What a great welcome back to the community

[dbrads]

 Just tried to sign up on Amibay to give away a couple of A1200s, assorted hardware and software.

 They questioned my location, so I replied and changed it, (British living in Middle east) and the very next day, I got this from a Moderator called Sardine:

In reverse order of course so read from the bottom.

Oh, well this is very interesting, a great way to welcome a new sign up.

I did reply and I told you that I would change my location.

Please bear in mind that like most people in this cruel world, I have a job and family etc. etc. and do not always have time to check messages online as quickly as I would like.

Now, while I am the first to confess that I am relatively new to the Amiga scene, I only bought my first A500+ in 1991, I should not expect to be welcomed with open arms.  (You can check my Amiga.org membership, username dbrads sign-up date:  June 23, 2006, 03:39:12 AM)

However, this is clearly a platform for people to get in touch and help the Amiga to survive (I have two A1200s to give away plus a multitude of hardware, software and peripherals) so I am very surprised, or rather shocked, at the quick and officious message from you.

Therefore, I will post this message and yours on Amiga.org and throw the A1200s and software etc. in the nearest skip (dumpster, if you are American instead of English).

Dear Copernicus,

You have received an infraction at Amibay.com Forum.

Reason: Frozen
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As you have ignored my pm i have frozen your account

if you dont respond your account will be permanently banned


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This infraction is worth 10 point(s) and may result in restricted access until it expires. Serious infractions will never expire.

All the best,
Amibay.com Forum

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[dbrads]

Thanks for the support guys!

Where in the USA are you outlawal2?

I fly into Savannah for maintenance at Gulfstream on a regular basis, I can bring them there and send within the USA.

I also get a very good discount with Fedex if you are in a hurry!

I took the two 1200s  and the A2000 out of the box from the shed where they have been rotting for nearly 10 years, the tower 1200 would not boot, the other one did but the picture was corrupt, so they both need work.

The A2000, I took out all the cards etc. and it booted first time

Then put the Microway, A2091 and A2630 back in one at a time and it all worked, amazing.

Checked two external Floppy drives, one was good, the other worked but showed   DF:1? and DF:2?  as well as the disk icon which worked, a bit weird.

I also have hundreds of floppy disks, some original, cover disks and CDs

Plus lots of connectors and leads, which I will list.

[dbrads]

Thanks for the replies chaps, I am going on holiday until the 25th of August so I will not be able to do anything with the big lumps until I get back.

 Utri007, as you are a hobbyist preserver, I will give you the A1200 in original config, when I have time I will pack it up and take it to FED EX to find out the shipping cost, (my company get a very good discount there) if you are happy with the cost it then I will send it (I will put a few other things in with it) then once it arrives you can refund me the shipping.

 Outlaw2, as you seem to be a project guy, I will gift you the towerised A1200, I will break it down to ship it, I can get a cost from Fed Ex and do the same as above, you refund me when/if it arrives, if too costly from here I will bring it to the US and ship from there (possibly in November when we have a maintenance visit to Gulfstream in Savannah).

 If either of you would like photos of the A1200s I will PM when I have time.

 I will be listing the other items for on here soon, I have hundreds of DD floppies, CDs, IDE connectors, a couple of external Floppy drives, an IDE Flash ROM adaptor with 128MB chip.

I even found an unused 23 Pin DIN female connector!

[dbrads]

Hello Walkero,

 I still have the A2000, I will be selling it next year some time.

 It is big and heavy, so I plan to take it to the UK and sell/ship it from there.