My First Amiga 4000

DonAmiga · 08 July 2011, 01:40

Hi, I just got my first A4000 040 the other day and have been getting it ready to share with everyone

The first thing I want to do is to thank the previous owner from Germany in doing a great job with the packaging in making sure it arrived safely here in Scotland and also thanks for providing help with supplying me with a great multisync monitor which should be on its way soon.

The Amiga is fully loaded with expantion cards and 3 HD's full loaded with software and all the original disks. There is a lot to keep me occupied with hours of fun for a long time, just getting to grips with it all and a lot of stuff that I have no previous experience with, but that's what appealed to me (never to late to learn) when I saw it forsale. One of the coolest things I've come across is Siamese Amiga to Pc. So one of the first things which I'm in the process of doing is getting together a ISA motherboad computer set-up, with a little help from a friend in sourcing the parts this should be up and running soon.

Its great to finaly have a A4k one which will be with me for a very long time

The main Set-up and extras included=

Amiga Hardware:
- Amiga 4000 / 40, 25 MHz processor, 16 MB Fast RAM, 2 MB Chip RAM (Commodore)
- Frame machine + Prism II video digitizer 24 (Electronic Design)
- EGS Spectrum 28/24 (GVP)
- Sirius Genlock with TBC Time Base Corrector (Electronic Design)
- Scala echo EE100 LANC and infrared-cut control (Scala Computer Television)
- Octagon 2008 SCSI controller (Alpha Data)
- DPES 31 080-SCSI-2 hard drive 1.08 GB (IBM)
- Caviar 2850 Hard drive 853.6 GB (Western Digital)
- XM-4101B CD-ROM drive (Toshiba)
- High-density floppy drive, 3.5-inch (Commodore)
- Multiface III I / O card (BSC data alfa)
- Amiga keyboard (Commodore)
- 3-button mouse for Amiga and Atari (Wizard Development)

Amiga Software:
- Adorage Effects Professional video (and installed on three original disks)
- Art department AdPro 2.5 (installed and running on six original disks)
- Multi-face card data alfa 3 MFS (on 1 disk)
- Octagon 2008 alfa data HDInstools V4.3 (installed and running on 2 original disks)
- Amadeus Video Sound Manager Synchro mix sounds (on 6 original disks)
- Amiga Workbench 3.0 (installed and up to six original disks)
- Animage Composing (and installed on three original disks)
- ASIM CDFS version 3 (installed and running on an original disk)
- Caligari24 (and installed on three original disks)
- Cavin (and installed on three original disks)
- Clarissa Professional V3.0, e.g. including FM-frame machine-Connector, Transformer (7 installed and running on original disks)
- CyberGraphX version 2.16 (installed and running on an original disk)
- DPaintV Deluxe Paint V (installed and running on four original disks, with manual in original box)
- DPaintV Deluxe Paint IV (on 3 original discs, with manual in original slipcase)
- DSS8Plus (installed and running on 2 original disks)
- EGS photo album (on one original disk)
- FEE Almost Easy Video Effects for FrameMachine / Prism 24 (installed and running on 2 original disks)
- FM frame machine Ver. AGA 2.5 (installed and running on 2 original disks, with user manual)
- GVP EGS Spectrum 28/24, including Disk Recorder (5 installed and running on original disks)
- GVP Image FX (on 2 original disks)
- Jukebox 2.0 (installed and running on an original disk)
- Konrad
- Layout
- MagicWB (installed and running on one original disk)
- MainActor
- Almond Mania
- MaxonCinema
- Maxonmultimedia_aplus
- Monument designer (and installed on four original disks)
- Morph Plus (on 3 disks)
- Navigator
- OctaMED
- Opus (Original installed and running on one disk)
- Opus5 (installed and running on one original disk)
- PBM
- PicManager 3.0 (on 2 original disks)
- PicManager 4.0 (installed and running on 2 original disks)
- PhotoWorx (to 1 original disk)
- Pnet ProDAD (to 1 original disk)
- PPaint Personal Paint 6.4 (installed and running on 2 original disks)
- Scala echo EE100 desktop interface control software (1 original disk, with manual in original box)
- Scala MM400 with dongle (and installed on 11 original floppy, with manual in original slipcase)
- ScanQuix3 (installed and running on 2 original disks)
- Shapeshif Macintosh II emulator for the Amiga (and installed on an original disk)
- Sirius II Genlock (installed and running on one original disk)
- Games
- SSA Enhancer Kit Perfect for ProDAD Programs (on disc 1 original)
- 5:01 TurboPrint Professional (installed on an original and diskette)
- VideoMax
- Wizard Disk Utility (installed and running on an original disk)
- XiPaint

Finaly the Photos,,, link
https://picasaweb.google.com/1099617...eat=directlink

All the best Don

mfletcher · 08 July 2011, 03:42

A nice haul Don!

I have an EGS Spectrum as well. Are you using picasso drivers or the supplied Spectrum ones?

Best Regards,

Mark

Djay · 08 July 2011, 03:59

nice...

i am buying my missus and my daughter an iPad 2 each for Christmas

they are buying me an A4000!

Hewitson · 08 July 2011, 07:34

Pretty obvious who will be getting the superior machine

cosmicfrog · 08 July 2011, 16:09

yummuy yumm yum

Me likes

& ribbits

duga · 08 July 2011, 17:21

You should remove the battery (if it's the original one).

DonAmiga · 08 July 2011, 23:57

Hi Thanks

I have removed the battery, all clean and board looks great.

@mfletcher

I believe its all set-up with the Spectrum ones! As I was trying to set-up (vga only) with pc monitor, seeing what drivers where in the deves folder (spectrum) but wasn't working, so its just running off rgb to scart, till I get my muiltisync monitor which should be with me soon. Monitor is a IDEK Liyama 5017 which I believe is one of the best monitors to get.

8bitbubsy · 10 July 2011, 04:01

Very nice, I guess you're poor for a month or so now?

LTAC · 10 July 2011, 04:12

Congrats! Nice computer and impressive list of software AMIGA.

RMK · 10 July 2011, 23:55

Don,

Good haul of kit you got yourself there!

Could you post a couple of pictures of the Frame machine software running and let me know what the video capture is like? I got one of these from my parents bak in the day but when I connected it up to my A4000 all I got was a black screen and the machine would not boot, se it was sent back for a refund. I always wanted to see it working though. If you decide you may get rid of it let me know as I may be interested. I'm in Glasgow btw.

Cheers,

Robert

DonAmiga · 11 July 2011, 00:17

Hi Cheers for the comments

I haven't tried the frame machine yet, but will look into setting it up and try to get it running.

@ 8bitbubsy

Very skint till the end of next month, as I have also paid for a couple of extra Amiga kit one being the monitor shipping from Germany and one other high value item which I'm just praying that it makes it here

I going to need a cousin at the back of the door or the bill might drop right through the floor

08 July 2011, 01:40	#1
DonAmiga Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 523	My First Amiga 4000 Hi, I just got my first A4000 040 the other day and have been getting it ready to share with everyone The first thing I want to do is to thank the previous owner from Germany in doing a great job with the packaging in making sure it arrived safely here in Scotland and also thanks for providing help with supplying me with a great multisync monitor which should be on its way soon. The Amiga is fully loaded with expantion cards and 3 HD's full loaded with software and all the original disks. There is a lot to keep me occupied with hours of fun for a long time, just getting to grips with it all and a lot of stuff that I have no previous experience with, but that's what appealed to me (never to late to learn) when I saw it forsale. One of the coolest things I've come across is Siamese Amiga to Pc. So one of the first things which I'm in the process of doing is getting together a ISA motherboad computer set-up, with a little help from a friend in sourcing the parts this should be up and running soon. Its great to finaly have a A4k one which will be with me for a very long time The main Set-up and extras included= Amiga Hardware: - Amiga 4000 / 40, 25 MHz processor, 16 MB Fast RAM, 2 MB Chip RAM (Commodore) - Frame machine + Prism II video digitizer 24 (Electronic Design) - EGS Spectrum 28/24 (GVP) - Sirius Genlock with TBC Time Base Corrector (Electronic Design) - Scala echo EE100 LANC and infrared-cut control (Scala Computer Television) - Octagon 2008 SCSI controller (Alpha Data) - DPES 31 080-SCSI-2 hard drive 1.08 GB (IBM) - Caviar 2850 Hard drive 853.6 GB (Western Digital) - XM-4101B CD-ROM drive (Toshiba) - High-density floppy drive, 3.5-inch (Commodore) - Multiface III I / O card (BSC data alfa) - Amiga keyboard (Commodore) - 3-button mouse for Amiga and Atari (Wizard Development) Amiga Software: - Adorage Effects Professional video (and installed on three original disks) - Art department AdPro 2.5 (installed and running on six original disks) - Multi-face card data alfa 3 MFS (on 1 disk) - Octagon 2008 alfa data HDInstools V4.3 (installed and running on 2 original disks) - Amadeus Video Sound Manager Synchro mix sounds (on 6 original disks) - Amiga Workbench 3.0 (installed and up to six original disks) - Animage Composing (and installed on three original disks) - ASIM CDFS version 3 (installed and running on an original disk) - Caligari24 (and installed on three original disks) - Cavin (and installed on three original disks) - Clarissa Professional V3.0, e.g. including FM-frame machine-Connector, Transformer (7 installed and running on original disks) - CyberGraphX version 2.16 (installed and running on an original disk) - DPaintV Deluxe Paint V (installed and running on four original disks, with manual in original box) - DPaintV Deluxe Paint IV (on 3 original discs, with manual in original slipcase) - DSS8Plus (installed and running on 2 original disks) - EGS photo album (on one original disk) - FEE Almost Easy Video Effects for FrameMachine / Prism 24 (installed and running on 2 original disks) - FM frame machine Ver. AGA 2.5 (installed and running on 2 original disks, with user manual) - GVP EGS Spectrum 28/24, including Disk Recorder (5 installed and running on original disks) - GVP Image FX (on 2 original disks) - Jukebox 2.0 (installed and running on an original disk) - Konrad - Layout - MagicWB (installed and running on one original disk) - MainActor - Almond Mania - MaxonCinema - Maxonmultimedia_aplus - Monument designer (and installed on four original disks) - Morph Plus (on 3 disks) - Navigator - OctaMED - Opus (Original installed and running on one disk) - Opus5 (installed and running on one original disk) - PBM - PicManager 3.0 (on 2 original disks) - PicManager 4.0 (installed and running on 2 original disks) - PhotoWorx (to 1 original disk) - Pnet ProDAD (to 1 original disk) - PPaint Personal Paint 6.4 (installed and running on 2 original disks) - Scala echo EE100 desktop interface control software (1 original disk, with manual in original box) - Scala MM400 with dongle (and installed on 11 original floppy, with manual in original slipcase) - ScanQuix3 (installed and running on 2 original disks) - Shapeshif Macintosh II emulator for the Amiga (and installed on an original disk) - Sirius II Genlock (installed and running on one original disk) - Games - SSA Enhancer Kit Perfect for ProDAD Programs (on disc 1 original) - 5:01 TurboPrint Professional (installed on an original and diskette) - VideoMax - Wizard Disk Utility (installed and running on an original disk) - XiPaint Finaly the Photos,,, link https://picasaweb.google.com/1099617...eat=directlink All the best Don Last edited by DonAmiga; 29 July 2011 at 01:23.

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08 July 2011, 03:42	#2
mfletcher Bawbag. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chicago, USA Posts: 375	A nice haul Don! I have an EGS Spectrum as well. Are you using picasso drivers or the supplied Spectrum ones? Best Regards, Mark

08 July 2011, 03:59	#3
Djay 95th User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Brighton/UK Age: 48 Posts: 3,120	nice... i am buying my missus and my daughter an iPad 2 each for Christmas they are buying me an A4000!

08 July 2011, 07:34	#4
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,771	Pretty obvious who will be getting the superior machine

08 July 2011, 16:09	#5
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	yummuy yumm yum Me likes & ribbits

08 July 2011, 17:21	#6
duga Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Sweden Posts: 528	You should remove the battery (if it's the original one).

08 July 2011, 23:57	#7
DonAmiga Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 523	Hi Thanks I have removed the battery, all clean and board looks great. @mfletcher I believe its all set-up with the Spectrum ones! As I was trying to set-up (vga only) with pc monitor, seeing what drivers where in the deves folder (spectrum) but wasn't working, so its just running off rgb to scart, till I get my muiltisync monitor which should be with me soon. Monitor is a IDEK Liyama 5017 which I believe is one of the best monitors to get.

10 July 2011, 04:01	#8
8bitbubsy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 1,708	Very nice, I guess you're poor for a month or so now?

10 July 2011, 04:12	#9
LTAC Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: France Posts: 129	Congrats! Nice computer and impressive list of software AMIGA.

10 July 2011, 23:55	#10
RMK Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK Posts: 189	Don, Good haul of kit you got yourself there! Could you post a couple of pictures of the Frame machine software running and let me know what the video capture is like? I got one of these from my parents bak in the day but when I connected it up to my A4000 all I got was a black screen and the machine would not boot, se it was sent back for a refund. I always wanted to see it working though. If you decide you may get rid of it let me know as I may be interested. I'm in Glasgow btw. Cheers, Robert

11 July 2011, 00:17	#11
DonAmiga Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 523	Hi Cheers for the comments I haven't tried the frame machine yet, but will look into setting it up and try to get it running. @ 8bitbubsy Very skint till the end of next month, as I have also paid for a couple of extra Amiga kit one being the monitor shipping from Germany and one other high value item which I'm just praying that it makes it here I going to need a cousin at the back of the door or the bill might drop right through the floor

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