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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: XDelusion on May 28, 2012, 09:11:30 PM
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Having recently entered the world of joblessness, I feel I must begin to part with a few things that I am currently not using.
I know it is a bit evil to post items on Ebay (where they generally sell for more) rather than offer to them to the community directly through Amibay, but I'm hard up atm.
What I a wondering is what the Ebay value of an A2000 case with power, CD-ROM, and two floppy drives might be. The 2000 itself has been extracted due to the fact that it died because of battery damage.
I also have an 8MB Memory board, as well as a SCSI card for Hard Drives.
Any ideas?
Thank you!
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due to the case weight, you're likely better off selling the bits and dumping the actual case :/
Tom UK
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$150 for http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-AMIGA-2000-for-Parts-or-Repair-A2000-/380442727545?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item5894275479
Case could be valuable for casemodders.
Grab some PC parts and use your recently acquired free time to mount a pc. Maybe even a cheap hackintosh...
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$150 for http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-AMIGA-2000-for-Parts-or-Repair-A2000-/380442727545?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item5894275479
Case could be valuable for casemodders.
Grab some PC parts and use your recently acquired free time to mount a pc. Maybe even a cheap hackintosh...
Argh! Now that is suggesting a sin.
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Argh! Now that is suggesting a sin.
http://www.commodoreusa.net/
...and Nostalgiac was suggesting to trash the case...
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http://www.commodoreusa.net/
...and Nostalgiac was suggesting to trash the case...
Both of you are EVIL, that's all I'm saying! ;)
Actually, if there was some MorphOS hardware I could squeeze inside there, then I wouldn't feel so dirty. :)
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Both of you are EVIL, that's all I'm saying! ;)
Actually, if there was some MorphOS hardware I could squeeze inside there, then I wouldn't feel so dirty. :)
Excellent idea! Maybe there is a way to tower my macmini into an existing Amiga case. At least then i can pretend i'm using an Amiga and not an Apple.
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I think that's perfectly doable and maybe the easiest casemod ever. Probably you can fit the mini entirely inside the A2000 case. Keyboard & Mouse Wireless USB and... voilá!
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Argh! Now that is suggesting a sin.
This is one of the problems with people checking prices on ebay. That (and MANY other sales) are what the sellers are asking - NOT WHAT IT SOLD IT FOR! That price means nothing! Look at what things actually sell for to get a real idea. No wonder you all complain about ebay.
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This is one of the problems with people checking prices on ebay. That (and MANY other sales) are what the sellers are asking - NOT WHAT IT SOLD IT FOR! That price means nothing! Look at what things actually sell for to get a real idea. No wonder you all complain about ebay.
I think he was referring to the idea of putting a PC in a 2000 case.
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Having recently entered the world of joblessness, I feel I must begin to part with a few things that I am currently not using.
I know it is a bit evil to post items on Ebay (where they generally sell for more) rather than offer to them to the community directly through Amibay, but I'm hard up atm.
What I a wondering is what the Ebay value of an A2000 case with power, CD-ROM, and two floppy drives might be. The 2000 itself has been extracted due to the fact that it died because of battery damage.
I also have an 8MB Memory board, as well as a SCSI card for Hard Drives.
Any ideas?
Thank you!
IMO, case, PSU with floppies, CDROM ~ $50 (plus shipping)
Memory board with 8MB ~ $40
SCSI card (no memory) ~ $20
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A bit more if you post it with the words RARE (:
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I'd say the SCSI card is worth double that. (If its in us dollars that is)
But the bottom line is with an auction, its only what people are willing to pay. Many people have the illusion that items go for high prices all the time when the reality is that sometimes it goes for less than thought. It all depends. Every auction is different. Sometimes you get guys that just want the item as they have been looking for it for years and they go into a bid war. (happened to me when I got in a bidding war for a Live! 2000 board years ago!)
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I'd say the SCSI card is worth double that. (If its in us dollars that is)
But the bottom line is with an auction, its only what people are willing to pay. Many people have the illusion that items go for high prices all the time when the reality is that sometimes it goes for less than thought. It all depends. Every auction is different. Sometimes you get guys that just want the item as they have been looking for it for years and they go into a bid war. (happened to me when I got in a bidding war for a Live! 2000 board years ago!)
Hmm, maybe I should insert death threats in my postings then. PAY HIGH PRICES OR DIE!!
And so on. :)
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http://www.commodoreusa.net/
...and Nostalgiac was suggesting to trash the case...
LOL - you're right of course :D
I was merely thinking about shipping cost.
And housing a Mac Mini inside.. brilliant idea ! not even a need to remove anything at all :)
Tom UK
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Excellent idea! Maybe there is a way to tower my macmini into an existing Amiga case. At least then i can pretend i'm using an Amiga and not an Apple.
Hi,
Just do like CUSA has done, and have Amiga cut into the front of your Macmini. Then you can say it is a CUSA Amiga, after all what is the difference if you emulate an Amiga on a macmini, or a PC.
At least I don't say my Cloanto Amiga Forever is a real Amiga. I call it what it is, a way better Emulator that I think the whole Amiga community should support, at least AF has newer faster better, hardware and graphics. We dumped the ATI 9200 10 years ago. OOPS!! I didn't mean to say that, but then for most Amiga people this would be an amazing graphics card.
smerf
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Hi,
Just do like CUSA has done, and have Amiga cut into the front of your Macmini. Then you can say it is a CUSA Amiga, after all what is the difference if you emulate an Amiga on a macmini, or a PC.
At least I don't say my Cloanto Amiga Forever is a real Amiga. I call it what it is, a way better Emulator that I think the whole Amiga community should support, at least AF has newer faster better, hardware and graphics. We dumped the ATI 9200 10 years ago. OOPS!! I didn't mean to say that, but then for most Amiga people this would be an amazing graphics card.
smerf
Hi!
Do you work for Cloanto? LOL you are starting to sound like Dammy the Spammy. I agree AF does run on better hardware than PPC Amigas do and that's why i'm going back to classic miggies in the form of FPGA.
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I think he was referring to the idea of putting a PC in a 2000 case.
'scuse me. I thought the link to ebay had been picked up as well - my bad.
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'scuse me. I thought the link to ebay had been picked up as well - my bad.
I dunno, maybe we should grab some fuel, some torches, and hunt him down. I'm bored and am game, how about you?!?! :)