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Re: Which is the LEAST popular Amiga?
« on: October 09, 2009, 08:45:48 PM »
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It was the A600, at least until very recently. I remember in the early days of my eBay selling (1997ish, despite eBay saying I registered in 1998), I would have a hard time getting anything for a new in the box A600. My friend's brick & mortar Amiga shop couldn't move A600s at all. It was a terribly underpowered Amiga when it came out and showed the stupidity on parade at Commodore.

That said, nowadays NTSC Amiga 600s are a hot commodity. So I guess it depends on what era you mean. Nowadays? Amiga 2000s are like kryptonite. Earlier this year I auctioned a new boxed Amiga 2000 and got ~$150. I felt like I got kicked smack in the scrotum. :eek:


Really?  I had a motherboard repaired by AmigaFrance and it rests comfortably in my garage awaiting installation.  I replaced it with a PAL board when it failed and haven't had it running.  What's an NTSC motherboard worth these days?
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Re: Which is the LEAST popular Amiga?
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2009, 08:52:12 PM »
To defend the A600 a bit (the one I have came from CBM as a tester and then I had nobody to send it to!) it did have some virtues.  First, unlike the A500, it was easy to install an internal hard drive which made it the most portable Amiga produced.  I have a bag from England that was designed to carry the machine to a buddies to play games on the TV.  It was an excelllent game machine at the time (ironic since that's how Amiga started life).

I used mine mainly for telecom as I moved to the Mac.  The A600 made a great second Amiga but it would have been even better with AGA!
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Re: Which is the LEAST popular Amiga?
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2009, 03:11:15 AM »
His name was Lou Eggebrecht. Somewhere on the net is an article I wrote for GEnie on his address at the World of Commodore Pasadena at the announcement of AGA and the 4000.  From what I heard later, the Pasadena speech was a complete load of bull droppings!

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Re: Which is the LEAST popular Amiga?
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2009, 06:03:09 PM »
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The problem is FINDING one. An NTSC A600 will probably fetch a good hundred to two hundred USD, but they are very hard to find. I would have to estimate for every NTSC A 600 that exists, there are probably 50- 100 PAL units (if not more).


Make me an offer if you'd like one.  For $200 plus shipping I'd sell it in a hot minute!

Anyone at AmiWest could save delivery fees!
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