Commodore-Amiga 4000T?

[TjLaZer]

I always liked the Commodore 4000T better than the AT model!

How easy are these to find?  Anyone seen one?  This is the last item to complete my Amiga collection!

http://amiga.emugaming.com/ca4000t.html

[iamaboringperson]

Only very few were made, and I don't think they were ever sold.

I wouldn't mind one, however, it wouldn't be too different to my A 4000 T (Ami.Tech.)

[Eco]

Estimates on the web place the amount of manufactured A4000Ts at ~2200. 200 made by Commodore, and 2000 by Amiga Technologies.

I recently saw an Amiga Technologies -made A4000T on Ebay which went for £460. If you see a Commodore-made A4000T, grab it! :-D

[Skyrunner]

Don't quote me on this but I think that Commodore made about 100 of these before going bust. They are definitely a rare find - and the front cover looks way cooler than the AT4000T's.

[orange]

Are you sure only 2000 of A4000T were produced by Amiga Technologies?

[Lando]

There was a C= A4KT on Ebay.de a few months ago that sold for about £300.

I think about 100 were made.

[Eco]

@orange

Of course I'm not quite sure how many A4000Ts were made my Amiga Technologies, but I've seen the number 2000 mentioned.

However, also Quickpak manufactured the A4000T after AT called it quits. I have no idea how many they made, but their A4000Ts are supposed to have an IDE CD-ROM and a 2 gig hard drive.

[darksun9210]

an A4kT went for £400 on Ebay? any idea of the spec?

i sold my A4kT CybPPC/060, CVisionPPC, CVision3D, Digital Broadcaster32 Elite, Sunrise AD516, 4x 9.1Gb ultra SCSI, (quantum atlasIII 10k rpm), IDE DVD rom, spare SCSI drives, 8Gb DDS2 tape drive... all for 800 quid :-(

boy do i feel sick.

*does the stupid dance - which consists of laying face down on the floor screaming and beating fists on the floor*

[vpcs]

I brought a 4000T off of ebay for $200.00 US .
The guy had a starting bid of $25.00 and a buy Now of $200.00. So i took a chance. Much to my suprise When I recieved i, It came with a Toaster 4000 and a flyer card. Also HD floppy and a 2 Gig HD. Case was in excellent condition and it booted right up what a steal...

[ltstanfo]

TjLaZer wrote:
I always liked the Commodore 4000T better than the AT model!

How easy are these to find?  Anyone seen one?  This is the last item to complete my Amiga collection!

http://amiga.emugaming.com/ca4000t.html

Well, it's not for sale but I am the happy owner of C= A4000T serial number 16.  I have owned the C= system since Commodore went bust back in 1994.

As far as production numbers are concerned, no one will ever know for sure just how many C= made but stories range somewhere between 100 to 400 units.  Everything thereafter was produced / licensed by AT (including the very nice systems built by QuikPak before the silly lawsuit by AT ensured that no more would ever be made).  Most of the C= A4000T systems built were sent to NewTek for building into Toaster 4000 systems which is why so many of the C= A4000T systems in the US (including mine) have had a toaster / flyer for most of their lives.  I do not know how many of the C= A4000T systems made it to Europe.

There are very few differences between C= and subsequent production A4000T systems:

1. Case is slightly different (cases were made by Enlite - front swing open door has different cosmetic look and label for "A4000T" and hinges differently.  Unfortunately the C= door hinges are somewhat flimsy and most C= A4000T's no longer have the door attached).
2. Color of motherboard is copper (Westchester production) versus the green color of the production motherboards (made in Germany).
3. C= A4000T systems shipped with a Chinon high density floppy drive. To the best of my memory, all A4000T systems made by AT / QuikPak had double density drives (the story of the Chinon HD drives and Commodore is a story by itself).
4. Early Westchester A4000T motherboards (copper color) were hand numbered with a white "stick on" label.  This was confirmed by Dave Haynie several years ago when I was trying to find out the history of my C= A4000T. (As an aside, I was told it was possible that since the serial number of my system was so low it might have been one of the C= lab development machines).

I hope this info is useful.

Regards,
ltstanfo