TjLaZer wrote:
The 3000 also had HD 1.76mb drives. I have high density drives in all my 3000's.
They did not come standard though. I have yet to see a A3000 with a HD drive installed on ebay, that all are 880k. Can it be added? Yes. Even the A500/2000's can have a HD drive added (with OS 2.x + of course)
The reason you don't see any installed in an A3000 on eBay is because the 1.76mb Floppy is such a highly sought item on its own it is always removed and kept, or sold separately. I have seen them go for insane prices on eBay (for more money than an A500 or A1000 that is complete sometimes). Specially the ones with the A3000 style button.
I have two or three HD floppy drives for my A3000s, but one is a little flaky at times and none of them are going to be sold (they are mine and you can't have them :-D ).
I would wager that the A3000 is probably the favorite Amiga in the USA and the A1200 is the favorite in the UK and other EU countries for these reasons:
The Amiga started dying out in the USA sooner than in Europe (except in video studios), Amiga UK was still profitable when Commodore went bust. The A4000 and A1200 were too little too late in the minds of many USA users (probably most users worldwide), and most Amiga software at the time the USA Amiga popularity started to decline was ECS, not AGA. I would assume that the number of A1200s sold in the USA pre Commodore bankruptcy is a small fraction of how many were sold in Europe. I also believe that the majority of Amiga AGA software (specially games) that exist are PAL only and therefore are not as desirable in the USA. All of these reasons are just my perception and I don't claim that they are based on any facts.
Like many others have written, all Amiga computers are great and the best Amiga is the one in your own home.
