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Offline stopthegop

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Re: New amigan
« on: August 19, 2006, 10:16:13 PM »
Yep, welcome.  Ask as man y questions as you like.  Years and years worth of accumulated wisdom available on this site.  
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A4000T. Phase5 PPC604e-233mhz/060-66mhz. Mediator, Z3 Fastlane, Voodoo5, Delfina, X-Surf, AD516, Peggy Plus.

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Re: New amigan
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2006, 12:43:28 AM »
Ditto what Akiko said.  Another nice benefit of Amigas is they don't really go down in value.  This is especially true of the more modern A1200s and A4000s, much more so for Amigas upgraded with PPC accelerators and/or PCI expansion.  Not that you'd ever want to sell it!  :)  I find thats a useful line to use for getting the wife onboard.  
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A4000T. Phase5 PPC604e-233mhz/060-66mhz. Mediator, Z3 Fastlane, Voodoo5, Delfina, X-Surf, AD516, Peggy Plus.

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A4000D, A1200, A500, Milan060 (Atari clone), Atari MegaSTE, Atari TT030, C64, C128, Mattel Aquarius, (2) HP Jornada....
 

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Re: New amigan
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2006, 04:42:06 AM »
Syperhawk:
I did EXACTLY the same thing.  Sold the whole "farm" (A4000T with all the extras) in '01.   Used the substantial proceeds from my Amiga sellout and flushed the money into a "state-of-the-art" billblozeXP  1.5 'GIGA-hurts' Dell which is now worth exactly zero, possibly less.  It took less than a week before I realized what a horrible mistake I'd made.  I rank it in the top two stupidest decisions of my entire life, right up there with selling, for $400 -- beer money; my absolutely mint condition 1964 Vespa with 200 original miles on it.   Can you say, STUPID?!!  I still have the Dell.  It makes a lovely flowerpot in the spring.   I have a nice Amiga system now, too.  I'm afraid they'll never be a second chance on the Vespa.  I had acquired the Vespa from my neighbor for a summer's worth of free grass-cutting and landscaping.  His son had bought the bike in 1965, brand new.  He rode it one semester, was drafted to serve in Vietnam and was killed in combat shortly after.  The bike sat in this guys garage until 1987, the year I 'bought' it.   I had it for two months before I deciding that I "needed" money for my first semester of college.      
Primary:
A4000T. Phase5 PPC604e-233mhz/060-66mhz. Mediator, Z3 Fastlane, Voodoo5, Delfina, X-Surf, AD516, Peggy Plus.

Collection:
A4000D, A1200, A500, Milan060 (Atari clone), Atari MegaSTE, Atari TT030, C64, C128, Mattel Aquarius, (2) HP Jornada....