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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« on: February 08, 2015, 11:30:30 AM »
Never seen that, if they shipped world wide I would have bought it for my collection :/

Since it's Adelaide made I bet someone will buy it for their collection :)

Edit: Seems not to easy to find information about it, anyone know hardware and OS used?
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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2015, 04:12:09 PM »
Dang still want's it, for that price in my eyes it's a steal, to bad I can't find more about the hardware, expansion possabilities etc.

Does it run from floppy or does it have a hard drive etc :/
 

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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2015, 07:48:25 PM »
I would as collector, $99 aint much for a rare machine that I never even seen before.
Heck russian speccy clones goes for more...

Also can't find the video on youtube please link.
 

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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2015, 08:39:49 AM »
Quote from: Leffmann;783339
If you look at sites like old-computers.com, and the sites linked to by their collectors, then you can't find any mention of it anywhere. It seems to be extremely rare, and never sold outside Australia. $100 AUD for that machine must be a bargain for a collector.


Exactly, $100 AUD ain't nothing for it, but sadly he do not ship to Sweden else I would have bought it :(

Would loved to show it as the retro gaming convention here in Sweden in May ^^
 

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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2015, 01:08:20 PM »
Quote from: ElPolloDiabl;783379
My offer was accepted. Give me about a week and I will review it.


Congrats! Please share everything about it when you get it!

Also if you want to sell it in the future I will be a viable candidate ;)

A few bucks and a DIN-5 and you will have a PSU up in no time :)
 

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Re: Which came first, the A1200 or this?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2015, 10:57:01 AM »
Thanks for the update! Can't wait for the pics :)
What video chip does it use?

Take a look at the XTIDE project of you want to build a ISA PATA controller.

I'm guessing you can't swap the onboard ram but that's expandable to a few megs Via ISA ram card but I would rather use a HDD controller and a CF card there :)

Does the motherboard have a slot for a FPU?

So it has a internal 5pin din connector for keyboard haha love these kind of different machines :)

Does it have any old batteries onboard? Since it's an old 8086 board it should have an old barrel battery somewhere?

Still lovely machine! Waiting for the pictures :)
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