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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Jeff on November 10, 2004, 01:46:17 PM

Title: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Jeff on November 10, 2004, 01:46:17 PM

Somebody scored some Prevue Amiga's at the recycler!  It looks like a custom rack mount A3000 also. I wish I had found this bunch, I would love that A3000 :-).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4598&item=5138194198&rd=1

Jeff

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: odin on November 10, 2004, 02:10:50 PM

Gimme!

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Samuar on November 10, 2004, 04:57:58 PM

That is an impressive lot.

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: keropi on November 10, 2004, 05:10:33 PM

I bet only half of the stuff is working OK...

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Linchpin on November 10, 2004, 05:20:14 PM

Looks like its from some sorta cable co or something... something "broadcasty" :-P

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Castellen on November 10, 2004, 06:05:15 PM

Yep, video titling to be more exact.
See this: http://www.amiga-hardware.com/sneakprevue.html

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Merc on November 10, 2004, 09:48:31 PM

I'm not sure if this is the same as the "Prevue Guide" that we used to have on our local cable in Kingston, Ontario (Canada), but it sounds the same.  

I always suspected that the guide was Amiga-generated, and then one day I was flipping through the channels and it had guru'd and was blinking away at a software failure message ;)

It was stuck there for a long time, so I put a fresh tape in the VCR and set it recording...  I managed to catch its whole bootup process on tape! :-D

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: odin on November 10, 2004, 10:02:33 PM

The sign of True Geekness? Taping a computer's bootup sequence... ;-).

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Merc on November 10, 2004, 10:52:40 PM

Hehe yeah, pretty lame I have to admit  :lol:

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Nestor on November 10, 2004, 11:11:50 PM

QUOTE:
The sign of True Geekness? Taping a computer's bootup sequence...

I've done that before when having problems booting :python:

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: TjLaZer on November 11, 2004, 12:29:56 AM

They are from the Prevue Channel, AKA TV Guide from the late 80's, early 90's!!!

I once saw a Guru Meditation on my cable TV!!!

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Stew on November 11, 2004, 01:14:45 AM

  I had one of those Prevues. Did not have an Amiga sticker anywhere on it. I gave it to Kent as I had way too many Amigas, at least for my wife's tastes.

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Jeff on November 11, 2004, 01:19:43 AM

I still have a complete Prevue A2000 with all the decals and insides intact.  It even has the software, the whole thing ran off of 1 floppy disk.  Ho hard drive was even installed.

I wish I had a way to phony up some listings :-).  I'm going to play with it some more once I get all of my Amiga's out of storage again.

Jeff

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: melott on November 11, 2004, 05:31:14 AM

Hmmm...........

I don't see an A3000 in that stack.
They all look like A2000's to me.
I'm setting here looking at my A3k
and none of them match.

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: Ilwrath on November 11, 2004, 05:37:10 AM

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I don't see an A3000 in that stack.

There is one.  It's in a strange home-made looking rackmount case, though.  But if you look at the detail pictures, you can clearly see the A3000 zorro riser board on the rackmount machine.

Title: Re: Check out this Lot of 2000's
Post by: CatHerder on November 11, 2004, 05:40:14 AM

(http://www.wholesalecomputersupply.com/Ebay/amiga7-4.jpg)

That's a 3000 shoved into a 2000 "rack" case, with a riser card modification and a backplane modification. There used to be a company out of California that sold the modifications (metal plates and screws really), I think they also sold/manufactured ToasterOven's ...

It's definately an A3000 motherboard though, check out the FAST RAM on the motherboard and the location of the SUPER DMAC and GARY.