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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: crispy on August 27, 2007, 08:53:47 AM

Title: Blizzard IV 1230 50Mhz on ebay
Post by: crispy on August 27, 2007, 08:53:47 AM

Hey all,

I've just put up an auction for my Blizzard 1230 card with 16MB of RAM - I am moving to the US and can't take any of my Amiga stuff with me I'm afraid...

Here is the address:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110163306487

Also, I am going to put up my full Amiga Power Tower.  The specs are:

A1200 Power Tower with
Blizzard PPC Board 68040 25Mhz/PPC 603e 160Mhz
144 MB Ram (128 + 16 MB SIMMS)
Blizzard Vision GFX card
Scan Doubler
PCMCIA Right angle connector
Ethernet Adapter
High Speed serial card (connects to the clock port)
IDEFix 4 port adapter
OS3.9 installed with CD
Hard drive - 6GB if I remember correctly!
24x CDROM drive

Can you guys let me know what it is worth?  Would it be worth more if I split it into its various parts?

Cheers
Crispy

Title: Re: Blizzard IV 1230 50Mhz on ebay
Post by: BinoX on August 27, 2007, 09:50:21 AM

Hmmm... as a complete system you should probably get somewhere between £300 and £400 I think

as parts: (all prices approximates)

Blizzard PPC Board 68040 25Mhz/PPC 603e 160Mhz and 144 MB Ram - £150-£200

Blizzard Vision GFX card - £75

Scan Doubler - £30-£50

and all the below wouldn't really be worth selling seperately in my opinion:

PCMCIA Right angle connector
Ethernet Adapter
High Speed serial card (connects to the clock port)
IDEFix 4 port adapter
OS3.9 installed with CD
Hard drive - 6GB if I remember correctly!
24x CDROM drive


So overall, I'd reccommend selling it as a complete system. You may get a little bit more cash for it as parts, but not much. Plus you may be left with all sorts of random bits...

Although, if you take it out of the tower, all the innards will fit in a static proof bag at the bottom of a suitcase quite nicely :p

Title: Re: Blizzard IV 1230 50Mhz on ebay
Post by: crispy on August 27, 2007, 10:23:45 AM

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Although, if you take it out of the tower, all the innards will fit in a static proof bag at the bottom of a suitcase quite nicely :p

Thanks for the info BinoX, thats very helpful!

You're right, it would fit in the suitcase very nicely indeed... however, I don't think my other half would let me fit it in the suitcase, if you know what I mean!

I might just put it up for auction as the complete system - I'll have to rebuild the hard drive though, it had completely seized up the last time I powered it up.  Fortunately, I have another good disk to replace it with.

Would you know how much it would cost to post something like this?

Crispy

Title: Re: Blizzard IV 1230 50Mhz on ebay
Post by: BinoX on August 27, 2007, 04:39:34 PM

Royal mail standard parcels would be around £10 - £20
For insured use www.parcel2go.com They're a cheap courier, I've used them before and they're good :) (I think they subcontract DHL and UPS.. but they're still cheaper than dealing with either company directly)

Title: Re: Blizzard IV 1230 50Mhz on ebay
Post by: crispy on August 30, 2007, 08:23:11 AM

Thanks BinoX,

I'll let everyone know when its on here!

Cheers
Crispy