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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Jope on January 11, 2004, 06:19:55 PM

Title: A1000 prototype..
Post by: Jope on January 11, 2004, 06:19:55 PM: Proto A1000 (http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/amiga1000-proto/)

Wow, I thought I had seen just about everything concerning older or strange Commodore gear in all the years I've been a Commodore nut (since 1985 :-D), but here we are, time to be surprised again in 2003!
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: Linchpin on January 11, 2004, 06:31:48 PM: Dang!

That aint yellow! That be ORANGE =oD
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: bloodline on January 11, 2004, 06:35:33 PM: Quote

Jope wrote:
Proto A1000 (http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/amiga1000-proto/)

Wow, I thought I had seen just about everything concerning older or strange Commodore gear in all the years I've been a Commodore nut (since 1985 :-D), but here we are, time to be surprised again in 2003!

Looks like a British A1K with the paint removed from the face plate... :-)
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: that_punk_guy on January 11, 2004, 06:39:04 PM: This is the real prototype Miggy :-)

(http://amiga.emugaming.com/prototypes/cbm-lorraine-portrait.jpg)
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: Jope on January 11, 2004, 06:45:57 PM: Quote

That aint yellow! That be ORANGE =oD

Yeah, talk about crap plastic.

I had a 1541-II, C-64II and flat C-128 that were the same level of yellow as this..

Never leave your equipment in the sun, people. :-/
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: JimS on January 11, 2004, 07:32:39 PM: It looks like a stock A1000 to me with a severly distressed case, and an A1300 Genlock installed...
(Got one)
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: Jope on January 11, 2004, 09:36:33 PM: Quote

JimS wrote:
It looks like a stock A1000 to me with a severly distressed case, and an A1300 Genlock installed...
(Got one)

Yeah, but that has an embossed Commodore logo where it normally says Amiga.

I'd have loved some shots of the internals.. Perhaps the owners can be persuaded to take some. :-)
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: bloodline on January 11, 2004, 09:55:08 PM: Quote

Jope wrote:
Quote

JimS wrote:
It looks like a stock A1000 to me with a severly distressed case, and an A1300 Genlock installed...
(Got one)

Yeah, but that has an embossed Commodore logo where it normally says Amiga.

All European A1k's had that :-)
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: McTrinsic on January 12, 2004, 03:45:41 PM: Quote

Yeah, but that has an embossed Commodore logo where it normally says Amiga.
All European A1k's had that :-)

Nope.

The european Amigas had the checkmark + Amiga AND the Commodore Logo below it.

Maybe a few had that. But I doubt it. A friend of mine had one of the first european A1000s, with stickers for the keyboard to make it a german keyboard. i think it even was a piggyback-miggy. It did not have this commodore writing embossed.

Have fun,
McTrinsic
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: Ilwrath on January 12, 2004, 06:00:54 PM: Hmm... But aside from the logo (and we've seen many variations on C= logos on the A1000) why does this machine seem like a Prototype? The "Extra Ports" are just the A1300 genlock, as mentioned.

Personally, though, I want to know what was plugged into the parallel port on the far side of the machine for so many years. ;-)
Title: Re: A1000 prototype..
Post by: Jope on January 12, 2004, 07:12:42 PM: Well now we only have that embossed logo (which I have never seen in any production A1000s) and the owner's word that it's a prototype.