Wow... This guy is proud of his A4000T

[persia]

Has anyone formatted a floppy disk in a PC in the 21st Century?  The bloody things hold nothing are unreliable and cost more than a standard CD.  But for less than 2 thousand US dollars I can burn a dvd, render a three d image, edit a 12 Megapixel photo,  design a newsletter with pictures, tables and graphs, process a podcast and edit an HD video on m Mac.  And if anyone of them crashes the others just carry on without noticing.  Oh, and if I need more power I can use xGrid and share the processors on my wife's and son's computers...

Oh, forgot to mention the webhosting, radio station in the background and serving a video to my Apple TV.  

And as far as power, the A4000 is rated at 150 watts for the CPU alone, not counting monitors - did you say CRT?  My iMac is rated at 120 and draws about 93 when stressed.

1994 technology is 1994 technology...

:destroy:

[Methuselas]

Meh.....it's an A4000T....it's not worth 4G's.....it's not MilSpec. Now an A2000....



*runs and hides*







 :-P

[klx300r]

this seller has sold alot of top quality amiga gear over the last few months..i bet he/she is an x miggy dealer/worker etc.

based on his past auctions and feedback I say he sells it soon for more like $3,000......

[A6000]

Well, it has not sold yet, and on reflection I can see why, basically the buyer would get:-

 one A4000T
 one cyberstorm PPC accelerator
 one cybervision graphics card
 one 18GB hard drive
 one CD-ROM drive
 138MB RAM
 one OS3.9CD

Not much for $4000, is it?

I think he will have to split the system up.

[Methuselas]

If I could, I'd buy it, just so I could debunk Alexh's statement and I'm quoting him here, verbatim in toto:

 What would a 30+ yo, single, (arguably virginal) Amiga nerd who has a spare $4000 most like?

1) A Mint condition Amiga Technologies A4000T
2) A mail order Thai bride from http://www.buyawife.com

I'm not a virgin.  ;-)  :lol:

[amigaksi]

>Has anyone formatted a floppy disk in a PC in the 21st Century?

Yes, me.  Simulated one and a real one.

>The bloody things hold nothing are unreliable and cost more than a standard CD.

If you had some efficiently encoded and unique software like I do, you won't need a CD-R/RW.  A floppy would be sufficient.  The CD-Rs are also unreliable-- they are more easily scratched than a floppy disk.  They should have put them (CDs and DVDs) in a case like floppy disks-- ahh, but that would be 1970s/80s technology.

>But for less than 2 thousand US dollars I can burn a dvd, render a three d image, edit a 12 Megapixel photo, design a newsletter with pictures, tables and graphs, process a podcast and edit an HD video on m Mac.

And your still not satisfied.  Otherwise, if I claim a twice the faster system and twice the storage that would not disturb you.

>And if anyone of them crashes the others just carry on without noticing...

Unless one of the tasks happens to be spyware/virus infected then your HD/memory/network and consequent DVD/CD outputs are unreliable.

>And as far as power, the A4000 is rated at 150 watts for the CPU alone, not counting monitors - did you say CRT? My iMac is rated at 120 and draws about 93 when stressed.

So a PC laptop is better than your iMac then.

>1994 technology is 1994 technology...

Yes, some of it unique that has yet to be topped.  I guess Einstein's theories are old technology too-- perhaps we should come up with better theories.

[xeron]

To all the people saying "You could get a much faster new computer for that money!", you are absolutely right of course, but then classic sports cars increase in value, and you could get a brand new ford focus for a fraction of the cost, but i'd take the vintage sports car every time.

That is one *SWEET* system that I would buy if I was rich enough for C$4000 to be pocket change. I'm not, though, so I won't ;-).

[persia]

amigaksi wrote:
>Has anyone formatted a floppy disk in a PC in the 21st Century?

Yes, me.  Simulated one and a real one.

>The bloody things hold nothing are unreliable and cost more than a standard CD.

If you had some efficiently encoded and unique software like I do, you won't need a CD-R/RW.  A floppy would be sufficient.  The CD-Rs are also unreliable-- they are more easily scratched than a floppy disk.  They should have put them (CDs and DVDs) in a case like floppy disks-- ahh, but that would be 1970s/80s technology.

And of course the real replacement for floppies in terms of storage are flash drives and network storage.  DVDs (and CDs) are mainly for backup and distribution of software and movies.

I held onto floppies until about 2000 when my (then) 2 year old decided that it would be great fun to pull that metal slider off...

Nowadays I carry a 4 GB pen drive on my keychain, that's about 2,777 floppies and it doesn't have a sliding door :lol:

>But for less than 2 thousand US dollars I can burn a dvd, render a three d image, edit a 12 Megapixel photo, design a newsletter with pictures, tables and graphs, process a podcast and edit an HD video on m Mac.

And your still not satisfied.  Otherwise, if I claim a twice the faster system and twice the storage that would not disturb you.

I expect to replace it with twice the system in a few years, that's technology for you.

>And if anyone of them crashes the others just carry on without noticing...

Unless one of the tasks happens to be spyware/virus infected then your HD/memory/network and consequent DVD/CD outputs are unreliable. :quickdraw:

I've een running a spyware and virus protector since 2001.  It has never gone off.  Maybe you're confusing it with an alternative OS that comes out of Washington...
:quickdraw:

>And as far as power, the A4000 is rated at 150 watts for the CPU alone, not counting monitors - did you say CRT? My iMac is rated at 120 and draws about 93 when stressed.

So a PC laptop is better than your iMac then.

Simply responding to an arument about power consumption, the A4000 may have the computing power of a mobile phone but it consumes power like two or three iMacs...

>1994 technology is 1994 technology...

Yes, some of it unique that has yet to be topped.  I guess Einstein's theories are old technology too-- perhaps we should come up with better theories.

What has yet to be topped?  I can run rings around an Amiga  4000 for half that price.  It was Amiga that allowed me to dream in the late eighties, but it's Mac that fulfills that dream in the late naughts.

[Dragster]

It's mine folks.

This baby is coming to MEXICO.

Cheers...

[Jose]

@Dragster

Congratulations!! I actually got one of those I managed to buy from german eBay. It's only an 3640 but it had a PicassoIV in it, with all modules, all for 500 Euros. To be honest with you I don't use/need it and though about selling it various times, it's not that special really, maybe just for the cool retro factor...

[Dragster]

@Jose

Thank you. Well, I had the seller to lower the price a little bit, I just need something bigger, my A1200T is great, but I don't have space anymore, I could sell it, who knows... An Amiga4000T is an AMIGA4000T :-)

Cheers

[AMC258]

:banana:

You are the only person I can imagine more excited than me about a recent ePay purchase!!  I GOT A BLIZZARD 2060! :banana:

So, how much did you end up getting it for?

And, BTW, allow me to offer my services to inspect it before it enters Mexico :-D

[Firedawg]

Well, the A4000T loaded sold for $3650.00 Canadian.  I think someone here predicted that it would sell for this......

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180214826934&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=008

NOTE: It appears the link is not working above so you must cut and paste the URL.....sorry

[AMC258]

I think someone here bought it.

[Firedawg]

Congrats to Dragster...My entire collection of Amiga items does not come close to that one purchase.  But what a machine that A4000T is.  So that would be 39,347.00 Mexican Pesos, amazing.....Enjoy!!!

[Dragster]

@Firedawg

Yeah, it's a lot of money. I negotiated the final price tag, there was no way I could pay $4000... so I posted an offer and negotiated upon it.

and yes...CDN$3650 was the final price.

Cheers!

D.