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Offline AcillTopic starter

X-Surf II, what a scam...
« on: March 21, 2004, 01:51:14 PM »
I just got an X-surf II for free out of a trashed A2000 I found at a yard sale here. It works and thats a great deal for me. The thing that pissed me off though is what the X-surf II card IS. This thing is nothing more then a $5 Realtek based 8029 chip ISA card stuck on a custom ZII adapter board. I looked and see these sell for $120 at most places. Thats a damn shame. I see no reason they should be any more then $50-75 MAX. This s yet another hardware company taking a cheap card and adapting to use on an Amiga then marking it up for max profits. This is going to kill the Amiga all over if new stuff comes out and they mark it up just because it works on Amiga.
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Offline AcillTopic starter

Re: X-Surf II, what a scam...
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2004, 11:48:36 PM »
Wow you all slammed me hard here. I guess what I am saying is its hard to see how that interface can cost $115. The ISA cards are crap and cheap. I would say he would have made a better deal if he just sold the adapter with a list of support cards for like $75 or something.

Further up someone mentioned it was better to sell to a lot of users for $5 then to a few for $20. I agree. I think if he sold that card for $75 a lot more people with big box amiga computer would get one. The price alone is what kept me from getting one back when I first saw it.

I got a Mediator and a Mirage tower for $500. Now one may think crap what a lot of money, but when I looked at what I could add to it its a better deal.

I could have spent $200 for a Amiga CVPPC card (Hado ne, but becided the point) Then another $175 for a Delfina or like sound card, then another $120 for the Xsurf card and still not have a tower for what I paid for the mediator. Now sure you all say what about the cards you need to still add??? Well I got a TrendNET 10/100 card for $5 new. I had a voodoo 3000 and got a few more free, but even on ebay they are $20 all the time. The sound card I use now I only paid $8 new for it. Its a FM801 based card and sounds just as good as the Delfina a friend has. Pluss all the other cards I can get. Sure the spider is a rebadged card, but its only $50 compaired to the slower $120 again cards from other makers for the amiga.

It all goes back to the fact that this card should have sold for no more then $75 and he would have sold a LOT more at that. The work in the A2000/3000/4000 which several people still have and use.
Proud Retired Navy Chief!

A4000T - CSPPC - Mediator
Powerbook G4 15", 17"
Powermac G5 2GHZ
AmigaOne X5000
Need Amiga recap or other services in the US? Visit my website at http://www.acill.com and take a look or on facebook at http://facebook.com/acillclassics