Amiga 4000s on ebay now

[Darrin]

I won one last night.  I hope it turns out OK.

[Darrin]

DocSane wrote:
Damn, you're too quick for me, Darrin. I was going to PM you via OG to tell you about them. Guess you won't be buying my machine, then.  :-D

Great deals on those things, though, although now you have to track down a mouse and a keyboard. And how exactly can some of them have WB 3.1 installed if the KS is only 3.0?

Yep, sorry mate I couldn't resist the prices and I paid a little extra for one with the revision 3.1 68040 card (the others seem to have rev 3.0).

The keyboard was a worry, but I bought an adapter from Germany to use a PC keyboard.

I'll wait to see what the Kickstart is.  If it's 3.0 then I guess I'll need a couple of replacement ROMS

[Darrin]

murple wrote:
I have KS 3.0 in my A1200, and run WB 3.1 on it just fine.

I got the other one with a 3.1 CPU card, not sure how much difference that makes though.

As for the battery... he CLAIMS that most of them work fine. There are a few where he says they don't work, so, I figure an ebay scammer would try claiming they all work great. We'll see.

Well UPS sent me an email saying that the box is on its way.  I'd like to know what the Kickstart is for sure as I don't want to order ROMS if there is any chance that it already has 3.1 ROM included (After all, he claims it has Zorro II slots).

I went for the 68040 3.1 card because it will also work in an A3000 too while the rev 3.0 will not.  It will help with the resale if you ever upgrade to a 68060.

I'll take that risk on the battery too, because (like you said) he was selling damaged models for less.

Please let me know what Kickstart you have when you receive yours.

[Darrin]

murple wrote:
So, I'll probably stick with the 68040 and the on-board CPU (didnt 4000s have eithe a 68020 or 68030 on board?). Good to know the difference though.

I think only the Rev D (Cost Reduced) had a processor on the motherboard (030) while the others (as per this auction) only had whatever was in the CPU slot.