Dick Van Dyke sells his Amiga 4000T on ebay

[weirdami]

@tokyoracer

Dick: Would I sell it? No, I wouldn’t. I don’t think I’d sell it. I’m not that good. You look at this movie and you have a long way to go.

"It" refers to the animations he had made.

[weirdami]

I hope it's for real and not someone being a jerk liar, but I also hope it's not for real and that good ol' DVD (initials ahead of their time) is still using his Amiga.

Does anyone have a copy of that video message he made that they showed at that Amiga convention in 1998 or 1999? The one that happened in that olde styled motel that got demolished soon after. Gateway is a word my brain is associating with that building.

[weirdami]

@hardlink

Gateway was the Amiga owner at that time

I meant that the hotel or location was related to the word Gateway. I'm pretty sure it's the same place where the Gateway scifi convention used to be held. The Henry bit probably is accurate, perhaps I should have said that instead (had I thought of it). The building was sorta Henry IIX ish era looking.

Extra info, Bill (or whoever) gave out a TacoBell mascot dog stuffed animal to one person at each table at the banquet.

[weirdami]

@Wayne

As AO bossman, do you know anyone who knows anyone who can get in contact with Master DVD to check the authenticity of this auction?

[weirdami]

I asked three questions to the seller but he didn't post them on the auction.

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1. What proof is there that this is DVD's computer?

"What proof would you consider sufficient?"


2. What happened to the case?

"The case covers have been left off for the purpose of cooling.  Over the years, they've been misplaced."

3. Is DVD selling this himself? Money going to charity?

"No, Mr. Van Dyke is not selling this unit, himself so the proceeds are not going to charity.  Mr. Van Dyke does a great deal of work for charities, as it is.  He considers his charitble work personal, so he rarely talks about it."


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So...


I think that at least the information in the first two questions should have been put on the auction in the first place. Since there's no proof, and the auction's details aren't so great, and the sellers apparent inability to add at least the question I asked about the case to his auction, then if you want it you shouldn't bid because of a possible DVD connection. Just bid because the hardware is worth that much on its own. :-/

[weirdami]

I told him that any proof would do. You know, any at all is what I meant. His reply:

ANY proof?  Hmmmm ... OK .. for starters, I have
a perfect ebay rating and I don't want to ruing it?

Or, how about a
digital photo of myself with Dick ... though, I would find that
exceptionally suspect, since I'm such an unknown?

How about a digital
photo when Dick personally autographs the computer?

When you suggest
ANY, you leave it all up to me and I don't need to be convinced :-)

With
this in mind, what would YOU, personally, like to see as "sufficient
evidence?"

I did get a similar request from someone else and after I
responded in a similar manner, they checked the internet and found
 that
Dick was an avid Amiga user and even used the Amiga to create some
animation for one of the "Diagnosis Murder" shows.

Let me know what
works for you?

Jerk.

[weirdami]

redrumloa wrote:


(edit- Seller states he is fixing this with eBay)

I have pizza rolls  :kitty: