I've had this nagging feeling lately that I should keep an eye on the recycle pile at the Computer store across the street from my work. Today I stopped in for a look and I spotted an Amiga 4000D 040 deep in the pile.
I asked the merchant if I could purchase something off his "junk pile", and he said "sure just don't make a mess". I bought it for $4.00. It was about to be stripped and recycled :-(.
I took it home and opened it up. The front case plastic is BADLY yellowed. The battery was badly corroded so I removed it. It has a Phase 5 graphics card/flicker fixer in it. It's a Cybervision 64/3d with scan doubler.
She booted up to a workbench on my PC's monitor! All of the rest of my stuff is in storage since a move so I don't have a mouse or keyboard available yet.
Next time you go by a PC recycler, stop in and look for any Amiga's. I can't believe this machine was about to be scrapped. I pains me to think about all the Amiga's being tossed out!
