Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!keith From: keith@actrix.co.nz (Keith Stewart) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: B2000??? Message-ID: <1990Sep14.085923.17071@actrix.co.nz> Date: 14 Sep 90 08:59:23 GMT References: <1990Sep13.155624.15807@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> Organization: Actrix Public Access UNIX, Wellington, New Zealand Lines: 29 In article <1990Sep13.155624.15807@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic) writes: > Pardon me for my ignorance but I saw a few postings about an Amiga B2000. > I always thought the Amiga line was A500,A2000,A3000. Is the B2000 a > different version of the 2000? Someone please clarify this for me. > > Thanks > -- > Pete Babic - pab@po.cwru.edu | I'm not totally useless - > Integrated Library Systems | I can always serve as > Case Western Reserve University | a bad example! > Cleveland, Ohio | The term B2000 is usually used by people from Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Great Britain. The first 2000 to be sold was the West German designed version which was essential a A1000 with slots. Same Angus as the 1000 and 512k on the motherboard with another 512k on a board in the coprocessor slot. This version was apparently not sold in the USA. (lucky for you people!!) The motherboard was version 4. When the American designed 2000 was made (It was a better design) it was called in the afore mentioned countries B2000 to distinguish it from the original 2000 which was called the A2000. Pioneers like myself who jumped in a bought the first 2000s ended up with a 2000 that turned out not to be the normal 2000. After much moaning at Commodore about orphan machines I managed to resolve the problem at some cost. There are still a few of these machines in use but they suffer from subtle hardware difference from the B2000s that make some software and hardware not work on them. I only wish Commodore knew how the sales of the A2000s hurt their credibility among loyal Amiga people. My B2000 is going great however and I am still pleased I bought an AMIGA!!!!!