Wanted: Amiga 3000

[commodorejohn]

As the title says: I'm thinking of trading in my Amiga 2000 for a 3000 (save some space, move to a fully 32-bit system, yay.) I'm not really looking for a huge power-user setup:

• I do want a few MB of fast RAM - doesn't matter too much whether it's on a card or on the motherboard (is one significantly faster?)
• No hard drive needed, as I'm planning to just drop my existing one right in. It'd be nice if it had two floppies installed.
• I do want it to be the 25MHz model instead of the 16MHz model, and have a Kickstart 3.1 ROM. Also, NTSC.
• Will my 2000 keyboard work with a 3000? If not, I'll definitely need a 3000 keyboard.
• I'm not looking for a monitor - I have a VGA display I can use and I don't want to pay for shipping on a monitor.
  

Being as I'm looking to replace one with the other, I'm open to trading for part or all of my 2000 setup, comprised of the following:

• 2500-badged Amiga 2000 (I think it's a Rev. 6 board,) one floppy drive.
• Commodore 1084S RGB/composite monitor with stereo sound.
• Commodore A2630 accelerator (68030 @ 25MHz,) with 2MB of 32-bit fast RAM.
  
• Intact but non-functional DKB 2632 add-on for the accelerator - I think I may have static-shocked it. If you can get it functional, it's loaded with 96MB of 32-bit RAM and can take another 16MB.
  
• GVP Impact A2000-HC+8 Series II SCSI controller + RAM expansion. Currently loaded with 6MB of RAM; I think I have spare SIMMs to get it up to 8MB.
  
• ASDG Lan Rover Ethernet card. I think I might like to keep this one, but I'm not averse to parting with it, either.
  
• Commodore A2088XT PC bridgeboard. Kind of a novelty item, but if you've ever desperately desired to have a PC-XT in your Amiga, there you go.
  

If none of that piques your interest, I'm also willing to pay cash and sell off the 2000 separately (and if you're just interested in the 2000 stuff and don't have a 3000, drop me a line and I'll get back to you when I'm ready to do the selling.) I'd be willing to pay around $100-150 US + S/H for the kind of basic 3000 setup I'm looking for. Anybody have one to spare?

[commodorejohn]

Eh, looking at his other prices, I doubt it...

[commodorejohn]

Thought it might be worth a shot since you lived in the same state and shipping would be reasonable.

BTW: I have relatives up in Angora... beautiful area!

Yeah, I had email correspondence with him earlier, so I dropped a line asking...guess we'll see.

(And yeah, northern MN is just beautiful country I prefer the Lake Superior area to the Iron Range, but it's all good.)

[commodorejohn]

Thanks for the tip, but I'd actually rather have the desktop model - fits in better with my current arrangement.

[commodorejohn]

Eh, expansion's not really that important to me - a decent accelerator, RAM, and a hard drive are all I really need.

[commodorejohn]

Thank you all for the input, but I think I'll stick with my plan. I'm not under the illusion that it's a hugely more advanced machine than the 2000, but it has two things I really want: a built-in flicker-fixer, and a smaller-profile case. I like my 2000, but it's a beast, even by '80s desktop standards, and the fact that it needs its own separate monitor just adds to that. The 3000 isn't exactly tiny either, but in my setup I'd really rather just have a smaller machine, and then I can share a VGA monitor with my PC.

[commodorejohn]

Well, I've actually got one lined up now, but thank you.

[commodorejohn]

Nah, I'm a hardware guy all the way. Emulators are great and all, but I much prefer having the actual thing.