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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Tahoe on May 15, 2005, 10:59:10 PM
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Please help; I need one urgently!!
Mail me offers, and/or plenty of trade posiblities.
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How much are you looking to spend? :-)
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x56h34 wrote:
How much are you looking to spend? :-)
Ditto. Also consider if you want it delivered in the original retail box $$$.
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$1000 USD.
:banana:
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@TjLaZah
Funny but true. Anyone else tired of Amiga hardware profiteering?
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Yes I'm tired of it bigtime
Gary
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I went about getting my PIV the same way Tahoe is doing, because they seem to be cards that people don't want to get rid of. It is a very nice classic Amiga card after all. Well Tahoe can ask, and people can respond with prices. It depends how badly he wants it, whether he'll pay a high price.
Of course the advantage of doing it like this is that he gets to deal with an AO user instead of a stranger on ebay, which means he is less likely to be ripped off in terms of getting the card and having it work properly.
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Don´t think he wants to pay as much as the one in this auction has done (http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5192354538&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1) :lol:
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Effy:
I AM THE ONE THAT GOT OVERBID AT 250 !!
Oh sorry, no, it was this one: http://cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5195240620&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1
Ehr... That was a little to much, I am willing to spend up to 200 EUR for a card, specially if it still intact (videoslot not removed).
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Hi,
You would think that at this point there should be some ex-Amiga hardware companies saying "Damn, if we started back up an made 1000 of these we could sell them all and make a fortune!". Hmmmm anyone got a couple million for a new startup?
-G
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The price would stay high only if people were still under the illusion that they were rare and therefore worth the megabucks. So they would have to keep it quiet if they did so :)
This card is based on a cirrus logic chipset - these were fairly pathetic cards on the PC side back in the day. You would hope that if someone made a new card they would use something a little more current.
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@Tahoe:
I have a Picasso IV card which is in use with my A4000D system (e.g. not really for sale), however if you are willing to pay 300EUR + shipping, it's yours. It's the latest revision PIV with the latest revision FF/SD chip on it (V7), still uncut (e.g. never tried with an A2000).
I know that the price is a nightmare, but that's how much it would take for me to let go of a hardware that I currently use (e.g. it's not sittign on a shelf unused, taking space).
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Here is another one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5197021786&fromMakeTrack=true
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Jeff wrote:
Here is another one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5197021786&fromMakeTrack=true
Hey Yo!
OOOHHHH Jeff! ;-) Don't reveal the ebay auctions containing Picasso IV cards. I may be interested in buying it, and i don't want a fierce competition over it. Just to clarify to my competition: Picasso IV cards are cheap as chips and are as common as PC's. There, hopefully i have cleared the confusion! ;-)
Regards,
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Oh wait. The card appears to be a little dodgy. Caryy on! :-)
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x56h34 wrote:
@Tahoe:
I have a Picasso IV card which is in use with my A4000D system (e.g. not really for sale), however if you are willing to pay 300EUR + shipping, it's yours. It's the latest revision PIV with the latest revision FF/SD chip on it (V7), still uncut (e.g. never tried with an A2000).
I know that the price is a nightmare, but that's how much it would take for me to let go of a hardware that I currently use (e.g. it's not sittign on a shelf unused, taking space).
Sounds just like my PIV, and mine has the original retail box too.
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300 EUR? People should tell Villagetronic, they are still in business and could start another production run.
I am very much interested in a Picasso IV but not at that budget, for that kind of cash it would be cheaper to buy a mediator + Voodoo. (and scrap (=sell) my Concierto/Pablo/Paloma)
Probably found one for 200 EUR, hope deal goes through!!
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Tell VillageTronic? For what? A production run of 100 PIV cards, priced at 300EUR? :-) Even if all 100 were successfully sold at that price, I doubt that it is worth their time to invest in such a small-time, low profit business venture...and I doubt that there's even a number of people close to 100 that are interested in PIV anyway. :-)
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No, really! - I doubt Villiagetronic sold 100 of anything else last month...
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Hey Yo!
Oh i wish i had a better Amiga. My current Amiga is crap compared to the likes of x56h34 and X-ray. It's like comparing a mini-bus to a double decker bus!!!
Regards,
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Tahoe:
Wouldn't it be better to buy a Mediator and use it together with a Voodoo-card and a TV-Card ? Running the RF-signal to the TV-card and get a window in Workbench with the game and still have acess to the desktop in Workbench?
:-D
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I have 2 PIVs but sadly they are not for sale.
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I had a retail box Picasso IV, along with a boxed Amiga 4000 that my ex sold on ebay during our divorce!! She sold it for $1800 too.
:banana:
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Erm, have I missed something recently ? It should be quite possible to get a PIV for a tad over 100 EUR. For 200 EUR people should fall over each other to sell it to you. Heck you are in the netherlandads, so "importing" from germany should be piece of cake. I can understand if prices are that high in the US, or more remote parts of europe like spain or so, but really right here around the corner you souldn`t have to search long to get one for 150 EUR.
Maybe post a request in the amige-news.de forum.
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@ Lemmink
Unfortunately, I don't think the nature of the beast lends itself to be sold for 200 Euros with any enthusiasm. That is what I found when I 'put out the word' that I wanted one. I doubt that Tahoe will get it for less than 200 Euros in fact I would be surprised if he gets it for less than 250 if the board hasn't been split and the manual/disk is included. Would you sell yours to Tahoe for 200 Euros? Have you contacted him?
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X-ray wrote:
@ Lemmink
Unfortunately, I don't think the nature of the beast lends itself to be sold for 200 Euros with any enthusiasm. That is what I found when I 'put out the word' that I wanted one. I doubt that Tahoe will get it for less than 200 Euros in fact I would be surprised if he gets it for less than 250 if the board hasn't been split and the manual/disk is included. Would you sell yours to Tahoe for 200 Euros? Have you contacted him?
That's the key to buying any Amiga hardware. Don't tell a soul you desperately want something and certainly not on this forum; 'cause then suddenly everyone remembers how great something like a PIV card is and drives the prices up to $400+ on US eBay like last December....argghh!!!!!
@CU_Amiga
I'd love to get a Blizzard 1260 card; you're lucky to have one. Pop a 128MB simm in it and you're off to the races with the best 68K performance out there.
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@Argus:
I'd love to get a Blizzard 1260 card
That can be arranged. How much are you...ah, forget it. :-)
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Regards,
x56h34 wrote:
@Argus:
I'd love to get a Blizzard 1260 card
That can be arranged. How much are you...ah, forget it. :-)
Hey Yo!
Oh you tease! :-D
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@x56h34
@CU_Amiga
There is a 1260 on US eBay right now. The joker wants something like $400 Buy it Now. And you know, he'll probably get it. Wow, now that's more than I'd pay for a BlizzardPPC w/SCSI!
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I have a picasso IV in an A4000 (060) setup. I`m looking to sell the lot if your interested?
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I would realy love to get my hands on a cyberstorm 060/PPC :-P
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Hey Yo!
So, just an offbeat question here: Is the Picasso IV faster than AGA (found in the A1200 and A4000)?
Regards,
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that's an yes and no question. Yes, it is faster becuase of faster graphics-processor/memory and many other things. No, it is not faster when you look at some of the classic games which use the "special" features the amiga chipset offers.
But in a day to day use a graphics card is faster.
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CU_AMiGA wrote:
Hey Yo!
So, just an offbeat question here: Is the Picasso IV faster than AGA (found in the A1200 and A4000)?
Regards,
I've noticed little practical speed difference on an A4000 in AGA vs. PIV Cgfx screenmodes that are limited to say 320x200 (i.e. you can run Quake, Doom, etc. at about the same speed, slight edge to PIV because no chunky-planar conversion needed). The real edge is in Workbench displays where the PIV gives you a nice crisp large 1024x768 flicker free display (I prefer 800x600 on my 17" monitor though..easier on the eyes).
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I bought a Cybervision64 card and use that in conjunction with a C=2620 card. It saved a little $$ and works just fine. Originally I also was looking for the Picasso IV but could not cough up the dough. Doh !
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Hey Yo!
:laughing:
Regards,
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i bought my picasso IV from ebay ages ago i paid soemthing like 140 quid for it, it is a very popular gfx card,i think it is down to the fact it has a scandoubler and flickerfixer so its a good all in one package. i have a feeling that the prices for amiga stuff will never go down.. might even go up as more and more people get back into classic amigas, so buybuybuy! while u can!! :)
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Reading this thread, made me smile about the price I paid for my PIV some months ago (~130 euros) from a local seller.
Anyway, I was looking at a Paloma module, ended up to 100 euros! (wouldnt give that much...) (tahoe should know, from the same seller he missed the auction) ;-)