Dick Van Dyke sells his Amiga 4000T on ebay

[Ral-Clan]

Dick van Dyke was a huge proponent of the Amiga.  I read somewhere that he even created an effect in Lightwave of a motorcycle explosion for a TV show he was acting in (when the in house effects company couldn't do it due to budgetary contraints).

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2004/08/12/443.aspx

[LoadWB]

I'm bidding just so I can say I did :-)

[EDIT] And I'm outbid  :-D [/EDIT]

[McVenco]

Would there be any way to tell if it's a Commodore or an Amiga Tech A4000T without the side and front, or are they exactly the same?

If it were a true Commodore A4000T it would be a shame that the original front is not there...

[hardlink]

redrumloa wrote:
Worth a bid, though I know I will get outbid.

I know, I got first bid, and was the highest bidder for quite a while at $50
 :lol:

[Oli_hd]

Would there be any way to tell if it's a Commodore or an Amiga Tech A4000T without the side and front, or are they exactly the same?

Well my A4000T (Amiga Tech) has a sticker on the back above the PSU saying what it is, I would guess the Commodore one would have the same and would clearly show which one it was.
Someone should ask about the missing bits of case though, I cant think he runs it like that.

[amigadave]

It is a bit confusing if it is running a 68040, or a 68060, as further down the description it states it has the 060.

If I had the money to spend on it, I would want to pick it up in person and have my picture taken with Dick and the A4000T and then get it autographed too.

I have known about his interest and use of Amigas for a long time, but this is interesting bit of Amiga history that is being auctioned off.

I loved watching the Dick Van Dyke show when I was a kid growing up and also his work in movies.  I would have loved to be in an Amiga/Video Toaster/Flyer user group perhaps 10 to 15 years ago and see Dick walk in to participate.  What a blast that would have been.

I was lucky enough to be part of a Riverside user group that had Jim Sachs show up as a guest and show some of his work as well as demonstrate a brand new Amiga paint program that was just beginning to be released, it was Brilliance and the famous box cover art of the Amiga Lagoon that Jim created was only partially finished at that time IIRC.  Ahh, the good old days!

Some lucky collector is going to get a great piece of Amiga history when they win that auction.

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amigadave wrote:
Some lucky collector is going to get a great piece of Amiga history when they win that auction.

I think somebody is just going to get ripped off and it will collect dust as it will be too valuable to actually use. And that seems to be against Dick's stated wishes. You would think  he would have had a charity auction to pick who to donate it to that will really use it.

Dick Van Dyke does not need the money this fleabag auction will bring.  

[Oli_hd]

It is a bit confusing if it is running a 68040, or a 68060, as further down the description it states it has the 060.

Yeah it seems they wrote a description and then cut and pasted hardware descriptions for each card from a website (amiga.resource or the AHB probably)
I read it as having a 68040.

[Plaz]

Sigh, if I had the cash I'd be all over that. Not only is the 4000T a keeper, I've always been a big Van Dyke fan ever since I was old enough to go see Chitty Bang Bang ... when it was released. (Dating myself a bit) Maybe I can at least write for an Autograph.

Plaz

[da9000]

ral-clan wrote:
Dick van Dyke was a huge proponent of the Amiga.  I read somewhere that he even created an effect in Lightwave of a motorcycle explosion for a TV show he was acting in (when the in house effects company couldn't do it due to budgetary contraints).

Hardcore! Well, his Amiga-dealings-with have been added to his Wikipedia page :-)

[whiteb]

ral-clan wrote:
Dick van Dyke was a huge proponent of the Amiga.  I read somewhere that he even created an effect in Lightwave of a motorcycle explosion for a TV show he was acting in (when the in house effects company couldn't do it due to budgetary contraints).

http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2004/08/12/443.aspx

Yeah, it was in one of the later episodes of Diagnosis Murder from memory.

[ami_junki]

It is a shame he has to sell it but it is great to know that he was a fan of the good old miggy, quite amazing what he did though to help out the show.  I tried  to bid too but got bid out too quickly lol

[LoadWB]

Plaz wrote:
Maybe I can at least write for an Autograph.

Plaz

Maybe we can convince him to provide all bidders with an autograph  :-D

[weirdami]

@tokyoracer

Dick: Would I sell it? No, I wouldn’t. I don’t think I’d sell it. I’m not that good. You look at this movie and you have a long way to go.

"It" refers to the animations he had made.

[weirdami]

I hope it's for real and not someone being a jerk liar, but I also hope it's not for real and that good ol' DVD (initials ahead of their time) is still using his Amiga.

Does anyone have a copy of that video message he made that they showed at that Amiga convention in 1998 or 1999? The one that happened in that olde styled motel that got demolished soon after. Gateway is a word my brain is associating with that building.

[hardlink]

weirdami wrote:
Does anyone have a copy of that video message he made that they showed at that Amiga convention in 1998 or 1999? The one that happened in that olde styled motel that got demolished soon after. Gateway is a word my brain is associating with that building.

Gateway was the Amiga owner at that time, but as far as the building, my brain will always associate room bathtubs full of beer and roaming the halls singing, "Henry the Eighth I am I am I am ....  :pint:  :evilgrin: