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For Sale: Amiga Walker
« on: July 31, 2011, 07:11:07 PM »
I am auctioning the Amiga Walker right here an Amiga.org:

The Walker is the very last of the Classic Amiga range.
It was to be the successor to the A1200 but never made it beyond prototype stage.
It is exceedingly rare, there are only 2 (or possibly 3) in existence.

The Machine is a prototype made of some plastic, almost card like material so it is very fragile.  It has its own custom motherboard that was clearly still in development.

Does it work?
No. Power appears to be getting to it but it does nothing beyond that.
It used to boot years ago but it was erratic even then.

Can be made to work?
Sorry, don't know.

Will it boot?
No.  The RDB of the disc was overwritten by Windows 98.  It should be easy to fix this but I don't have the means.

What else is included?

Original black painted Keyboard.
Amiga branded black mouse (left button is dead).
Amiga branded CRT Monitor M1438S

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All bids MUST be via PM on Amiga.org.

Collect from Cambridge UK (I'm about 4 hours from Paris by train).  
OR
Shipped via courier in a wooden crate with full insurance.
Shipping will cost a *lot* of money. Packing and shipping could cost in the region of £150 - £350 depending on the destination.
That's *not* including the monitor which could cost as much again, if not more!
This is additional to the price being bidded.
Expect to pay customs fees if outside the EU.
I strongly recommend collection if at all possible.

Payment via Paypal or bank transfer.

If you are interested bid via PM. I'll list the current (anonymous) max bid in the thread.

Starting at £250.  

I plan to end the auction at 22:00 UK time on Sunday (7th August).


Note: I reserve the right to ignore silly bids and snipers.
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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2011, 11:19:57 PM »
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First question When does the biding end?


Don't know yet, I'll probably leave it about a week.

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Plus why have you chosen to do it this way and not though ebay or something, its kind of unusually way of doing it,


I'm lazy.  It was easier to write a post here.


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plus you could quite easily keep saying someone has out bided the top bid and whos to know other than your self. Not that I'm accusing you of anything like that, it just be better and clearer on ebay to know where the current bid is.


You're giving me ideas here :-o
But this is a good point, I didn't really think about this.  I'm not going to list names because people might not want to say what they're bid.  But if they want to put it in the thread thats fine.

What I can do is, when I list the highest, I'll list all the bids.  That way the highest bidder can see their bid.   If there are serious questions I can talk to the Mods.

That said, I'm not in dire need of the money so I'm not worried about how much it goes for.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2011, 10:10:54 PM »
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Minator: can you post some pictures please?


Will do.

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Was the machine working before fail?


It did work at one stage yes.  It was incredibly temperamental and difficult to get it going but it did actually work.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2011, 10:13:58 PM »
One day and it's gone silly already!

Bids so far at 22:12 on 1st August2011:

£300
£330 (might be $!)
£350
£500 (not confirmed)
£800
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2011, 11:18:57 PM »
Here are some new pictures (with measurements!) I took a while back.
There's also some pics of the numerous patches - you can tell it's a prototype!

http://www.blachford.info/computer/walker/Walker2011/


As for the ROM and HD, images were made of these a while back.
I have passed them to someone who has a license to distribute them.


In answer to the question above I believe it's just a modified 3.1.  As for the CD-ROM drive, I didn't ever see it working.
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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2011, 10:21:22 PM »
No new bids but I do keep getting asked about will I post it.


I am *very* reluctant to post it.
I've had things posted to me that have been thrown about quite badly.  I once had a PC sent to me and all the polystyrene abound it was broken.

The Walker is *very* fragile so won't survive any abuse at all.

The only thing I can think of is to dismantle it, package the parts up separately and send them that way.

Even then, I can not guarantee it will survive the journey.

Hard cases is a better option but they'd be expensive and I don't even know where you'd get them.

Then there's the cost of sending it and insurance, if it's outside the EU there's also customs to deal with.


Coming here by car or train is a far safer option.
This is why I have put it as collect only.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2011, 10:38:58 PM »
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I think and hope Cloanto have got them.


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I do hope who ever get it, bring it to shows and dont mess around with the insides too much and just take good care of it.




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PS: has petro still got the other prototype or is that this one? wasn't their three made, two with cases and one just the motherboard, any one know what happened to the others?



To my knowledge there were a few boards made but only 2 or 3 were placed in the case.
Petro told me it was 2, he has one of them.

This page says 3 were put in the cases and also says about Workbench 3.2.

http://www.gregdonner.org/workbench/wb_b32_40.html
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2011, 12:05:23 AM »
FYI I plan to end the auction at 22:00 UK time on Sunday (7th August).
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2011, 08:19:02 PM »
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Is this the same Walker which was showcased at Amiga Benelux Show 2003(?) (where also the stillborn Amiga.org Magazine was 'released').


The very same.  BTW I'll be leaving the Walker web pages up, can I use that pic?


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Didn't Merlancia buy the rights to the Walker case?


Nope.  They claimed to buy them, but I don't think they even spoke to the owner.

Amiga Technologies didn't own it either - they never paid for it!


Hmm, I should really update the web page sometime, I've collected various bits over the years I could put up.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2011, 08:21:45 PM »
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If I was lucky enough to own this,  first thing I'd do would be to replace the beige CD-ROM and floppy drive with black ones.



On something of this rarity I wouldn't (and didn't) change anything.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2011, 02:03:29 AM »
Update:

I have finally found a way that I can ship it that I would be happy with.

It will cost a *lot* of money. Packing and shipping could cost in the region of £150 - £350 depending on the destination.
That's shipped via courier in a wooden crate with full insurance.

That's *not* include the monitor which could cost as much again, if not more!

This is additional to the price being bidded.
Expect to pay customs fees if outside the EU.



So, if you're mad enough to pay shipping costs like that, you do not have to collect.

That said, I still strongly recommend collection if at all possible.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2011, 10:40:42 PM »
Update:

1 more bid at £900.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2011, 03:00:57 PM »
It's now up to £950 (confirmed).



Please note: All bids MUST be via PM on Amiga.org
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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2011, 01:14:47 PM »
Now £1000!


Remember, it finishes tonight at 10PM.
 

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Re: For Sale: Amiga Walker
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2011, 10:03:54 PM »
Sold for £1100