Dick Van Dyke sells his Amiga 4000T on ebay

[Nlandas]

Is this real and for-true? Wow, that's a pretty cool new piece of Amiga trivia. I'm really amazed that the side of the case is missing though.

-Nyle

[Nlandas]

Oli_hd wrote:

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.

I asked about the side of the case. The unit was not running stably and his support staff think it was the heat. So to test the theory they took off the side cover. Sure enough it ran stably so he left it off. It got put somewhere and forgotten/lost.

I didn't ask about the front though.

[Nlandas]

Anyone have time to call Mr. Van Dyke's advertising agency?

Fan Mail Address:

Dick Van Dyke
23215 Mariposa DeOro
Malibu, CA 90265
USA

Not an updated address? Please let us know!    
   
Secondary Address:

Dick Van Dyke
William Morris Agency
One William Morris Place
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA

Address Information:

William Morris Agency
(Talent and Literary Agency)
One William Morris Place
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
USA
Phone: (310) 859-4000
Fax: (310) 859-4205
Official Website

Let us know what you find out.

[Nlandas]

Plaz wrote:

Fake?? (Edit It may not be a fake, unknown at this time)

Did anyone notice how high the bid got before it was pulled?

Plaz

It was $610 the last I saw for quite a while. I wish people who didn't want it wouldn't bid on it just so that they can go. I bid on DVD's Amiga. All that does is push it up out of people's price who might want it.

[Nlandas]

anivichano wrote:
Greetings Nlandas,

Nlandas wrote:
Anyone have time to call Mr. Van Dyke's advertising agency?

Since its not going through his agency, they won't know.  They'll have to contact Dick, personally, since he gave me the machine to do as I wanted.  We two were the only ones involved in this transaction ... no official publicity.

So, if there's some other form of verification you would like to request, please let me know and I'll do what I can to oblidge.

At the moment all you have is my word.  There are a few in the Amiga community who know me and that I've worked with Dick for years.  Any one of you who's been to an NAB show or a Siggraph show and seen Dick speak on behalf of Newtek would have seen me there as well ... I'm just not as recognizable as Dick :-)

Alex

Hey Alex,

I don't need more proof. I've talked with you enough on email to tell that your not trying to pull anything over. It would have been readily apparent after a short while if you were.  :-)

I was just trying to keep the Yahoos busy.  :-D

I figured that his agency wouldn't know immediately and that they would have had to check with Mr. Van Dyke to confirm that someone wasn't pulling a fast one.

-Nyle

[Nlandas]

persia wrote:
@anivichano

Does DvD still do video work?  I presume if he does he's switched to Final Cut.

Hi Persia,

Alex says that DVD is indeed still into video work. He loves Lightwave and recently he's been playing around with DAZ studio. DAZ recently bought Bryce. Their DAZ studio is free for Mac and PC.

DAZ FREE 3D STUDIO

I didn't ask which platform he chose.

-Nyle

[Nlandas]

Hi Alex,

If you can put the image onto a website anywhere then you can click the link above to add an image from the URL. It's the third button from the left below all the smilies.

If you don't have web space, I do and I'd be happy to host it for you. Just email it to me at my address that you have.

Thanks,
Nyle(toohuge)

[Nlandas]

Invisix wrote:
It received 29 bids and sold for $986.98 USD.

I don't care what anyone says... I still think this guy totally duped people into believing this was Dick Van Dykes A4000T.

Some people are very gullible.

Then I hope he posts the picture and helps to eliminate some of your concern.

I think the unit went for less than it was worth.

The Cybervision card alone goes for over $400USD on eBay and then it had Ethernet, VT 4000, etc. It is worth more than what it sold for even if you don't think DVD owned it.

Regardless, Alex strikes me as a nice person.

-Nyle

[Nlandas]

Did anyone check out the photos?  :-o

Looks like anivichano, really does know DVD after all.

-Nyle   :-)