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From: bryce@hoser.berkeley.edu (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Some A2000/A500 answers
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Date: Tue, 13-Oct-87 04:09:04 EDT
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Summary: Re: EMI comparisons? Re: 1000 vs 2000 vs 2000-and-1? Re: A500 keyboard


> Hmmm... interesting idea, but, I think the A500 should have been made with
> a detachable keyboard in the first place.

So? Detach it yourself.  The keyboard is a self-contained unit with a
6 line umbilical to the A500 main board.  All you need is the cable and
probably some sort of case for the keyboard tray.

> Frankly I don't see how keeping the keyboard
> inside the same box as the rest of the system is an "improvement".

cheaper.

Now what I wonder about is the A2000's keyboard.  The German models have
tiny function keys and feel terrible and sag at the slightest pressure.
Will the real American A2000's switch to a better keyboard (like the
A500's)?  The two reasons are the feel, and the size of the function keys,
if all American Amigas have the same size keys one can create function key
templates for software that one sells that use them.
(This ignores the electical superiority that the A2000's seem to have with
multiple key rollover)


dave@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (David A Rasmussen) writes:
> traded my 1000 for a 2000 yesterday (make that an A2000, not a B2000).
>
> One more dumb question, is there any way to make it think my external 3" drive
> is df1: instead of df2:?

Yes. From a CLI type "assign df2: df1:".  Poof, it is now both df1: and
df2:!

If you want a hardware solution, I'm sure there are some jumpers on the
main board.


tas@mtuxo.UUCP (T.SKROBALA) writes:
> One thing that I'm not too keen about with my A1000 plus ASDG MiniRack C
> plus 2 Meg is the amount of interference my housemates get on their
> TVs when the Amiga is on.  Would the situation be much improved with
> an A2000?  How about the A1000 with ASDG 2000-and-1?

The 2000 as an all-in-one solution would be best.  The ASDG 2000-and-1 is
not likely to be any better than your current system.

Your cheapest route to domestic tranquility, however, would be to pop down
to the local Radio Shaft and pick up some shielded wire and matching fluff
to hook up an external antenna.

But then you don't get a neato-keen Amiga 2000.  :-)


 
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