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Offline Lord Aga

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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« on: June 02, 2012, 05:05:31 PM »
Ohboyohboyohboy !
Now we need a proper online order form.
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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2012, 06:45:41 PM »
150E is a bargain. Good condition A1200s go for more on ebay. And these are NOS.
Still.. I would like them to go on sale through AmigaKit so they can test each and every one. It would really suck to buy one of those Amigas straight from the container and realize it's not working. I would pay 20E more for that kind of reassurance.

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What is there in a Magic Pack ?
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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2012, 07:28:10 PM »
Quote from: XDelusion;695032
http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/amigamagic.html


Whoa, that's some serious software.
Well my money is ready...
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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2012, 08:02:21 PM »
Something else besides the Magic Packs ?
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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2012, 08:50:32 PM »
Holy crap. We'll be knee deep in Amigas.
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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2012, 12:24:12 PM »
Yes, but that was, as you said, until 2010. Some of us did not manage to snag one of those. Also some Amigas have died during this time. This new batch is worth even if only as spare parts. But they also mean 1,500 sparkly, shiny white untouched cases. No drill holes, no cracks, all screws present.
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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2012, 06:10:36 PM »
Quote from: Heiroglyph;695261

The most obvious reason these became available:
A large sale was made to a new market.
The market flopped when Amiga went under and the computers became almost worthless.
Petro inquired as to what ever happened to them or it came up in conversation.
Owner wants to get some of his lost investment back instead of paying to store them.
End of story.


True. This sequence of events is the most likely one.
Buuuuut...
I like danwood's "truck & sunset" version better, so I'm gonna go with that one and imagine it all happened that way :laugh1:
And no hatin' here. I'm quite pleased it happened that way.

Anywayz, I love ghost stories, and feel mighty proud today just for being a part of this.

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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2012, 08:25:46 PM »
Quote from: Kesa;695195
Even if these were real i'm not sure they are an investment. Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy an FPGA Arcade from MikeyJ? Also faster!

Personally i think we should all ignore these new 1200's and support the FPGA instead. When the Amiga community finally releases new hardware we turn our backs on it?


Why can't we have both :)
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Re: Hoax or true? Petro could get a batch of 1500x A1200
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2012, 02:45:40 PM »
Come on Petro, we need some news :)
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