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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: walterg74 on April 16, 2012, 10:01:09 AM
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So in my retro craze of getting old school computers (among which Amigas of course), I noticed there seems to be no Amiga 1000s published anyware... Are they so scarce now? On what passes for our local "ebay", there's this one seller selling just aunit (no keyboard) for about 180 us dollars.... I though it to be kind of crazy, but then I saw there are none available (and I can't even find a keyboard even if I wanted that one he sells...). So what's the deal? :confused:
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1000's do seem to be scarce. I have been checking ebay for a while to try and catch one and they don't come around very often.
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Yes, that and looking some ore, I also don't see any 2000s or 3000s practically... :S
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there is a 3000 on the UK ebay store at the moment. Seems a bit beaten but should be serviceable. There is also a 2000 available on gumtree. Again it's in the UK though.
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So in my retro craze of getting old school computers (among which Amigas of course), I noticed there seems to be no Amiga 1000s published anyware...
Last week i managed to pick up an Amiga 1000 with monitor and orginal boxes etc. for only $100 - but that was in Denmark - and it was the first I've seen in a long time - but again I don't think the A1000 was that popular in DK anyway.
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Someone is hoarding them? It'll be on TV one of these days, A1000's stacked to the ceilings, just you wait, LOL. ;-p
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Speaking of hoarding, check this guy out:
http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/188483-bitrate-3do-and-m2-collection-11-years-worth-many-pics/page__pid__2381685#entry2381685
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Where are you located? I might be interested in selling one of my A1000s. Has original box, and keyboard, mouse.
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Yes, that and looking some ore, I also don't see any 2000s or 3000s practically... :S
My experience is the opposite -- in the past 3 or 4 weeks, there have been several A2000 and A3000 systems on eBay and even a few A1000s. Now that I've got my A2000 and A3000 running, I think I'm going to grab an A1000 next. :D
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Where are you located? I might be interested in selling one of my A1000s. Has original box, and keyboard, mouse.
If he isn't interested and you're in the US, I might be interested.
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A1000 is the nicest non AGA Amiga to use and one of the rarest but a combination of ebays a$$hole policies towards new sellers and low selling price they will soon disappear off scumbay.
The same 20 A1000s are bought and sold on :lol:
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Here in the States ebay has had more than a few listed for reasonable prices. I even saw one at a local flea market that worked for $125.00 with 2Mb ram upgrade and 1080 monitor.
I notice that some of the ebay listings are actually in Canada.
Don't seem to be scarce here, anyway.
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If you're in Europe, i just saw four of them on the German ebay, and one over at the Dutch ebay... Good luck there!
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A1000 is the nicest non AGA Amiga to use and one of the rarest
I prefer the "batpack" rev 5 a500, as it was the first I owned. No pesky kickstart disks & no noisy fans.
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Where are you located? I might be interested in selling one of my A1000s. Has original box, and keyboard, mouse.
I am actually located in south america. I have been coming to europe on two occasions recently, and took advantage of that to get me some mice enay auctions (i think all from uk sellers). Where are you located and how much would you want for your Amiga? I should be coming back in about a month and a half give or take.
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I'm in the USA, California. Let me pull it out of storage and make sure all accessories are there. I think it has the 512k memory upgrade also.
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I'd be interested if it had a phoenix board....
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Jinx ... I've been looking to buy a reasonable A1000 locally for a few years now and just got home 10 minutes ago with one I picked up off of my local Craigslist. Came with 1080 monitor, 1060 sidecar, DigiView, Perfect Sound digitizer, external floppy, etc. Everything seems to be original, working, and in good condition. Not bad for $75 I think. I'll have to find some time to play with it tomorrow.
I always had a soft spot for the A1000 as it's the first one I saw, and I think the case looks great. I've been a bit put off by the expandability, but interesting enough I'm just reading now that the sidecar can host a hard drive? That will be interesting to try and get going. I now have an A1000, A2000, and 4000D - now I just need a cheap A3000 to complete my collection, the one I want the most actually.
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I'd be interested if it had a phoenix board....
There is an A1000 Phoenix on amibay now with 2mb chip, 4mb fast, kick 3.1 and 030/40 turbo fe accelerator.
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I won a few days ago an a2000 :D
There are a few inside ebay.de , take a look here :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Amiga-2000-Commdore-A2000-Commodore?item=390409398974&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26itu%3DI%252BUA%26otn%3D12%26pmod%3D110858085613%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7803095684341693804#ht_3173wt_1227
http://www.ebay.de/itm/Amiga-A-2000-Computer?item=140738662437&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26otn%3D12%26po%3DLCA%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7803221030243531039#ht_500wt_1287
I am looking also for an a1000 , i think its very hard to find one :/
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Jinx ... I've been looking to buy a reasonable A1000 locally for a few years now and just got home 10 minutes ago with one I picked up off of my local Craigslist. Came with 1080 monitor, 1060 sidecar, DigiView, Perfect Sound digitizer, external floppy, etc. Everything seems to be original, working, and in good condition. Not bad for $75 I think. I'll have to find some time to play with it tomorrow.
I always had a soft spot for the A1000 as it's the first one I saw, and I think the case looks great. I've been a bit put off by the expandability, but interesting enough I'm just reading now that the sidecar can host a hard drive? That will be interesting to try and get going. I now have an A1000, A2000, and 4000D - now I just need a cheap A3000 to complete my collection, the one I want the most actually.
Yeah, well, I'm not lucky enough to live in the US, and don't have such offers here in my country. Only now on these short europe trips can I attempt to get something and at a reasonable price.. :(
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I think they are quite rare in the USA Ebay, i just searched and i only found 1, and it was $750.00 USD.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1000-computer-1-5MB-w-keyboard-mouse-original-Box-Working-condition-/170730074299?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item27c04e30bb
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I prefer the "batpack" rev 5 a500, as it was the first I owned. No pesky kickstart disks & no noisy fans.
Fan makes less noise than laptops today and the keyboard is superior to A500 or 600. Smaller footprint with monitor on top. You only load the kickstart disk once too.
If anyone wants to swap 2 A500s for an A1000 I'm here :)
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Never had a problem getting Amiga 1000's. I was recently gifted this little lot.
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/car_0410/car_0410_075.jpg
The 1000s I have...
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz18.htm
The 2500 is more difficult to get hold of and say the Commodore A1060. The latter plus a tape drive for the A3000UX would be very significant finds for the collection.
PS My first Amiga 1000 came all the way to the UK from Canada with a single piece of bubble wrap around it... and it arrived without any damage to the box.
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I think they are quite rare in the USA Ebay,
Depends on your definition of rare.
True, there are times when they aren't on e-bay or just one.
But there are times when there are a few.
The high price ones are just silly. You can't judge them all by that auction.
You'll see one for $100 or so within a few weeks...
I generally do, although I got mine already. Not too long ago..
desiv
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Sorry to dig up an old thread but noticed this site while randomly searching the net.
My A1000 has been parked in a cupboard for quite a few years going nowhere. I had assumed that I'd get into it again when my kids grew up but that's not happening. I have a SCSI phoenix in it, which I bought (a looong time ago) after trying an external ram/ide card that got stolen by the company that made it (when they tried to fix a fault in it).
I'm interested in seeing whether there's still interest in the machine and I can put it on ebay. I'm based in Sydney Australia.
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Sorry to dig up an old thread but noticed this site while randomly searching the net.
My A1000 has been parked in a cupboard for quite a few years going nowhere. I had assumed that I'd get into it again when my kids grew up but that's not happening. I have a SCSI phoenix in it, which I bought (a looong time ago) after trying an external ram/ide card that got stolen by the company that made it (when they tried to fix a fault in it).
I'm interested in seeing whether there's still interest in the machine and I can put it on ebay. I'm based in Sydney Australia.
If there was an A1000 on the UK ebay then I'd definitely be interested. So would others. I'm very jealous of that chap who got his with all expansions for $75...
In the UK it would fetch probably £200, or more depending on number of bidders.
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Sorry to dig up an old thread but noticed this site while randomly searching the net.
My A1000 has been parked in a cupboard for quite a few years going nowhere. I had assumed that I'd get into it again when my kids grew up but that's not happening. I have a SCSI phoenix in it, which I bought (a looong time ago) after trying an external ram/ide card that got stolen by the company that made it (when they tried to fix a fault in it).
I'm interested in seeing whether there's still interest in the machine and I can put it on ebay. I'm based in Sydney Australia.
hi & welcome aboard. If your A1000 is in working order and in clean shape (i.e not yellowed) it will get you between $250-$400 here in Canada. If you also have the original box & all documentation I've seen them go up to $800-$1,000 here.
btw, if you want to sell your Phoenix board separately let me know :-)
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I'm very jealous of that chap who got his with all expansions for $75...
Sorry about that ... I did spend a few days cleaning all the grime off everything since then and I must say it's all in absolutely excellent pristine condition, it looks brand new. :D
Well you may have to just be patient to find one, took me quite a while. It does seem like they are getting rarer as time goes on though, maybe people are holding on to them now. I think people are more like to "collect" 1000s and more like to "use" other Amigas. I did see one other 1000 for sale locally here for $60 a ways back. So they may be rare here too, but they do seem a lot cheaper than over there when you can find one.
My 1000 is probably the favourite in my collection of a 2000, 3000, and 4000, from a collect-ability point of view, mostly because it's in as new condition and the others aren't. This 1000 is gonna get babied.
Good luck on the quest.
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Look what's on UK ebay!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-Amiga-1000-/130779341335?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1e730e6217
Yes...an A1000... 3 days to run. :cool:
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Look what's on UK ebay!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-Amiga-1000-/130779341335?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1e730e6217
Yes...an A1000... 3 days to run. :cool:
Nice :)
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I don't know what the deal is. I just saw 2 working A1000s in a Baltimore (Glen Burnie) flea market for $100.00 each with original box, keyboards and mice (and the 256K RAM add on). They were both in great shape, and the seller had them running demos at his stall. People were trying get them for $50.00 or less....
Have Amiga users turned into cheapskates?!
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There i also this in the US also
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-Amiga-1000-Computer-Great-Condition-W-Keybard-Original-Box-DIsk-/120994258195?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item1c2bd1dd13
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I don't know what the deal is. I just saw 2 working A1000s in a Baltimore (Glen Burnie) flea market for $100.00 each with original box, keyboards and mice (and the 256K RAM add on). They were both in great shape, and the seller had them running demos at his stall. People were trying get them for $50.00 or less....
Have Amiga users turned into cheapskates?!
It's Baltimore. Sure, you could pay $100 for it, but then someone in your neighbourhood will buy it for $5 the next day from the crack head that robbed your house.
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I have a stack of them.
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Another Amiga 1000 for sale on ebay. This one is heavily expanded, and in absolute perfect condition:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amiga-A1000-PAL-with-Spirit-IN1000-1-5-MB-Fast-RAM-/121023617806?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1c2d91db0e
I've always wanted the "Amiga". I'd get it myself, but dare not have it posted, and it's too far to collect for me.
Auction ends at 9.30PM (Friday 23rd November) and is currently at £42.
Good luck. ;)
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If you aren't a collector then even USD 50 can seem like a lot for 26 year old electronics. The vast majority of the world doesn't care, that's why you use eBay, you need to find the pocket of collectors and enthusiasts that DOES care....
A "flea" market is the worst place to sell collectables.
I don't know what the deal is. I just saw 2 working A1000s in a Baltimore (Glen Burnie) flea market for $100.00 each with original box, keyboards and mice (and the 256K RAM add on). They were both in great shape, and the seller had them running demos at his stall. People were trying get them for $50.00 or less....
Have Amiga users turned into cheapskates?!
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Another Amiga 1000 for sale on ebay. This one is heavily expanded, and in absolute perfect condition:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amiga-A1000-PAL-with-Spirit-IN1000-1-5-MB-Fast-RAM-/121023617806?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1c2d91db0e
I've always wanted the "Amiga". I'd get it myself, but dare not have it posted, and it's too far to collect for me.
Auction ends at 9.30PM (Friday 23rd November) and is currently at £42.
Good luck. ;)
Yes that is a beautiful Amiga 1000 :)
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Now if you could lay your hands on a phoenix board, you'd have one nice machine.
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It's Baltimore. Sure, you could pay $100 for it, but then someone in your neighbourhood will buy it for $5 the next day from the crack head that robbed your house.
Maybe in the section you live in, but that area is fine, as is most of Baltimore these days.
I posted several A1000s in the silly ebay prices thread over the past several weeks. ebay US has had loads of A1000s for fair prices ($150.00 or less).
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Just got my A1000 delivered today. Woohoo!
Price wasn't bad at all on eBay, just the shipping to Canada is a killer. Bought this one without a keyboard, but already had one lying around.
Boots up, everything is original (minus a couple of case screws) and the drive reads everything I've thrown at it so far. Without a doubt, the A1000 is my favourite machine of all. Got my first one in about October of 1984 - before the official release date - lots of "dealer" demos came with it then. I wish all the new machines (FPGA based or PPC, AROS, whatever) would play the A1000's startup tune as a tribute.
There is also a really sweet A3000 on eBay right now too:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Commodore-Amiga-3000-Computer-Working-Clean?item=261131069415&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D1%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D3671997004162970568#ht_1058wt_1273
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Here's an A1000 with a Microbotics 2Mb sidecar for 99.99. The keyboard is missing two key caps, but all in all it's not a bad deal. The seller has a 100% feedback record too. This is only one of several on ebay right now.
The link to this one is:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-1000-w-box-keyboard-mouse-Microbotics-2MB-RAM-expansion-/251186883959?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item3a7be7ad77
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...and here's a pair of A1000s with extrenal floppies and stuff:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-Commodore-Amiga-1000-computers-with-Monitor-/281030415886?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item416eb7d60e
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Actually, all I can seem to find are A1000s, at least on my local Craigslist. There are almost always more than two listings for NTSC A1000s in my area, and nothing else. Also, every person I know with an old Amiga has an A1000. It's almost like it was the most popular Amiga in my town.
I'd like to get my hands on an A500, but I can't find anybody local with one.
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Interestingly enough, after months of not a single Amiga listed, there's now two A1000's listed on my local craigslist. People cleaning house to make room for all the new junk they got over the holidays, perhaps? :p
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/sys/3523178604.html
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/sys/3521419462.html
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I've been casually collecting Amiga gear for I guess a couple of years now and I've found the key at least in my local market seems to be lots of patience. I've only ever bought stuff off my local craigslist, the good thing here is stuff seems to be about 1/4 the price it would go for on ebay. The bad thing is an Amiga probably only pops up about once every 3 months. Though lucky for me it seems like I am pretty much the only local buyer within a populous of 2,000,000 so it hasn't been hard to snag anything I wanted yet.
Now I just gotta learn to resist buying stuff I don't really need dammit ... my basement is getting crowded with Amiga stuff. I thought I had almost everything I wanted but I couldn't stop helping myself to a nice A3000T with Picasso 4, Concierto, ethernet and an 040 that I picked up a few of days ago. I think I'll still look for a nice clean A3000D though. It's gonna be hard to resist more gear though if it comes up for rock bottom prices. I guess I'll hope for an 060 for less than $100 but chances of that are probably about 1% in my lifetime.
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@ Bif
I see another Canadian Amiga hoarder has been lurking about;)