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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: sturulez on February 24, 2010, 01:23:31 PM
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Does anyone know if analogic computers still sell amiga 1200 magic pack? also has anyone here purchased one from there recently??
thanks
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AmigaKit.com is a very reputable seller of all things errr Amiga!
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/index.php?currency=GBP¤cy=GBP
Thats the UK store link, Im assuming youre in the UK but you havent filled out your profile.
They also have a US and European store.
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Analogic have an ebay shop I believe, and usually have Amiga stuff for sale there...
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Some guy recently paid through the nose for a "new old stock" A4000T from SoftHut. He was so excited he filmed himself taking it out of the box and put the video up on youtube. Turned out it was dead on arrival.
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haha, no shit?
What are we gonna guess, capacitor leakage, or battery acid leakage? Atleast with the first kind of "my hardware is melting" you can rinse it off!
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haha, no shit?
What are we gonna guess, capacitor leakage, or battery acid leakage? Atleast with the first kind of "my hardware is melting" you can rinse it off!
dunno, havent checked that thread out in a couple of days.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=30731&forum=25
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What are we gonna guess, capacitor leakage, or battery acid leakage? Atleast with the first kind of "my hardware is melting" you can rinse it off!
Capacitor leakage can eat traces too, and there's generally no "leakable" batteries in the 4000Ts (lithium cells.)
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Yeah, but aren't amiga boards comparatively simple, socketed chips, etc? I imagine you could replace damaged traces with some thin wire?
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No, 600, 1200, 4000, 4000T are mostly SMT. The damage is generally repairable, but not without some decent equipment.
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Ahh right. So the manufacturing process was something they actually did bother to keep current... good to know.
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Escom finished the design and rolled out the A4000 tower. Wasn't in then Viscorp or quickpak still making them?
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I bought my NOS A1200 from Analogic through their eBay shop a little while ago.
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moto
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Some guy recently paid through the nose for a "new old stock" A4000T from SoftHut. He was so excited he filmed himself taking it out of the box and put the video up on youtube. Turned out it was dead on arrival.
Linky?
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We have new and refurb Amiga 1200 with warranty available in stock now:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/?cPath=40_85
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Some guy recently paid through the nose for a "new old stock" A4000T from SoftHut. He was so excited he filmed himself taking it out of the box and put the video up on youtube. Turned out it was dead on arrival.
That was me. Appears possible CPU board is bad. Soft Hut is sending me a replacement. Hope to know soon if that takes care of issue.
BTW, these A4000T they sell have a 6 month warranty, so, even though old new stock, we have protection with a decent warranty.
I hope to have a running A4000T soon. I am excited to start using it. Even brand new systems have a DOA once in a while and shit happens. These have been sitting for a very long time I am sure but Joe at Soft Hut is a decent guy and a good seller it appears and should be taking care of the issue as we speak.
So, am I still excited. You bet I am. :)
Direct link to my video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bNZWnh2F6Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bNZWnh2F6Q)
tj
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Here is the link and the story of the new A4000T
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=30731&forum=25
@amigasociety
It is really a gorgeous machine! I hope you get it working in the end! :)
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Here is the link and the story of the new A4000T
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=30731&forum=25
@amigasociety
It is really a gorgeous machine! I hope you get it working in the end! :)
I am sure it will. Stuff happens. Just seems to happen to me lately. . A couple other people I have met on these various Amiga forums also purchased the same systems and they did not have issues so I am sure it is just one of those things. Bad things come in 3s so this was my 3rd so only good JuJu from now on. hehehehe
tj
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are all amigas that are sold at amigakit. come with the magic pack box and packaging??
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Yes they all come with Magic pack cardboard box and packaging- the actual Magic Pack Software can be configured as an option for the package. Here are some pictures of our computers we sell:
(http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/magic_pack_box_2.jpg) (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/magic_pack_box_1.jpg)
(http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/magic_pack_box_3.jpg) (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/images/a1200_magic_pack.jpg)
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Oh... an all Amigas we sell are tested throughly with a Pre-Delivery Inspection as standard by our Technician.
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Opening up a sealed A1200 Magic Pack is extremely exciting in this day and age :)
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moto
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Oh... an all Amigas we sell are tested throughly with a Pre-Delivery Inspection as standard by our Technician.
... which involves a burn-in test by a 5-hour retro gaming session :razz:
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moto
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Thats great!!! oh i did hear once there was a issue with the A1200 magic pack a PC high-density drive mechanism was used and there was a few issues with that.. Has that problem been resolved?
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I personaly ordered one of these from Amigakit last year, along with OS 3.9 ,80 gig drive, and an indivision AGA installed. I will say, it was great. They wrapped and packaged it great for shipping and the box was in great shape shipped over here to canada. Some pictures below are of the unpacking:
Amigakit has the best service and you won't be disappointed at all in the purchase.
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Same here. I ordered my 1200 from AmigaKit with IndivisionAGA, Subway-USB and a 4gb CF IDE drive preinstalled with OS3.9. Everything was perfectly installed and shipped to me in the USA. Outstanding service. Highly recommended! It was a great way to get back into the Amiga after 20 years. Just hooked it up and it booted - ready to go!
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Same here. I ordered my 1200 from AmigaKit with IndivisionAGA, Subway-USB and a 4gb CF IDE drive preinstalled with OS3.9. Everything was perfectly installed and shipped to me in the USA. Outstanding service. Highly recommended! It was a great way to get back into the Amiga after 20 years. Just hooked it up and it booted - ready to go!
Was it a PAL A1200? What about the power supply? Was it for North America? And the keyboard...USA layout?
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Yes PAL. I used my old A500 PSU and the keyboard was not US but you can get those as well.
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I ordered the North American Version (US keyboard- there is an option on the order page), but it really has no difference in OS.3.1 and up, just hold both mouse buttons down at boot, and boot into the mode you want (PAL or NTSC). I have a "UK" version of the A600 here and other than the boot, there is no difference in my opinion, just use a power supply that is for your country. I have a North American Power supply on my A600 and it has no issues at all.
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Just a quick plug - Amigakit is one of the best Amiga dealers I have dealt with. They are great!
I have dealt with Software Hut for eons, and will not say anything bad about them either. But today if I were buying a new Amiga - I would go to Amigakit.
period.
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Amigasociety,
Great video. You remaind surprisingly calm, I think I would have been in tears with joy.
I wonder how many magic packs AmigaKit have in stock and if any of them have suffered from leaky caps?
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Amigasociety,
Great video. You remaind surprisingly calm, I think I would have been in tears with joy.
I wonder how many magic packs AmigaKit have in stock and if any of them have suffered from leaky caps?
I guess maybe if I was an Amigan from the 80s I may have but coming to this late in life, I guess the emotions to that level are not there. But... I know a good thing when I see it and could not pass up owning a A4000T do did the deed.
tj
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Yes they all come with Magic pack cardboard box and packaging- the actual Magic Pack Software can be configured as an option for the package. Here are some pictures of our computers we sell
Something I've been meaning to ask: On the build to order form, it has options for a copy of workbench 3.1 and a mouse at cost. Does this mean that the bog standard £99 one has had them taken out, or? If by default they ship with WB 3.0 and the mouse option is to buy a second, I guess that would make sense.
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@RMK305
When we are assembling our Built To Order Amiga 1200 (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=305) - the components are all thoroughly tested by our Technician before dispatch. We then will guarantee our stock under the warranty.
It costs us if the item shipped is DOA and can discredit our business in terms of customer service. We work very hard to ensure that the customer has no faults with their system when they receive their order.
@Hell Labs
You can configure some options to be NONE if you do not need them - please see the configure options at the bottom of the product to see what is provided: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=305#configure
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@amigakit
I emailed you some time ago regarding some information on your capacitor replacement service for the A1200, but I don't recall receiving a reply.
Is the service available still?
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Yes it is still available:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=932
Please check your SPAM filter for our reply.
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@Hell Labs
You can configure some options to be NONE if you do not need them - please see the configure options at the bottom of the product to see what is provided: http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=305#configure
Ahh, I understand. Odd, there's no option for that accelerator you have in stock though.:)
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If you add any accelerators to your A1200 order, we will happily install / test it for you before dispatch.
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Yes it is still available:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=932
Please check your SPAM filter for our reply.
Drat, if it went there it will have been deleted ages ago. Oh well, good to know the service is available. What's the rough turnaround time on that?
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whats the delivery time from amigakit in the UK normally??
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Once we dispatch the package it is a next day service.
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Some guy recently paid through the nose for a "new old stock" A4000T from SoftHut. He was so excited he filmed himself taking it out of the box and put the video up on youtube. Turned out it was dead on arrival.
Hi,
Anybody know how this turned out, SoftHut is usually excellent at making good any purchase that you made from them. I have purchased from them since the Amiga first came out and they were always an excellent dealer to deal with. The Amiga product especially towers and desktops with add on accelerators are well know for not functioning properly after being shipped, when I was a Commodore salesman I checked every Amiga I sold in front of the customer so he knew it worked before taking it home. I also showed and briefed him on what to do if it didn't work when he got it home.
I sold C64, C128, PC-10, PC-20, Amiga 1000's, Amiga 500's, and Amiga 2000's in San Francisco in the late 80's to the early 90's, and yes Apple's were the least sold, PC's were the most sold, except for the Amiga 500's were I received awards for selling the most computers (Amiga 500's of course) for three years in a row (1989-1992), the years I didn't win was because Commodore couldn't make shipments.
1st place -- Amiga 500
2nd place -- PC's
3rd place -- Apple II, and Mac's
smerf
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Anybody know how this turned out, SoftHut is usually excellent at making good any purchase that you made from them.
Eyes work better when opened.
(scroll up.)
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I post more over on Amigaworld.net. I am this buyer. I received the replacement CPU board but made ZERO difference. Same green and yellow screens. So, I message Joe of Soft Hut last night and he responded this AM and said he would check with his tech.
So, that is where it stands right now.
Disappointment it will not boot but keeping my head up about it.
TJ
Hi,
Anybody know how this turned out, SoftHut is usually excellent at making good any purchase that you made from them. I have purchased from them since the Amiga first came out and they were always an excellent dealer to deal with. The Amiga product especially towers and desktops with add on accelerators are well know for not functioning properly after being shipped, when I was a Commodore salesman I checked every Amiga I sold in front of the customer so he knew it worked before taking it home. I also showed and briefed him on what to do if it didn't work when he got it home.
I sold C64, C128, PC-10, PC-20, Amiga 1000's, Amiga 500's, and Amiga 2000's in San Francisco in the late 80's to the early 90's, and yes Apple's were the least sold, PC's were the most sold, except for the Amiga 500's were I received awards for selling the most computers (Amiga 500's of course) for three years in a row (1989-1992), the years I didn't win was because Commodore couldn't make shipments.
1st place -- Amiga 500
2nd place -- PC's
3rd place -- Apple II, and Mac's
smerf
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haha, no shit?
What are we gonna guess, capacitor leakage, or battery acid leakage? Atleast with the first kind of "my hardware is melting" you can rinse it off!
You know the A4000T doesn`t have the old barrel style battery.
scuzz
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I post more over on Amigaworld.net. I am this buyer. I received the replacement CPU board but made ZERO difference. Same green and yellow screens. So, I message Joe of Soft Hut last night and he responded this AM and said he would check with his tech.
So, that is where it stands right now.
Disappointment it will not boot but keeping my head up about it.
TJ
If it's anything like my -dodgy DIY hackjob- pc, try completely dissasembling it, then cleaning every possible connection, even the ones you don't need, with a shirt or something clean. Paper towels works. I wouldn't surprised if that was all it was, just oxidation on the contacts.
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dunno, havent checked that thread out in a couple of days.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=30731&forum=25
AS of the 27th of February.
As of right now, it sits on my desk looking like a rather large door-stop.
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whats the delivery time from amigakit in the UK normally??
I have found the turn around time to Canada very fast (once shipped). Normally, they ship Fed EX which takes 3 days to Canada. But, because Fed EX charges excessive "Boarder Fees" (nowhere near as bad as UPS, but enough to make you think twice about using them for shipping), I get them to ship regular Royal Post (post office) and that takes between a week and 10 days at the most (because Canada Post does not deliver mail on the weekends)
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I wonder how long the build process takes and how long before you actually recieve it?
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I just ordered a refurbished one from Amigakit and I can't wait :)
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Dude got a new machine sent in from SoftHut, one that works.
He's learning the ropes.
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=30731&forum=25&start=260&viewmode=flat&order=0
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First few weeks of using an amiga are HARD. Hope he doesn't get scared into dumping it on ebay.
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First few weeks of using an amiga are HARD. Hope he doesn't get scared into dumping it on ebay.
So far I am having a good time. Just been Soooo long since I did any command line stuff since I am a Mac head. So, even figuring out I had to type lha_68040 e blahblahblah.lha to unstuff the files. I sure am making a mess on one one 4GB partition though. I need to read more and figure out better what command I can use for lha_68040 to make the files all unstuff in their own folder someplace. If someone wants to give me that tip so I don't have to track it down. :lol:
So far so good. Just al foreign to me never owning an Amiga. Not like they have a real good Amiga For Dummies book although one would think after all these years since 1985 someone would have made a real good one. :) So far I have it booting OS 3.1 and have installed the hard drive and CD rom. Boots from hard drive but I am still working on getting CD to work. I did install the Cyberstorm today and nice having 82MB RAM. Never thought I would say that. 82MB RAM. Seems so small yet so big in world of old 1994 systems.
No plans today to dump it although after I play some with the Cyberstorm I installed today, come summer if that X1000 is out and I want to get it, I may part with my Cyberstorm/Cybervision combo to help pay for my addiction or maybe do a partial trade for cash + 68060 cpu board for my Cyberstorm setup. We will see.
For now, I am having fun. Confused, dazed, happy, and content. What more can I ask for?
tj