Posted Mon May 07, 2018 6:16 pm
I am not new to Amigas, but am a noob to Amiga hardware. I still have my original A500, tho the A501 clock card cap bit the dust and caused a lot of problem getting it started as I did not know the clock backup batteries were such killer corrosion problems. My GVP HD add on also quit functioning as a hard drive, memory still works. I have 2 A2000 computers, one functional and one not functioning. For the monitor needs, I found a very nice and inexpensive SCART to HDMI on Amazon, (with upscaling to 1080P), and an Amiga video to SCART cable (AMIGAKIT makes one) and thus you can use any monitor you want that has HDMI input. I am using a Samsung 32 inch TV monitor which works great with my A2000 or my A500) that seems like a good way to go unless you want the retro CRT look (I have a 1084 monitor but 13 inch CRT is not much to look at). A Hard Drive is a good first card, some have memory on them or you can use any of several memory cards. For internet I heard of a card called IIRC the X-Surf 100, but don't know much about it. As for looks, your machine looks ultra clean, and not really in need of cleaning. Your one Floppy (right hand one, DF0:) is the default Amiga color, the other (DF1:) looks to be an off white color style. I thought that the TF530 accelerator card was for the A500, don't know if it will fit the A2000. There are other things that could be discussed, but I'm running out of time, (and breath, too long a post). Tom