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[Buzzfuzz]

Well as I'm picking up an A4000 again today I can say with the exception of my list, this will be my last A4000D, because I will have 4 of them.
The reason why I have 3 or 4 of models is because if one goes down I can send it to our in house repair tech :laughing:
I can then move to another system and play on
For me collecting is also making them work and be in top shape, upgrading them and taking them to Amiga party's, like:

the 25 years of Amiga party by http://www.amigascene.nl/
And the show people what Amiga's could do when the pc could just bleep and was still far behind.
 
Another reason for collecting is that back in the days when I had my first A500 I just couldn't afford a A4000 / A1200 with turbocards and so on.
I was lucky to getting to local club days because my dad drove me there and bought me disks so I could get more games and tools.
 
I'm not going to sell any of them, maybe trade the ones I almost don't use, but for now I'm pretty much done.
The only things on the list are:
- Cyberstorm PPC cards (max 2)
- Blizzard PPC 200/240 (max 2)
- A4000T Escom, just 1
Maybe a few A600/A2000/A3000's, max 2 of them each, but I won't upgrade those much.
 
I'm going to do a lot when my vacation of 3 weeks starts.
I'd like to finish my black painted A4000 an also my A1200 tower with A1260 and scsi expansion.
I hope to have them ready for the party, but I don't think I will make that.
 
And this is why I collect, I'm not like a few of my fellow Amigascene guys that have their room and garage full of Amiga's and parts.
It's nice to see yeah, you feel like a kid in a super computer store and you just want it all
But I don't see my self going much further, I've got enough stuff, including some C64's and some MSX and Atari's.
My PC is mostly up now again for upgrades.

[Buzzfuzz]

But I would never beg for a cheaper price for any reason.

Well you gotta admit that some ask large prices for such old hardware!
For example:
http://cgi.ebay.nl/Amiga-3000-4000-Cyberstorm-PPC-060-50Mhz-604e-233Mhz-/290443590037?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Klassische_Computer&hash=item439fc97995
1200 euro for a CS060/233PPC and I guess it didn't sell seeing it had 7 offers.
 
I also won't beg for a cheaper price, I state how much I am willing to spend on it, like I said a lot of times, it's just a hobby.
But seeing no offers, I may have to go higher, but I have to think about it, I thought 650 euro's would be enough for a 060/200 ppc or 233.

[Buzzfuzz]

Are you a collector if you can actually justify and you use all the Amigas that you own?

Me ?
Yeah I use all of them, not at the same time, but they have all run.
One of the A1200's has been in use by my father, but space is a bit of an issue here.
And the pc's / notebooks are primarly used, so these come first.
On the other hand a few of them aren't much in use, they are just for testing hardware.
I'm going to clean them up, tune them and then they will be setup.
But I have to create a new rack to set them up.