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Re: Amiga 4000T Questions ...
« on: January 03, 2005, 02:32:11 PM »
It has both SCSI and IDE.
And although it is a big ol' lump, it is my opinion that it is the finest classic Amiga. If you can get one, then by all means do so.
 

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Re: Amiga 4000T Questions ...
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2005, 02:47:42 PM »
Other minor details:

The A4000T differs from the A4000D in several ways:

1) the Zorro slots are not on a daughter board.
2) there shouldn't be any battery damage because the AT A4000T came with a coin battery, not the horrible leaky barrel one.
3) There are three small daughter boards known as modules. The ports module is connected to the mobo by means of two ribbon cables. The other two modules (the AV and disks module) are daughter boards of the mobo and can be replaced if damaged. You just have to find them (I got two modules from Vesalia recently).
4) There is no 2mb SIMM for the chip ram, it is on the mobo in SMD form.
5) There's no external floppy drive port

Couple of things to check before you get the Miggy:

1) The claw clamps on the bezel section. These can be damaged if the previous owner has been ham-handed while taking the thing off to get at the drive chassis.

2) Make sure the floppy works (this might seem obvious, but it is very important)

And...did I say get the A4000T already?
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Re: Amiga 4000T Questions ...
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2005, 02:53:00 PM »
Where are you getting it from, and what are the specs (is it in original spec or is there an upgraded CPU board inside?)
 

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Re: Amiga 4000T Questions ...
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2005, 03:29:42 PM »
How much are they going for?
 

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Re: Amiga 4000T Questions ...
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2005, 05:31:27 PM »
Mine was £2100 (with a 1438s monitor) back in 1996.
 

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Re: Amiga 4000T Questions ...
« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2005, 08:26:34 AM »
@ Drwho

£2100 is $3997 (and 37 cents  :-) )
I don't know what the conversion was back in 1996. All I know is I was very light in the wallet after that.