PACIFICANW on ebay-Dead A600 HD

[TjLaZer]

I also bought a A600HD from him and the drive was DOA.  I didn't care as the drive was too small anyway, 80MB, I installed a 1.2GB Toshiba drive and cannot be happier.  Don't even sweat it.  I have a few drives as spares, do you want to buy one for cheap?

[TjLaZer]

One quick and dirty way I can tell if a Amiga is NTSC or PAL is look for the QWERTY and $ sign on the 4 key.  If there is a Brittish pound there or weird charachters near the return key it is not a US model!  I can spot them a mile away on ebay.  I think some users are buying PAL A600/1200's and reselling them in the US to make extra bucks.  All my Amigas are NTSC

[TjLaZer]

Well well, no surprise here.

[TjLaZer]

From now on its pretty easy to tell (Usually) All NTSC Amigas except the A1200 have a FULL ENTER/RETURN key......so if it has a blank key to the left of it..its probably PAL or at least I would ask to make sure

Actually that is not true.  I have 3 USA NTSC A600's and only one has the "full" USA keyboard, see my picture gallery.  My other two have the two blank keys.  But I do have full US keys.  Best bet is to look at the #4 key on the auctions, if you don't see the good old American $ sign stay away!

[TjLaZer]

Yeah I also have had a few take a dump on me.  I had a 60MB one originally in mine and last week when I was putting it back together the HD would knock and did not work.  Worked fine before.  No big deal as I installed a 4.86GB Travelstar in it, and cannot be happier.

Bottom line people, if the HD in your new Amiga is the only thing that doesn't work consider yourself blessed and just replace it!!!  Don't even make a fuss to the seller.