EBay Gone Wild

[redrumloa]

I bought mine from eBay a few years ago.  It was listed with a Buy-it-now of $25!  I snagged it up real quick!!!!  I am glad I did!

$25? That's a steal, you lucked out.

[TjLaZer]

@Red

Yes indeed tell me about it!  I am tempted to list it on eBay.  Though I doubt I will get $600 for it.  It is nice having 272MB of Fast RAM on my 4000 though...

[X-ray]

@ some cynical ones: there have been a few questions about the suspicious nature of the bidder Lastikbandz pushing the price up on that DKB3128 board. Well, there's nothing suspicious about it, Lastikbandz doesn't know the seller or the winner. If you read the original thread you'll figure out who Lastikbandz is

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10840

@ AmiNTT : if you wanna sell that DKB 3128 and you want a good price, PM me first, I still have a soft spot for that board, just not $600 if you follow my drift.

[X-ray]

Well, gents, the saga of the DKB board continues:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5117511924&category=4598

Guess what: it seems the buyer got cold feet!!!
Well at $620 I don't blame the dude, and although I badly wanted that DKB board, its too late now. I have found one that someone here is willing to sell  :-P

What a shame for the seller. I wonder if he has a claim against the guy that seems to have pulled out?
The message I got from Ebay said 'the transaction with the winner did not go ahead OR the seller is offering another identical item'

Now what's the likelihood that he had two DKBs of the same spec?

[TjLaZer]

Well the seller sure is ballsy trying to get $620 for it again.  I guess he actually thinks they are actually worth that much!  Bwahahahhaha

[X-ray]

Funny thing is, before it got so high, I really wanted that board. I might have emailed the dude and offered him an instant buy if I thought the winner wasn't going to pay, but that would have happened long before the $630 mark.
I have offered somebody here a reasonable amount for their DKB instead (before the Ebay sale was deemed void).
Its bad luck for the Ebay deal all round. In fact I was a bit crazy bidding on it to make it go so high.

[TjLaZer]

@X-Ray

How much are you willing to spend for a 3128?  I have one for sale.

[X-ray]

@ TjLaZer:

Thanks for the offer my mate, but I am buying AmiNTT's  :-)

However, if a PIV comes up I'll give you a very good price on that, so think of me first buddy

[BoingBoss]

Like I have always said "People in general are stupid".  Well, this just helps prove that I am correct, people are stupid.  I could buy a rare Amiga 3000 Tower, like new in box, for less then $630.00.  I would never spend that kind of money for a Zorro II / III board, I don't care what it is.  I am not stupid.  I can build a very nice Pentium 4 PC for $630.00 and would have a much faster, much better computer.   :roll:

[X-ray]

@ Boing Boss

Depends how badly you want the memory on the Miggy. Will buying an A3000T solve my memory problem with my Amiga raytracing? No. I also can't genlock AGA animations to tape with an A3000T can I?
And as for the PC...it isn't even an option, especially as I have one already.
Its not just any Zorro card. It represents the only way I can add another 128mb to my A4000T. Unless you can tell me another way.

[BoingBoss]

Use a PC.  Todays modern PCs do a much better job at video and audio work then the Amiga computer.  Have you tried the ULead software on a Pentium 4 PC?  Have you tried the new AutoCAD?  Do not get me wrong, I love the Amiga computer, but a modern PC BLOWS THE DOORS OFF OF ANY AMIGA COMPUTER !!!!  In fact, todays modern PCs can emulate an AGA Amiga 4000 at full speed and do a much better job.  Yes, for me vintage computers is just a hobby.  When ever I have to do some real work I always use my Pentium 4 PC.  It is the main computer in my house, it is the computer that makes me the MONEY !!!!   :-D

[Desverger]

What program are you using for raytracing?  If you're using lightwave you could always set up screamernet between it and your PC.

[sir_inferno]

BoingBoss wrote:
Use a PC.  Todays modern PCs do a much better job at video and audio work then the Amiga computer.  Have you tried the ULead software on a Pentium 4 PC?  Have you tried the new AutoCAD?

Video editing and userfriendliness seemed to be the only excuse for getting a mac. But now, although people are sitll useing abit and final cut pro, it seems the movie editing world is shifting towards the pc.

Do not get me wrong, I love the Amiga computer, but a modern PC BLOWS THE DOORS OFF OF ANY AMIGA COMPUTER !!!!

In raw statistics that may be the case. But you can use statistics to prove anything.... 20% of all people know that. people like the ease of use, the friendliness, the style, and the programs that come on the amiga. Sure i can't encode a dvd in 3.89 seconds, AND burn it, but i can have fun waiting 8 hours encoding a 5 second mpeg on an amiga...

When ever I have to do some real work I always use my Pentium 4 PC.  It is the main computer in my house, it is the computer that makes me the MONEY !!!!   :-D

what exactly DOES "make you the money"  :-? apart from shouting the amiga is useless go to pc's every minute on this board?

[McTrinsic]

This:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5116301533

isnt much better.

Heck, I really thought 150 $ would be enough!


Have fun,
McTrinsic

[Acill]

McTrinsic wrote:
This:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5116301533

isnt much better.

Heck, I really thought 150 $ would be enough!


Have fun,
McTrinsic

I had one of them, bought it new for like $500 too. I hated it. The pins on the bottom, well one pin kept breaking off on me. I would send it back and it would get fixed and the same pin would break again. I was told by CSA later they never recomended it for use in the A2000 because of the way it sits. I ended up selling it as is to a guy in Japan for $200 about two years after I got it. It was a screaming fast processor for my system back then when I had it working though.

[jeffimix]

In essence, this board went for a fortune for the same reason those DKB MegaChips go for 40-50 dollars... It's not so much that you're buying a lot of RAM, as that your buying the RAM to use it Where you need it. (DKB MegaChips are used in Toaster 2000s to let them run the 4.X software). I could probably get 128megs of ram easy for the price of a DKB Megachip, but I couldn't ever use it in my 2000...

man I still need a dkb megachip, I would just never pay that much for one... lol