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Offline billt

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2011, 02:12:32 AM »
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This is pretty much the ultimate collectable Amiga, the only Amiga with the "Toni" custom chip (FPGA actually) and Kickstart/Workbench 3.2.


Out of curiosity was was Toni, what did it do?
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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2011, 03:04:41 AM »
Ebay it, it'll give you a nice chunk of change.  Possibly could break £10K if the right bidders are around.  It's a one of a kind collectable.
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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2011, 03:17:14 AM »
It belongs in a museum!


Actually, come to think of it, maybe that's not such a bad idea: http://www.computerhistory.org
 

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2011, 03:38:52 AM »
It'd make a nice addition to any retro-hoover collection... :-)
 

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2011, 03:52:30 AM »
Maybe someone is interested in making public:

-a copy of the kicktart roms
-a copy of the workbench 3.2 install
-a WinUAE kind of hardware profile
-documenting it entirely
-fixing what remains to be fixed
-sending it to a computer museum that can adequately exhibit and take care of the machine, so that the entire Amiga community may be able to see it, someday.

I can easily put a $20 donation towards a community goal for something along those lines.
 

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2011, 03:55:51 AM »
Hi,

Lets get down to brass tacks, What is the darn price?

I am interested in buying it for the case, I think a new MSI board with an AMD 6 core processor should bring it right up to date, and don't worry, I will even put win UAE into it, so it can be used as an ultra fast Amiga.

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #20 on: January 25, 2011, 01:45:45 PM »
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Hi,

I am interested in buying it for the case, I think a new MSI board with an AMD 6 core processor should bring it right up to date, and don't worry, I will even put win UAE into it, so it can be used as an ultra fast Amiga.

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #21 on: January 25, 2011, 03:05:03 PM »
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Hi,

Lets get down to brass tacks, What is the darn price?

I am interested in buying it for the case, I think a new MSI board with an AMD 6 core processor should bring it right up to date, and don't worry, I will even put win UAE into it, so it can be used as an ultra fast Amiga.

smerf


i guess the starting price is in the $3000-$4000 range..... good luck bidding.
 

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #22 on: January 25, 2011, 03:28:24 PM »
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Hi,

Lets get down to brass tacks, What is the darn price?

I am interested in buying it for the case, I think a new MSI board with an AMD 6 core processor should bring it right up to date, and don't worry, I will even put win UAE into it, so it can be used as an ultra fast Amiga.

smerf


For gods sake man, you would destroy a part of Amiga history for a case?
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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #23 on: January 25, 2011, 03:45:18 PM »
I think it'd make an awesome Jello mold.  Giant red gelatin Walker with little boing balls suspended in it!
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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #24 on: January 25, 2011, 04:12:03 PM »
Please god dont let be sold to someone who would try and do a mod out of it, this is a nearly one of kind prototype it needs a good home where it will be looked after, someone who would be willing to bring it down to an Amiga show once in a while and someone who would really apperichate it...that someone is me...NOW GIVE IT ME...I WANT :rant: I WANT :rant:. :)

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #25 on: January 25, 2011, 05:59:29 PM »
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Hi,

Lets get down to brass tacks, What is the darn price?

I am interested in buying it for the case, I think a new MSI board with an AMD 6 core processor should bring it right up to date, and don't worry, I will even put win UAE into it, so it can be used as an ultra fast Amiga.

smerf

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2011, 06:34:49 PM »
Going to buy some tickets for the next lottery. I would really like this machine. What did you pay for it yourself?
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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #27 on: January 25, 2011, 06:37:30 PM »
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Maybe someone is interested in making public:

-a copy of the kicktart roms
-a copy of the workbench 3.2 install
-a WinUAE kind of hardware profile
-documenting it entirely
-fixing what remains to be fixed
-sending it to a computer museum that can adequately exhibit and take care of the machine, so that the entire Amiga community may be able to see it, someday.

I can easily put a $20 donation towards a community goal for something along those lines.


I agree with Gulliver.   Documenting this is really essential since the physical machine could easily be lost, stolen or destroyed (fire, flood, etc..).

A copy of the Kickstart ROM and Workbench disks would also be very nice for reference.  I -personally- would be interested in looking at the Kickstart code to see what subtle changes they made.

As Gulliver pointed out, I'm sure Toni would be interested as well since implementing this in WineUAE is very possible.

Finally, given the fanatical nature of the Amiga community I'm shocked that nobody has this working.   I read posts where community members are ashamed to be seen in public because their Buster chip is not at the latest revision and yet this relic sits un-bootable.  

I hope that whomever purchases this will actually do something with it towards furthering the Amiga Archives and History.  No offense to the OP but there is so much more that could be done than letting sit on a shelf.

Perhaps the Amiga.org community or a group of folks here should pool their money and purchase it?

It would ensure that its properly documented, archives of Kickstart and Workbench could be made, and then an attempt to fix whatever system/boot issues it has could be addressed.

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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #28 on: January 25, 2011, 06:42:17 PM »
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It would ensure that its properly documented, archives of Kickstart and Workbench could be made, and then an attempt to fix whatever system/boot issues it has could be addressed.


I think its value is solely as a prototype/curiosity.  What is there to gain in making it work 100%/reproducing it?  It's a 33mhz A1200 compatible system, and an incomplete one at that, probably with some unresolved hurdles.
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Re: Considering selling the Walker
« Reply #29 from previous page: January 25, 2011, 07:35:08 PM »
I'd love to see a copy of the ROM and SYS:... someone should take a cast of the chassi and make available too for purchase. I'd love to mod an A1200 MoBo + 030 into that chassi... considering there's only 2 out there it'll be the closest most of us whould ever come to owning a Walker.