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Re: Ever sold something and wish you didnt?
« on: September 17, 2004, 04:36:38 PM »
I was furious when my dad sold our ZX Spectrum 48k, somewhere around '85 or '86. I just couldn't believe it.
He said that he sold it because a "new" computer would be purchased sometime soon, so he only did it as an ugrade, so to say. Anyway, 6 months later we received a C64. :-)
It was a very fun machine for us, however I could never forgive my father for selling the speccy! :-)
 

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Re: Ever sold something and wish you didnt?
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2004, 05:15:19 PM »
@Acill:

I saved the manuals. :-)
 

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Re: Ever sold something and wish you didnt?
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2004, 05:55:23 PM »
Mirage line of towers for A1200/A3000/A4000 quality wise is not much greater than standard PC cases. They are however the only choice. Well, at least as far as A3000 and A4000 go. For A1200, other companies are converting some very cool looking and quality ATX towers, with Mediator and G-rex compatibility.

I much more liked the old Power Tower line, than the new Mirage. It was more spacey, at least for the A4000.
 

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Re: Ever sold something and wish you didnt?
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2004, 06:30:03 PM »
Why don't you eBay the A3000+. Just imagine how much $$$ it could land. Did you by any chance buy it from SoftHut?

Do you use your A1200? It's a great system if you ever feel the need to return to the custom chipset feel.
 

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Re: Ever sold something and wish you didnt?
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2004, 08:36:10 PM »
doctorq:

Ha, ha, ha. :-) Well, I have to agree, the Mirage 4000 is not very special, however if you go by the Elbox upgrade path, then it's suitable as everything fits in nicely, but considering how much it costs, then I would think that they should have done a better job on the design and spacing.
The Mirage 4000 internals easily get crowded, as cabling from SCSI and IDE controllers, this and that, clog up the space. :-( Also, the fact that there's actually only 2 usable 5.25" bays sucks.