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HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« on: September 25, 2007, 12:37:51 PM »
Hi all,

With the imminant release of OS4 for the Classic Amiga series, it has become quite apparent that there is a demand of PPC Cards for Both A4000/A3000's and the A1200.

I know there are a few people who have hoarded these cards in the past and probably still have them.

So please, if your PPC equipped Amiga is no longer being used, or you have a PPC card lying in a corner without a home, consider selling it on. There is a demand for these.
You can help in increasing the OS4 userbase, plus being a bit richer in the process.

IF YOU'RE NOT USING IT. SELL IT!

Thanks.
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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2007, 12:50:05 PM »
And sell me one for a 4000 cheap  :lol:
 

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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2007, 01:55:44 PM »
Or just give me one.

Sad thing: back when I had some extra cash I watched so many Blizzard PPC for the 1200 come and go as I was holding out for a CyberStorm for my 4000.

Then I later realized that 1) CyberStorms are NOT easy to come by and are fought over like caribou carcasses in the savannah, and 2) upgrading the 1200 with a Blizzard PPC and CyberVision would probably be way cooler than a 4000D.

Then the Blizzard PPC well dried up.  Now the gates are opening a little and the cash flow is tight.  It's either food or Amiga stuff... time for a diet!
 

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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2007, 02:22:48 PM »
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With the imminant release of OS4 for the Classic Amiga series,


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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2007, 02:29:47 PM »

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With the imminant release of OS4 for the Classic Amiga series,



Define imminent.
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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2007, 02:34:24 PM »
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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2007, 02:37:09 PM »
For the same price of a second hand Blizzard PPC, you will be able to buy a faster brand new Shark.
So why bother?
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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2007, 03:00:56 PM »
This is true they must be getting released soon if OS4 is out for classic soon.

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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2007, 04:10:45 PM »
Apparently at the recent Pianeta Amiga Show there were retail "boxes" of OS 4 for Classic but no formal announcement.

We're Amigans we should know by now not to get excited about a bit of packaging. From past experience that could mean it won't be out for another year at least  :lol:
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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2007, 05:50:33 PM »
Political shenanigans methinks  :-o
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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2007, 06:12:51 PM »
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hamtronix wrote:
Define imminent.


Easy; in Amigadom it's the patented phrase, "Two More Weeks"
 

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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2007, 07:17:20 PM »
I'm considering selling my 060/233mhz Cyberstorm PPC for A4k since I have a peg2 with morphos, which is all I really have use for. But I also kinda wanna keep it to run some software on the Amiga, even if I won't be interested in OS4.0. I'll consider offers if anyone wants to buy it, but it'll probably have to be convincing hehe, sorry.
 

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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2007, 10:22:20 PM »
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With the imminant release of OS4 for the Classic Amiga series, it has become quite apparent that there is a demand of PPC Cards for Both A4000/A3000's and the A1200.


*IF* it ever comes about it'll be something halfway between a travesty and a miracle :P I've long since lost my rag with OS 4 anyway. I'll stick to 3.9 on classics (without the PPC too) - OS 4 offers no performance or feature advantage on Classic Amigas over 3.9, only possible advantage I have heard  is that development is slightly easier on OS 4, but is that actually right?

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I know there are a few people who have hoarded these cards in the past and probably still have them.


Wasn' t me guv - wouldn't give a 1200 BPPC card house room after the experience me and a fellow LAGite had getting his to work right, and even when it dod work it was about as impressive as watching paint dry. Meanwhile, my 4000 is quite happy with it's CS060.

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So please, if your PPC equipped Amiga is no longer being used, or you have a PPC card lying in a corner without a home, consider selling it on. There is a demand for these.
You can help in increasing the OS4 userbase, plus being a bit richer in the process.

IF YOU'RE NOT USING IT. SELL IT!


Great, that's all we need, more encouragement to indulge in blatant profiteering from Amiga parts. If you want to help the OS 4 community and aren't using your PPC card why not lend or donate it instead. I'm not scrounging either - I don't want one thanks :)
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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2007, 11:02:59 PM »
On the other side, Hyperion have always released every announced update of OS4 and its SDK for the A1... okay, the latest SDK is late  :-)
Regarding the differences between OS3.9 and 4, has anybody compiled a list of them? Excluding the possibility to use any of the 1558 archives that are ATM online on os4depot, of course. And yes, there are programs there that aren't available for 68k Amigas.

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Re: HELP: A fellow Amiga user today - SELL IT!!!!
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2007, 12:01:45 AM »
I guess there will be quite a few people selling ppc cards on ebay when 0s4 is released..

Lots cashing in due to the hordes of users wanting os4.

lots selling once they have tried os4 and decide its not what they expected.

than probs more selling to get a sharkppc (vapour ahem)
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