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my new Amiga 4000T!
« on: January 21, 2012, 01:44:00 AM »
Well, I took a chance on an Amiga from out of state and got a hell of deal!  Just picked up an Amiga 4000T, and it's pretty much mint.  

Was loaded with a Video Toaster 4000 & other related cards that I pulled and plan on eBaying because I have no use for.  
 
Has 16MB RAM, 1.2GB hard drive, CD-ROM drive, etc...
 
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As mentioned in my Amiga 3000 rebuild thread, I am a old, "new" Amiga user who has been Amiga-less for ~20 years.  I think I will be keeping and building on this as my main Amiga.
 
So, what should I be looking to do with it?  What's are the "must-haves" for an Amiga 4000T?
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Re: my new Amiga 4000T!
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2012, 01:47:23 AM »
One thing I wanted to mention... I grabbed this because it was a hell of a deal, but originally a 4000T did not interest me.  
 
Now that I have it I can see why it is so desirable - it just seems rock solid.  BUT, it seems like an Amiga "without soul" to me.  New Amiga logo instead of the old C= style, standard (but decent) PC tower case, etc...
 
Just doesn't feel like an old-school Amiga to me!  Doesn't have the same nostalgic value for some reason.
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Re: my new Amiga 4000T!
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2012, 03:08:13 AM »
$200 plus $35 shipping.

Yes, that's me.  :)
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Re: my new Amiga 4000T!
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2012, 03:38:00 AM »
Hah!  So, is there any local Amiga community or user group left here in MA?
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Re: my new Amiga 4000T!
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2012, 03:50:34 AM »
Well, please keep me apprised of any meet ups.  ;)
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Re: my new Amiga 4000T!
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 12:17:22 PM »
Ended up de-soldering the bad battery off this 4000T and replaced with one of these hooked to the motherboard's ready-to-go-connector:
 
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2715445&kw=2715445+&sr=1&origkw=2715445
 
I also installed a SCSI CF card reader purchased from Mech (www.a4000t.com).
 
Finally, I found that the CPU heatsink was alarmingly loose on this machine.  I took the drive bay out and removed the heat sink.  Bent the spring a bit so that it would make a tighter fit, cleaned the CPU/heat sink and applied some new thermal compound, and now it's tight as a glove.
 
I purchased a Dell ST2421Lb off of walmart.com ($199 new) which works pretty well so far with the 23-pin to VGA adapter.
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