Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!news.cs.indiana.edu!ariel.unm.edu!hydra.unm.edu!kholland From: kholland@hydra.unm.edu (Kiernan Holland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Single Frame recorders Message-ID: <1991Apr09.040323.15069@ariel.unm.edu> Date: 9 Apr 91 04:03:23 GMT References: Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 24 Hey has anyone had problems with thier ON/OFF switch on their 3000. I just recently got my 3000 and there were so many things the CBM engineers (hardware eng) overlooked. I had to open my system to solve the problem and found a cheap metal rod held up by a plastic holder (which fell off) in contact with a button on the power supply. How cheap. Not to mention my Multi-scan monitor did not work so I sent it back for repairs. I don't know how somebody that can put soooo much hype on a upgrade can make it soooo much worse than the A2000's. At least it was easier to get into the 3000 than I could with the 1000 (god the worse design in history). But don't get me wrong, the 3000 16mhz 68030 50 meg QAUNTUM is faster than the 386 based PS/2's with 80 meg HD's here at school. The Hard drive on the 3000 is sooooooooooo fast, I loaded my OS in 5 seconds. I'm going to have to dump my Work: partition to floppies before I can re-partition. Pagesetter II for some reason does not work, most of my games don't either. Remember, even though the third-party developers say that thier programs are 100% compatible with the 3000 notice that they don't mention Workbench 2.0 or 1.3 which both come with the 3000. One thing I really like about the 3000 is the Superkickstart, this is what the 2000 lacked and the 1000 didn't need. Now I don't have to upgrade the OS ROMS much anymore. You just upgrade Kickstart and WB, that's it. The virtual screens in OS2.0 can get as large as 16K by 16K, and with a depth of 16 shades. Later