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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Cyberus on July 27, 2004, 12:22:03 PM
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Because I know a lot of users are p'd off with ebay, and I want a quick sale, I thought I'd advertise here first.
The Apollo is fully working, in fact I've had it working this morning. It has its box and instructions (anyone who has owned an Apollo will know these are not much to look at!). I will ship anywhere and take many forms of payment (none of you have any blonde sisters by any chance? ;-))
I think I can throw in a single sided 16MB SIMM that works well with the card. I have a rough idea of how much I want, so if no-one offers close to that, I might ebay it anyway.
BTW, its a 40MHz chip on the card.
I can guarantee that it works - People in SE England (I'm in Kent) are welcome to come and collect and see it working.
The Whippet (High speed serial for PCMCIA) is sans instructions and box. I will guarantee it non-DOA though.
Offers?
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I just won an 040 on eBay a few months back otherwise I would've offered something for it.
Oh, I do have a blond sister, two of them infact but one's been married 4 years and the other is getting married next year :-P
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Even if I wasn't all good on CPU cards for the A1200 (already have B1260, BPPC040) I would still have a good think about it before going for the A1240 for a number of reasons (timing, mem, heat etc).
When it work though it should be good. :-D
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Well I've had no problems with it at all. I came back to the Amiga last year, and as a returning user, I was mightily impressed with the speed in my A1200T.
In any case, aren't PPC boards far more flaky?
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The different BPPC's I've come acress have all worked in a few different machines so I don't know... some might have probs with them just as some have probs with the A1240. But as said before... when they work they're good. :)
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25 EUR for the Apollo, the Whippet is useless for me.
I actually have an 040/40, but it's a Blizzard 1240 and though it works mostly well there's something weird in it, e.g. can't run Enforcer....
- Sami
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TBH, 25 Euros doesn't justify even going to the Post Office - I guess I'll take my chances with ebay...
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25EUR is usually what you have to pay for a spare 040/25 CPU... not a 040/40 CPU card. If I where to bid on such an item I would think that 60-80EURO would be a fair bid.
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BTW Cyberus, did you have another 1200 accellerator? You mentioned one a while back, I PM'd you, but heard nothing. I was after something that wouldn't melt a regular desktop case ...
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Could be interested in Apollo 1240, is it still available?
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55 euro exclusive shipping ???
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I meant 55 euro for the Apollo, not for the Whippet. You will have to tell me the extra costs of shipping ... but it´s only an offer. Feel free to put it on Ebay, but then you will have the costs of putting the add plus the 5% Ebay charges from the winning bid ...
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Damn I paid $95 for my Apollo 1240 last year on eBay. In the USA so I overpaid I know. I actually thought I was a great deal! lol
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60 UKP is the best offer I've received.
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60.00 GBP United Kingdom Pounds = 90.6841 EURO ??? This guy must be crazy. On Ebay (click here) (http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2788130508&category=8142) they sold a Blizzard 1240/40 Mhz for just 72 euro, and a Blizzard is compatible with a Zorro4 busboard while an Apollo isn´t, not ???
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Cyberus
Take that deal and run! No it's a bit over the top but some ppl realy need a cpu card and don't want to compete for one. ;)
I only payed 7 UKP more for my BlizzardPPC/175Mhz/68LC040/25Mhz ... later was lucky enough to be able to swapped it without $ in between for a BlizzardPPC/160Mhz/68040/25Mhz w. SCSI
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I don't think its over the top at all. I've regularly seen 040 accelerators go for more than 50 UKP, and this is a true 040/40 accelerator.
@Effy
Feel free to put it on Ebay, but then you will have the costs of putting the add plus the 5% Ebay charges from the winning bid ...
Right. I should pay you to take it from me really...
On Ebay (click here) they sold a Blizzard 1240/40 Mhz for just 72 euro
Why didn't you buy it then?
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I sold my Apollo 1240/40 on Ebay for £120 although this was over a year ago.
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@Cyberus
How much were you thinking of dude....
Won't commit just yet, but my Apollo card is dead so I might be looking to ressurect my Ami sometime.
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I would never sell something on a forum because it's so open to people
trying to convince you of a different value to what it's worth.
Stick it on eBay and let the fight begin.
I bought my 2nd hand Blizzard 1260 for £180 on Amibench, but on eBay a
week or two back a Blizzard 1230-IV sold for £90!
Apollo never got as high a review score as Phase5's Blizzard boards
but an '040/40 is still a desirable bit of kit.
Isn't there a dance band called Apollo 440?
:-D :-D :-D :-D ;-)
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Hyperspeed wrote:
I would never sell something on a forum because it's so open to people
trying to convince you of a different value to what it's worth.
Yeah I know, but I just thought this was a 'nicer' way of doing things. As it happens, I regret it.
Stick it on eBay and let the fight begin.
I will do. I am really quite skint, in need of thousands to pay of debt, so I shall have to resign myself to ebay.
I bought my 2nd hand Blizzard 1260 for £180 on Amibench, but on eBay a
week or two back a Blizzard 1230-IV sold for £90!
I swear I saw a Blizzard 1230-IV go for like 140 quid or something... :-o
Isn't there a dance band called Apollo 440?
Gaaaahhhh!
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Cyberus : you asked ´Why didn't you buy it then?´ ... at that time, in February, I only had one A1200 with PPC and one A4000/040. But a month ago I got two A1200´s without turboboards and I only have got a Microbotisc 1230XA and a Blizzard 1220/4. That´s why I bought last week a Blizzard PPC 603 160mhz/040 on german Ebay (http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5109566632&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT) for 116 euro ...
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Apollo 440 did the theme to the 'Lost in Space' movie ... amongst other things. Where's the 'Groovy' guy gone when you need him?
BTW Cyberus has sorted me, so nobody should infer anything negative from my last post :-)
I'd say any 2nd hand Amiga hardware is worth what people will pay for it, saying 'this is worth this much' is daft, the person buying can make up their own mind if they want it, or to hold out for another. ebay brings out the worst in many people, and I don't see the harm in buying/selling in open forums - it's kinda like saying don't use AutoTrader to look for a new car :-?
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And Cyberus is still the owner and he can decided what to sell to who and where. Nothing wrong with that :-)