Conference hydra::amiga_v1

    Amiga with 512K
    
    External 3.5 Disk Drive
    
    Epson Spectrum LX-90 Dot Matrix Printer, with 'generic' printer
    interface cartridge
    
    Sony KV1311CR RGB/NTSC Monitor
    
    2 Fostex 6301 self-powered Personal Monitor Speakers
    
    Misc. Software, mostly graphics stuff
    
    
    Randy Dearborn
    

    Our system (VAXWRK::Praetorius and VIKING::Banks):
    
    	Amiga with 512K, external disk drive
    	very old Gemini 10 printer (that hasn't ever done graphics
        correctly on any machine)
        Zenith ZVM-135 RGB monitor (shared with the download device)
    
    In addition, we have a "download device", which is something that
    runs both Kermit and XModem so I can download everything I get from
    the net.  The download device is:
    
    	Atari 800, 3 disk drives, composit video half of the Zenith
    	monitor, 4 async ports and a Hayes 1200 baud modem.
    
    We also have the developer's kit on the amiga, which may or may
    not be considered a part of the configuration.

    My system:
    
    	Amiga with 512K
    	External Disk Drive
    	Amiga Color Monitor
    	Gemini 10X (which does a nice job under the EPSON
    			printer selection, but would be nice
    			if a driver was designed for it...
    			maybe one of these days !)
    
    P.S. I'm glad that this notes file exists !!
    

    Amiga with 512K
    External disk drive
    Amiga color monitor
    LA180 printer (EIA interface)
    Stereo for sound output
    
    Drew

    Amiga with 512K
    Amiga monitor
    
    Mike

    
    Amiga w/ 512K
    Amiga color monitor
    External disk drive 
    
    			Mark

    AMIGA w/ 512k
    AMIGA color monitor
    3.5 ext. floppy
    Okimate 20 color printer                            
    Battery Clock
    Analysis, Delux Paint, Firefox, Mindshadow, Scribble 

	AMIGA - 512K
	AMIGA 1080 RGB monitor
	3.5" external drive
	LA50 printer (YUCK!)
	DF112 modem
	Arctic Fox, Skyfox, Deluxe Paint, Textcraft


	Art

    
    
    Amiga with 512K
    Amiga color monitor
    Radio Shack printer  (I haven't tried to connect it yet.)
    
    Music Studio

    Amiga with 512K
    Amiga color monitor
    External 3 1/2 disk drive
    

    512K AMIGA
    AMIGA MONITOR
    EXTERNAL 3.5 DISK DRIVE
    OKIMATE 20     (nice colors for the money)
    
    LATTICE C, ASSEMBLER, EDITOR
    DELUXE PAINT
    5 GAMES
    
    Kevin Cassidy

    512K Amiga with 1080 monitor
    external 3.5" drive
    MIDI interface (next week)
    
    Software - Skyfox
    next week - Deluxe Paint, Mimetics Soundscape
    
    Do MIDI synthesizers count as Amiga peripherals?
    
    Eventually would like to add printer, 1 meg ram, 20 meg hard disk,
    2400 baud modem.
    
    len.
    
    

    512K Amiga, 1080 monitor
    external 3.5" drive
    
    (hung off the serial port with a 4-way serial switch):
    Golden Hawk MIDI interface
    LA100 printer (EIA)
    DF-103 1200 baud modem
    
    Casio CZ-101, Yamaha DX-7, Ensoniq Mirage MIDI synthesizers
    Fostek mixer and 8 track tape recorder
    
    Lots of software including a demo copy of Activision's Sound Studio.
    
    I'm currently trying to decide whether or not to buy a 640x400 monitor
    mentioned in recent USENET mail by bp.
    
    RE: -.12:
    I would be interested to hear where you're going to buy
    the Mimetics software.
    
    -jim

    Amiga with 512K
    
    External 3.5 Drive
    
    Epson FX-85 (...playing it safe)
    
    Amiga monitor (wish I had gotten the SONY)
    
    I'm looking for a 1200 baud modem next.
    
    Probably will also get the frame grabber when it comes out.
    
    Don't have much S/W, been too busy on my Real job.

    512K Amiga
    Brother HR-10 daisywheel printer
    1080 monitor
    
    on order: Popcom X100 300-1200 Hayes compat.(I hope)modem
    		ONLINE! comm package
    
    ??extra floppy, extra RAM, hard disc??
    
             Bill
    
    

    512K Amiga, external disk drive
    Sony monitor (on loan), 1080 (when delivered)
    Joystick, Okidate u82A (available), Okimate 20 (on order) printers
    Hayes SmartModem 1200 (available)
    
    Software: MacroAssembler, Lattice C (alink is SLOW!), DeluxePaint
    (nice!), MaxiComm (not so nice!), 7 Cities of Gold (obvious transport
    from Apple, with little use of Amiga graphics, sound except in opening
    scene).
    
    Lowell

    
    		
    		Amiga with 512k
    
    		1080 monitor
    		3.5 external drive
    		Okimate 20 printer- wastes ribbons
    		joystick
    		Seven Cities of Gold, Spellbreaker (impossible!), 
    		Deluxe Paint, Scribble, many demos
    
    						Sankar
    

    I managed to interface my Amiga with a Smith Corona D200 via the
    parallel port and the parallel cable sold by CBM (5' $35.00).  True,
    the Smith Corona is an Epson clone, but I'll be damned if I can
    get the thing to output graphic when using the Preference's Epson
    print driver.  Also, every time I open the printer buffer, a capital
    "K" prints on the paper.  It seems to do this no matter what dot-matrix
    printer driver I use.  Anybody have a suggestion?
    

    I seem to remember when I was buying a printer that Computertown
    in Nashua, NH had stopped selling S/C printers with Amigas because
    of compatability problems.  It seems they need a special driver.
     You might try contacting S/C to find out if they know what's up.
     As I remember, owners complained about not being able to access
    any of the printer's special characterisics, even though the printer
    is supposed to be "Epson Compatible."  
    
    Randy
    

    Amiga
    1080 monitor
    SKYFOX
    Joystick
    512K

    Amiga with 512K
    External drive
    1080 Monitor (waiting for 640x400 to be a little cheaper)
    JX-80 printer (got the last Amiga cord from Computer Town on 101A)
    Delux Paint, Aegis Animator (so, so)
    Lattix C and Analyze (Multiplan clone I got for tax time)

    My system has following hardware:
    
    	Memory 512K
    	Amiga System
    	External Disk Drive
    	1080 Color Monitor
    
    Just bought. Intend to develop engineering application programs
    for fun. Still looking for good C compiler and VMS interface program.
    
    -Virendra Verma

    	Amiga System
    	512K memory
    	1080 Color Monitor
    	DF03 Modem
	LA50 Printer

Just bought (decided I needed a toy).. get it before the 5/31 deadline.
Looking for any/all PD software that I can get my hands on.

... wrote a VT100 emulator over the weekend in (yeech) BASIC, now all I need
	is a reasonable monitor like a VR241!!

    	Amiga 512K
    	1080 Monitor
    	Cheap 1200 Baud modem
    	Diablo 630 printer
    
    	Online
    	2+2 (Home Mgt system - looks good for $100.00)
    	Analyze (sp?)

    Amiga 512k
    1081 Monitor
    External 3.5 Disk Drive
    
    No software...

    
    
    Amiga 512K
    1080 monitor
    External 3.5 drive (soon)
    
    just some pd software
    

    				-< ED.config >-
    
    Amiga 512
    1080 monitor
    External 3.5" drive
    Epson MX-80 F/T (yes, a real MX-80, from the dark ages!)
    Avatex 1200 modem (got it cheap. It's cheap.)
    Developer's manual set
    The Music Studio (not worth the $50 it cost)
    Many, many demos
    reasonable PD stuff including Hack, Emacs, Kermit, AmigaDisplay
    (term program), and some other neat stuff
    
    Got it under the student deal. Working now to pay for it.
    

        
    Amiga 512
    1080 monitor
    External 3.5" drive
    Epson JX-80 (also have an MX-80 F/T)
    Developer's software/manual set
    Deluxe Paint
    some home-grown software
    

Well, Jim knows this, but:
    
    
    	Amiga 1000	Textcraft, Graphicraft, DPAINT
    	Amiga 1050
    	Amiga 1080
                                                      
    Brian Lambert

    
     AMIGA WITH 512K MEMORY
        
     ONE 3.5 DISK DRIVE
    
     AMIGA COLOR MONITOR
    
     CITIZEN MSP-15 PRINTER - PRINTS SCREEN DUMPSND DELUXE PAINT WITH
     NO PROBLEMS
                                         L THE DEMO SOFTWARE.
               DEMOS AND KEYBOARD, JUST ABOUT ALL AMIGA DEMOS AND BASIC
               SOFTWARE. ALSO HAVE DISK EDITOR.
    
     MODEMS:  MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS 1200 BAUD
              DIGITAL SCHOLAR 2400 BAUD
    
    
    
    
     MODEM: MULTI-TECH SYSTEMS 1200 BAUD
            DIGITAL SCHOLAR 2400 BA
    
     SOFTWARE: ONLINE!, DELUXE PAINT, MAXCOMM, MAPAINT, SKYFOX, MUSIC DEMOS AND KEYBOARD AND JUST ABOUT ALLTHE  

    
    Amiga with 512k
    plus External Drive
    Color monitor
    
    Rolland 1011 printer 
    1200 baud modem (cheap but works!)
    
    Software:
    Lattice C, Dpaint, Online!, Analyze!, Archon, Skyfox, MindWalker,
    Fred Fish disk's., Textcraft, Music Craft (demo copy). ect...
    
    Need:
    More time to enjoy it!
    
    

    HW: Amiga w/ 512K, External 3 1/2" drive, 1080 monitor,
    Okimate 20 (good color for the price but slow), joysticks, and stereo.
    
    SW: Pascal, Lisp, Fortran, Aztec C, Lattice C, a few games, Images
    by Aegis, and ONLINE!.
    
    Documentation: Besides the standard "How to plug your Amiga in"
    one should consider the AmigaDos manual by Bantam(?) and the
    Rom Kernal Manuals (that is if you don't want the whole developer
    set).
    
    Most of the my software was 'copied' (shhh) so I don't have the
    docs for them (oh well).
    
    		Happy Computing,
    		Dan.
    

    
    Amiga 512k
    1081 Monitor.
    

    Hi my Amiga has the following
    1080 Monitor
    512 K memory (got it for $10 more)
    Canon Pj-1080a Color ink jet printer with custom driver
    Does anybody out there alos have a copy of online?  This program
    seems to have more bugs that anyone can count
    

               
                            <LIKE MINE>
    
    
  HARDWARE: AMIGA, AMIGA RGB MONITOR,512 FOR MEMORY.
    NO FRILLS YET,but working on modem,and printer.
    
  SOFTWARE:TEXTCRAFT,GRAFICRAFT(both came with system),Mindwalker,
    Zork I,and RACTER(only worth disk it's on).

    
    Er.. I don't actually have it yet but I feel the burning desire
    to tell the world about the system I'm soon ( < 2 weeks ) going
    to purchase.
    
    Amiga 1000
    Skyles 256K expansion cart
    Sony KV1311 RGB/NTSC monitor  (Absolutely gorgeous display!)
    
    Plus goodies like DPAINT or Images, an Infocom adventure or 2, and
    (gad I'm so ashamed to admit to my addiction) Marble Madness.
    
    Long term should bring an extra drive and either a C or Modula compiler
    (Depending upon my mood at the time. I'm a fickle programmer and
    will jump from language to language just for the joy of it.)

    Gary

Amiga, 512K, ext. 3.5" disk	(need more memory, surprise, surprise)
Sony KV1311CR monitor		(like it a lot)
DEC LA12 printer		(borrowed)
DEC DF03 modem			(borrowed)

Developer's Kit
    = Lattice C + manuals	(slow but works fine)
Deluxe Paint			(doesn't everybody?  no talent, though)
VIP Professional		(clone of Lotus 1-2-3, keystroke
				 and file compatible, and therefore
				 not Amiga-ized with mouse-menus, 
				 but just dandy)
TxEd				(on order, not arrived yet)

Waiting for Sidecar (IBM PC clone add-on), and SCSI port to 
attach Bernoulli Box or similar large and fast disk.  Looking 
for good word processor (not Textcraft or Scribble, furshurr), 
and other languages.  Suggestions welcome.  Anyone know about
True Basic, for instance, is it Amiga-ized in having access to
the graphics libraries and such?  Would like a DATATRIEVE 
equivalent, too.

    I have the standard Amiga configuration with 512k memory, VR241
    as color monitor, LA50 printer and LVP16 plotter. I don't have a
    driver for the LA50 yet but the generic printer driver is enough
    to print text files. I'm using Aegis-Draw to drive the plotter.
    This works fine at 1200 baud or less. As for software I have
    Aegis-Draw, TextCraft, Analyze, VIP Professional, DeluxPaint and
    MindWalker.
    
    Lucio
    

    HI, I (or rather my husband) has an Amiga with a Sony TV for a CRT.
    I just copied off the driver source to see if we can get our La100
    to work with it. We want to try printing some of our delux paint
    pictures (alas, no color). Next we plan to try a switch to trade
    the printer between the Amiga and the Rainbow which we use for word
    processing. My husband will soon start a project to make an AI work
    environment for the Amiga. Liesl Kolbe (CSC32::KOLBE)

    re .39
    
    First:  LA100's don't work with the Amiga.  (Bits per Char...At
    least mine didn't)
    
    Second:  No one has a driver to allow graphics to print to DEC
    terminals yet.
    
    brian

     I've got a relatively new LA100 that works fine with my amiga.
     The LA50 printer driver discussed in a previous note works ok except
     the underlining or bolding sequence ( I forget which it was).
    
     As far a graphics printer driver for the LA100... I haven't seen
     one either.  As soon as I get a C compiler I might take a wack
     at writing one.  If .39 does this successfully I would appreciate
     receiving the source and/or executable.
    
     Regards,
    
     Steve McAfee
    

    I think my la100 is older, and for some reason does not support
    8 bit no parity, the setting on the Amiga Serial Port.
    
    brian

    Hi.  I am a recent DEC hire, but a pioneer Amiga owner. (October
    85).  I currently own a 512k Amiga, 2nd drive, and Sony kv1311CR
    monitor.  This monitor is fairly effective at eliminating hi-res
    flicker, if one fiddles w/contrast & brightness.  I am (gulp) ordering
    a 20 meg Tecmar drive, as soon as I can convince my wife that my
    life will have no meaning without one.  I also want at least 2 meg
    external memory.  For any Video buffs out there, I recently got
    DeluxeVideo...it is a MUST HAVE!!!.  I also plan on buying DynamiCAD
    as soon as I find the bux. (Better than AutoCAD?)
    
    It is good to see an active Amiga group within DEC, and I hope I
    can be of some help in the future.  I read all the trade rags, and
    am generally in on the latest gossip and rumors circulating on the
    networks.
    
    

    512K Amiga  (Microbotics expansion ram)
    External drive
    Epson RX-80F/T printer
    DF224 Modem 
    
    Still looking for a monitor - I haven't even unpacked the system
    yet! Probably get a SONY. The 1201 is $399, and the 1311 is $499.
    
    Online!
    DPaint (of course)
    Gizmos
    Chessmaster 2000
    
    Still waiting for Scribble.
    
    Paul

    
    512K Amiga, external drive, 1080 monitor, DF03
    
    a few games, Lattice C
    
    Just got tired of waiting for the ST to turn into a real machine.
    (detachable keyboard, multitasking, stereo, color 640-by-400
     resolution, hardware blitter....)
    
    -Dave  
    

    
    Amiga 512k - 
    2 External drives ( Toshiba-home made)
    Amiga Monitor     ( Philips version : pretty good)
    
    Waiting for : printer ( Panasonic) and Genlock/Frame grabber (PAL)
    
    Software:
    DeLuxe series - Aegis - otehr stuff ( Graphics and sound)
    Lattice c
    ArticFox - MArbleMAdness - Mean18 - 
    ... and other stuff
    
    Waiting for : JFORTH - from DElta Research
    		  
    Needing : as many others : time to enjoy it !!
    
    PS. Running also kickstart 1.2 with full PAL screen ( 56 more lines
    	then NTSC systems)

My system (I have had it for a week):

	Amiga
	Amiga 1080 Monitor
	Commodore 256k Upgrade
	Skyfox
	"Atari standard joystick"
	DEC PDT-150 (I like to think of it as an optional 8 inch floppy
		     drive that plugs into the serial port)
	DEC Scholar Modem (on loan from work)

On order:

	Lattice C
	Deluxe Paint

I didn't buy a second disk drive (a big mistake that I hope to fix
soon).

I bought my system from a mail order house named "Starflight
Telemarketing".  I'll start a new note containing my impression
of them.

(Some of you might be interested:  Originally, about two months ago,
when I started thinking about buying a new computer, I was going to
buy an Atari 1040 ST.  I then came across some information about the
Amiga, and decided to research a little further and compare the two
machines.  I ultimately decided that the Amiga's multitasking, superior
built-in software, and capacity for expansion far out weighed the
ST's cheaper price and additional memory.)

Another system for comparison:

Amiga A1000 CPU
Amiga A1080 Monitor
1 External floppy drive
1 Comspec 2MB memory board	

Software:
Manx C	(yeah)
Lattice C (neah)
Marble Madness (the best games are free, i.e. HACK!)
DPAINT  (a gift, I didn't want one until the picture could be larger than
		the screen)


Comments:
 The Comspec board is TERRIFIC!  How did I ever live without one?
 (Especially under V1.2 (beta, haven't used gamma yet); the RAM disk
  is much much faster, and the memory auto-configs)

Happy hacking...
-Dave Tenny

    I have:
    
    512k Amiga
    External disk drive (3 1/2)
    1080 monitor
    WB 1.2, kickstart 1.2
    For a printer, I use an Imagwriter I connected to my Macintosh
       for which I wrote a pgm to allow the Amiga, connected thru Mac
       Modem port to talk virtually to the printer on the printer port
    
    Video 7 joystick
    
    

    I've got the following stuff:
    Amiga 1000 w/ 512K RAM
    External 3-1/2" drive
    Amiga 1080 color monitor
    Epson JX-80 color printer w/ Dots Perfect NLQ upgrade kit
    DEC DF03 modem (on loan)
    Software too numerous to list
    

    After reading NOTES and AMIGAWORLD for nine months I finally got
    my own, used, but running strong.  What I got was:
    
    AMIGA w/512K RAM
    AMIGA 1080 monitor
    external 3-1/2" drive
    Transformer with 5" drive
    LA50 
    DEC Scholar modem
    
    SOFTWARE:
    
    Lattice C
    TEXTCRAFT
    GRAFICRAFT
    MUSICCRAFT
    MAXIPLAN
    ONLINE
    AEGIS IMAGES
    misc PD software, demos, etc.
    
    Now I am looking (and saving) for:
    Deluxe Music 
    more memory (of course)
    hard disk
    MIDI board (any recommendations)
    
    I got the system just in time for the long weekend.  That was great
    but I didn't get much sleep and household projects slipped the schedule
    quite a bit.  Thanks to this note file I got the modem and printer
    (mostly) working and am looking forward to getting and trying out
    all the PD software.
    

    I have a 512k Amiga with external 3 1/2 floppy drive, color digital
    RGB monitor (Com 1902) and a very slow daisy wheel printer.  Software
    wise, I'm using version 1.1 of kickstart/workbench.  My main interest
    in the Amiga is the video production capability.

    My system
    
    Computer
    Amiga 1080 Monitor
    extra 31/2 " drive
    Mouse
    Olivetti dot-matrix printer PR2300 ( I need a graphics driver)
    Royal Letterwriter printer
    
    Deluxe Print, Deluxe Video
    
    

    
    Our system:
    
    computer + 256k addon memory
    extra 3 1/2" drive
    sony kv1311cr monitor
    okidata 20 printer
    midi interface
    scholar modem
    
    scribble! , deluxe paint II, deluxe music, instant music
    marble madness, mindwalker
    

    Updated Equipment List ...
    
    Hardware                                  Software
        
    512K Amiga                                Chessmaster 2000
    External 3 1/2" Drive                     Scribble! 
    Microbotics 2 MB RAM                      OnLine!
    Sony 1311CVR Monitor                      Marble Madness
    Epson RX80F/T Printer                     Flight Simulator
      w/ Dots Perfect ROM                     PageSetter
    Canon PJ1080A Color Ink Jet Printer       Superbase Personal
    DIGITAL Scholar Modem                     Gizmos
                                              Gobs of PD
                      

    Paul

After a year of reading notes and wishing:

Amiga
512K
1080 monitor
external 3.25 drive
external 5.5 drive
Star Micronics Delta 10 printer

AEGIS Draw
VIP Professional
Transformer

    I have the Amiga 1000 w/ 512K, the 1080 and
    a $200 Brother printer (the NLQ print look great but it's a little
    slow,  the bit graphics are average).
    
    Soon I'll have the external drive, a 1200 baud modem.
    Someday I'll have a Hard Disk and a couple Meg of RAM.
    
    Software:  Animator, DPaint, Scribble, Lattice-C, Amiga Pascal,
    	       Amiga Lisp (I can't get it to load a file in... and it's
    	       standard lisp (icky!)), and I love XLisp 1.2 because
    	       it's common lisp (subset, of course).  Artic Fox.
    
    	Paul Wisner
    

    Hi from Down Under,
    
    My system ,which I bought new in April '86:
    
    HARDWARE:
    Amiga 1000
    1081 Monitor (that's what they ship down here)
    external 3 1/2 in drive
    Epson GX80 printer
    DataSat modem (300 Bd and 1200/75...really SLOW)
    
    SOFTWARE:
    Texcraft,Aegis Animator & Images, Chessmaster 2000, Balnce of Power,
    Leader Board, Deep Space, Marbel Madness, Brataccus, Hacker, PD.
    Subscribe to AMIGAZINE (that's where I got the VT100 emulator)
    
    EXTRA:
    Girlfriend who is a DECcie and since getting this online has sent
    her vt125 back to the office (hmmm...)
    
    See ya!

    Well, took the plunge this Xmas...
    
    512K Amiga
    1080 Monitor
    2 drives
    Tons of software...
    
    Dean Wilson MS Shr1-4/D27
    
    Elwood::Wilson
    

    
    1080 Monitor
    512 K Ram Memory
    extra 3 1/2 in drive
    ** ZEROX 4020 Color Ink-Jet Printer**
    ** Royal Lettermaster (daisy-wheel, slow and cheap
    
    Software:
    
    
    Deluxe Print, Deluxe Paint II, Deluxe Video, Textcraft, Graphicraft
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    512K AMIGA
    1080 Monitor
    Additional 3.5" drive
    
    Planning to add modem and color printer in (I hope..) not so far
    future.
    
    Software
    
    DPaint II, Defender of the Crown, Graphicraft, First Shapes, Instant
    Music.

    Amiga 512K
    1080 Monitor
    External Drive
    Ghetto Blaster for Stereo
    LA75 Printer (Great!!)
    Modem
    
    Scribble!
    Marble Madness
    World Games
    Discovery Math
    Talking Coloring Book
    Lots of PD Stuff of course
    

    Name:  Derek Bosch
    Node:  MLO5-2/T40
    
    I have an AMIGA 512K, external drive, NEC 8023 printer, and mucho
    software

	Amiga 512K, 1080 Monitor (I want a sony), External Drive,
	Hayes 1200 Baud, Citizen MSP-15 Printer, tons of PD software
	Defender of the Crown, FS2, DP1

	All in the name of fun!  Never seem to have enough time to get
	to that great game I want to write.  C'est la vie.

	James Synge

    AMIGA 512K, 1080 monitor, external drive
    
    Defender of the Crown, Marble Madness, Deluxe MUsic
    

    Amiga 1000 with 512k        
    Amiga 1080 Monitor
    External 3.5" Drive         
    External 5.25" Drive + Transformer
    A-Time parallel-port based Real Time Clock Module
    MIDI Designs MIDI-Interface
    Yahmaha DX-100 Digital Programmable Synthesizer
    Yahmaha FB-01 FM Sound Generator
    Racal Vadic 1200/300 baud MODEM
    
    Deluxe Paint, Music Studio, S/W Development Stuff

    
    
    amiga 1000
    512k
    1080 monitor
    external 3.5" drive
    dpaint II, maxiplan, defender of the crown, marble madness, mindwalker,
    textcraft, graphicraft
    epson lx80 printer

    *** Originally replied to note 68 in error, oops. ***
    
    	Amiga 1000 system unit
    	Amiga 1080 monitor
    	256k chip ram expansion
    	1010 external disk drive
    	Microbotics Starboard 2 meg ram expansion (just ordered it!)
	DF224 (will order sometime next week)
        
    	Lattice C (probably get Aztec developers' kit soon)
    	Assembler
    	Marble madness
    	Deluxe Paint
    	PDware... (VT00_DBW, Render, Drew Shell, etc)

        
    	Next major purchase?  I NEED a hard disk!!!
    
    	Are their any other Amiga owners out here in Seattle?
    
    -- Steve

    

    Amiga 1000 system unit
    Amiga monitor, 512K, External drive, Amiga 1200 baud modem
    Midi interface connected to Roland MPU-401 Midi box
    Texture Version 2 and a bunch of software
    

	
	Hello everybody,

here is my configuration:

		Amiga 1000 with 512k
		   external drive
		     DEC LA50 
		      Manx C

Interested in C-language applications, CAD drawing.

roberto

    I APPEAR TO BE A YEAR LATE IN RESPONDING, BUT I JUST FOUND THIS
    NOTE. 
    I HAVE THE STANDARD, EI, 512K,JUKI COLOR PRINTER,1080 MONITOR AND
    SOME VARIOUS SOFTWARE, F/S 2, SILENT SERVICE,AND THE STANDARD COMMADORE
    SOFTWARE THAT CAME WITH THE SYSTEM..
    MIKE IN PHOENIX..I 'VE HAD IT ABOUT 5 MONTHS..
    

    re:3.0
    Amiga 1000, 68010 (CSA 68020/68881), Microbotics Starboard II /2M,
    2nd 3.5" flop, Brother M1509 w/ cut sheet feeder, Roland DG DXY
    800 B size 8-pen plotter, Hayes 1200.
    
    	John Visser (nac::visser)
    

re:3.25
    
    Amiga 2000
    	1 Mega of Ram
    	1 3.5" floppy
    Rgb Monitor (1081)
    
    Soon: Imagewriter II, Harddisk, ... 

    

    Amiga 1000 
      with 1.5 Meg of Ram 
      and external 3.5 floppy
    Amiga Monitor
    Okidata-20 color printer
    
    Brad Waters

    hardware:
    
    Amiga 1000
    1-meg T-card   (old, but works!)
    external 3-1/4
    Nec Pc-pr105a   works fine as an epson clone
    Avatex 1200 modem
    
    software:
    
    vt100_dbw_2.4  (cant wait to get 2.6!)
    Mcc Pascal     (ick!)
                   
    working on Intelligent backgammon game...
    
    

    
    Amiga w/ 512k Add-on
    Amiga color Monitor
    External disk drive
    prowriter printer
    cvt
    stero tuner/pre-power amp w/ EPI 100 Speakers
    
    -george
    

    Amiga 1000 w/ 512K
    Amiga color monitor
    external 3.5 disk
    la50 printer
    df112 modem
    
    (anyone out there with an amiga in the Santa Clara CA or Bay area?)
    
    						Jim Collum
    

    
    Amiga 1000
    Heathkit color monitor
    external floppy disk
    external 5 1/4 (my own addon)
    
    1.5 Meg internal memory board on order (from Spirit Technology?)
    
    I have lots of PD software but I haven't cataloged anything yet.
    
    
            Ken Dietz.
    
                                                                  

    ok...bear with me...I'm new here at dec (just got my account today),
    and dont know all the ins/outs of things...have read usent for a
    few months, so i guess i can figure this out...
    
    standard amiga 1000 512k + external drive
    epson compatable printer
    dpaintII, dmcs, lattice 3.10, plus loads of pd
    fish, and usenet..
    
    (as someone else has said....see you on the bit stream...)
    
    scott.
    

    Hi,
    
    Amiga 1000	512k
    Amiga color monitor
    External floppy 3 1/2 drive
    No printer yet (will come soon)
    
    Lots of PD soft and some games.
    
    (anyone in Switzerland(french part) ready to swap PD soft and knowning
     where I can have cheap memory add-on ??)
    
    Philippe Blanc
    

    Amiga 500 with 1MB
    Amiga Monitor
    External 3 1/2 drive
    Sekoshia SP1200 AI printer
    Little Aiwa Walkman speakers
    
    Manx C,A-Talk Plus,A/C Basic,DPAINT II, and some games
    
    Ira Chavis

    I have a brand new Amiga 500 with 
    	- 1 meg RAM
    	- Barco RGB-monitor (formerly used with Digital GIGI-terminal)
    	- LA50-printer (just trying to get the LA50 driver to work)
    	- software: Deluxe Paint II, Deluxe Video, Lattice C, Seka
    	  	    Assembler
    
    Tuomo Hakala, Finland

    After selling my A1000 three months ago in anticipation for the
    vaporware-2000...I have given up and stick with the old reliable.
    
    Amiga 1000 refurbed
    Sony 1201 monitor (this thing is GREAT!!!)
    some assorted software left over from my old days...
    
    I now feel a great desire for Memory!!!!!!
    
    brad

    Amiga 500
    1 Meg and clock (A501)
    1080 Monitor
    1010 3 1/2" external drive ( but I can SMELL a hard drive)
    
    DMCS
    Defender of the Crown
    Marble Madness
    Mindwalker (it's making me crazy!)
    Lots of PD stuff  (thanx all)
    
    BTW, I was one of the not so lucky ones who received a DOA power
    supply (the brick type). It took CMO over a month to make good on
    this. The replacement PS was notebly lighter and a little smaller
    than the original... but it seems to work fine.
    
    GREAT MACHINE!!!

    Amiga 1000 - 512 K
    1080 Monitor
    3.5" Amiga external drive (forgot the number)
    LX-800 Printer (impressive little beast)
    
    DigiPaint
    Sound Studio
    Lattice Unicalc
    Lattice Sreen Editor - Wouldn't have bought it if I realized MicroEmacs
    			   came on the EXTRA disk...
    				All starter SW bought with price in
    				mind
    
    I'm looking to start collecting public-domain and have stoked up
    on disks.
    
    Also, I'm looking for a cook's tour of the CLI and File System.
    I just plugged everything in together and started tinkering, so
    there were a few frustrating moments when I wanted to write out
    something or run something and couldn't fathom the syntax to get
    from here to there.  Maybe tonight I'll read the directions :-)
    
    I'm really impressed with the Amiga and the printer.  I'm concerned
    about the robustness of the disks, though.  I guess that's what
    backups are for.
    
    BobW

    

    Amiga A-1000
    1080 monitor
    extra drive
    ASDG Minirack C + 2M
    soon, Supra 20M!!!
    Laserjet

    Amiga 1000R - 512K
    1080R monitor
    3.5 in. external drive
    
    
    DigiPaint
    ProWrite
    
    Marble Madness (what got me interested in the first place!)
    Flight Simulator II
    Brattacus
    
    Some PD and shareware, including:
    Mandelbrot 3.0
    DBW_Render ray tracing
    comm programs
    CLI/Workbench tools

    How much?
    where?
    

    The Memory Location, in Wellesley, MA on route 16.
    $5040, including Massachusetts tax.  That's about 10%
    off the software, plus a $342.50 discount.  More details
    are in 754.0.
    
    I made a typo in 3.92: the version of Lattice C is 3.10.
            John Sauter

    Right now I have an Amiga 1000 w/ 512K, 2 drives, 1080 monitor,
    and an ATime clock.
    Soon (within a month) I intend to add 2 meg, a printer, and a better
    clock (Microbotics).
    
    As for software, mostly games (ahem), but also a C compiler (Lattice,
    sadly) and sever PD graphics/sound utilities and demos.
    
    Andy Humphrey

    Oops... cut myself off before finished with my reply (3.96).
    
    I also have a Racal-Vadic modem using the Handshake terminal program
    and PC Pursuit for long-distance.
    
    Andy Humphrey
    Albuquerque, NM

    I have upgraded my system I now have:
    
    A1000 2.5 meg (Starboard II)
    1 additional external 3 1/2 inch drive
    1 Supra 20 meg drive
    1 Scholar 2400 baud modem (borrowed from DEC)
    1 ECE MIDI interface
    	1 Casio CZ-101 digital synth
    	1 KORG DS-8 digital synth
    
    Lattice-C compiler 3.10 (good), Amiga Pascal (yuck), Amiga Lisp
    (blech).
    
    Lots of Games.                               
    
    Deluxe Paint II, Digi-Paint, Aegis-Images, Aegis-Animator, DVideo.
    
    Deluxe Music Construction Set, Instant Music, Rock'n'Roll music
    library.
                                                                 
    I plan to extend XLISP, write some video games,  make a MIDI PATCH
    editor for the CZ-101 and then the DS8, and a MIDI sequencer.  
    

    I never registered here though I have an A1000 for the last year.  This
    seems like a good time, since I just came home from the Memory Location
    with a 2000.

    A2000 (1meg - standard)
    1010 external 3 1/2" drive
    1080 Monitor
    Canon PJ-1080A color printer
    LA50 printer  (dec loaner)
    Scholar modem (dec loaner)
    Aztec C
    Marauder II
    Deluxe Video
    SuperBase Personal
    Deluxe Paint 2
    Instant Music
    Scribble!
    Online! (no longer used)
    Typing Tutor
    Bunch of games

	Paul

I just picked up a 500 from Omnitek under the Amiga Amazing Offer. 
(Strictly speaking, I just picked up ANOTHER 500 - the first one died
after a couple hours.)  I went with column A - Deluxe Paint, Aegis
Animator, Textcraft, a publishing package that I forgot the name of,
Marble Madness, and an Epyx joystick - and an external drive.  I'm 
using the composite video of an 1802 (ugh!) until the Sonys go on 
sale at Lechmere's.

- Cliff

    Sorry, but just got around to adding myself to the list of owners.
    
    Amiga 100
    512 K
    Borrowed Scholar modem
    
    Sonix
    Faery Tale adventure
    Adventure Construction Kit
    Some PD stuff
    
    I am gong to add an external drive soon, and maybe 2meg.
    

     
                      
     I just bought my AMIGA 2000 via mail order from Computer Mail Order,
    they were the only ones who claimed to have the complete system.
    I am not completely satisfied with thier service, they sent me a
    game (SkyFox) which would not run on kickstart 1.2, they sent me
    a bad printer cable (which I fixed). They sent me a 5 1/4 hard disk
    and no cables then told me it would not work with the AMIGA, I sent
    it back and the promised me a 3 1/2 disk which they never delivered.
    They actually claimed to have shipped it at one point and a week
    later admitted that they did not ship it and had run out.  I finally
    ordered my drive from GO AMIGO and I hope it will arrive on 10/23.
    Anyway aviod CMO if you can and heres my system.
    
    HARDWARE:
    
    Amiga 2000  1 meg
    1080 monitor
    3 1/2 floppy drive
    Hard disk controller
    3 1/2 20 meg hard disk
    Epson RX-80 printer (which I already owned)
    Evercom 2400 baud modem
    EPIX joystick
    
    
    SOFTWARE:
    
    Lattice C compiler
    Guild of thieves
    Skyfox ( I sent it to Electronic Arts who promised me an updated
    version)
    Earl Weaver baseball
    Flight simulator 2

    Amiga 500
    1 Meg
    2002 Monitor
    Df03 (DEC loaned)
    
    Some PD software
    Firepower
    Marblemadness
    
    Looking at a possible external drive and more memory...We'll see
    Lots of things to learn. Many more sleepless nights ahead.
    
    

    Amiga 500                         
    Sony KV1311-CR Monitor
    Microbotics 512K expansion memory with clock
    Pro Drive External Diskette 3.5" (coming)
    Panasonic KX-P1090i printer (coming)        
    Scholar Modem (DEC Loaner)
    
    TxEd, Marble Madness, Manx C compiler, Bards Tale, Kinderama,
    and of course DEC PD stuff, many thanx to all of you!

    
    
    2 days old:
    
    Amiga 500 - 512K
    Amiga 2002
    joystick
    
    I've got an LA50 and Scholar modem at home
    but haven't tried them with the Amiga yet
    
    Software:
    
    just Flight Simulator II and Guild of Thieves so far.

    tom

    Amiga 500 - 512K (2002 monitor)
    
    Chessmaster 2000
    Scribble!
    Aegis Images
    Linkword Spanish
    Super Huey
    
    A christmas present for my son! - I hope I'll get to play too.
    

    Amiga 500 - 1Meg
    1084 Monitor (not sure yet how it differs from a 1080)
                               
    Software pack A:           
                               
    Textcraft Plus             
    Pagesetter
    Deluxe Paint II
    Aegis Animator
    Marble Madness                 

    Amiga 500 - 1Meg
    1080 Monitor
                               
    Uninvited (Anyone killed off that nasty old lady yet??)
                               
    Lots of PD stuff !

    A500 (soon to be with 1 Meg)
    Sony KV1311CR tv/monitor
    Sonic amplified speakers
    
    SW:
    Earl Weaver Baseball
    Mindwalker
    Leaderboard
    Silent Service
    Flight Simulator II

    
    
    A2000 (3 meg)
    A1080 monitor
    external floppy drive
    
    Sw:
    FS II
    Earl Weaver Baseball
    some PD

                    
    Amiga 1000                                 Bernhard Carli   
    1081 Monitor                               Digital Competence Center       
    external Floppy-Drive                      Munich, Germany              
    Panasonic KX-P1092 Multi-Mode Printer      
    68000'er Sounddigitizer                    (soon TSC Munich)
                                                                
    Lots of Software                                           
                                                                
                                                                

    Amiga 500
    10Mb hard disk
    1081 monitor
    Sidecar (now used just as a hard disk interface)
    A lot of ribbon cable.

    Was:  Amiga 1000
    Now:  Amiga 2000  (and a little poorer, but happy!)
                                                       
    Amiga Monitor                                      
    2 floppy drives                                    
    LA75P & Sheet Feeder                               
                                                       
                                                              
    WordPerfect, Outline, VIP Spreadsheet, Superbase Personal
    DeluxePaint, Marble Madness, Chess Master 2000, FS ][,
    Grabbit, Zing!, Talking Coloring Book (for my 3 yr old).
    
    
    Will be purchasing:
    
    	o  Hard Disk
    	o  Memory (2-4 MB)
    	o  PC/AT Bridge card (whenever they are available)
    	o  PC/AT Memory
    	o  PC/AT Hard Disk Card
    
    (That should keep me poor for a while !!)
    

    I began AMIGA new user 10 days ago, and was very surprised (and
    HAPPY) to find such a lot of notes about this subject which I still
    have everything to learn on.
    I think I'm the first french guy in these conferences and I hope
    to become soon just one of many.
    HARD
    ----
    Amiga 500 (on going 512K more)
    Amiga monitor (1081)
    Just trying to connect LA50 (yet soldering wires...)
    My rainbow (table neighbour of the AMIGA told me it would like to
    talk with it..may be next year !).
    SOFT
    ----
    Deluxe Paint II
    marble madness 
    goldrunner (great..)
    factory cruncher (for kids)
    faery tale adventure (I'm still wandering in the country)
    Waiting for a great car racing game (OUT run on AMIGA ??)
    and a lot of projects (but money money !)
    
    Jean-Francois

     AMIGA 500
    WITH 1080
    NO PR YET
    IMGES PAINT/MARBLE MAD/STATES GAME/KINGS QUEST3/OTHERS MISC
        a

                  -----< Amiga Down Under >-----

Just bought the following, included Aussie $ price (worth=US 70c approx) just 
for interest. I'm about to try and find all Amiga users in Digital Australia 
to see how many and what interests them.
Amiga 500 .....  $799
A501 ex mem ...  $149
A1010 disk ....  $349
Am using monochrome monitor and PAL modulator to TV until I can afford an RGB 
monitor that is better than the .43mm pitch model (1084) that they sell here.

 Regards to all.........Guy PARSONS..................................

    Hi,

    My "system" consists of,

    An AMIGA A500,
    A TV Modulator,
    Some Blank Disks,

    and a looooong way to go.

    This is going to be one EXPENSIVE hobby !
    

    Hi, I'm a recent DEC new hire and just purchased this used Amiga:
    
    Amiga 1000
    1080 Monitor
    Hayes 1200 Smartmodem
    3.5 External mini floppy drive

    AMI 1000
    1080 MONITOR
    EXTERNAL DRIVE
    512K
    DF224
    STAR DAISY WHEEL
    RITEMAN (INFORUNNER) MATRIX (NEED CABLE)
    AZTEC, LETTUCE, PASCAL, LISP, FORTH, ASSEM
    DPAINT, IMAGES, ANIMATOR, DRAW,
    OODLES OF PD ( HAVE YOU SEEN PROBE???)
    WECKER'S 100, LEIBOW'S SMOKEY
    FSII, DEFENDER, BARDS TALE, HUEY, SKYFOX, HACKER, KAMPHGRUPPE, BOP,
    MARAUDERII, 8 OR 9 INFOCOMS, SILENT SERVICE, SDI, TEXTCRAFT, WORD
    PERFECT, DIGA!(EECH)
    
    WHEN YOU HAVE 4 KIDS, $$ SEEMS TO FIND ITS WAY INTO THE GAMES
    DEPARTMENT INSTEAD OF THE HARDWARE AREA.  IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE
    YOU HAVE TO RESERVE THE BOX IN ADVANCE.  WE CAN ALWAYS HOPE FOR
    A MULTI USER AMIGA 3000 CANT WE? ;-)
    

	Amiga 500 (with bad power supply)
	1080 monitor
	512K expansion w/clock
	3.5" external drive
	Aztec C
	Kidtalk
	Avatex 1200 baud Hayes compatible modem
	panasonic printer

	When the mail order co. provides me with a new A500 I can
	have fun like everyone else.  -Drew

    Amiga 500
    1080 Monitor
    501 Memory Expansion
    Standard Workbench, Amigabasic
    Assorted PD stuff
    
    Hope to pick up the expansion drive and some more software later
    in the week. In the mean time having fun converting some old Mbasic
    stuff to Amigabasic and getting to know my way around AmigaDos
    using Steve Drew's Shell (neat stuff if you have one drive).

    Hi
    	I just purchased a Amiga 500 with 501 Add on ,1084 Monitor and
    I am waiting for our local supplier so I can buy a external drive.
    I don't know if I will add any printer yet.
    
    Jim Hilder
    

    Andrew Skinner in Information Services, UK
    
    Amiga 500
    1080 Monitor
    memory+clock
    
    workbench+paint
    
    Hoping to connect up my old LA50 once I've got terminal emulation
    running, then get some video interface for my daughters who are
    into home-made soap opera!
    
    I'm also planning to sign up for a home banking service.
    

	Tom Moore		Marlboro, Mass

	AMIGA 500		2002 monitor
	512K memory + clock upgrade
	Prodrive external 3.5	
	Panasonic 1092i printer

	Deluxe Paint II		Deluxe Music
	Kings  Quest		Kings  Quest III
	Flignt Simulator II	Marauder II
	Black Cauldron		Marble Madness
	Wish Bringer		Seastalker
	Lots of Good Stuff from Ed Acciardi

	Users: wife, son (8), daughter (11), myself

	This computer was bought as a family computer and has done that 
excellently.  All members of the family vie for time on the computer and 
are enjoying all of the twists and turn of the AMIGA adventure.  It 
supports such a broad range of user.  Lots of fun and lots to learn.

    Hw:
    	Amiga 1000 with 512Kb
    	1080 Monitor
    	3.5 inch external drive
    	Centrinics GLP II printer (had a hard time making the cable)
    
    	Still looking for a >15 Mb HD.
    
    
    Sw:
    	Standard 1.2 AmigaDos including Basic.
    	Some editors like ed, edit, Z (a subset of vi)
    	Scribble, Word Perfect.
    	Cambridge Lisp, MCC-Pascal, Manx-C.
    	Some great demos.
    	Games: flight sim II, Marble Mad., etc.
    	Some music compose disk + demos.
    	For the rest PD.

================================================================================
Note 8.0                            Al Sorkin                          3 replies
NUHAVN::SORKIN                                       14 lines   2-MAY-1986 11:44
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Amiga with 512k
    Barco Monitor
    3 1/2" external drive
    Okimate 20 Color Printer
    
    Software: Marauder, Deluxe Paint, Deluxe Print, Texcraft, Scribble,
               Analyze, Artic Fox, One on One, Mindshadow, Wishbringer
    
    Future: Framegrabber/Digitizer, Video Construction Set, Sidecar
                 Expansion for MS/DOS 5 1/4" (By Aug. per Rep. from
                  CBM) (This may be a co-processor running MS/DOS
                  in a window while Amiga DOS runs in the other
                  windows)
    

    AMIGA 500 512K
    
    EXTERNAL 3.5 (COMMODORE)
    
    2002 TUBE
    
    DIGITAL LA210 (NOT WORKING YET)
    WITH CENTRONICS INTERFACE (NO ROMS THOUGH)
    
    ANCHOR MODEM 1200 (VOLKS)
    
    BARDSTALE, SHANGHI, AND ONLINE! (NOT TRIED YET).
     
    WANT'S ARE SCSI 30MEG DRIVE (IF DEC STOCK GETS TO 160 SOMEDAY)
    MORE RAM AND SOME 3-D SOFTWARE FOR SHORT ANIMATIONS.
                              

    I have an Amiga 2000, one external floppy, Okidata 292 and a Digital
    DF112 modem.  I hope to have a Laser Printer and more memory in
    the near future. Maybe a hard disk later. 
    
    Randy
    Field Service
    

    Amiga 1000, 512k :-(, 2 drives, 1080 monitor, Okimate20 printer.
    
    Just relocated to ZKO Nashua, NH from Florida!
    
    Would someone tell me if there is any Amiga Users' Group in this
    area?  Thanks.

    	               
               		-< Another response from Oregon>- 
    
          
    I currently have a Amiga 1000 (with 512k),2nd floppy,amiga monitor,DF03, and
    a Citizen 120D printer. When I grow up I hope to add 2megs and a
    cheap hard drive.
    	I'm fairly new to notes and a relative novice to Amiga Dos.
    So I would like to take this chance and thank all of the people
    who have added there advice and expertise to these notes. They have
    really helped me out in my quest for one-ness with my Amiga and
    grounds, in my wifes request for legal separation.The replys under note 1058
    ( Naive new user type question ) have been invaluble. They're a
    regular help file.
    
    
    Field Service
    Rick
      
      

    Name: Roger Beauregard
    Loc. Shr1-3
    DTN 841-3557
    
    
    System:
    
    		A2000 
    		3.5 "prodrive" (internal)
    		5.25 "Seagate?" 40 Mbyte Hard Disk (internal)
    		2400 Baud "Supra" modem
    		Printer (Pending)
    
    Software:
    		Leader Board 
    		FS][
    		Write & File
    
    
    
    

    re: 134
    
    Another chump drops the wad under the irresistable pressure of Ed
    Acciardi.
    

    1 meg A500
    ProDrive 3.5" floppy
    Sony KV1311 Monitor
    Okimate 20 printer
    
    Jet!
    Textcraft Plus (moving over to ProWrite)
    Lots of PD stuff
    Deluxe Paint
    Lots of Adventure/D&D type stuff
    
    After several years of mouth-watering envy at Ed Acciardi's house, I
    finally broke down and took out a loan.
    
    Paul Goguen
    
    

    
    Amiga 2000 
    	extra internal 3 1/2 drive
    	Seagate 65M SCSI drive
    	Bridge Board
    	
    Sony KV1311 monitor
    NEC CP6 printer
    
    Software
    Manx C with SDB
    Express Paint
    Word Perfect
    Superbase
    Lots of games and PD stuff
    
    Love the system alot now that its working.
    
    Ira Chavis
    
    

    Well, after 2.5 years of faithful service without a single burp,
    hiccup, or hardware glitch, its time to send the old A1000 off to
    the glue factory.  I'm finally moving up to a shiny new A2000.
    
    What did me in?  The MicroWay de-interlacer card coupled with the
    new zoomy Zenith 14" flat screen monitor.
    
    I had innocently enough stopped into the Software Shop to see what's
    new, and Moe had an A2000 with the most glorious, perfect display
    that I've ever seen.  I know I sometimes get carried away with the
    hyperbole, but this time it's for real.  How good is this display
    combination?
    
    It is better than a uVax GPX.
    It is better than a monochrome Atari ST.
    It is better than a (gasp) Mac II with it's $999 Sony display.
    
    I pressed my nose against the monitor screen.  I have 20/13 vision,
    and I could not discern a single dot, scan line, or iota of flicker.
    I set the colors to black on white, white on black, any obnoxious
    combination I could think of, and this display was absolutely without
    flaw.  In fact, it looked like a large color photograph.  I could
    go on and on, but words can't do justice here.  Go see for yourself.
    
    So, here's the new configuration (as of 3/28/88)
    
    * A2000 with 3 Megs (I'll be installing the StarboardII inside)
    
    * MicroWay de-interlacer
    
    * Zenith model mumble 14" flat screen display (bring lots of money)
    
    * Miniscribe 20 MB HD (I'll be using the MicroBotics SCSI on the
      Starboard, and keeping the Winnie from the Supra.  Maybe I can
      sell the Supra A1000 SCSI adaptor, case, and power supply?)
    
    * Dual internal floppies (can't stand three disk swaps to copy a
      floppy, and I don't need a 5 1/4" device to emulate a computer
      that makes me vomit)
    
    So, that's it for now.  Moe will be giving me $800 trade-in for
    my current stuff, minus the hard drive.  I would have done better
    during the trade up deal, but what the hay, money was made to be
    spent.
    
    Ed.

	Hi, I finally got it!

		B2000 with 20 mb internal hard disk
		Citizen HQP40 Colour printer
		Lattice 'C' 4.0
		Superbase Professional
		Maxiplan Plus
		ProWrite 2.0
		Deluxe Paint (I'm sending off for the upgrade)
		Some games and pd disks...

	As my current job demands a lot of travel, I have hardly had time
	to unwrap it all!

Keith 

Aww Ed!  Your just making us jealous!

I have to admit, the display in The Software Shop is pretty impressive!
Not a speck of flicker. Now you can use interlace for anything!


John

    Re .138 and .140:
    Could you post the model number of the Zenith monitor and the prices
    of the monitor and deintrlace card? Can they be used with a A1000?
    Is there a cable problem, for example?
    Thanks

    I made some last minute changes to the configuration in .138 when
    I arrived to pick up my system.
    
    I did not buy the Zenith monitor.  Although it is by far the best
    display I've seen yet, I spoke with some knowledgeable people who
    gave me some additional info:
    
    The Zenith is not a multi-scan type monitor.  It uses a fixed 31.5KHz
    horizontal scan rate.  This is compatible with the MicroWay board,
    which bumps the video output up to this frequency.  It is also
    compatible with the new IBM VGA mode and the Mac II.  I felt that
    for the enormous price of this monitor ($795, best mail order $700)
    I wanted to capability to use higher scan rates should computer
    video rate change again.
    
    Another potential problem:  to achieve the brightness and clarity
    that this monitor provides, they drive the phosphor up to 50% harder
    than a conventional display.  This means that burn-in of the display
    could be a problem.
    
    The third reason?  The case is an off-yellow.  Sounds silly, but
    try explaining that to my sense of aesthetics.  It looked rather
    ugly sitting on a biege A2000.  Plus, no tilt 'n swivel.
    
    I ended up getting a Princeton Ultrasync for $579.  It also has
    800 x 600 dots and has some really nice features, like 8 different
    combos of default text/background colors.
    
    It's colors are not as vivid as the Zenith, but the text is great.
    It has a dot pitch of .28 mm, tighter than any except Sony's .26.
    It has a built in tilt 'n swivel stand, and matches the A2000's
    front bezel color nicely.
                             
    So, what did I do with the extra money?  I sprung for a 65 MB, 
    38 ms Seagate ST-277N embedded SCSI drive and a C Ltd controller.
    This combination cost $800.  I could have gotten it cheaper by buying
    the drive from Computer shopper for around $500, but Moe had one
    in stock.
    
    One comment about the C Ltd formatting software; the current version
    is set up to talk to an ST type drive with an Adaptek type controller.
    We could not deep format the embedded SCSI drive.  We ended up
    downloading a new version from C Ltd's BBS to get the drive formatted.
    
    To answer the questions of .141, the MicroWay board costs $495.
    It is essentially a 12 plane display that can store two entire 6
    plane displays and combine them.  Models are planned for the A1000
    and A500, but these models will not support HAM mode.  The A2000
    has all twelve color bits available in it's video slot.  The A1000
    and A500 versions WILL support 640 x 400 x 4 planes.  All models
    will require a multi-scan type monitor.  This ain't a bad investment
    anyway, since the multi-scans are the way to go.
    
    Hope this answers most of the nagging questions.
    
    Ed.

    Ed,
    
    Use ROMAT to format an ST2nn-N style drive.  Works fine.
    
    John
    

     After reading this notes conference for ~18 months, I finally got:
     
     Amiga 500
     extra 3 1/2 drive
     1 meg	
     Sony KV1311 monitor
     
     I got it from the Memory Location (monitor from Lechmere with -$60
     coupon). ML installed the memory and tested it, but when I got it home
     I found no manual and the extra drive wouldn't eject disks. I had to
     wait two long days to get going. The Memory Location people fixed me
     up and said quite a few of the external drives come through like that.
     So far I am glad I bought it locally rather than mail order. Now on to
     getting some PD software and figuring out what to buy. This conference
     will definitely help! 
     
     My brother has a MAC, and three of my Wife's siblings have MACs. I
     intend to show them what a real computer will do. ;-) 
     
     Dave Robinson
     

	Hello.
	I reply this topic form far far far east.
        My name is Mamoru Kobayashi.
	I belong to DEC-Japan ( We call Nihon DEC. ) Software services.

	I purchase Amiga500 in this February. In japan, Amiga is very minor 
        personal computer. Maybe I'm just only one amiga user in Nihon DEC.
        BUT, I love Amiga.

	My Hardware configuration 

	- Amiga 500 with A501 
               These costs about 170,000Yen ( 1300 US$ !! ). 
	- JVC GAGA  
               This is 26inchs Color TV set (not monitor) with Analog RGB 
               input port. This TV set has Quite high resolution. This set
               includes stereo amplifier and speakers.
	- Kraft joystick

	Software

        - Of course V1.2 Kickstart and WB
	       I use also ARP.
	- Shanghai
	- King of Chicago
	- Some Public Domain softwares  
               I thank Many amiga users on E-net. It is difficult to get these
               Public Domain Softwares in Japan.

    Hi,
    
    Although I have responded earlier to this topic, I have been away
    for 6 months and I need to update:
    
    I own an Amiga 1000 vintage 86 or 87 with: 1.5M, 20Mb Supra, Aztec
    3.4a C, and other diddly packages.
    
    20Mb Supra has caused me nothing but problems.  I recommend staying
    away from it until they fix up the problems for the A1000.
    
    	--Mike Leibow
    
    PS:  I'm B..A...C....K.....
    

Hi -

I am a new AMIGA 500 owner. I have the following h/w and s/w...

AMIGA 500 + memory expansion to 1MB
1084 color monitor
external floppy drive
Brothers dot matrix printer
MIDI interface
sound digitizer + s/w

Deluxe Music
Deluxe Paint
Dark Castle

I am considering a Xerox color printer, photodigitizer, Manx or Lattice C
compiler, 68K assembler, 20mb or 40mb hard disk

dave

Okay, okay... I finally broke down and did it.  I'm now the proud 
father of a new Amiga.  Current system configuration is as follows:

	Amiga 500 with A501(?) 512k memory expansion
	Commodore 1080 monitor
	3 1/2 inch external disk drive
	LA75 printer (assuming I can get it working... Gotta make a cable.)

Software so far is:
	Deluxe Music
	Adventure game - Fairy Tale
	lots of PD stuff (seems like every Amiga owner's got this.)
	etc...

I plan to by MIDI interface stuff in the near future.  My wife is a
professional musician so we own a fairly nice electronic piano (Roland 450
Piano plus).  I'm also gonna buy either an animation package or a 3-d sculpting
package... or maybe both. :-]  But I gotta pace these investments or I'm gonna
come home one day and find my Amiga blown all over the room, a smoking 357
lying beside it, a suicide note taped to the screen, and a wife who just smiles
innocently.   8-0


					John Boy

Well, ok...
    
     After a year of weighing the choices and getting nowhere
I finally went with my instinct..

HW,

 Amiga 500
 1084 monitor
 ECE MIDI interface
 Soundscape Sampler
 LA75
 Scholar Plus modem

SOON to be purchased

A501 memory upgrade - had it 1 day and got three low mem warnings
external drive - Soundscape had me switching floppies all night

SW.

 Pro-midi Soundscape / with sampler sw

 I promised I'd just use the Nintendo for games but -

 bards tale
 defender of the crown

Thats it .. NO PD - yet.

RE. last couple .. glad to see I'm not the only MIDI user that didn't go
for an ST

Brien.	

    Hi -
    
    my hardware  AMIGA-500, 1MB, second floppy drive, 1084-Monitor,
                 Genlock, LQP25

       software  AEGIS-Videotitler, -IMAGES, DEVPAC, a lot of games and
                 since yesterday the byte bandit virus from a PD-floppy

    Udo 
    from Stuttgart, West-Germany

>                 since yesterday the byte bandit virus from a PD-floppy


Welcome to home computers!  :-)

    
    Well after agonizing for several months over what configuration
    I wanted, I ended up with:
    
    Hardware:
    
     A2000
     1 External 3.5 Drive 
     40m Seagate Hard Drive with C-LTD Controller
     Princeton Ultrasync Monitor
     Supra 2400 Modem
    
    Software:
    
     Aztec C Developers with SDB
     Basic Compiler from Absoft
     Interceptor
     And lots of PD thanks to Ed Acciardi's starter disk.
     
     Future plans include de-interlacer board, Dpaint2, and more games!
    
    Jerry Lindsey    

    Hardware
    	Amiga 1000 w/512K
    	Microbotics Starboard II with 2 Meg.
    	30Meg SupraDrive
    	NEC P6 Printer
    Software
    	Aztec C 3.6
    	DPaint II
    	Flow
    	MaxiPlan Plus
    	Benchmark Modula-2
    

    Amiga 1000 w/512k
    amiga 1081 monitor
    external 3.5"
    Toshiba P1341 printer w/DLL board (using Diablo 630 driver for text
    and still writing a Toshiba driver)
    joystick
    lots of games                      
    
    Am seriously considering trading the 1000 and 1081 in for a 2000,
    Microway de-interlacer and multisync.  Commodore should be shot
    for ever releasing the Amiga with that RIDICULOUS and UNNECESSARY
    flicker in 640x400 mode.  Who ever heard of releasing a graphics
    computer with an unusable display?
    
    $
    
    

Re: .154

>Commodore should be shot for ever releasing the Amiga with that RIDICULOUS
>and UNNECESSARY flicker in 640x400 mode.  Who ever heard of releasing a
>graphics computer with an unusable display?

Actually, that flicker is NECESSARY and REQUIRED for desktop video.  It
is exactly what everyone's TV is doing all the time.  If you are viewing
digitized photos or anything else with smooth shading, the flicker becomes
unnoticeable, just as it does on a TV.  You are right that the 400 line
display is pretty unusable for text or any other high contrast display.

    My configuration,
    
    Amiga 500 with 1M + Clock/Calendar
    *Commodore 1702 Composite Color Monitor
    Cable to convert RGB to Composite
    Gemini Star SG10 Printer
    Ergostick Joystick
    
    Manx v3.6 C developers package
    Manx C symbolic debugger
    Excellence/Scribble/KindWords word processors
    FirePower/Garrison II/Faery Tale/...et al games
    etc.
    
    (*) I'm not too proud about that.  But it was composite monitor
    (w/cable) or No Amiga for another couple of months! :-) [Note: Even
    as you read this I am saving for my RGB monitor!]
    
    George
    

    
    Hello, I'm another crazy freak and here my equipment:
    
    Amiga 500 (of course with 1M and internal clock)
    Highscreen Monitor (the same as the 1081 with Stereo)
    Star LC-10 (black/white-version)
    External drive: modified NEC 1036A (I think it's the best drive for
    the Amiga. I also have a 1037 from NEC, but I prefer the 1036'er)
    2 Joysticks, 1 Mouse and one real cat
    
    Some Misc. Software. I have about 30 public domain disks and my
    favorite program is conman from W. Hawes (also public domain [or
    is it shareware ?]).
    
    My computer fanatism began with a CBM-4xxx, a Sinclair ZX-81 then (five
    years ago) I bought a C-64, one year ago my favorite machine the AMIGA
    and newly a Atari ST+ with 1 Meg, but I must say that the Rock-Lobster
    is some times better then the ST. 
    
    And at last (not least), my name is Jochen.
    

    I just started at DEC, but I've had my Amiga since January.
    
    Amiga 2000  w/2 3.5" internal floppy drives
    1084 Monitor                                
    2090 Disk Controller
    42 MB half height drive internally
    Okimate-20 printer
    Somebodys Joystick
    
    Also, I have various s/w... Lattice C, AREXX, WShell, DeluxeMusic,
    DeluxePhotoLab,... and of course some PD stuff I've collected and
    Games...

   Amiga 1000.  512k Internal ram. 2 3 1/2" diskettes.


				Dean Cromack

    Update to .36:
    
    Brand new A2000 with 2 internal floppies.
    Also Epson LX-800  (el cheapo)
    Soon to add hard disk
    
    Gary

    Ummm.  I'm new at this.  But, I've had my Amy for a couple years
    now.  I have a good ole 1000, 1080 monitor, external 3.5 drive,
    Avatek 1200 B modem, Fisher Stereo system, and I may get a genlock
    device soon.  I'm also borrowing DigiView, and FutureSound.  Software
    list available upon request.

I have		Amiga 2000
		 with bridgeboard
		1084 monitor
		Citizen HQP40 printer (LQ compatible, with colour option)

A couple of recent software purchases:

		Prowrite
		Photon Paint     <----great

Colin

    Well, I've only had my stuff for a couple of weeks so here it goes....
     
    Amiga 500-512k-1 internal 3 1/2" floppy
    
    1080 monitor
    
    Epson lx-800 printer
    
    Avatek 2400 baud modem
    
    And now for the stereo that it's hooked into.............
    
    100 Watt kenwood reciever
    
    20 band Teac graphic equalizer
    
    2 Klipsch kg4 speakers
    
    I haven't stopped playing Interceptor since I linked it to the stereo!

    I've taken the plunge a second time. After having my first A500 system
    stolen from my apartment, I've finally come up with the cash to get my
    second A500. Here's my system
    
    A500 with 1/2 meg and clock upgrade  (total 1 meg)
    
    one external Air disk drive
    
    Sony multi-sync monitor
    
    Software:  Excellence WP
    	       Bards Tale  (I was in the middle of this game when my
    	                    computor was stolen)
    	       Rocket Ranger  (highly recommended game)
    
    That's it for now. Should be adding a printer within the month.
    Hopefully the flicker fixer will be out in the near future for the 500.
    
    				-Paul
    

    Took the big leap into multi-purpose computing last night.
    
    A2000
    additional internal drive
    
    C1702 - using mono output. Sorry, but low on cash - no choice. 
            Actually, the 80 col display is fairly readable and
            I really love to watch Boing_Throws in shades of gray. )^:
                
    Panasonic 1090 - haven't tried it yet, but I assume it will work.
    
    v1.1 Developers Kit - really just for the docs. Software is buggy.
    PD sw

    Just got today with just demos.
    
    A500
    1084S(love the stereo sound)
    
                         M.A.H
    

    Hi,

    I leave the company on Friday so I just thought I'd update my system
    description.
    
>    My "system" consists of,

>    An AMIGA A500,
>    A TV Modulator,
>    Some Blank Disks,

>    and a looooong way to go.

>    This is going to be one EXPENSIVE hobby !
    
    Well it hasn't take very long but it's cost a lot of money. My system
    now consists of,

    Amiga 500 + addition 1/2 Meg + Clock.
    External 3.5 inch drive.
    Philips Monochrome Monitor.
    TV Modulator.
    Amstrad Dot Matrix Printer.
    Quickshot joystick.

    Lattice C V4.0
    Deluxe Paint II
    Photon Paint
    ProWrite V2.0
    The Butcher
    Interceptor
    Jet
    Bard's Tale I
    Arkanoid
    Space Ranger
    Grid Start
    Time Bandit

    & lots of PD stuff.

    I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of you Amiga Noters for
    answering my questions and uploading software etc. I would particularly
    like to thank Ed whose response to my Atari V Amiga question persuaded
    me to buy an Amiga. That was really good advice ! Thanks again and have
    fun.

    Colin.
        

    Hi, Curt Combar here up in Augusta, ME.  I've had my system for
    about a year now and am considering a move to an A2000 RSN:
    
    Amiga 500
    .5 meg w/ clock added
    External 3.5" from Supra
    Avatex 2400
    ECE MIDI i/f
    20MB miniscribe HD w/ NO interface or controller, any ideas?
    
    
    

    Just dawned on me that I have never "registered" myself here.  I
    have had my system for 2 1/2 years now.  It consists of:
    
    A1000 (512K)
    A1084 Monitor
    External 3 1/2" drive
    2Mb Starboard
    2400 baud Supra modem
    Epson FX85
    literally hundreds of disks
    
    Dave

    
    My system:
    
    Amiga 500
    Amiga 501 Expansion RAM +Clock
    External 3.5" disk drive
    1084 Monitor
    FA/18 Interceptor
    lots of PD software
    
    Stephen

    Here is my configuration:
    
    _ Hardware
    
    	A2000  	.1 MB
    		.2 Floppies
    		.1084 PAL Screen
    
    	NEC P2200 PinWriter
    
    
    _ Software
    
    	Excellence!
    	Superbase Professional
    	Maxiplan Plus
    	Deluxe Print
    	...... and  games !!!
     
          

    
    	A2000, 1Mbyte;  2 3.5 inch disks, 1084S monitor.
    
    	DeLuxe Music Construction Set
    
    	DeLuxe Paint II
    
    
    	Principle use will be to connect via MIDI to my Yamaha KX88
    keyboard and FB01 synthesizer for musical recreation.  Unlikely
    to expand much on the Amiga side for a while, would like a hard
    disk, etc., but cash will more likely go to the sound generation
    side of the system first (better voices).
    	
	Reg
    

    another Amiga User Group from Germany...
    
    our Config's       1 * A2000 
                           Monitor
                           5.1/4 " Floppy
                           Printer
    
                       4 * A 500
                           1.0 MB
                           2*3.1/2"
                           1084 / Philips Monitor
                           div.Printers
    
    lots of Software ....
    
    Our special interests are Music , Video Animation , Controlling
    a Robot and last not least playing Games...
    
    Ingo  ( CLO - Germany )
    

	Back again, my configuration is almost complete
	(my brother-in-law moved over from the U.K. with
	an A500)

	He bought the Pheonix Power Supply
		    a Magnavox 505 RGB monitor

		and all we're missing is a &^%$# CABLE!!!

	Any pointers!?! (I live in Boston...say has Club Computer
	gone under?) Redmond Cable?

	Ed

I figured it was time to revise my entry into this note.
Here goes ...

Hardware:

Amiga 2000
2 Mbyte Micron memory expansion
A2090 disk controller
NEC floppy drives (2)
NEC 42 Mbyte hard disk
DigiView V3.0 w/ Panasonic 1410 camera
Epson LQ-850 24-pin dot matrix 
Sony 1311 monitor/tv

The following is a list of software I use
frequently:

Commercial:

Professional Page
DigiView
GrabBIT
Superbase Personal
Scribble!
OnLine!
The Director
Chessmaster
AC-Basic

Non-commercial:

View (view any IFF image)
SnipIt (clipboard cut and paste)
Conman (console device)
Nag (calendar and appointment book)
MachII (PopCLI, clock, sunmouse, accelerator, hot keys, etc.)
VT200 Smokey (terminal emulator)
NewZAP (disk editor)
MRbackup (hard disk backup)
Whap! (CIS automatic terminal)
HP11C (HP calculator)
Amigadex (address book)
Bspread (spreadsheet)
Danspl (print spooler)
Orbits (satellite tracking)
Backgammon
Solitaire

Other software gathering dust in an old corrugated
cardboard box:

Pagesetter
Laserscript
F-18 Interceptor
Harrier
Marble Madness
and, tons of non-commercial stuff

    Fanatic user for a year now, but only a VMS account
    for a few months.                          
    
    A2000 + monitor
    2nd drive
    printer: whatever DEC has available (I've used the LN03, LJ250 etc.)
    lots of software!
    
    greetings Harrie R. (from Holland)

        Update to 3.122

Well, UPS finally came through (4 weeks from Philly to Calgary,
Canada) and I received my 2000 late last week. Ran to one of the local
Amiga shops and picked up an A2090A for Cdn$349.95 (figure that out,
it's supposed to list at US$399.95 south of the border). So here is
the new configuration.

        A2000 1Mb Ram
        1084 Monitor
        A2090A with ST225 (Three partitions, one autoboot and two FFS)
        No extra floppy yet (don't seem to miss somehow)

        Regards.... Clint

Now it's my turn to confess that I have been a happy
owner of AMIGA for one year.

	AMIGA 500 (bought from Germany)
	Philips 8833
	+1/2 Mb ( Microbotics;they still try to repair it--I hope)
		(bought from USA)
	C.Ltd  hard disk controller + Adaptec ACB-4000 (bought from USA)
	       +RD51(smiling allowed)
	LA50
	plenty of games and some "useful" software

	P.S. 
	Thanks to Alan S. Anderson I finally got to hard disk
	ready. He helped me to order the pieces and adviced to put
	together those too. Without his help I could have newer
	succeeded in it. Thanx Alan. 
	The price for Supra hard disk configuration(the only hard disk
	for A500 here) is more than double here.

	Pekka (from Finland)


	

    Hi...
    
    had my Amiga for about 18 months and still use standard configs
    (A500 - no external drive or printer - spent too much on software!)

    an external drive is next on my list...
    mabye extra memory
    then some sort of printer
    
    Phil
    

    Mark Kaye
    CORE Development Group - Kanata
    
    Amiga 2000
    extra 3/12" floppy
    2300 Genlock
    2080 monitor
    
    LA50 (on loan)
    Scholar Modem (on loan)

    We're now Amiga owners (after Christmas, that is).  Bought my system
    (except for the monitor at the Memory Location).  System is:
    
    A2000
    2 internal floppies
    2 meg expansion (total 3 meg)
    GVP  hard card with quantum 40 meg (11ms) pro drive
    Flicker Fixer
    NEC Mustisync II
    Little radio shack stereo amp and a pair of small (3.5") speakers
    Plan to use DECs LA50 and modem.    

    Lots of software and games ... 
    Excellence!, MaxiPlan Plus, Quarterback, Maurader II, and a bunch
    of others.
    
    Futures - 
      a good color printer
      internal MIDI interface
      more software
    
    I'm broke, no more money for food but we'll have fun while we're
    starving!

    Been reading this notes file for some time now. Lots of good stuff
    here.  Whith the state of Amiga documentation, don't know how anyone
    survives without it.  Wish topics were better organized!  Keep that
    information coming!
    
    Frank
    

    

    Amiga 2000 3 meg total with 2 meg on a A2058 memory board
    
    Second internal floppy
    
    NEC Multisync monitor
    
    Currently working on hooking up a loaner LA75
    
    Already researching hard disks
    

    Yea!  I got updated on Christmas (thanks Mom!).  I now have 
    
    A500 with 1meg of ram.
    external 3.5" drive.
    epson lx800 printer
    1080 monitor
    2400b modem.
    
    Gaud, I love multitasking!
    
    Steve O

    Is this amiga survey ever used by shady folks to identify burglery
    targets?
    Tom

    This year Santa gave me:
     
    A2000 / 1 Meg / two 3 1/2" internal Floppies
    2090A Hard Disk ctrlr / Kyocera 3 1/2" 20 Meg internal disk.
    BridgeBoard-XT IBM / 5 1/4" floppy
    2080 High persistance Monitor
    Joystick / mouse etc..
    an old DEC LA50 printer (Santa is real cheap for printer)

    Not much software for the moment on the Amiga, more on the IBM...
    Just few games (dragon lair's etc..)
    
    Thanks Santa!
    
    Vince.

    After all this time, I've realize that I never publicly proclaimed
    my love affair with this marvelous machine!!  I have:
    
    Hardware:
    	- Amiga 500 with 1 MB and clock
    	- Amiga 1080 monitor
    	- ProDrive add-on microfloppy
    	- Panasonic KXP1091i printer
    	- Practical Peripherals 2400bps modem
        - Epyx 500XJ Joystick
    
    Software:
    	- Workbench 1.3 (very, very happy with this)
    	- DMouse, Zippy & other PD utilities
    	- Express Paint
    	- Access!, Handshake and VT200
    	- Outline
    	- ProWrite
    	- Mavis Beacon
    	- F/A-18 Interceptor (*** too good to be called a game!!! ***)
    	- various and sundry PD goodies
    
    Would like to add:
    	- Database 
    	- DMCS
    	- more memory (Byte Box?)
    	- Hard disk
                                 
    <<< Tim Hicks >>>

    Hmm. I just looked through the survey note and found that I'm not
    there either, looks like another comes out of the closet. 

Anyway here goes,

H/W	A500
	1 Meg (with clock)
	External drive (Cumana)
   	Sony KVM14 monitor.  (Thanks Santa)
	"borrowed" LA50

S/W	F-Basic
	Lots of <><
	Quite a few games (including Elite - see other note)

What do I use it for ? - good question. Couple of spreadsheets, couple of
letters (the Works!). Mostly learning, and blowing off socks.

				Alan T.
    

Re: .-1
>    Hmm. I just looked through the survey note and found that I'm not
>    there either, looks like another comes out of the closet. 

    Guess what, here's another one.  Talk about shy!  Guess I've been
    working too hard.  All work and no play, but I do read these notes.

H/W	A1000, 512K, 3 years old, kept it for posterity
	A2000, 1M, 1 year old, 40M Miniscribe (2nd one, first one died)

S/W	Boy, without the list in front of me this will be tough.
	I've been developing software, so everything I buy is
	deductible, so I buy a lot of software.
	SuperBase Professional (just started using it, it's good)
	Magellan - a brand new AI package (Expert System Developer)
	DPaintII
	DVideoII (never used, anybody want to buy it?)
	MaxiPlan Plus (I love this, it's so easy to use)
	WordPerfect (can't wait for graphics version)
	Manx Aztec C (old version, gotta update to SLD)
	Very few games, but recently added Mind Walker and StarGlider

I've put my software into the public domain, it's under the name of
    Neuro Dynamics, a company I'm in the process of dissolving.  You
    might see "The Attitude Engineer" or "C.A.R.E.S." (that's Computer
    Aided Release of Emotional Stress) floating around.  Each takes an
    entire floppy.  Anybody want to arc it and upload it?  I'm not up
    to speed on doing that yet.

                              -< Osborne.config,v2 >-

After 3 years of Amiga ownership (started on AmigaDOS 1.0!), it's time
to upgrade my list. See .28 for original configuration.
        
    Amiga 2000 + 2mb ram
    Seagate 251 40mb drive, 2090 controller
    Chinon 3.5" internal add-on drive
    Samsung multi-sync monitor
    Epson JX-80
    DigiView, color splitter
    Perfect Sound
    Easyl graphics tablet
    
Software:

    Manx 3.6a C, SDB
    Deluxe Paint II
    Money Mentor
    PowerWindows
    KindWords
    CBTree
    Deluxe Music Construction Set
    A few games: 
	Flight Sim 2, Interceptor, Chessmaster, Empire, Amoeba
    Lots of PD,
    some home-grown software
    
My favorite Amy activity is software development, though I'm still a 
"beginner" compared to many on this note!

I'm happy to report my original configuration was sold to a friend, and
with only minor repairs (to the 1080 monitor) is still happily gronking
away.

    New Amiga 1000 owner (see note 2075.11)
    
    Started with Apple II, then to an Atari 400, and now:
    
    H/W Amiga 1000 (512K)
        no monitor - I use composite out to a vcr connected to a
    	             JVC tv.  Readable text and good color. 
        stereo out to a $5 flea market stereo.
        no external disk (yet)
        no multiple meg memory upgrade (yet)
        no harddisk (maybe someday)
    
    I think of it as OS/2 done right.
    
    Primarily used for games currently, but it might
    be fun to see if DECnet can be ported to this system.
    
    dennis (DECnet-DOS engineering)
                                   

    Just bought my first computer, Amiga 500 with 512K. No monitor yet,
    using my Zenith TV and connected the sound to my stereo through
    the TV (Can use my remote for volume control)
    
    No hard disk, no external disk drive (driving me nuts having to switch
    disks all the time!)
    
    Will be using it primarily for music and learning graphics.
    
    Terry Schjonneberg

    I've been here for a while, but have never entered a reply to this
    note. I guess now is as good a time as any...
    
    My system includes
    
    A2000
    3 meg memory (Commodore 2052 board)
    2 floppies
    Seagate ST296N 82 meg drive with Supra DMA controller
    Scholar + modem
    Sony KV1311 monitor/tv
    Technics 40 watt amplifier with Radio Shack Minimus-7 speakers
    
    Software includes WordPerfect, FaccII, Moebius, Bard's Tale II,
    DungeonMaster, and many others. 
    
    Future purchases: Panasonic 1124 24 pin dot matrix printer, 9600
    baud modem

    Seeing as I am asking questions, I should put the configuration
    in here. The system was purchased primarily for my son who is in
    final year high school looking forward to when he is at college.
                     
    Primary use will be for school work. My son is very interested in
    animation and will be getting into that. I am primarily interested
    in small business applications. Way at the bottom of the list is
    games :-) :-)
    
    A500
    512K expansion with clock
    1080S monitor
    Epson LX800 printer
    
    Software
    
    Wordperfect
    Superbase
    VIP Professional
    Calculus
    Dungeon Master (purchased)
    Faery Tale, Marble Madness (on extended loan from his uncle)
    
    Future purchases
    
    Second disk drive
    Animation program
    Business applications
    
    Roger          
    

    I just became an AMIGA owner.  I am sure I will have a lot of questions
    as time goes on, however this conference has been a tremendos help
    to me already.
    The primary use of my system will be for video work and taking care
    of records for a small business.
    
    Hardware includes:
    Amiga  A2000
    2 Floppies
    MiniScribe 80meg drive & 1090A controller & fast file
    1084S monitor
    
    Software at the moment: Zuma, D paint, few games
    
    Future purchase:  Panasonic KX-1124 printer and a Gen One or Super
    Gen genlock

    I've been noting in this conference for some time now and guess I'd
    better fess up my configuration. I originally had an A1000 which I
    upgraded to a A2000 a year ago during a Commodore trade up plan.


    System:
    	A2000 dual 3.5" floppies, A2090 harddisk controller with 35mb
		full height hard disk sitting naked next to the 2000,
		A2620 68020 processor accelerator with 68881, memory
		management and 2mb 32 bit ram, A2088 bridgeboard with
		5 1/4 floppy drive internal and 3 1/2 floppy drive
		external, CGA graphics card for the PC side of things,
		and flicker fixer with NEC multisync II monitor for display.
    
    Misc. hardware:
	Okimate 20 color printer, Digital LA50 printer, LA120 printer,
	Perfect Sound, Digi-View Gold, Color Splitter, Digi-droid,
	Digi-view digitizing stand, Panasonic 1410 B/W camera, home
	built Midi interface, and an assortment of Midi driven devices
	(keyboard, drum machine, effects etc.).
    
    Software:
    	Lattice C, DPaint-II, DMCS, Deluxe Video, Perfect Sound, Digi-View,
	PixMate, Sonix, Piles of games.

     Bank Account:
	    Empty :-)

    I purchased an A500 for my use and for my children also (ages 6,8
    & 9).
    
    System:		A500, 512k
    Monitor:		Sony Trinitrons (SCART input) 14in and 27in
    Software:		Deluxe Video
    			Starglider II
    			Out Run
    			Various PD software from the net.
    
    The effect is great on the 27in Trinitron but I guess a monitor
    would be better for general use.
    
    I have lasted three weeks without a second disk drive, which is
    just about the limit of my endurance.
    
    Is there anything to choose between the various add-on disks available
    ie. NEC, Cumana, Citizen etc. or do they all perform about the same?
    
    If anyone has any experience to offer please mail me.
    
    My intention as far as the children are concerned is to get them
    familiar with drawing, composing, word processing and basic programming
    etc.  Interest has been great so far...
    
    Peter
    
    
    

Where did you get OUT RUN?  Everywhere I call says "It's not out yet"

John

    
    My first configuration was note 3.35 .Since then I have upgraded
    to an Amiga 2000.Still no hard drive,but looking to get one.
    software:	comicsetter
    		Professional page
    		moviesetter
    		Scribble!
    		money mentor
    		latest game is Falcon.
    i am purchasing lattice 5.0 this month
    								bill

    Ok so I have one to.... (I was trying to keep it a secret from my
    kids so I can play with it!!!)
    
    hardware... Amiga 500 
                Comodore external 3.5 drive
                Comodore 1084 monitor
                DF03 (loaner)
                small Radio Shack amp.
                Zenith Alegro 1000 Speakers (wife thinks its overpowered!)
    
    software... Earl Weaver Baseball
                Sinbad
                Three Stooges
                Roger Rabbit
                Dr. Fruit
                Mousetrap
                Winter Challenge
                Mean 18
                Grid Start
                Space Ranger
                more stuff.......
    
    wish list... Memory
                 Dragon's Lair
                 TV Sports Football
                 Pinball Construction set
                 Deluxe Music
                 Sonix
                 Midi
                 School on how to use video and audio and animation
                

    	At LAST I now own an AMIGA
    
    	System :-	A500
    			half meg mem
    			40 blank disk
    			WB 1.3 
    			uses Phillips 14" television as monitor     
                             
    	Wish List :-  Hard drive poss RD5X (need controller information
    first)
    		      second floppy {first} (cheaper option)
    		      1084S monitor 	
                                                               
    		      games,utillities,etc

    This is an update to my previous entry:
    
    	Amiga 500
    	1 Meg memory
    	Color RGB Monitor
    	40 Mg hard disk
    	2400 baud modem
    	digiview
    
    	AmigaDOS V1.3
    	& lots of stuff...
    
    George
    

    
    
    Time to Register...
    
    Hardware:	A2000 Model ? (A or B what's the difference)
    		1084S Monitor
    		2090A ST506/SCSI controller (Autoboot ROMS removed)
    		ST225 20Mb Hard Disk
    		DF03  Modem (on loan,1200 baud yech!)
    		LA100 Printer (also on loan)
    
    Software:	WorkBench 1.2 
    		Delux Paint II
    		Delux Music Construction Set
    		WordPerfect
    		Misc Games...
    
    
    Wishlist:	Workbench 1.3 and new ROMS
    		2nd floppy
    		2400 baud modem
    		A2058 memory, 2M populated
    		A real printer
    		DigiView
    		More time to use/learn this great toy

    As I've been putting questions in this Notesfile, I thought that
    I'd better register.....
    
    Hardware:	A2000 Model B
    		1084S Monitor
    		Joystick
    		2nd NEC Internal 3.5" Drive
    		Racal 2400 baud Modem
    		Epson FX80 Printer
    
    Software:	Workbench 1.3 (still the old ROMS)
    		Falcon
    		Starglider II
    
    -Dave.

Dave Busch

    Hardware:	A500 with clock/.5 Meg expansion
    		1084S Monitor
    		External 3.5" floppy disk
		Scholar modem (on loan)
		Star NX1000 color printer
		DigiView video digitizer
		Future Sound 500 audio digitizer
		Home made X-Y plotter (up to 11" x 17" paper)
    
    Software:	Workbench 1.3
    		Deluxe Paint II
		Pro-Write
		Phasar
		Audio Master

    Wishlist:	Digitizing tablet
		More memory
		Hard disk
		EPROM burner

    
    It's about time I entered my config., (In other words I have not
    noticed this note before)
    
Ian Norris.
    
    Hardware:
    		A500 (With Kickstart 1.3)
    		1084s Moniter
    		
    Software:
    		Workbench 1.2
    		Workbench 1.3
    		Numerous Games (Yawn!)
    		Photon Paint.
    		Numerous P.D disks
    		 "    "  Demos.
    
    
    
      (Surprisingly little! Hard/Soft Ware really)

    hardware:-
    
    A2000 (1.5Mb)
    extra internal 3.5 floppy
    Seagate ST251 hard disk
    A2090 (Thanks Joe Holt - Sorry for the delay)
    VR241
    LA75
    Racal-Vadic VI2422PA 2400 modem (I'm at home now!)
            
    Software:-
    
    too numerous to mention (currently running ~100 disks)
    
    Martin
    
    

    YA!!  (Scream! Make loud excited kinds of noises!)  I've been waiting
    to post this reply for about 5 months now!
    
    Yes folks, I finally done it.  I've taken the plunge and upgraded.
    My new setup is/will be as follows:
    
    Amiga 2000 stock with 1 meg and 1 floppy
    GVP Hardcard, 40 meg, 11 ms. access time Quantum drive
    Mitsubishi DiamondScan multisync monitor
    
    That's all I've got for now.  I ordered a multisync in anticipation
    of the enhanced chipset and/or a flickerfixer.  Of course I've still
    got all my PD software, but aside from that I've got 
    
    	PHA$AR
    	DMCS
    	StarGlider II
    	Fairy Tale Adventure
    	Bard's Tale II
    	I don't remember what else...
    
    
    BTW, John Sauter was right about how to get your spouse to buy in
    on the idea of an upgrade.  I asked for the new computer equipment
    and she was skeptical, so I asked for golf clubs, fishing tackle,
    and hunting supplies... She suggested instead that I put the money
    into a something that would keep me closer to home... like an upgrade
    for my Amy.    Thanx John.   :-]
    
    
    					John

    re: .215---Any time, John.  To give credit where it is due, my wife
    suggested the approach.
    
    re: .92---Today I took delivery of the A2620 I ordered several weeks
    ago.  Installation was moderately difficult: you have to remove a blank
    plate from the back of the A2000, a fact not mentioned in the manual.
    Also, the fit is very tight.  It took some finagaling to get it seated
    in such a way that the rear plate screws would seat.
    
    However, it seems to work fine.  I have tried a bunch of things, and so
    far I have found no compatibility problems.  The workbench screen now
    claims that I have an additional 2 MB of memory.  Opening the hard disk
    from Workbench now takes 5 seconds instead of 6.  However, reading a
    file into MultiPlan is _lots_ faster.
    
    I tried the double mouse button feature, and it successfully boots
    using the 68000, so if I do find a compatibility problem I can always
    reboot to run the old software.
        John Sauter
    

    John,
    
    	Run the latest version of the Walker Demo on the A2620. You will
    notice a major difference vs. the 68000. Jet and Flight II runs most of
    the time on the A2620 and performs like a real simulator. Falcon won't
    even run on the 20.
    
    Renis
    
    

    update
    
    A500
    1084S (this is my third one)
    Racal-Vadic Modem VA3451
    Imagewriter II
    512k memory expansion
    Perfect Sound
    
    about 100 games!!
    
    
         Is the 68030 board soon become the standard for amigas????
    
    matt
    

    I THOUGHT YOU'LL NEVER ASK... I GOT AN AMIGA-2000 WITH TWO 3 1/2
    DRIVES, 1 MEGABYTE MEM., 1080 MONITOR AND A STAR NX-1000 Rainbow color
    printer. I am quite happy with the arrangement for the present time. I
    plan to add hard disk, as soon as I figure out which one to add. Last
    week's Amiga Users Meeting only added to my confusion. Any suggestions?
    Marika
    

    Ok, my name is Christian Balzer, I'm a CS student and temporarily
    exploited by digital :-).
    
    I own a B2000, with 2MB of FastMem (A2052), a A2090 with an 20MB
    and 70 MB ST-506 HD, four floppy disk drives, a NEC P6 plus printer
    and a Santec Multysync monitor.
    The B2000 is a rev 4.1 board with a new 1.3 Kickstart and an "obese"
    Agnus (1MB of ChipMem) installed.
    I also own an A500 with an A501 RAM expansion, which is mostly used
    as a terminal emulator here at FRN.
    
    I'm also a certified developer and president of the 
    - Software Brewery -
    
    -	<CB>
    

well, to add to my note (its back there somewhere) I just got an '020 card for
my amiga ...yeah!  it is fast...

btw: Ed Acciardi,  You'll have to wait a little longer for yours since I bought the 
                   the last one that Moe had in his shop. hehe.

    
    Brad, I may have to wait a LOT longer for my 2620 board.  I had the
    money all ready to go (Federal tax refund) when in a fit of jealousy,
    my Subaru wagon decided to self-destruct to the tune of exactly $1400,
    which by some galactic coincidence was the price that Moe was going to
    sell me a 2620 board for.
    
    Anyway, I'm glad you got your board.
    
    PS:  If I see you at Moe's, you're toast!
    
    Ed.
    
    PPS:  At least CMI claims to have a fix for their Processor
    Accelerator/DMA controller problem.  I'll be beta testing their new
    artwork.  At least I'll have a mildly turbocharged Amiga. 
    
    Ed.
    
    
    
    

    The following duely arrived at Deathpark loading bay, and proved 
    interesting getting out. However, it is set up at home and I've
    joined you crazy bunch - just send me all the freebie software.
    
    
    A2000
    1084S
    Workbench 1.3
    Spritz
    Delux Paint
    A2090A (Hopefully arriving from Moe today)
    RD-54 (yet to be bought)
    
    Angus

    
    I just got me an 2MB A2620 (will upgrade that to 4MB soon).
    My oh my, I just like the life in the FAST lane.
    
    And since I forgot my software the last time...
    
    Lattice C 5.02
    TxED+ (still 2.01...)
    Dpaint
    ARexx
    WShell
    Dos2Dos     
    QuarterBack
    
    AmigaTeX is on order.                                    
    
    Games:
    Jet, Carrier Command, Empire, Dungeon Master.

    
    	Just got a:
    
    		A2000HD
    			DPaintIII
    			DigiViewGold (looking at 3 camera's)
    			Amiga 2300 Genlock
    			AEGIS   3D Modeler
    				VideoScape 3D
    
    		Looking for graphix printer recommendations and  a place
    		to buy memory CHEAP!
    
    					

    
    My Amiga System....
    
    Amiga A500
    1 Meg Ram
    External Drive
    Phillips Colour/Stereo Monitor
                  
    Epson Dot matrixc printer.
    
    Software: Lattice C V5.0, tons of PD and various games.
    
    

    Stan Gifford
    Sydney Australia.
    
    AMIGA-1000 512k 1 (currently) drive mouse Joystick 1081 Monitor
    
    All the above hopefully subject to enhancement (more goodies)
    
    BTW 1.2 KS 1.2 WB
    
    

    Sorin Vlasiu
    Brussels
    
    		Hello to all of you!
    
    Here is my Amiga configuration:
    A500 + A501 (1MB total)
    A1010 (external drive)
    Philips 8833 monitor
    Epson LQ500 printer
    and...!!! the just new A590 20MB hard drive & SCSI interface !!!
    
    If you have an A500 don't wait and go to buy an A590! You'll
    see the difference for a resonable amount of money.
    This is the greatest Amiga event for last years.
    
    Bye, and thanks for the idea with the notes.
    
    P.S. As software i have SuperBase, Lisp, C and other usual incl. games.
    

    
    	A500 SYS
    
    	A501 MEM
    
    	1084S
    
    	CA880 EXTERNAL DRIVE
    
    	PERFECT SOUND DIG.
    
    	LA100 PRINTER
    
    
    SW:
    		TEXTCRAFT PLUS
    
    		BATTLE CHESS
    
    		SWORD OF SWORDAN
    
    		AND MUCH MORE
    
    	BOB LASHUA		 
    

    Gidday,
    
       Hmmm, I've got an old 1000, with 1081 monitor, no extra floppy, but
    if I can talk my old site into it a free RD-53, ripped out of microVAX,
    and a variety of VIC-20's and C-64, in various stages of decay (bad
    very dumb terminals..) and the Amy 1000 has 512K, (Ohh well)
    
    As for software, well I'm not too sure, I seem to be sending more and
    more time on these VAX type things, so obviously C, XLisp, I did have
    a ASM, but I've seemed to have lost the disk, and few games, of which
    I can't remember (I hardly ever play games..), so there you are...
    there is probably more software, but usually only use Lattice Screen
    Editor and Lattice C so I tend to forget these sort of things...
    
    
    Scott
    

    Well it's about a time to put myself to this note... I've read this
    note just for 1.5 Months...But I have had AMY for 1.5 Years...
    
    So here is my AMY configuration:
    
    HW:
    	A2000 (upgrading it to an B2000)
    	+ CMI's 14Mhz processor accelator without 68810...8+( 
    	+ second internal 3.5" floppydrive
    	+ extra 0.5 MBytes of RAM --> Total RAM 1.5 Mbytes
        + working on to hook an 8" floppydiskdrive to AMY
    	+ EPSON LX-800 printer (soon to be JetInk printer)
    	+ V.22Bis Modem (How do I ever get sleep ....8+) )

    And the SW:
    	Professional Page + Draw
    	DPaint III + DPhotolab (I like those posters !!!)
    	MCC Pascal (I haven't had the time to learn the C...)
    
    	F-16 Falcon (I hope to get the upgrade soon...)
    	Test Drive II (some things just get better when they get old..)
    	and some others too	 
	
    -Kari

    2500 (with 4 meg on 68020 bd)
    1 Meg fat Agnes
    80 Meg Quantum disk
    floppy drive
    Flicker fixer
    Multisynch monitor
    Future sound A/D
    Qadjet printer
    
    Deluxe Paint
    Lattice C

    Ok, ok.  I'll put my name in...
    
    Tony Wilson (Birmingham, Alabama)
    
    500 with A501, External 3.5, 64 meg HD, vanilla monitor (1084), various
    games (favorite is Dungeon Master).  Main goal is music arranging (I
    have DMCS and long-term goal is Copyist).  Also learning to paint
    because of this system.
    
    Gave away a PRO350 with RD52 for this because it couldn't do music.
    
    

    Heres mine
    
    Amiga 500 with A501
    VR241 monitor
    Spirit insider 1.5MB
    
    C. ltd SCSI 500
       Adaptec 4000A with ST225 and a ST4051 65MB total
    
    NX1000 Printer
    ECE MIDI with a CASIO CS630
    
    Deluxe music construction set
    DigiView 3.0
    Deluxe Photo Lab
    HiSoft Basic Compiler
    Maxiplan 500
    Micro Fiche filer
    Kind Words
    
    Various child learning games
    The Hilton Andriod are the best for young children under 3 years
    
    

    "One from Spain"
    
    Amiga 500/ 512K
    TV set
    
    Basic package (DeLuxe I, games, etc)
    
    ...and now exploring this conference and reading everything
    before expanding and investing !
    

    My name is David East I work for Ed Services in the UK as Manager
    of Decentralised Training.
    
    I have an Amiga 500 (512k) Already I know its not enough
    LA50 printer using the Generic Driver (modified by the BASIC program
    in this NOTES file.
    SONY PVM 1371QM Monitor (Multi Standard -PAL,SECAM,NTSC,NTSC443,RGB,IBM)
    Workbench 1.3 
    CBM 1010 external disk drive
    
    My thanks to all the contributors to this notes conference you have
    been a great help 
    
    			regards,
    

    AMIGA 1000
    1 MB
    40 MB Hard Disk (X-Tension; Autoboots KICKSTART !)
    1 external disk drive
    NEC P6+
    colour monitor
    
    Gerald
    

    
    Amiga 2500
    
    2 Megs 32bit RAM
    1 Meg  16bit RAM
    45 Meg ST-506 Hard Drive (Rodime)
    80 Meg SCSI Hard Drive (Quantum 80s)
    Prometheus 2400G Modem (2400 baud external)
    SONY Multisync Monitor
    
    Software:
    
    	Not too much, mostly PD stuff from the Fish Disks.  I do have
    Lattice 4.0, but no time to use it much.
    
    

    An update:  I've joined the ranks of the 'Power Users'!
    
    A2500 = Amiga B2000 ( 1 Meg ) + A2620 ( 68020/68881/MMU/2 Meg ) 
    MicroBotics HardFrame and Seagate ST277N ( 64 M )
    2 Internal Floppies
    Mitsubishi DiamondScan (anxiously awaiting the Enhanced Chip Set)
    Scholar Plus (on loan)
    VT220 (used as a console with AUX: )
    
    Lattice V5.02
    F-18 Interceptor
    Quarterback ( a must have )
    Loads of PD and Shareware
    
    Need: Super Agnes + ECS, some good books, maybe AMAX (w/ HD support)

    			-< What about mine ? >-
    
    
    My configuration:	A2000A with 1.5Mb
    			2 disk drives
    			1081 Monitor
    			Digi View 3.0
    			Sound Sampler (Final Sound)
                     	Citizen MSP10e printer
    
    		soon: 	40Mb SCSI-Harddisk
    			2082 Memoryboard
                	RGB-Splitter for Digi-View
    
    my Software:        FALCON F-16
    			GrandPrix Circuit
    
    			and many other simulations & FRPs
    
    so 
    	Watch your Six !
    
    		Helmut

Congrats, Bill!

get to a CLI and type 1> AVAIL. If CHIP memory is greater than 512K, you
got the new agnus.

John

    Re .244:
    
    (We should take this somewhere else!)
    
>   get to a CLI and type 1> AVAIL. If CHIP memory is greater than 512K,
>   you got the new agnus.
    
    Something I read recently makes me think this won't work on an A500,
    though it should on an A2000.  (That doesn't mean I won't try it! 8^)
    If one DOES HAVE an A500 with an "obese" Agnus chip, the article I was
    reading claimed that mother board changes are needed to let Agnus
    operate this way AND that such changes make it MANDATORY for the A501
    RAM expansion to be present for the system to boot.

    Well, I did it.  I traded my 3 1/2 year old A1000, 1010 external drive,
    2Mb Starboard w/MFM plus C= 64, 1541 and assorted other junk in for:
    
    A2000
    2 internal 3 1/2" drives
    A2058 Memory expansion populated with 2Mb
    
    to go with:
    Supra 2400 baud modem
    amplifier and speakers
    A1080 Monitor
    Panasonic KX-P1124 24-pin printer
    
    Expansions to come:
    
    Bridgeboard (can't stand MS-DOS, but all of my classes require it)
    A2090 controller (local dealer getting out of the Amiga business;
    			I can prctically STEAL it)
    hard drive  (as big as I can afford; getting tired of sifting through
    			hundreds of floppies)
    
    I kind of hated to part with my 1000.  After all, I had had it so long
    it had become one of the family.  When I bought it, I had this beat-up
    old Datsun.  I took my fiance' along with me because we were running
    errands.  The monitor box was too big to fit in the trunk or the back
    seat, so it got to ride in the front seat while my fiance' had to sit
    in the back.  I never heard the end of her "taking a back seat to your
    damn computer".  As it turned out, the Amiga 1000 outlasted the
    marriage.  Funny, though she squawked about my computer, one of the
    first things she did after we split up was to go out and buy a used
    1000!  Can't say much for her choice of husbands, but her taste in
    computers is impeccable!
    
    Dave

.    I have one, if you are still interested...
    I have an A2000 with:
    	2 MB expansion memory from Microbotics
    	a Hardframe 30MB SCSI also from Microbotics... 
    		(I think highly of the Microbotics stuff)   
    	a Bridgeboard, which I don't use much anymore,
    		except for a HardCard that I put all the kid's stuff
    		on.
      	a Panasonic P1124 printer, which I like a lot, but I am
    		sure I am not getting everything out of it.  I used to have a
    		LA100 which was rather dull for an AMIGA!
                                
    I mostly use it for Modula2 program development, but I also have
    DPaintIII and a lot of utility stuff.
    (and games)
    
    			Jon
    
    

    Finally took the plunge, upgraded Amiga 1000 to Amiga 2000HD.
    
      Amiga 2000HD
      External 3 1/2 drive
      1080 monitor
      DigiView
      Mini-Gen (Excellent, wish it had RGB passthru)
      Color splitter
      Cannon PJ1080 color printer
    
    Software
    
      Movie Setter
      DPAINT III
      Fantavision
      AniMagic
      Quarterback
      
      Many games
    
    -drew

    Mike Mcghie and Steve Sullivan have persistanly and repeatedly told me
    to get an Amiga for a long time now.  Thanks guys your efforts paid
    off. My 2000 finally arrived so I guess I can reply now. 
    
    Amiga 2000 (the case says HD but its not - commodore screwed up their
    last shippment to Australia and sent out 2000HD units minus the HD as
    plain 2000)
    
    Professional Page (currently V1.0 but am upgrading to V1.3)
    
    
    Bits to get soon.
    
    GVP SCSI/Ram (with 2Mb and Quantum 45Mb) 
    A decent (and long persistance) monitor (either a Mitsubishi 1382 or NEC 3D)
    Decent 24pin printer (probably get Printscript as well)
    A good spreadsheet
    A good database 
    
    And of course that is just the start, the plastic doesn't know what
    it's in for :-}.........
    
    regards
    Kevin Manderson
    Melbourne Australia.

    Well you all did it! I just bought an Amiga "for the kids" as a
    Christmas present.
    
    What I got was the 
    
              Amiga 2000HD with the hard drive
              Commodre A1084 monitor
              Star rainbow NX-1000 printer
              Extra Floppy
              Mouse
              Software package there are offering with the 500
              plus some extra throw ins probably because it only
              took 45 minutes for me to blow 2K+
    
      hope "the kids like it"
    
    Bill Kumpel
    EMFMC Maynard

    After six months of comparative shopping I finally ended up with
    an Amiga.  My goal was to find a good home/family computer.
    
    Here's what we got:
    
    	Amiga 500 with 1 meg
    	Second floppy drive
    	1084 monitor
    	a joystick and a couple of programs for the kids.
    
    I am using an LA75 for a printer.
    
    Thumbs up to System Eyes for their informed and layed-back attitude.
    Other (non-Amiga) stores seemed to have the air of car dealership.
    
    Eric

    
>>    Thumbs up to System Eyes for their informed and layed-back attitude.
>>    Other (non-Amiga) stores seemed to have the air of car dealership.
    
>>    Eric

Obviously a pun? The owner of System Eyes is the son of Frank Yanco the
Toyota Dealer.

   > Here's what we got:
    
   >	Amiga 500 with 1 meg
   > 	Second floppy drive
   > 	1084 monitor
   > 	a joystick and a couple of programs for the kids.
    
   > I am using an LA75 for a printer.
    
    This is *exactly* what I have, except I use an Epson MX-80 because I
    couldn't find a way to connect my DEC-supplied LA75 to an Amiga.  Where
    do you get the necessary cabling?  Is anything else required?
    
    - David
    

    Hi,
    
    I've bought an Amiga 500 in France, with an AZERTY keyboard. 
    
    I've added an external drive from Cumana, much less noisier then
    the internal one.
    
    Bought finally a TV set less expensive then a high resolution monitor
    and capable of receiving some tv programms for what they're worth
    any way.... Just the same as in France.
    
    Few software but still using some my freinds in France were fed
    up winning too easely.
    
    Will certainely be looking at buying the 500 k ram with the clock
    and much latter a cad, graphic package to do some animation. Unless
    i find an other subject of interest and once i've learn how to use
    my fisrt ever computer. This file will no doubt be most helpfull
    in my conquest to Computer Knowledge euh......
    
    Thanks in advance for your input and help, 
    Patrick "Francais perdu "
    

    			-< Mon Amiga >-
    
    I've got a pretty standard configuration. But here it is...
    
    Amiga 2000 with 40 Meg Quantum , GVP SCSI+2 H/D Controller (autoboot)
    1084S stereo monitor, 3 Meg of memory. Star Micronics XB-2410 color
    printer, which I'm quite pleased with. 

    
    Here's an update on my current system...
    
    Amiga 2500/20 (Actually, an A2000 w/A2620 board)
    2 MB 32 bit ram, 1 MB chip (Super Agnus)
    Microbotics Hardframe SCSI controller
    Quantum 105 hard drive
    Princeton Ultrasync monitor
    Microway Flickerfixer
    Twin NEC 3.5" floppys
    CBM 1020 5.25" floppy & CrossDos for reading MS-Dog disks
    Hewlett Packard LaserJet IIP
    Techniques SA-180 receiver for sound
    
    I've got the whole lot mounted tower style under the desk.  Looks very
    professional, and the fan doesn't drive me mad.
    
    Still needed:  More RAM for the laser printer, and a Postscript
    cartridge.
    
    

    I have finally purchased an Amiga ( used but who cares how you get
    there as long as you arrive ) 500. I'm currently hooked up to a
    television but am going to try making a cable to hook up to my Apple
    analog RGB monitor this evening. Other than the ram / clock expansion
    thats all I have for now.
    
    If there are any of you out there at MKO in merrimack who wouldn't mind
    making yourself available for advice over lunches let me know.
    
    Ken

    Hi,
    
    Picked up my Amiga 500 a couple of weeks ago.  I bought it with an A501
    clone and a 1084.  The only software I got was a game called Speedball. 
    Great game.  
    
    Looking to add:
    an ext. floppy
    small amp. and speakers
    spreadsheet
    C compiler
    misc games
    
    Rob

    Finally - 
    
    Amiga 2000 w/ 1Meg Chip RAM KS 1.3 
       80MB Harddrive using Supra WordSync controller
    
    Will be adding memory and software - Spreadsheet, Financial, etc...
    
    After 2 years of helping my son with his A500 I now have my own!

    Time to update the Configuration.
    
    
    Name: Roger Beauregard
    Loc. Shr1-3
    DTN 841-3557
    
    
    System:
    
    		A2000 (really a B2000)
                A2630 68030/60882 Accellerator Board w/2M 32 bit mem.
                A2058 8M mem expansion (2M installed)
    		3.5 "prodrive" (internal)
    		5.25 "Seagate?" 65 Mbyte Hard Disk (ST277N)
    		2400 Baud "Supra" modem
                NEC P2200 24 pin printer
    
                (and a couple more years of payments)
    
         

    I think I should update my config too....
    
    Name: Steve Owen
    Loc: MLO11-1
    
    I'm leaving DEC on March 29th (co-op) and probably won't be comming
    back if the state of the company doesn't change by June.  You can mail
    me at school at nm%decpa::"sowen@lynx.northeastern.edu"
    
    Now for what I've got....
    
    Amiga 500 (512K, KS1.3)
    1080 Monitor
    1 External 3.5" Drive
    Internal Memory Expansion (512K)
    Supra Hard Drive with 40meg Quantum
    Ram module for Supra Drive.  (2Meg, for a total of 3 megs of memory)
    Epson Printer
    Avatex 2400 BD modem (Will probably get a US Robotics 9600bd soon)
    
    Lots of PD software and some other junk.  I just bought the Shoot'em
    up construction kit which I'm trying to figure out. 8^)  8^(
    
    For Sound:
    40W/Ch Kenwood Reciever
    2 Klipsch KG-4 Speakers  (Interceptor sounds Soooo real.)
    
    That's all for now....
    Steve
    
    

Gee, since these still seems to be being updated....

Amiga 1000, 4.5 MB
1080 monitor
1 20MB HD & 1 60 MB HD, both attached to
Trump Card SCS controller
Telebit TrailBlazer+ modem

Amiga 1000, .5MB
random Amdek amber monitor (used via composite videa)
1 external 3.5" floppy

Either an Epson MX-80 (yes, the original Epson), JX-80 or
some funky daisywheel printer, depending on need

Random RS reciever & speakers tied to the second box for sound

	<mike

   
    Turned in my A1000 for a A2000HD.
    
    

    Feeling cramped, I recently added a 105-megabyte Quantum to my setup.
    It's in a Supra external box, with its own power supply.  It connects
    to the Amiga through the 25-pin SCSI connector on the back of the
    system box, and is controlled by the A2090 that is still controlling
    the original 40MB drive, which is internal.
    
    Now I'm interested in a faster backup medium than floppies.
        John Sauter

    Well, seeing how I've been using this conferance for a couple of years now,
    (maybe longer...) I figured I put in my configuration note.
    
     A500 
     A501
     1084
     Subsystem 500 with 3.5 disk drive.
     Supraram 8.0 board, with 2meg installed.
     HP Paintjet Printer
     2400 baud hayes
     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    	                                                 Ed Doyle
    						       	 HLO1/C02
    							 Hudson Ma.
    

    Bought a AMY for my birthday and my son's birthday, at least that's how 
    I convinced the significant other into the plan ;^).
    
    I bought a used system (3 months/Christmas Present) from a young kid
    short on money.  I'm sure he cried as I carried his "baby" out the
    door.
    
    A500 with A501 
    1084 Monitor
    two joysticks and serveral games
    
    Just need to find several hundred disks cheap now
    
    Ed are you out there?  ;^)
    
    Dave
    Calgary, Alberta

I went out and did the upgrade thing this weekend, so the second Amiga is
now gone, the first Amiga is now the second Amiga, and the new Amiga is now
the first Amiga. The config is like so:

First Amiga:
An A2000 with an ASDG 8Meg card, populated to 4 Meg; a trumpcard with a
100Meg 3 1/2" drive and a 60 Meg 5 1/2" st506 drive on an adaptec. Having all
that inside the case is kinda nice. It's got a Telebit Trailblazer+, an Epson
JX-80, an external drive (to go to Second Amiga later), a CBM 1084, and a
Perfect Sound 3.0 hanging off of it on the outside.

Second Amiga:
An A1000 with an ASDG Mini-Rack C containing an unpopulated 8Meg card attached
to the side. Random monochrome monitor and daisy-wheel printer attached. This
system is in pieces after a recent move, and will be re-assembled when my wife
makes space for it on her desk. After that, she'll get the external drive
and 2 meg of ram (either new or from the 2000). If we feel up to it, she
may also get the trumpcard (it'll fit in the ASDG box) and a 20Meg HD. For
now, _she_ doesn't feel she uses the machine enough to justify the HD.

Oh yeah - the second machine's got the CBM A1300 genlock on it nowdays...

	cheers,
	<mike

    Just bought an AMIGA myself.  Went to a local software (game) house,
    looking for a good game system.  I was told to look at the AMIGA (he
    didn't sell AMIGA software, only MAC/IBM games, so I figured I better
    check it out).  Well, I bought a system the same day:
    
    	A500 w/ 1Meg
    	1084
    	GRAVIS joystick (I recommend it highly)
    
    I have since bought several simulators, of which I judge Falcon as the
    best, by far!
    
    Mark

    Amiga 500 
    PRORAM1.8 memory upgrade - fully populated
    1084 color monitor
    CA-880 external drive
    
    Hope to add hard drive very soon!

I have an Amiga 2000 with two 3 and half inch drives, one meg of memory, 
my terminal is a 19" NEC/ Multsync XL.  I use a 300 dpi lazer printer and
various software.  

    Howdy fellow Amiga-'Hackers'
    
    Here's my AMIGAs current configuration :
    
    AMIGA 1000   4.5 Meg  68010 CPU 
    2x 3.5"
    1x 5.25"
    1x 300-2400 Baud Modem ( BELL / CCITT )
    1x SHARP JX-9500 Laserprinter
    1x STAR NL-10 Dot-Matrix Prtr.
    1x 1081 Monitor
    
    
    Well, thats about it - just should run VMS & be as fast as a 6000-460
    then it would be THE perfect computer ;-)
    
    Regards, Pascal Pederiva 
    
    ( FSE )
    
    

    My configurations are -
    
    System #1 - Original
    
    	Amiga 1000 
    	1080 monitor
    	ASDG Mini-rack D
    	ASDG 8M with 4M memory
    	Supra 4x4 SCSI controller
    	ST238N (30M) and ST296N (80M) drives
    	2 - 3.5 floppys
    
    System #2
    
    	Amiga 2000
    	GVP 3001 with 28Mhz 68030/882/4M - 40M Quantum
    	GVP Impact +8 SCSI controller with WT150 tapedrive
    	Mitsubitshi 1381 Diamond Scan monitor
    
    System #3
    	Amiga 1000 - minus keyboard ( used for upgrade)
    
    Misc
    	HP LaserJet IIP
    	Okidata u83A
    
    Software
    
    	Lattice C, Pro Page, Pro Draw, Superbase Pro

Well, my ACC questions got irrelevanted by an offer I couldn't refuse. A
Ronin H2000 w/ 68020 & 68881 & 14MHz for $275. Note that the A2500 clone
config below may be for sale. Read on if you're interested in such. The
Ronin card is close to exactly what I wanted - except it's not as much
CPU as I wanted to start with. Memory daughter board can be added for
< 1/2 the cost of the GVP memory card, it uses 1Mx4 or 256Kx4 dips so adding
memory is cheap, and it can be had unpopulated so you don't have to pay
someone else to plug in dips. Finally, H.E.L.L. (the designers) advertise
a 28MHz '030 upgrade for $300 (basically, this turns it into an H2800).

Primary machine:

A2000 w/ fat agnus & 1 meg of chip ram
	ProRam 2000 8Meg card, stocked to 4Meg
	Trumpcard SCSI controller
	Ronin H2000 '020/'881 card
	100 Meg CP3100 (aka rz23) and segate 60Meg 5" hard disks
	one internal floppy
	one aging 1080 monitor

Second machine, waiting for desktop space
A1000 with .5Meg of chip ram
ASDG minirack C, hacked to provide power for disk controllers
	ASDG 8Meg card, stocked to 0Meg
	external & internal floppies
	Daisy-wheel printer
	Amdek Amber monitor

And finally:
	Random 20Meg 3" SCSI external drive.

The A2000 - with the 20Meg replacing the 100Meg - may be for sale. Contents
of the CPU box only, not the monitor or printer. Should be around $2500,
and will not be parted out. Drop me a note if you're interested to gain
right of first refusal when/if it goes on sale.

	<mike

    	My system is an Amiga 2000 with the following add ons
    		2620 68020 card
    		Micron 2 meg memory card
    		internal 2400 baud modem
    		Gvp hardcard
    		Home made amplifier built into a power controller thingy
    		FutureSound audio digitizer
    The system sits on end under my desk and has gone thru 3 fans so far.

    I have an Amiga 500 with:-
    	Commodore 2002 monitor
    	512k memory expansion
    	1 external drive
    	Packard Bell 1200 modem
    	Star NX??? printer
    

    Pretty basic configuration so far (but I'm workin' on it!)
    
    	Amiga A500
    	Ferguson TX Monitor/TV
    	Roctec RF302C Second Drive
    	Star LC10 Colour Printer
    	digital Letterprinter 100
    	Tricom Tornado modem (on loan from digital)
    	And connected to JVC amp.
    
    	Have also had it connected to my Sinclair QL and Speccy but
    	I guess that doesn't count!
    
    David Powell (finally deciding to do something about those 13000
		  notes he's been meaning to get to for years)

    
    Ok...  Time to sign Amy up!
     
    Here's the config:
     
    Amiga 2000 w/ fater Agnus
    3 megs fast ram: 1 meg Chip
    1 external floppy
    ASDG Dual Serial Board
    Magnavox Stero Monitor
    Panasonic 9 pin printer NLQ
    48 meg Seagate HD Access time 28ms
    80 meg Quantum HD Access time 15ms (App)
    U.S. Robotics Courier HST 1440
     
                 
    
    John Kendrix -- DTN: 343-1739
     
    ALF1-3/O20
    
    

	I HAVE.....

	Amiga 500 with 512k memory expansion
    	1 external drive
    	OMRON Corp. 2400 modem
    	

						Kouki Sakata (Digital Japan)

My original a1000 with one drive and 512kb memory is now....


A1000 with spirint inboard+clock populated with 1.5mb of 150ns ram making
a total of 0.5 mb chip 1.5mb fast.

One external floppy drive added.

one 33mb hard disk added with about 88kb/sec transfer rate.

La75 in special mode on serial port using CPM_MPS1000 driver.

Could someone advise me what to add next?

Stan.

    Yo Stan!
    
    How about a :
    
    Postscript printer
    Digitising scanner
    Midi (Sound/video) interface (?)
    High speed Modem
    
    
    ;^)
    
    Macka

    The old A500 with all of the home made bits & pieces (CheapHD etc.) has
    bit the dust and been sold to a neophyte..
    
    In it's place, A Brand spankin' new A2500 bought on sale at $2995
    Australian dollars (A.K.A. South Pacific Pesos) 
    
    Lemme see, thats about $2300 U.S.
    
    the real speed increase is very noticeable. Got blown away just
    watching LHARC compress files... Of course DRAW 2000 (maths coprocessor
    version) hums along.
    
    Monitor is a Philips 8833 (anyone else have one of these crappy
    things? Hi res is real fuzzy and and you can see the gaps between the
    scan lines in lo res. ALLEGEDLY .31 PITCH)
    The only good thing was 1084s = 3month warranty and 8833 = 2 years 
    warranty.
    
    Printer is a Epson clone (cant remember the name of it even though I've
    had it a year - it works)
    
    CHEERS,

    I've been reading this file for quite some time and as part of my
"low profile image" resisted entering a reply here. My configuration
is not getting any smaller, so I may was well get it entered now.

System 1

    Vanilla A1000 with 512K and non EHB denise. A Commodore referb at
a super price.

    1084  monitor with a mild version of the "popping" problem that I
have not bothered to fix yet (dave!).

System 2

    A500  with super agnus and denise, A501 expansion, C-Ltd SCSI500,
MAST minimegs (2meg)

    ECE Midi interface.

    Samsung 14" multisynch (which I would like to sell about $250)

System 3

    A2000  with  super  agnus  and denise, HardFrame 2000 SCSI, A2630
with 2 meg 32 bit memory, Microway flickerFixer.

    DiamondScan Monitor 1381AUM.

    Anchor 2400E non-MNP5 modem; I got sick of problems with Scholar
modems (including Scholar Plus).

System 4

    A3000  with added in 2 meg page mode ram (for System 3 A2630 when
I get some 1 meg by 4 static column rams).

    NEC 3d Monitor.

    Systems 3 and 4 have the loan of a few Ethernet cards; Ameristar,
Commodore, and ASDG. They run fast.

    Systems  2,3  and  4  share  a common SCSI bus. System 2 has been
mostly disconnected from the SCSI since I moved my Amigas  to  a  new
room. Most of my SCSI disk is external. About half a gig.

    For  sound  I use a Sansui QRX3500 quad stereo reciever and altec
speakers. I also use a couple pairs of A10  speakers.  A  fine  small
speaker at a fine small price!

    There it is!
		-SES
.

    Re: -.1  Is that all? Hardly worth mentioning...;^)

    I suppose it's time I did the same:

    (home)
    A2000HD w/1Mb Agnus, A2091 (w/2 Mb on board), 40Mb Quantum, single floppy
    VR241 Monitor (loaner)
    Scholar Modem (loaner)
    Easyl
    Epyx 500XJ Joystick (broke my Gravis playing Emerald Mine)
    "Boom Box" for sound

    (work)
    A1000 w/512Kb
    VR241 Monitor (loaner)
    C Ltd. TimeSaver
    CBM A1010 Floppy  (loaner - thanks Bill!)
    Mon'Ami'Jr. 3-Slot Bus Expander (works great)
    C Ltd. A2000 SCSI adapter
    RZ23 3.5", 104 Mb Connor SCSI (loaner)
    (the latter three stuffed into an old PDP 11/03 chassis)

    
    I have an A500 system and an LA50 printer which works fine for draft
    but I'm still trying to figure out how to get the graphics working
    with ProWrite.
    
    Thats it for now. 512KB memory upgrade is on the way should have
    it in a couple of days. Hard disk will have to wait for a while
    untill I have more extra $$.
    (Swap....Swap...Swap....Swap)

Updating note #3.15....

I still have the A1000. It has (for a long time) 2.5 megs (StarboardII)
and an external 20meg Supradrive and Panasonic 1080i printer. This
system has been in daily use for over four years and is essentially
never shut off.

In February I got a 2000HD (2091 plus 40meg 19ms Quantum). In March I
added a GVP 3001 card w/ 28MH 68030, 28MH '882 and 4meg of 80ns nibble
mode 32bit RAM. This is my compute engine. In one test (distance
estimator method for mandelbrot sets) it was 24-25 times faster than the
A1000.


Bill

Updated Configuration! :-) :-)

I have moved from the A500 to..

(no not an A3000 but an) Amiga 2000 w/ 1 Meg of memory, old Agnus (for now),
extra floppy drive, 1084S color monitor, 2090A autobooting controller, and
a 150 Meg SCSI hard drive (CDC WrenIII) (~18msec access time), Digiview, and
a Citizen GSX140 Color Printer.

We still have the A500, 1 Meg memory, 1.3, and 40 Meg hard drive (ST506) for
any uses my wife wants.... :-)

Next to come, super agnus, memory board, accelorator card, flickerfixer,
and Multisync monitor.

George

    Until a week ago, I had an A1000, one floppy, and 512K RAM hooked to an
    Atari color monitor (made for the ST). To those interested, the Atari
    monitor (SC1224) was better than the Commodore monitor (sharper colors
    and less flicker). On Saturday I bought an A3000 with 6 Megs. (the
    additional memory is 4 Mb of 1 meg x 4 ZIPs). It is a 25 MHz with 40
    meg HD purchased on the educational deal. Although I loved my A1000 and
    will miss the super-quiet fan and pushing the keyboard under the main
    unit... the 3000 is a beautiful machine.
    Softwares: I use Wordperfect, Pro Draw, CygnusEd, Lattice C 5.04, etc.
    
    bob
    REFINE::POMEROY
    

Well, I think I'll update my configuration.

I sold my A500 and bought an A2000, so this is what I now have:

Amiga 2000
KickStart 1.3
1 meg chip ram (fat agnus)
2 internal 3.5" floppy drives
GVP autoboot scsi controller with 1 meg fast ram (total 2 megs)
Quantum 40 meg 11ms hard drive
A1084 Monitor with polarized screen filter
Avatex 2400bd modem
Epson low end printer
	
Sound is powered by Kenwood 35w/ch receiver, Teac equalizer, and 2 Klipsch KG4 
speakers.  

I also run the outputs from a VCR into the 1084 so I can watch cable TV on it.

Steve

    Amiga with 512K + 512K expansion
    External 3.5 drive
    Philips 8833 monitor
    Epson LX800 printer
    Genlock (mini-gen)

    
    
    Amiga with 512K + 512K expansion
    External 3.5 drive

    Thats it so far ( I use an ordinary portable TV ), I am thinking
    of getting a HardDisk around Christmas.

RE: .286

A few changes:

The C-Ltd and MiniMegs have been moved to the A1000.

The A500 now has an A590 with 2MB

The A3000 now has 10MB w/8MB 1MX4 Static Column zips
It also has an ASDG LAN Rover Ethernet card.

The A2630 will be upgraded to 4MB RSN (got the chips, just need to solder)
The A2000 has an Ameristar Ethernet card
It also now has a Supra 2400ZI - with no problems at all!

Acquired a Digiview and Canon ZAPshot still video camera; it moved between
amigas, but currently has a known problem with the A3000. Newtek is working
on it. A fix promised RSN.

	-SES

Hi,

an update is in order :-

A500
A501
A1010
A590 with 1MB expansion memory <<< new !
VR241 monitor
Citoh 8510 printer (known in the US as the Prowriter ?)
Panasonic Stereo Radio/Cassette for noise output

hundreds of floppies (they seem to be multiplying...)

misc. games
Superbase Personal
Moviesetter
Benchmark Modula 2

Regards
	Mike

    My system is nearly complete - just some (hopefully minor) integration
    bugs to work out.

    It consists of:

    Processors and storage:
       A2000 (Rev 4.3) with fatter agnes
       Microbotics 8up with 2 meg (for times when I can't use the 030)
       GVP Impact autobooting HD controller w/104 mb SCSI drive
       California Access external 3.5 floppy

       GVP A3001 33mhz 68030 w/68882 FPU and 8 mb memory
       A2088 XT bridgecard
       QuadRam XT multifunction board w/128 kb, clock, serial & parallel ports

    Video:
       FlickerFixer with Sony 1302 Multisync monitor
       Supergen genlock and mixer
       Sony KV1131R multipurpose monitor (when I can't use the FlickerFixer)
       DigiView with DigiDroid
       Panasonic camera with tripod
       

   To be added:
      Magnetically shielded speakers w/amp. Sugguestions welcome!

   I've been waiting a long time before buying this system. (Basically, I
   was disappointed with the A3000's lack of improved video, so when I came
   across a good deal on a used system, I snapped it up. Thanks, Ed!)

   So, I'll be posting notes on other topics about my integration problems,
   and tap into the vast font of AMIGA notes wisdom! Hopefully, my learning 
   curve will be steep and short.

   Oh, I plan on using this system for doing animations, and supporting the
   various hardware projects I build. Anyone want to buy an IBM XT clone??

							Rob

	After literally years I now have a Amiga 500P.  I've had an Amiga 1084
(?) monitor and an MPS1000.  Both were on a 128.  The 128 has moved upstairs
so the kids can play with it.  I hope to get a 2400 Baud modem and DOS-2-DOS
some time in the near future so I can start doing something with the machine.
I've already got a fair amount of technical documentation...

	Any recomendations on a C compiler and where to get one?

  Updated Configuration.....

   * Amiga 500
   * A501 512k exp.
   * 1084
   * Subsystem 500 with disk-drive
   * GVP Series II hard card with 8 meg (2 meg installed)
   * 80 meg hard-drive
   * 5.25 Tape-Drive

								Ed Doyle
    							    Share::Doyle
    

    
    Here's what I recently bought:
    
    . Amiga 2000
    . Two 3.5" drives
    . 2M Fast Ram, 1M chip ram
    . 2091 controller & Quantum 40M drive
    . 1084 monitor
    . USR HST 19.2K modem (9600 bps)
    . Rolland 1111A printer (Panasonic 1091)
    
    Naresh.

I just picked up a new A3000/25-50 educational bundle last night.
This includes a 1950 monitor and a coupon (sigh) for Amiga vision.
I also bought the A10 speakers.  I moved the 1 meg of fast ram to
the second meg of chip ram and installed 4Mb of 256kx4 Static
Column 80ns ZIPs which I got from BJS Electronics for $6/chip
(Thanks again for the pointer mike meyer).

A couple hours into use, the keyboard started locking up.  I'm
taking it into Memory Location for a replacement from their stock
this afternoon.  I hope its just the keyboard and not a cia or
something in the system box.

Only other disturbing thing is that the attached 1950 cable
looked used and the serial number was low.  I suspect I got a
monitor which was sent back and repaired.  Even though I think
they should have cleaned it up better, it seems to work very well
and I'm not going to make a big deal.  A unit that's come in for
repair has probably seen better scrutiny than one right off the
factory floor.  I had heard there were two versions of the 1950.
Does anyone know how to tell the difference?

- steve

> Only other disturbing thing is that the attached 1950 cable
> looked used and the serial number was low.  I suspect I got a

[stuff deleted]

> factory floor.  I had heard there were two versions of the 1950.
> Does anyone know how to tell the difference?

Maybe you got one of the first of the newer model?

john

    I have an Amiga 500 W/1mb & 1000 W/512kb
    Panasonic 1124
    AE HD 3.5" floppy drive
    AirDrive 3.5" floppy drive
    Hayes 2400 baud modem
    Gravis joystick
    Mitsubishi Diamond Scan monitor
    Radio Shack amplified stereo speakers
    Okimate 20 color printer
    Sears 1200 baud modem
    
    Software:
             Prowrite V3.1
    	     Printmaster Plus
             Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing!
    	     about 100 commercial games.
    	     lots of PD stuff
             

    Here's my upgraded system configuration, updating 3.243:

    Amiga 500	(512K Agnus)
    SupraRam A501 board
    External AIR drive
    C=2002 monitor
    GVP Series II A500 HD+ (40 meg 1" Fujitsu drive)
	(This is one of those new low profile GVP units that matches
	the lines of the 500. Just received it today.)
    2 add'l meg of RAM plugged into the GVP, giving me 3MB of memory.
	(Ability to put up to 8MB into this unit).
    Panasonic KX-P1091 printer
    Scholar modem (DEC-supplied)
    Mouse Master
    Pair of Radio Shack amplified speakers w/ built in equalizer

    This configuration should keep me happy for quite some time (at least til 
    I want more memory) :-) Sure is nice to see QMouse reporting well over
    2.5MB free. Next upgrade piece will be a 1 meg Agnus.

    -Dom
    

Jim Barber  @EDO

	A550 with half meg upgrade.

	External Supra 3 1/2 inch drive


	Interests .. Ham Radio weather satelites.

	VR241 Monitor

OOps forgot the Epson MX80Ft printer

    My Son's Configuration (supported financially and technically by
    me)			:
    
    	AMIGA - 500
    
    	512 K  Memory
    
    	no external Drives (up to now this Stuff is expensive)
    
    	RGB Monitor        (not telling the Brand Hi Hi)
    
    
    	KLaus Hengstmann
    	COLTRG::HENGSTMANN
    
    	Educational Services DIGITAL-COLOGNE / Germany

    This is a listing of my Amiga system.
    A500 with 3Megs of memory, 20 meg Supradrive,2 floppies, RGB monitor,
    Epson FX800 printer (color), and MIDI interface.
    It is connected to a Yamaha music system consisting of a PF2000 piano,
    TX81Z generator, FB01 generator, rhythm generator, effects unit and of
    course a 16 channel mixer to handle all of this.  This sounds real nice
    on a set of 15 inch infinity monitors.
    The last time I checked there were over 100 disks of software including
    most of Dr. T's good stuff for operating the Yamaha in my desk.
    It took a lot of O.T. to buy all of this over the last few years.
    Mel Taylor

    
    Amiga 500 (P? - Pkg'd system with Tetris, WP, Carmen SD)
    Radio Shack TV Set/Monitor (takes in RS170 video, does a nice job)
    A501 Memory board
    Commodore 1200b Hayes-like modem (freebie from Software, Etc.)
    We've also got an Epson RX80P (?) printer in the basement, but haven't
    much of a clue as to how to get the right cable (or even make one).
    
    Just getting our feet wet and looking forward to lots of fun. We
    also bought a home financial management package, but I forgot the
    name of it. A bit disappointed with the software selection in
    Manchester (NH), but looking forward to sniffing around. Planning on
    getting Minix one of these days, as well as various amateur radio
    software (packet, etc.).
    
    Bayard Coolidge (N1HO)
    CSSE - UNIX-based Systems Solutions (formerly ULTRIX CSSE)
    guru::coolidge or coolidge@guru.enet.dec.com
    
    Home: Epsom, NH

    
	Hardware:

	A500 + A501 + SupraRam(2MB) + SupraSCSI + 2->ST-506 drives + midi
	+ LA75 + Scholar + 1084sd + 2nd floppy

	Software:

	ARexx + DPaintIII + Music-X + Lattice C + Phasar v4.0 + Who What 
	When Where + Turbo Silver 3.0 + B.A.D. + Games + Utilities + Dr. T's
	editor/librarian(s) + Imagine + Digipaint + Pixel3d + QB tools

	A2000+GVP SCSI seriesII+6meg+Conner CP3200

	RSN: GVP A3003
    

    My latest configuration:
    
    	Amiga 2000 (rev 6.0)
    	A2320 display enhancer
    	GVP3001 28mhz 030 with 4mb ram installed.
    	GVP SCSI series II with 40 mb quatum and 2 mb installed
    	in the middle of getting an st506 (40mb) installed
    	Panasonic KX-P1124 printer
    	Sharp JX700 scanner (well next week it arrives)
    	Couple of cheap Tandy amp/speakers
    
    	Professional Page
    	Transcript
    	Your Family Tree
    	Dos-2-dos
    	Quarterback 
    	Quaterback tools
    	
    	A few games that occaisionly get played.
    	
    	plus some other bits I am sure I have forgotten.
    
    regards
    kevin
    

    Well, here I am for the 3rd time.  I have partially replaced the system
    that I had stolen (see 4516).  My dealer had a trade-in for a 3000
    which had a lot of the stuff I wanted, so I took the plunge.  My
    withdrawl is finally beginning to subside.  I got:
    
    A2000 with 1 Mb Agnus
    2 internal floppies
    80 Mb Seagate 5 1/4 hard drive in the lower expansion bay
    Trumpcard controller for hard drive
    Microbotics 8UP memory expansion, 2Mb populated
    Boing! optical mouse
    Microway FlickerFixer
    NEC Multisync monitor
    
    To be added in the near future:
    
    A2286 Bridgeboard, but will have to mount the accompanying 5 1/4
    	  floppy externally, since the drive bay is already full
    Supra 2400zi internal modem
    
    I'm debating whether or not to get another hard drive for the PC side.
    Previously, I had 40 Mb on each side of the A2088 bridgeboard.  Now,
    I have 80Mb, but it is all on the Amiga side.  I know that it is
    possible to create an MS-DOS partition on an Amiga drive, but I had
    no luck doing that previously and the price of PC hard cards was
    pretty reasonable, so I wimped out and got a separate drive.  I guess
    it will depend on how generous the insurance company is with the
    settlement.
    
    Dave

	Here's my updated config:


		Commo 2090 controller with 40MB Rodime
		3state 2/8 MB ram (populated with 2MB which makes a total
		  of 3.5 MB)
		Splitt It (RGB splitter by Lamm (german))

	newer software:

		Indianapolis 500
		Team Suzuki (a real tough but very good one)
		Pool of Radiance
		Buck Rogers
		Powermonger
		...

	soon to come:

		hopefully an upgrade to an A2000C (if I ever get a good
		price for my old Amy)
		and after that a '020 (maybe '030) accelerator (Commo or GVP)
		a FFV with a Multisync

	Soft:	Sim Earth (as soon as available)
		Ultima VI (see above)
		

	but it's a long way to go 
	(anybody who can lend me a rich uncle or granny ? :-)

	see ya
	Helmut

	 Here is my config.:

	 A500 + A590 (2 MB) + external 3,5 drive.
	 MIDI interface, Perfect sound, Sound processor Syncro Express III.

	 More than 400 games, utilities, etc...I worked in Commodore before 
joining DEC.

	 I'm waiting for a VIDI AMIGA.

	 Anyone interested in changing soft. please send me a letter with your 
softare list to DIGITAL c/Cerro del Castanar, 72   28034 Madrid SPAIN - Att 
Isidro Cano. I'll do the same to the sender.

	 Regards.
	 Isidro

    This is my first entry into this conference. Hi Bill, Hi Pete.
    
    I just purchased an A500/A501 expansion from a fellow noter.
    I'm using a loaner vr241 for now. Will need to pick up a joystick and
    maybe an external floppy drive soon. Hard drive will come much later.
    Only software so far is basic starter kit, with appetizer and tutorial,
    along with some demos, but it's all enough to keep me busy for now as I
    am extremely novice at this. 
    
    Moe

	Hi,

	My current config, just a cuple of weeks old.

	A500 1Meg	(More fstmem planed as sone I found the right price)
	ALF II ST506 	(Omti 5520)
	2 Quantum 540	(Former RD52, Slow OK but cheep)
	1 VT241		(It works OK)
	NComm PD Terminal Emulator
	2400 Modem

	Some PD C Compilers under test, Alot of good FF programs Dmouse,
	Xoper etc. and of cource some games.

	Im realy new to this but I must say that I'm impresed so far.

	I'll update here when i bye some more stuff.

	/Rickard

    Amiga 500 with 1MByte
    
    External 3.5'' Disk Drive
    
    Monitor 1084S
    
    1 Mouse + some Joysticks
    
    Misc. software.
    
    regards,
                    Miguel

    
    	At last !!
    	
    	I was looking for a long time to be able to post my config in here!
    
    	I recently gave birth to an old dream. I've been using a 1000 ofr
    almost 3 years it had 2.5 Mb + 2 floppy !! 
    
    	Now I decided ( My wife said OK !!!) to acquire a brand new A3000.
    	It's a 25 MHz with 2Mb Chip+ 4Mb Fast ( It is really fast!). I also
    have the 50 Mb Quantum and the 1950 Monitor. No more floppy loading, no
    more "Not enough memory", no more time to go take a walk. 
    2.0 is very well done ! AmigaVision is a good deal on top of that!
    
    	I HAD a dream ! 
    	It's now reality !
    
    	Jean-Denis
    
    
    
    	Jean-Denis 

    Just got it yesterday... A3000-16 with 50M HD and 2M (vanilla Power-Up
    program machine) + 1 extra Meg of memory...If you want me, I'll be in
    my computer room!!!
    
    ////
    o o
     ^  <--------Tony
    `U' 

    Update to .36 and .160:
    
    2 week old A3000 25MHz/50M machine with the stock 1M chip and 1M fast
    RAM.  I too was a victim of the Power-up. :-)
    
    2.0 is a pleasure to use, I can't wait to get some good (well okay,
    "acceptable") programmer's documentation.
    
    A surprise to me was the quality and utility of AmigaVision.  I've been
    using it to create an ABC's interactive slideshow for my 2+ year old
    daughter.
    
    -Gary

    
    
    Broke down and picked up a 2000 from this file.
    
   Three meg with a 80 meg drive.          
    
    I'm using a VT241 as a monitor and have the audio hoocked up to
    a 100 watt stereo amp :^).  I have a YAMAHA DS-55 keyboard that
    I'm planing to tie in with a MIDI interface.
    
    George C.

Hi,
    I'm not actually a digital employee but I'm here on work experience so
I might aswell add what I've got to this amazingly long list.

     A500 computer.
     512K ram expanision.
     2nd disk drive
     Amiga Action Replay Cartridge
     Loads of games including The secret of monkey island(I completed it in
     4 days...beat that!).Space Ace, Golden Axe, Off Road Racer, Robocop 2,
     Their finest Hour,F29 and over 50 more.

Although the Amiga has produced some great games I feel that CDTV is the next
step foreward so I am considering buying the upgrade which converts 1 meg A500's
into a machine with full CDTV capabillities!!!!!!
 
         Paul Tinworth.

Er.......I forgot to mention hat i have also got a star lc-10 printer and
da da da da da da da der....AMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                    Paul Tinworth

	Main System:
    		Amiga 3000UX/D, Kickstart/Workbench 2.0 and 1.3.3,
    		3 button mouse, 9meg memory, CBM ethernet card,
    		A3070 SCSI tape drive
    
    		Quantum 200 meg drive with UNIX SVR4
    		Quantum 100 meg drive with AmigaDOS 2.0

		1950 color monitor
    
    		HP LaserJet IIP Printer

    
	External devices:
		Radioshack Amp and 2 Minmus Speakers
		ECS MIDI interface
		Supra 2400 baud modem
		DIGITAL mousepad, various joysticks

	Software:
    		Software and Documentation too numerous to mention. Main ones
    		I continually use and/or purchase support for are LATTICE C,
		WordPerfect, Deluxe PhotoLab, VIP Professional, ProVideo,
		DigiView, UUCP, ProPage, IBeM

		TSSnet Amiga DECnet, GfxBase X-Windows for AmigaDOS
    
    
    	System mainly used for personal computing (budgets, grocery list,
    	bills, games, Word processing, Calling DEC, etc), DTP, and for Video
    	and Art production. (SEDT and VLT get used alot, as well
	as using PPage). UNIX and X-Windows are for educational and work
    	use. System is DECnet'd to a borrowed uVAX 2000 workstation.
    
    	System also serves as registered UUCP node "aminet"


    Keith Barrett
    PAMSRC::BARRETT
    

    
    This is Woody again, I`m looking to buy a 20MB hard disk so if theres
    anyone out there giving them away give me a shout (HD AND CONTROLLER)
    
                                            WOODY

    Update done for my old Amiga 2000...
    
    Extam SCSI controller with RZ23L and 2Mb fast ram
    A2630 accelerator card with 68030, 68882 @25Mhz and 2Mb 32 bits
    Fat Agnus installed now....Total 5Mbytes of memory and a MicroCray at
    home...
    
    Phil

    A500 with a A501
    1084 monitor
    STAR NX1000R
    
    Only PD software so far.
    
    

    Amiga with xtra 512k
    philips monitor
    midi interface (not wanted was given to me)
    
    host of software in mr t music ( not wanted)
    
    plan to get xtra drive and hard disk in near future and a printer one
    day.

    Amiga 500 with extra 1/2 Meg
    External Floppy Drive
    Zydec Stereo Amplier and Speakers
    VR241 Monitor
    
    Mainly flight, driving and golf software but starting to look at PD and
    trying to copy from EOT.
    
    Gerry
    (In Belfast)
    

    Today is my last day in Digital, so I would like to thanks everyone
    that helped to supply this Notes conference with information.
    I had a REAL good time to read this, and I learned a lot more about the
    Amiga in these last 6 month. 
    
    				Thanks to everyone,
    				
    					and I'LL BE BACK ...
    
    							Erik Bussink

    Greetings,
    I Have :
    		Amiga 2000C (1Mb ChipRam)
    		68010 uProc.
    		A2630 TurboCard (68030,68882,2/4Mb 32Bit ram,25 Mhz)
    		A2091 SCSI-Controller
    		Quantum LPS52S 52MB SCSI-HardDrive
    		DigiView-Gold 4.1+RGB-Splitter+Cam-Recorder
    		HP-DeskJet 500 Inktjet Printer
    		A1081 ColorMonitor 
    		Stereo-Amplifier
    		Golem TrackDisplay (on df0:)
    I (sometimes) use:
    		PageStream 2.1
    		DPaintIV
    		Imagine 1.1
    		Kickstart 36.303.20
    		Workbench+extra's 37.16
    		And a lot of Utilities.
    
    If You have any questions about one of the above, Just let me know
    Im located in The Netherlands. (That little,flat and moist country near
    Germany.)
    P.S. My Username might change from JGODCL::HAAZEN to JGODCL::EDERVEEN

    Time to update my survey info:
    
    Amiga 2000 w/ A2620 w/ 2 MBytes RAM
    GVP Series II Hardcard with 6 MBytes RAM
    Quantum 40s and Seagate 277N hard drives (105 MBytes total)
    Sony 1304 monitor (with Flicker Fixer)
    Epson LQ-850 printer
    
    Other hardware:
    
    A2300 genlock, Digiview, AEA AVT, pair of Supra 2400zi modems,
    ASDG DSB, Perfect Sound, Sunrize color splitter.
    
    What connected to what:
    
    I have a pair of Kantronics TNC's connected to the DSB for amateur
    packet communication. The AEA AVT is connected to the parallel port via
    a switch box (printer, Perfect Sound, and DigiView connected to same
    box) for weather APT satellite WEWFAX, and SSTV reception. DigiView
    used with Professional Page and/or Pagestream for a monthly newsletter.
    Genlock used in conjunction with an 8 mm tape deck for editing air
    shows and of course family stuff.

    Me:  Bruce Moore   (aka Mr. Moderator)

    On my desk at work:
	A3000 25MHz, 6MB memory, 250MB hard disk, Ethernet (currently
	on backorder), TCP/IP, Xwindows.

    At home:
    	A2000 + A2620 w/4MB, Nexus SCSI disk controller w/4MB RAM [9MB
	total memory], 600MB hard disk, dual 3.5" floppies, A2320 Display
	Enhancer, Zenith 1490 flatscreen monitor.

    	A1000, 512k, Sony 1311 monitor (shared w/C128).
    
    Misc. hardware
    	HP LaserJet III printer + PacificPage PostScript, Perfect Sound,
	Digi-View, AMax II, Courier HST (9600 baud) modem
    
    Software:
    	SAS C, ARexx, DPaint-III, Photon Paint 2, ProWrite, MaxiPlan Plus,
	AmigaVision, CanDo, Art Department Pro, The Director, MovieSetter,
	Disney Animation Studio, Caligari, *lots* of games, etc...

    
    	Well I'm please at long last to announce I have an Amiga B2000
    with a chose of SCSI controllers 1) Nexus 2) A2091 3) HardFrame
    
    	The system I got my hands is an A2000HD + A2630/4 Megs 
    
    	It contains 1) 40 meg Quantium and 2) a 380 meg HP drives
    (getting some problems on the 2091 with both drive connected. I've
    checked and it has the V6.1 ROMS but still has the proto SCSI chip!!!)
    
    	I've also go an 8-UP full populated BUT can only access 4 megs
    as I have found that the A2630 only allows a total of 8-megs FAST RAM
    in the system ....Does the new ROM either 6 or 7 change this...??
    
    Next upgrade is a mutlisyc colour monitor + flicker fixer??!!!!
    
    	Steve a very Happy Amiga owner

RE: .340

>  I've checked and it has the V6.1 ROMS but still has the proto SCSI chip!!!

With pre-6.6 ROMs in the 2091 keep reselect on the drives off.

>  ...I have found that the A2630 only allows a total of 8-megs...

Send dave haynie mail. He said a relatively simple pal change can place the
32 bit ram outside of the autoconfig space, and allow 8 meg of 16 bit ram.
The down side is for 32 bit ram to be DMAable it needs to be within the
autoconfig space, so no DMA to 32 bit memory with this hack.

No such hack for the 8-up since it lives on the zorro II bus which has only
24 bits of address.

	-SES

    

Re: .340

>getting some problems on the 2091 with both drive connected.

Read Note 4894.3 for the official statement from Commodore on how to
determine if the WD chip on the 2091 requires the new ROM in order
to handle multiple devices with reselection on.

You can work around the problem by going into the HdToolBox programs
and using the edit disk type (or whatever its called) to set the
disk to "Does not support reselection."

Unfortunately, with the copy of HdToolBox I had with 1.3, the side
effect of this is that it causes HdToolBox to think you have wiped
out the partition info.  So, copy down the low and high cylinder
information about all of your partitions so you can restore it
after setting no reselection.

Workbench 2.0 comes with programs to enable reselection or disable it
for all your disks without disturbing partition info.

    
    
    
    	My system:-
    
    		
    
    			Amiga 500
    			0.5 meg ram expansion
    
    			Star LC-10 printer
    			JVC colour TV
    			Sanyo stereo system
    			2nd floppy drive
                        stereo sound sampler
    			dial 

    
    
    AMIGA 500 with 2 megs
    
    External 3.5 Disk Drive
    
    Canon PJ 1080 Colour Ink Jet Printer
    
    Digi-view V4.0 
    
    Master Sound sampling Hard/software.