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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Where can I get New Old Stock Amiga 1200?
« on: May 21, 2013, 07:11:22 PM »
^^^ Well that's a pretty negative response!  :(  Maybe he likes the feel of classic hardware?  I know I'd never want to use an emulator when I've got my A500 sitting on my desk!

Maybe if all the people hoarding like 10-20 classic Amigas would start letting them go at reasonable prices, then this guy could find one.  Oh well, pipe dream I know!  Good luck, and keep checking ebay, Amibay, etc. :)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Where can I get New Old Stock Amiga 1200?
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2013, 05:18:45 PM »
Quote from: sir_bacharach;735705
The fastest one on amigakit seemed to be 030 @ 30mhz with 128mb. Is this fast enough to play 3d games like doom alienbreed 3d and quake conversions?


An 030 should be fast enough to play AB3D and Doom.  Quake pretty much requires an 060.  Agreed, check youtube for videos different people have posted of them playing these games, and their relative hardware specs.  Good luck!  :)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: Where can I get New Old Stock Amiga 1200?
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2013, 08:47:32 PM »
You missed the story.  Petro T. was in charge of sales back during the Amiga Technology days.  Apparently he sold (or swindled, depending which story you read) a shipping container full of A1200's to some company in India, probably to be turned into cheap character generators for studios, but who wound up never using them.  They sat forgotten for 17-some-odd years, then he somehow got back in touch with the people who he'd sold 'em to (probably over beers at the pub), who remembered they still had 'em and agreed to sell 'em back.  He then shipped 'em to Germany, and is now selling them on a first-come, first-served basis basically at his cost.  It's a great deal for a NOS A1200 if you're able to get one, and most have been working well for people despite that they could have bad caps or any other manner of ailment which affects computers of this age.  As for the brown residue?  Who knows, probably curry powder or something, LOL.  ;)
« Last Edit: May 22, 2013, 08:54:15 PM by Oldsmobile_Mike »
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos