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Title: Lost model
Post by: motrucker on July 19, 2009, 08:13:24 PM

I was just reading an old Amiga World magazine (March 1995) and noticed a Canadian company selling an Amiga model 2200. Was this a scam? or were they really trying to do this?
It's on page 60, if you have a copy...

I found a thread here from 2004 on this very subject. Search A2200 if you have to know...

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: Drac on July 19, 2009, 08:25:01 PM

Have a look here...

http://www.bboah.com/index.php?sid=21635〈=en&action=show&cat=7 (http://www.bboah.com/index.php?sid=21635&lang=en&action=show&cat=7)

:)

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: Matt_H on July 19, 2009, 09:24:52 PM

This (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=230277&postcount=7) is the post I best remember about the 2200. It's been 2 years since CatHerder logged in, so I don't think we're going to see any more details for a while...

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: motrucker on July 19, 2009, 09:30:00 PM

@Drac - it funny that the photos used here are from the ad I was reading from the 1995 Amiga World!

@ Matt_H  -  That was what I found in the search.

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: Matt_H on July 19, 2009, 09:36:20 PM

I've got that issue as well. I'm temped to try to get some better scans, but the original image wasn't that great, either. Not sure it would be any better.

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: Drac on July 19, 2009, 10:09:40 PM

@Motrucker

Is this the same adress as in the ad you have ?

81 Martindale Blvd Ne
            Calgary AB, T3J 3M7

            Phone #: 403-293-9394
 Fax #: 403-293-8456

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: motrucker on July 19, 2009, 10:44:20 PM

@Drac,
I can't see an address (can't find my glasses!) BUT it says:
Computer Answers, Prince Albert, SK Canada
Phone #s are both 306 prefixes

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: spaceman88 on July 20, 2009, 12:35:00 AM

Am I reading Catherders post right? Does this mean there are 65,000 motherboards out there? You would think they would have shown up by now, like the "new" CD32 units that ended up in China.

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: tone007 on July 20, 2009, 12:59:36 AM

Probably deemed "incomplete product" or something by the warehouse and trashed.  The CD32s were obviously complete so I could see why they wouldn't dump those.

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: Tension on July 20, 2009, 02:37:49 AM

"Twice as fast as an A1200"

How???

Bollocks

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: Matt_H on July 20, 2009, 03:19:53 AM

There's a second post (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=230528&postcount=19) in that thread that explains the fate of the boards (and might also explain the speed claims).

Title: Re: Lost model
Post by: Jiffy on July 20, 2009, 08:04:27 AM

Quote from: Tension;516203

"Twice as fast as an A1200"

How???

Put some fastram in your A1200 and the effective speed almost doubles compared to the version without fastram.