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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: redrumloa on February 24, 2005, 06:36:25 PM
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There's a possibility I might be purchasing a stack of NOS A4000T motherboards in the near future. Right now I am awaiting clarification if these are fully populated boards with all chips, or some rare blank novelty boards.
I dunno, would there be any interest in NOS A4000T motherboards? :-o
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Clarification, these are bare boards :-( Unpopulated, no chips. Sorry for the letdown.
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[color=0000ff]Edit#2[/color][color=0000ff]These boards will be $40 each. If you are interested, PM me to reserve one.[/color]
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I would definitely be interested, assuming the board is the same spec as mine. What sort of price are we talking about (all chips present)?
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X-ray wrote:
I would definitely be interested, assuming the board is the same spec as mine. What sort of price are we talking about (all chips present)?
Too early to say, I just got an email asking if I was interested. No hard details yet. Needless to say I fell out of my chair when I read that line :lol: Let's hope they are full boards and I can get them at a good price.
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I'd be interested, but I'm guessing that most likely those are blank boards.
What price did you have in mind, if the boards are indeed fully populated?
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Oh I almost forgot.
In order to actually test an A4000T motherboard out, you will need the SCSI, Audio/Video, and I/O modules connected to the motherboard, otherwise it won't boot.
Vesalia have these in stock, and possibly SoftwareHut as well.
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x56h34 wrote:
What price did you have in mind, if the boards are indeed fully populated?
It all depends on quantity and price I can get them for. I really don't like to gouge buyers. I believe in giving a fair price in the hope the customer becomes a repeat customer. That said I don't know ANY details yet. I'm just hopefull. A stock of NOS A4000T motherboards is the holy grail stock of the Amiga market. :-)
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I'd like an extra one (or two) because I have been toying with the idea of designing a new A4000T case from scratch. The original case is a crap design and mine is yellow and has several dents in it anyway. I could design a new case in Cinema 4D and pass the dxf to a company that has one of those laser cutters. It would probably be a desktop design in brushed aluminium, nice and light. But that would be for later this year or next year. Nice to get spare boards now though if they are available.
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Here's another interested person :-)
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I might be very interested in one!! Ehr, maybe a newbie question, or maybe I missed one, but what's the NOS?
(except for a dutch broadcast company)
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It is New Old Stock.
It is new (unused) but from old stock.
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It almost sounds too good to be true. I hope it works out, and I'd be interested.
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I would probably be interested also.
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interested based on price
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I might be interested. My A4000T is my main computer, but I'd like to do a few hacks, and having a spare around would be handy for sizing things up before I tear down the "real one", and for sizing thngs up during idea sessions when I don't want to tear the "real one" out at all.
I'm currently using a spare A3000 desktop to build my tower hack without interfering with usability of that "real one", which is quite useful.
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I too, may be interested. Building an A4000 sounds like a good project. Price is definitely a concideration though. Best regards...Art
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Please put me on the notify list too.
Plaz
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DethKnight wrote:
interested based on price
+1
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I'd like one.
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Oh yeah? I'm *not* interested! So there!
...I would be if I had any money...
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I'd be interested if the price was acceptable.
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Yup.. :-D
I'm interested too.
Just how many of these boards are there ???
You may have more interested buyers than boards... :-(
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It was too good to be true, they are bare motherboards. Unpopulated.
Anyone interested in one of these?
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Hmm... By "unpopulated" I'm assuming you mean 100% unpopulated, and not just that it's missing the main chips? Actually everything, from slots to resistors, caps, etc. are not present, correct?
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Actually everything, from slots to resistors, caps, etc. are not present, correct?
Correct.
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hi Red,
i had seen, time ago a lot of those A4000T mobos somewhere on the net but i don't remember where.
Theres only one showed here in the gallery:
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=766
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Thats a damn shame. I would have been happy with one less the custom chips, CPU, etc, but without that it is too complicated for me to do myself :(
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It would be a cool thing to hang on the wall in a nice frame... How much?
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Unless you have a couple of hundreds of motherboards that can be populated by an specialized company ?!
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@Nightcrawler: I agree..
Red: How much???
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Too bad. :-(
I sort of suspected that they'd be unpopulated, as originally the production run(s) of A4000T were very small compared to other Amigas. IIRC, even after Escom took over they simply reused already manufactured C= stock and never actually made anything themselves from scratch.
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ouch, not sure how to install parts {assuming one can find them} into the SMT areas without SMT equipment
could cannibalize my 4 old miggys and the 1040ST for some parts I guess....
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I have one of these boards that I bought two (?) years ago at the Ottawa Amiga Show for $5, and it is now in a frame up on my wall, along with some box covers from some of my favorite Amiga games (UFO: Enemy Unknown, Frontier Elite 2, Works The Directors Cut).
I also have a board from one of my first hard drives framed, and a shadow box with a nifty tablet controller card.
My wife is very tolerant of me. ;-)
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TheMagicM wrote:
@Nightcrawler: I agree..
Red: How much???
Just got my answer. If I get them they will be $40 each + shipping, pre-eBay.
I'll probably get them. $40/each isn't dirt cheap, but I think I can move the ~2 dozen of them.
If you want one or more at $40 each, PM me please.
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Red, are we still talking about blank boards? :-)
I think that you will get ripped off if you go for that deal. That's just way too much. These are available at Vesalia @ 2.9EUR each, and it's very likely that that's the place where your source got them from.
Just a friendly heads up.
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redrumloa wrote:
TheMagicM wrote:
@Nightcrawler: I agree..
Red: How much???
Just got my answer. If I get them they will be $40 each + shipping, pre-eBay.
I'll probably get them. $40/each isn't dirt cheap, but I think I can move the ~2 dozen of them.
If you want one or more at $40 each, PM me please.
You really think you can shift 24!!! :-o
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http://www.vesalia.de/?V02b0f15565e451778565656520b514e01101f095441475205014b181a1e31115579633a223c6373744e03263f2a2a76610539676d6720687c2e347d40190a62705516624842096
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YOUCH! :-o
Thanks for the heads up. I didn't know they were that common and that cheap. Obviously I can't compete with that. :lol:
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Framiga wrote:
hi Red,
i had seen, time ago a lot of those A4000T mobos somewhere on the net but i don't remember where.
Theres only one showed here in the gallery:
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=766
Hey, that´s my picture.. :-)
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*Sigh* All just to make an extra few bucks. And you gotta love eBay. I bet you can move them all on eBay for a killing, people just love driving prices up on there. It's quite sad really.
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*Sigh* All just to make an extra few bucks. And you gotta love eBay. I bet you can move them all on eBay for a killing, people just love driving prices up on there. It's quite sad really.
Pot? Kettle? Black, ye say? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4598&item=5168067233&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
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:lol:
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Ilwrath wrote:
*Sigh* All just to make an extra few bucks. And you gotta love eBay. I bet you can move them all on eBay for a killing, people just love driving prices up on there. It's quite sad really.
Pot? Kettle? Black, ye say? (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4598&item=5168067233&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW)
It is ALL about the NO$TALGIA.
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LOL.