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Black A4000
« on: March 23, 2003, 04:24:07 PM »
i recenly purchased a BIG load of Commodore/Amiga gear that was idling in someones basement and in this lot was a black A4000D prototype! the machine looks almost not used but it still wont start! the power light goes on and i hear the machine reading the HD but no picture on the screen :( i tried disconnecting the HD but still nothing! anyone else got one of these and know what it could be? what i should check? i tried with other cpus also.
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2003, 04:33:42 PM »
Hi :-)

Try it with a graphic board, if you see something trough it, it could be a small burned 1 Ohm resistance somewhere on the back of the motherboard (solder side).

BTW, where do you live?
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2003, 04:37:35 PM »
Do you want to sell the black A4k? If so how much do you want?
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2003, 04:44:01 PM »
I live in norway! and NO i wont sell it! not unless someone were to offer me some insane form of money i could not say no to :-) anyways now i got life in it! but it seems a cia is broken as no matter if i have a keyboard connected or not it keeps on writing a sign as if someone was holding down the button at least this can be fixed.
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2003, 11:16:46 PM »
Guys,  I dont think a black A4000 is a prototype, I own and have owned lots of early and one off type of amiga equipment and I think the black A4000 were a special order.
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2003, 11:35:30 PM »
AFAIK the A4k-protos-cases were not only black, but also
featured a different (and not really fitting) form of the case.
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2003, 11:39:49 PM »
Black Magic A4000!!!  8-)
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2003, 04:08:22 AM »
I had one of these for a while.  The problem I had was similar to yours.  I could fix the problem by shorting out the sound from the RCA plugs on the back left (looking from the front) of the machine.   This would last for several boot ups and then I would have to repeat it.

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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2003, 04:34:09 AM »
What looks like a Black A4000...... even a proto, is kinda just that, a proto. it is infact a development unit of the a 3500, which was converted to use AGA in a hurry, and shipped out.. I saw one of these at a computer show in melbourne in 1991
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2003, 11:20:18 AM »
I would love to see some pictures of that black beauty!! Some pics 4play?

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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2003, 01:49:41 PM »
Norway?!¿? S**t! Too far from my home :-?
Otherwise I would have made a trip towards that Black Beauty :-D

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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2003, 05:36:29 PM »
So it´s an ECS machine then ???
Never heard of an A3500, anybody got more info on  Commodore prototypes?
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2003, 06:59:17 PM »
Theres one of these on Ebay at the moment.  Too expensive though :/
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2003, 07:28:47 PM »
For anyone interested, images can be found here.
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Re: Black A4000
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2003, 07:41:40 PM »
Hi,

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Theres one of these on Ebay at the moment. Too expensive though :/

Wow, Cool.
1 US $, how do they get these prices? lol
I will definatly be looking at that tommorow  :-D
There are a lot of prototype things up on ebay at the moment, Hmm shopping spree!
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