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Offline mbobTopic starter

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More money then sense?
« on: September 13, 2011, 01:14:41 AM »
I just picked this up:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180723532832
 
I didn't really need it but always wanted one.  I hope the accellerator is worth the extra $$ over buying one refurb from amikit.
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Re: More money then sense?
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2011, 02:07:19 AM »
I was planning on trying to find a $450 price range 4000 but opted for this because of the condition. He sent me pics that pushed me over. I just uploaded em:
 
Top: files.me.com/m.bob/04oizh
Drive: files.me.com/m.bob/3nmz7l
Rear: files.me.com/m.bob/i75pq1
Falcon: files.me.com/m.bob/gxvg2d
An Amikit refurb speced around $300ish plus shipping to me so on the surface I paid $100 for the accelerator if all checks out. At least that was my rationalization.
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Re: More money then sense?
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2011, 02:27:40 AM »
Yeah I'm crossing my fingers on one of my 4 LCDs works.  My first add-on I'm thinking is a PCMCIA network card at amikit. I think it's around $36. Would tracking down a subway USB make more sense?  Oh and depending on the hard drive life one of those IDE to CF adaptors.
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Re: More money then sense?
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2011, 04:04:56 AM »
I received it today and am having some trouble. It doesn't boot some times and i have had power cut off. I suspect hard drive issues may be possibly causing it at times and something else which caused it to drop power all together. A few times I thought it was dead for sure but a few minutes later with a retry and it would work.

I have an IDE to compact flash adaptor coming Saturday to cure any possible issues with the hard drive but I will have to continue troubleshooting what else is wrong. Possibly an a500 power supply is needed with that 040 card. I read they have more juice. It's certainly more touchy then I expected even though the case is immaculate.

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Re: More money then sense?
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2011, 04:05:58 AM »
Oh yeah it's crashed also just switching up to 256 colors and other times it doesn't.
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Re: More money then sense?
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2011, 11:15:32 AM »
Cool so others agree I'm on the right track. Thanks for the reply. I looked on amigakit last night and couldn't find an american version of the A500 PS except for one that is for case conversion. http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=866 ,  I'm still hunting.
 
Oh and I emailed the original owner and he suspects the 040 board as well. He told me to reseat it but I am almost certain it's power.
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