billdeg
Technician
I have an Amiga 2500 with the video toaster and a bunch of cards. Here is the directory with pictures
http://www.vintagecomputer.net/commodore/amiga_2500/
I don't know much about the Amiga 2500, in particular the ins and outs of videotoaster-ing.
On a more basic level, I cannot get any video output, at least to the two monitors I tried, the Commodore 1950 and Magnavox Professional Series Color Display. I don't even think the "Video" port is active. I can use these monitors with a stock 2000, 500, or 600 so I know they work.
I replaced the battery and inspected the cards for shorts and such, I don't know if a dead battery prevents the entire system from working. Everything is in nice shape, nothing obviously wrong, hardly and dust or signs of problems. When I power on the system I can hear the hard drive loading something, it seems like the system is booting to the hard drive.
I am thinking of taking out all of the cards and making it a 2000, if it's as easy as just taking out the video processing cards to do so. Anyone here been down the Amiga 2500 like to suggest anything? I plan to read up on the cards and such, I am in new territory here and will need to study up.
If I find anything I will post it here.
Thanks.
Bill
http://www.vintagecomputer.net/commodore/amiga_2500/
I don't know much about the Amiga 2500, in particular the ins and outs of videotoaster-ing.
On a more basic level, I cannot get any video output, at least to the two monitors I tried, the Commodore 1950 and Magnavox Professional Series Color Display. I don't even think the "Video" port is active. I can use these monitors with a stock 2000, 500, or 600 so I know they work.
I replaced the battery and inspected the cards for shorts and such, I don't know if a dead battery prevents the entire system from working. Everything is in nice shape, nothing obviously wrong, hardly and dust or signs of problems. When I power on the system I can hear the hard drive loading something, it seems like the system is booting to the hard drive.
I am thinking of taking out all of the cards and making it a 2000, if it's as easy as just taking out the video processing cards to do so. Anyone here been down the Amiga 2500 like to suggest anything? I plan to read up on the cards and such, I am in new territory here and will need to study up.
If I find anything I will post it here.
Thanks.
Bill