Amiga Technologies 4000T RTG/AGA/Ethernet/DVD/040/25

[matthey]

With the spectrum card you should have seen $1200 to $1400 for even a BIN!

I think that's too much with just the 3640 accelerator. $800-$1000 is about right, maybe a little more for being so clean.

$400-$700 Base 4000T with 3640
$100-$200 Spectrum
$50-$100 Hydra

The other trinkets, setup and condition no doubt added more but it's more difficult to estimate the luck and like aspects .

Is that because of the passthrough or just the fact that it had an RTG card?

The Spectrum passthrough is nice but a Cybervision 64 can be bought for not much more and is way better performance.

Nice job btw. Your presentation and reasonable buy it now price and shipping made for a quick sell. You might have sold it for a little more if you weren't in a hurry but I think you did pretty good.

[matthey]

I'm afraid, Toto, we are not in Kansas any longer.  A working standard A4000T will bring in $1000, moderate condition $1100, nice condition $1200+.  You are on the money with the Spectrum 24/28, but only the 2Base BNC Hydra would go for less than $100; all RJ-45 NICs will bring in the near $200 range, though the Hydra is the least desirable.

There was a 4000T that sold for $550-$600 on this forum not long ago. I made an offer because it was so cheap but didn't get it. I don't think it had a 3640 but it did have a SCSI media card drive and HD floppy which makes up for it. The condition looked good and it was working. I bought an Ariadne 1 ethernet card (one of the fastest) for $80 which blows the Hydra away and I gave a Hydra card away to a friend. I'm sure Hydras have gone for more than $100 and Spectrums have sold for more than $200 but the buyer either doesn't understand the hardware or they in a hurry to buy.

Prices do vary a lot by location. The U.S. is cheap with the coasts being higher. Shipping is an issue with the big box Amigas or foreigners would buy them up. I think the fpgaArcade and the promise of other fpga hardware has reduced the insane prices a little. Collectors still want the old Amigas but many users would rather have the conveniences that newer technology provides.

[matthey]

I know, but I have some doubtd that zorro III isn't that much faster. Though those fps numbers are not limited by bandwich or are they?

I bet your hunch is correct. I've seen a Spectrum in a 3000 and it seemed very slow compared to a Cybervision 64 or 64/3D in a 3000. Some of it could have been the drivers and it was a long time ago. The Spectrum is a big upgrade for a Zorro II Amiga 2000 with just ECS but is barely worthwhile for a fast AGA machine. I was surprised at how fast the Cybervision 64/3D was in a ZII 2000 P96 with 030 so unless the passthrough is absolutely needed and on a real budget I would recommend the CV64/3D in that case too. The Spectrum has had some reliability issues also. The Spectrum and Picasso 2 are just plain old and slow. I don't get it when they sell for close to the price of a Cybervision 64 or Cybervision 64/3D. At least the Picasso 4's (also excellent) consistently bring good money.