Warning about buying from karmanss

[Oli_hd]

Just gonna try and clean this up a bit as there are lots of strange replies.

The picture on Ebay does show the video slot interface is missing and with a description that small you really should take the picture the description. (if the picture is wrong and there isnt anything in the description to say you can get a refund simply for that most times)

The actual scan doubler is still on your card, what you have lost is the video slot edge connector which ment to be detachable (you break or cut it off) for use in the Amiga 2000's.

a replacement circuit board could be made although finding a cheap dead Picasso IV would be quicker, place a wanted on amibench for just the edge connector piece.
You could try soldering wires between the video slot and the card but I wouldnt recommend it as A: the chips on the edge connector board are probably buffers so you would be running it un-buffered and B: its a nasty hack.

[Framiga]

ah yes indeeed! they seems only buffers/triggers ICs (74xx).

Not an easy task but doable.

[zipper]

I think my Denise adapter, sitting under my A500 Denise, had no chips, just the lines to the connnectors to take the signals via 2 IDC ribbons to PIV. But after 8-9 years I'm not sure. And it works.

[Oliver]

Have you tried asking the seller to provide the edge connector?  Possibly the person has it, and doesn't realise what it is.

edit- I'm not trying to excuse the seller here.  I think it's quite unreasonable to sell the card incomplete, without warning.  I consider the edge connector to be part of the card, even if it's not explicitly mentioned or shown (it's not uncommon for vendors to not show every component of a product anyway).

[leftbrace]

Yes, I asked him if he had one and told him I didn't think it would work without it and I was afraid to try it in case it fried something in my a4000 (or itself).  This was his reply:

"this board does work in a2000 a3000 a4000 computer regardless if the scan doubler is installed or not , this is a used item there is no returns or refunds"

He knew it was not attached.  He just didn't bother to mention that in the ad.

[tonyvdb]

I asked karmanss a question about one of his auctions about 6 months ago and received a very rude responce including a not so nice 4 letter word and because of just the responce I would NEVER buy from him and he is literaly next door to where I live (3 hr drive).

[TjLaZer]

Wait a minute this is all very confusing. He sold you the card with the removable edge connector missing?  So there is no way to connect this to a video slot?  From what I understand, if this endge connector (which you break to only install in a A2000) has all the connections on it you will not be able to use the scan doubler.  If this is the case the seller needs to cough it up or issue a refund asap! As the Picasso IV has always come with this piece, it is not a option like the Cybervision 64/3D!  Contact ebay or paypal and open a dispute!!!

[Oli_hd]

he is saying the Picasso IV will work without the scan doubler, which is true, however as you say, it should have come with the edge connector or the description should have said otherwise, as it is a standard piece of kit on the Picasso IV.
One question, how did you pay for it? if its through paypal place a complaint and then e-mail him simply saying you want your money back and are happy to send the card back to him

[K7HTH]

Caveat Emptor, my brother! That photo is cleary a PIV sans the the SD. The seller stated no details about the board and what was pictured was what you purchased. I hope you can get the SD module for this or some other SD card for your system.  

[Oliver]

Just because the edge connector wasn't shown, doesn't mean it shouldn't be included.  The description lists a Piv, not a Piv minus some bits.  What has been delivered is not a complete Piv.  There is no reason why every component must be shown in the photo, in order for it to be reasonably expected as being included in the purchase.

[Delta]

When I bought a PicassoIV many years ago for my A4000 I remember clearly buying a scandoubler circuit seperately and attaching it myself to the card.  The salesman asked me if I wanted the card with scandoubler or not.  

I must agree for this auction that there is no mention of a scandoubler (present or not) even if the guy is a renown fraud adept he can't be blamed for this one.

[Tahoe]

Sure that wasn't a Cybervision 64/3D? The scandoubler is integrated in the PIV just not usable without the video slot connector. The videoslot connector is narmally part of the main card but needs to be (carefully) snapped off for use in an A2000/A1200Tower.

I will have a look around, maybe I can find one somewhere. Don't count too much on it, but you never know.

[MrZammler]

@Delta

well, he can be blamed for this one ;-)

As the others have mentioned, the PIV is a complete package with it's scandoubler (or more correctly with it's circuit board to plug into the video slot). It's not an option, the standard PIV comes with it. Just because it can be snapped out to be usable in a A2000, doesnt make it an optional component.

[Ilwrath]

Yeah, that's a pretty low trick.  At least you got SOMETHING from him.  That's that much more than I got for my efforts of trying to buy a toaster/flyer from him.  There should already be posts on here about this scammer.  >:-(  KarmannSS is a fraud.  Plain and simple.

[JaXanim]

Just looking at my PIV manual. The flicker fixer/scandoubler is the large grey chip in the centre of the board and just at the left end of the gap where the video connector module was.

As for KarmannSS, there is no connection that I know of between him and Berndt Binder in Germany. Binder was also known as, or associated with, Tibor Toth and Roland Geiger.

Cheers, JaX

[c64_d0c]

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=468

her is the complete card with info...
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