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Offline motrucker

Re: Price Advice pls
« on: June 26, 2012, 08:10:03 PM »
Quote from: ral-clan;698075
I think $100 for an A4091 is crazy.  You could buy a whole A4000 for that on a good day.  If price is no object, maybe.

The A2091 is an equivalent card for the A2000 and you can barely give these away (they are not useless, just not special - and they too have their quirks).

2091 cards are bring $30 to $50 now on ebay and ebid. Depends on how bad you want/need one I guess. 2091 can work in an A4000 but add a new meaning to slow.
I don't guess it make any difference if it's a Commodore or DKB card - I think they are the same. The last 4091 I saw sell went for $25.00 with a cable.
I just happen to have two cables (remember they are HD50 ports) 1 for 25 pin & 1 for 50 pin centronics.
A2000 GVP 40MHz \'030, 21Mb RAM SD/FF, 2 floppies, internal CD-ROM drive, micromys v3 w/laser mouse
A1000 Microbotics Starboard II w/2Mb 1080, & external floppy (AIRdrive)
C-128 w/1571, 1750, & Final Cartridge III+
 

Offline motrucker

Re: Price Advice pls
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2012, 12:04:00 AM »
Quote from: ral-clan;698098
Wow...maybe that's the asking price, but does anyone actually pay that much for A2091 cards?

Things really have gotten crazy - these are useful but not great cards.

I guess I still have my head stuck in the 1990s when I could pick up an A500 for $10 at the thrift store, an A2000 for $25 to $50 and an A4000 for $60 to $80.

Oh - and a VIC-20 for $2.99 - I remember the first time I ever visited my local thrift store there were six VIC-20s all priced at that amount.

This is a really crazy times. 2091 cards (with revision 7 ROMs) are selling for that. If more 2091's hit the market, I am sure the price will drop.
I recently got an 2000HD for free (in great shape but for the hard drive) but then I paid WAY over your quote for an A2000 w/GVP '030.
A2000 GVP 40MHz \'030, 21Mb RAM SD/FF, 2 floppies, internal CD-ROM drive, micromys v3 w/laser mouse
A1000 Microbotics Starboard II w/2Mb 1080, & external floppy (AIRdrive)
C-128 w/1571, 1750, & Final Cartridge III+