Are we became crazy?

[Xamiche]

Yeah, it sure is nice seeing things from the other end for a change, instead of paying out a kings ransom for the gear. :-D

[Damion]

Ugh, unfortunately I allowed myself to get sucked in again... promised myself I'm DONE, just as soon as I find that sweet A2K accelerator... :lol:

[koaftder]

I don't think Amiga folks are crazy. Yea, prices for rare hardware can be pretty freaking expensive but compared to a lot of other hobbies it's pretty damn cheap. People drop thousands doing weird things to their vehicles. My neighbor just spent 4 grand on a set of rims for his crappy Nissan Altima. He spent 150 dollars for each tire too, nice and thin. For that kind of money I could buy a truck load of amiga gear.

[motorollin]

bloodline wrote:

Xamiche wrote:

motorollin wrote:
You're the Amiga Jesus! :-D

Except that Tenacious really exists. :-D

We don't know that... other than some vague written text on this forum... there is no actual evidence for Tenacious :-)

Blasphemy! He is evident through His great works!

--
moto

[amigadave]

Amiga gear prices are pretty high, but only in comparison to PC gear which is worthless a year after you buy it.  I probably should have asked for more money for the items I recently sold here, or I could have taken them to eBay where I have bought a lot of my stuff and paid the going rate, but I like the community here and wanted to offer it to my "fellow A.org members" first at reasonable prices.  I think everyone has been happy with what they paid for what they got (that is everyone except the member who bought the Xetec expansion.  It was opened and snagged by someone before it got to him and I am trying to track it down and get it back).

I still have a few items still for sale and will wait one more week before I send them to eBay.

[Tenacious]

@ Crom00

Sorry to take so long, I was out of town.  I haven't tested the G-Lock thoroughly yet.  I also don't yet own an LCD TV, I will probably take the plunge in a month or so.

What I need is a non-traditional work area for many computers.  Rather than a table top, I want the computers to surround a comfortable swivel chair.  The A500s could be arranged vertically and cascaded back so all the keyboards are accessable.  The monitors could be arranged in a U shape a little higher up.  Yeah! A pod for a keyboard & mouse could rotate over my lap after I sit dowm.  An Amiga environment! (and a few other machines, too)  I could sit in the middle and boot them all up, test any configuration I want.

I can dream.

[Tenacious]

@ motorollin & Xamiche

You guys know how to make a guy uncomfortable and speachless.

[Ami_GFX]

amigadave wrote:
I probably should have asked for more money for the items I recently sold here, or I could have taken them to eBay where I have bought a lot of my stuff and paid the going rate, but I like the community here and wanted to offer it to my "fellow A.org members" first at reasonable prices.  I think everyone has been happy with what they paid for what they got.

Very happy. The GVP HC+8 is a vast improvement over the A2091 that came with my A2500. Much faster, no more waiting 30 seconds to boot if the CD drive is empty and it works reliably with zip drives which means I can transfer files between my A2500, my A4000 and, through Winuae, my PC. Sometimes the small upgrades are the best and least expensive. I'm probably happier with this than whoever spent $910 on a Toastscan. Thanks Dave. :-)  :-)  :-)

[Protek]

What year can be considered as the low point for the price of Amiga HW? More specifically the HW that now seems to cost ridiculously much. I guess the A500 price hasn't really started to go up.

[darksun9210]

are we crazy? in some cases yes, in some cases no...
my basic take on it is something like this...

Machine___Base price___Expandability___Expansion price___Fesability
A500______Cheap________Poor/Mid_____Mid/Expensive____Poor
A600______Cheap________Poor_________Mid/Expensive____Poor
A1000*____Mid__________Poor/Mid______Mid/Expensive____Mid
A1200_____Cheap________Mid/Good_____Cheap/Expensive__Good
A2000_____Cheap/Mid____Good_________Cheap/Expensive__Mid/Good
A3000_____Mid__________Good_________Cheap/Expensive__Good
A4000_____Mid__________Good_________Cheap/Expensive__Good
CDTV______Cheap________Poor_________Expensive________Poor
CD32______Cheap________Poor/Mid_____Expensive________Poor - unless you  just want CD games...

*collectors edition, but really, who'd say no to an A1000? ;-)

it only seems to become expensive if you start to take it to the limit yeah baby! ahem, anyway,
an A1200, 030 of some sort, hard disk, ethernet is a nice bottom to midrange, very usable system. and _relativly_ cheap too. in yet to have the equivilent in an A500 would be damn near impossible :-D these days, and that'd just be a starting config for an A3/4k...

i did see a blizzard030/IV hit ebay with a start price of 100UKP! and a blizzard060 made what was it 150UKP? i paid £190 for my PPC card(with scsi)!

[amigadave]

Ami_GFX wrote:

Very happy. The GVP HC+8 is a vast improvement over the A2091 that came with my A2500. Much faster, no more waiting 30 seconds to boot if the CD drive is empty and it works reliably with zip drives which means I can transfer files between my A2500, my A4000 and, through Winuae, my PC. Sometimes the small upgrades are the best and least expensive. I'm probably happier with this than whoever spent $910 on a Toastscan. Thanks Dave. :-)  :-)  :-)

Glad it is working well for you and you are happy with the purchase.  That HC+8 card was one of the items I sold that I had never tested or used, as it came in an A2000 that I removed everything from and loaded up with other cards.

Now I am thinking of further reducing my collection and may soon start selling the GOOD STUFF!  It will not be sold cheap though and I may try to auction it at AmiBay, eBay, or other auction sites.  That will give everyone a chance to get it.