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The Goose's going out of business sale...
« on: May 30, 2011, 11:24:10 PM »
I have been meaning to part with my A1200T for awhile now but think I have it in shape enough now to post it. Prelimnary information is this:

A1200T 68040 25Mhz 603e+ PPC 210Mhz
3.1 ROMs
B-vision 8MB
256 MB FASTRAM

Mediator PCI 1200
4 way IDE interface
Subway USB
WiFi card
Lyra Keyboard Adapter
Cocolino PS2 mouse adapter

Maxtor IDE Harddrive
IDE CDROM
880K Floppy
Keyboard & Mouse
AMAS MIDI and digitizer

AOS 3.9 / 4.1C

Asking $600.00 USD pretty firm. I view it as nice 68K system with a free PPC to play around with. USA & Canada only need apply. PayPal will be used.
Some starter pics are here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/1977rabbit/A1200T#

Will add some notes and caveats next...

*** EDIT, buyer pays shipping, sorry forgot to say that.....
*** Ships from Cary NC
« Last Edit: May 31, 2011, 12:33:18 AM by TheGoose »
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Re: The Goose's going out of business sale...
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 12:27:41 AM »
@spihunter, no worries, turnned out I didn't really need'em.

So what what's not quite right with this rig, not much. The PPC is not very powerful and is more useful from the 68K side (datatypes, crunchers, some game ports, etc.) OS4.1, it  loads but as many have said, what else you might get it to do will be your challenge. Funny thing is about AOS4.1C, after a weekend of playing with it, is that it is surprisingly quick and response, looks really nice too on such a low spec machine.

The keyboard adapter occasionally gives trouble on the back plate, you just need to re-insert the keyboard into the socket. I think it shorts against the metal case (this does no harm), it just makes Ctrl + Amiga reset the machine instead of Ctrl + A + A  

B-vision - sometimes shows off colors as the cable inside will pick up interference depending on where it has shifted around. I usually do nothing and it goes away. Really though, still works great.

Phase 5 firmware - I have tried some of the latter ones, and the one installed currently gives the best stability. I would advise against changing it.

Original Phase 5 cooler, still got it with the clips. The fan died some time back and the fan power connector stopped delivering power. So, I came up with a pretty tidy solution. The current fan is connected to a fan controller on the back. Easier to deal with and replace into the future.

That's it really. I'm gonna miss this board I bought it when I lived at home with Mom and Dad in college and had no monetary responsibilities! I am the original owner.
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Re: The Goose's going out of business sale...
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 12:54:56 AM »
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Gawd... first thing is I hope this doesn't mean your abandoning the Amga scene Goose... :(

and Gawd blimy and crickey... your robbing yourself a that price... you wouldn't even be able to buy your PPC card on eBay here in the UK for $600... :eek:

You've either gone completely stark raving mad or your real name is Santa Clause... :)

We'll whichever it is your going to make someone very very happy with a bargain like that and for that I take my hat off to you... :)

PS:for some reason I thought you were Scandinavian... :)


Oh no, will probably always own an Amiga and not going anywhere fast (LOL made a funny).

It is priced to sell. I don't care so much about the money, hope it finds a good home (someone who can code or make music :) ). Either way it's a PPC with a free computer attached or a nice 68K box with a free PPC included.

Now how did you know I'm ancestrally a stupid Swede. :lol:
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Re: The Goose's going out of business sale...
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2011, 02:43:27 AM »
Oh nooo,  don't say that. But I guess that's a sad possibility.

C is for classic. Think I'll make a little video to show it works ok...

"Edit: Also would be a great candidate for upgrading by Delshay, or Stachu to put a faster PPC and 68060 chips on it. Getting it at such a great low price would make it more worthwhile to spend some extra money to make it about twice as fast by sending it to one of those two wizards of hardware upgrades. Delshay claims to be able to accelerate a Blizzard PPC up to 550MHz! But I have only seen screen shots of about 400MHz so far. I also don't know about compatibility with the 550MHz speed he claims to be able to accomplish, as he states that he is using a different PPC chip, not a 603, or 604e at those speeds (up to 500MHz on CSPPC). Does anyone else have any info about Delshay's screaming PPC upgrades? "

Yes, I thought about keeping it, and having this done to it... may be a good candidate for this...
« Last Edit: May 31, 2011, 02:47:41 AM by TheGoose »
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Re: The Goose's going out of business sale...
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2011, 03:52:58 AM »
Update:

I have a possible buyer, so things are on hold for that person as of now...
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Re: The Goose's going out of business sale...
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2011, 05:54:25 PM »
It has been sold all, thanks for the PMs and interest. I may have some other goodies coming up soon...
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