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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: bitcpy on August 27, 2012, 09:47:57 PM
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Hi Guys,
Wondering if you can recommend some good North American sources for buying Amiga parts/kits. (ie. Accelerator cards, adapters, graphic cards, etc).
Thanks in advance!
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64 views and no one has any recommendations on some good North American suppliers?
The only one I could find from doing the typical searches is SoftHut.
Is there any other company that you guys deal with for parts?
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64 views isn't many especially if your thread falls off of the main page.
Try AmigaKit:
http://www.amigakit.com/
I don't know where they are exactly, but you can shop in US or Canadian dollars.
Also there's Vesalia - probably not in N. America but they are reliable.
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Amigakit is in the UK and Vesalia is in Germany. I'm not sure if there's any active amiga dealers still in the US
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I used to buy from SoftHut but they haven't had stock for a while.
Even though Amikit is in the UK shipment to Canada has always been very quick.
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I found Vesalia and AmigaKit.
I think AmigaKit is going through some kind of move because their phone # comes up as disconnected when you call the USA # (1-360).
Softhut seems to be out of the business or just not interested because they dont reply to emails and their phone # is answered by a fax machine.
I was hoping there was a local North American dealer somewhere so parts can be obtained a little easier but I guess the remaining suppliers are all European based.
Thanks for the responses guys. I just wanted to see if there was anything I missed in my search.
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I hope amigakit are okay. I just placed an order with them
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Joe at Softhut is still around. It's not his main business anymore and it can be tough to reach him, but he's still got some supplies. I bought some chips just a few months ago.
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I am not really sure.. I find it strange that they would leave the # disconnected and not have some kind of recording that gives you a new number to call. Again this is just the USA # I tried calling.
I also sent an email last week with a list of items I want to purchase but haven't received a reply yet.
I am quickly learning that things don't move quite as fast in the Amiga world as they do in the PC world.. lol.. When you want a part in the PC world, you go to Amazon or Newegg or wherever and next day you have what you want..
I am learning to improve my patience and eagerness for mods when dealing with my Amiga stuff.. lol..
I hope amigakit are okay. I just placed an order with them
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Joe at Softhut is still around. It's not his main business anymore and it can be tough to reach him, but he's still got some supplies. I bought some chips just a few months ago.
Softhut is completely dead. I've asked 3 times for a reply to confirm they are in business over the past year, with no results. You would get better results contacting Doomy at this point.
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That would explain the unanswered emails. Thanks for the heads-up.
Joe at Softhut is still around. It's not his main business anymore and it can be tough to reach him, but he's still got some supplies. I bought some chips just a few months ago.
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Softhut is completely dead. I've asked 3 times for a reply to confirm they are in business over the past year, with no results. You would get better results contacting Doomy at this point.
I was just replying to Matt when you typed this so I didnt see it in time..
I didnt want to say it because I am "new" to the scene and still trying to get a foothold here so I dont want to make any "waves" lets say. I don't know any of these suppliers very well so I didn't want to say something prematurely and possibly smear them. I haven't seen anyone else say anything negative about them.
Since you had the same problem, I will also say:
I've also sent 3 emails within the past week or two. My last one just asked if they were still in business and that one didnt get a reply either.