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From: kws1x@dale.acc.Virginia.EDU (Kenneth W. Smith Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A3000 questions about software/hardware
Keywords: compatibility
Message-ID: <1990Aug20.124935.19689@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Date: 20 Aug 90 12:49:35 GMT
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Organization: Univ. of Va., Dept. of Pharmacology
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	Well, the first A3000 has made its way into Charlottesville,
finally, but I had to drive to the D.C. area to buy it!!
	I've waited since the first Amigas were introduced until now to
buy the computer of my dreams.  It's been worth the wait to get this
3000!
	But, as with everything in life, there are the disenchantments,
such as the A2000 software I'd gotten beforehand, from contests, bargains
at retail stores, etc.  About 50% of what I have (small quantity at the
moment) will not work properly.
	Here's my configuration: stock A3000, 1950 monitor.  (Pretty 
sparse, but not bad for my salary...)
	I remember reading an article about 1 month ago about how to
turn off the data cache on the 68030 to allow some software to keep up
with it.  Unfortunately, I didn't save that article.  Could some kind 
netter please refresh (no pun intended) my memory (pun intended) about how
to go about doing this.  I really do want to see Skyfox and Pioneer Plague
work on my new machine.
	One final note:  since DIGA! seems to work alright from a display
point of view, does anyone know if the Aprotek Minimodem-A24 (2400 baud,
serial connect modem) would and/or could work with the A3000.  It's the
cheapest I could find in mail order (the store where I bought my machine
had pretty high prices for modems, and all they had was Supra....)
	Ah, if only the educational discount had included part-time
students as well, I would not have had to put myself in debt for the next
several decades......hint, hint.


K W Smith, Jr.
The Charlottesville Sector

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