A4000 Rev B Bare PCB board?

[snuci]

Scuzzb494,

Thanks for the reply.  I actually have a couple of other boards that are pretty cool but they are not Amiga's.  My most favorite is still my bare MITS Altair Rev 1 CPU board.  

I will take good care of it.

You should take some high resolution photos and submit them to The Big Book Of Amiga Hardware for inclusion in the A4000 page since there are currently no photos of unpopulated boards there.

Good suggestion.  Email and pictures sent.

As for the artwork, while it is awesome looking, it is a symbol of what killed Commodore.  I'll frame it but I'd much rather frame a bare Commodore 64 motherboard; a representation of their success.

[snuci]

As for the artwork, while it is awesome looking, it is a symbol of what killed Commodore.  I'll frame it but I'd much rather frame a bare Commodore 64 motherboard; a representation of their success.

I seem to be replying to myself but I had a "Ahah!" moment.  I have a couple of KIM-1s.  I will frame both together.  KIM-1 representing the first Commodore board and the A4000 representing the last.

Technically, this would be accurate, right?  Or is there something I'm missing?

[cunnpole]

Technically, this would be accurate, right?  Or is there something I'm missing?

Would the last not be the CD32?

[snuci]

I just wanted to mention that you too can have your very own Amiga A4000D bare PCB board.  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331567819561

I am not affiliated to the seller.  Just wanted to let you guys know about it.

[Rob]

I just wanted to mention that you too can have your very own Amiga A4000D bare PCB board.  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/331567819561

I am not affiliated to the seller.  Just wanted to let you guys know about it.

It would be cool if someone resurrected a dead A4000 using that board and documented the build.

[tonyvdb]

My understanding is that because they used multiple layering traces that would be near impossible to do at home.

[danbeaver]

Scuzzb494,

 ... it is a symbol of what killed Commodore.  I'll frame it but I'd much rather frame a bare Commodore 64 motherboard; a representation of their success.

So the greed of the board of directors, bad marketing, lack of vision in bringing new, competitive products to market is just a cover up for the fact that production of the A4000 is what ACTUALLY killed Commodore?

AMAZING!!! [Put hands above head and show "Jazz Fingers"]

[tonyvdb]

The 4000 was really well liked by many. Coupled with the Video toaster it sold hundreds (maybe more) of units to TV and production studios all over North America. It defiantly was not the cause of Commodores demise. Their customer service in North amarica was awful and certainly was part of its issues.
Wasn't the Amiga the number two selling platform in Europe next to the Mac in the early 90s?

[snuci]

So the greed of the board of directors, bad marketing, lack of vision in bringing new, competitive products to market is just a cover up for the fact that production of the A4000 is what ACTUALLY killed Commodore?

AMAZING!!! [Put hands above head and show "Jazz Fingers"]

Sorry, "killed" was the wrong word.  I did watch "The Deathbed Vigil" and I agree with you.  According to that documentary, the CD32 could have saved them if they had the money for parts.  It was definitely bad upper management.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

For anybody that was interested, it looks like this auction closed at $73.  Just mentioning it because I had it set to "follow", and ebay sent me an email about it.  It is a damn shame that these boards are too complex to be populated, as that would fix a lot of people's problems with their A4000's.