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Offline mechy

Re: A4000 Rev B Bare PCB board?
« on: May 27, 2015, 02:35:31 AM »
Quote from: snuci;789966
Were these bare A4000 Rev B desktop PCB boards available at some point  in time?  I purchased one the other day and this actually might be  "rare" as the seller described but I am skeptical.  It's a wall hanger  (and I'll frame it with a decent presentation) but you guys must know  how common these are.

More detailed pics here:   http://vintagecomputer.ca/bare-amiga-a4000-desktop-pcb-board-found/


They are not rare, revision B of the A4000 motherboard was the most common board of all of them.Commodore never sold bare boards though,they were likely left over from production runs that were not finished when they went under..
i would say revision 1 and C(printed as revision2 on the board and stickered revision C) is way less common.
 

Offline mechy

Re: A4000 Rev B Bare PCB board?
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2015, 03:24:10 AM »
Quote from: snuci;789972
Thanks for the feedback.  I have seen the A4000T bare boards that were reproductions but not a desktop either.

In terms of it being from when Commodore went under, I would have guessed the last rev (Rev D) bare boards may have been left over and they would have used up the previous revs.  

It's definitely interesting and is a great looking board.  Too bad it's more than two layers or it might have been useful for reproduction.  I do have an A4000D with the same Rev B board that can use some fixing :)

You may be right, but commodore had outside companies making a4000's also ,CEI comes to mind. Maybe leftover from them? who knows.

I have fixed many a 4000 boards, so i know where you are coming from. It was known batteries did damage pretty early on,i wonder why so many people ignored them.