Received a free A4000!!!

[gdanko]

Hi all,
While browsing the local computer magazine I saw someone was giving away a free A4000 desktop. Included in the stash was about 20-30 boxed pieces of software,  a couple 1520s and a GVP genlock.

Anyway, this 4000 is in near mint condition. It was sitting in the guy's garage so theres a little surface rust inside the case. A little work with the Dremel will fix that.

The other "flaw" is the missing 3.5" drive bay cover. Underneath the floppy drive there is a second 3.5" drive bay. If the bay is empty you can place a little plastic cover over the slot.

So.. my question.. Does anyone have one of these they can spare? I can pay for it. I would like to add this machine to my collection of mint Amigas

Please feel free to email me:

gdanko@NOSPAMgmail.com

Remove the NOSPAM

[Abou27]

Lucky you!  Good to hear of someone getting a free one given the current eBay climate. :-)

I may have a drive bay cover.  I remember removing mine and installing a fan in the drive bay some time ago. Of course, knowing I have it and knowing where it is are very different things!  I'll have a look tomorrow and let you know.

[Effy]

Can´t you try to add a 2nd 3,5" drive to it  :-?

[yogisumo]

Just got a free A2000/A2090a/GVPHC+8SeriesII/Bernoulli150/external scsi cdrom.  Not quite as nice as a 2000 but it *is* military spec...

[icbrkr]

I'm getting a free Amiga 1000.. that *has* to count for something

[Acill]

ACK!! I am in San Diego!!! Whar local computer mag is that your
read?!!
We should get together sometime. I had no idea other Amiga users were
in the area. You can check out my Pegasos even.

[kokigami]

check the motherboard battery for corrosion. It is the most common killer of old amigas.

[Argus]

Yes, definitely remove the battery if you are not planning on using it, especially if it's one of the original red barrel jobs.  They absolutely leak and will at a minimum kill the real time clock; maybe even destroy some of the SIMM memory address lines which lie nearby.  Don't put it off, I've seen too many A4000s with batteries that have destroyed motherboards!

[TjLaZer]

I also had the dilema of what to install in the 2nd 3.5" slot.  I had a Zip-100 for a while but decided I needed a 2nd floppy drive instead.  Since my original drive is a Chinon FZ-357A, I decided to stay Chinon and adapted a Chinon FZ-357 1.44MB PC drive for use with the Amiga!  Works perfectly and even does a disk change!  Here is a pic:

http://www.vintagecomputercafe.com/amiga/amiga40002ndfloppy.jpg