: Commodore's (anyone used it? what's it like?)
	       ASDG's         "     "    "   "      "   "
	       Checkpoint     "     "    "   "      "   "

I need to be able to hook up my printer, modem, cable to A500, and, as an
added bonus, a tek4010-1 terminal if I so desire.  The tek4010-1 isn't
important though.

Q5:
	When I get all these goodies, I plan on getting some more RAM
(about 2mg I think) and I want to upgrade to the new 1.3 ROMS as well as
the new agnus chip.  Will there be any problems with the above equipment
when I do this?

Q6:
	Where can I pick up the latest version of Dnet or what ever I need
for Q1.


Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide to me.  E-mail responses
to me at the address below, I will summerize to the net if there is
intrest.  Again, Thanks.



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