Curious as to why this A4000 accelerator has not been sold yet...

[save2600]

This seems REALLY reasonable to me and would buy it *if* I had an A4000. What's going on here? Is it because it's a MK I? OR because it does not have a PPC chip?

Do you think people are starting to skip this stuff and go straight for a SAM, Efika, etc?


Linky

[Kin-Hell]

Then buy it & I'll sell you an A4000.  :lol:

Just joking, honest. ;-)

Dunno for sure, maybe a bit pricey for a MkI, $300 might be better & tops @ that!

Sam & Efika etc is not the same as having the original HardWare.    

[amesie2]

I originally sold this to Danny a few months back now (he has purchased alot from me actually) and I think that the MKI or MKII ar more robust than the MKIII.
They seem to last and not suffer from bad solder joints like the MKIII and do a nice job for accelerating a 4000D with ram expansion to 128M.
I never had any issues with this accel. in my 4000D when I owned it and assume it is in just as good as shape now. I think there were maybe not as many MKI's sold which would also make them more rare than the MKII or MKIII.

Just my 2cents!

[Kin-Hell]

Dead right about the MKIII soldering, I can vouch for that.  ;-)
Rarity could also effect the price too! You don't see many of these puppies around! He might get more interest if set a lower starting bid & dropped the BIN. That really puts a lot of folk off tbh!

It's really cool someone can come in here & be able to say, "Hey, that was my old card".
Awesome!  :-)

[save2600]

@ Kin-Hell:

I know the other hardware and the legacy stuff is different... just wondering if there is a different mindset NOW that there are more modern options. A few months ago, I highly doubt an 060 expansion system for ANY legacy Amiga would have lasted long on ePay with a buy it now of "only" $400. I'd probably pay that to get one for my A2000 or A1200.  

BUT... I've been thinking about doing the PPC thing to monkey around with MorphOS. I've got several Amiga systems already, but they're just 030's with no graphics accelerator. Would I like to pimp out a legacy system? You bet! But that is very cost prohibitive and really, when you boil it down, probably doesn't make too much sense from a monetary investment point of view.

A hobby is a hobby for sure, but I'm just wondering if there are other Amiga enthusiasts that feel like me: would like a "fancier" Amiga and in a position where buying NEW hardware would actually be cheaper & yield more computing power vs. dumping $$$ into old hardware.

[Ideal]

The MK1 has never been as attractive as the MKII/III, and don't fetch as good a price. Also too big to fit A3k.

[weirdami]

Speaking of fitting A3k...  ;-)

[A4000_Mad]

My main machine in my avatar has been reliably using the ferocious looking MKI for years :love:

:-D

[vk3heg]

save2600 wrote:
This seems REALLY reasonable to me and would buy it *if* I had an A4000. What's going on here? Is it because it's a MK I? OR because it does not have a PPC chip?

Do you think people are starting to skip this stuff and go straight for a SAM, Efika, etc?


Linky

When put together the mk1 looks like: Cyberstorm MK1

It's a bit unstable if not seated correctly.

[vk3heg]

Ideal wrote:
The MK1 has never been as attractive as the MKII/III, and don't fetch as good a price. Also too big to fit A3k.

It will work in a A3k, as long as the following is followed:

1 - You have a tower
2 - You can live with your A3k having no lid if it's in the native case.
3 - If it's towered make sure to provide plenty of support/mounting points.

(I *USED* to have a MK1 in my towered A3k... Untill part of the MK1 went south for the winter  :cry: )

[A4000_Mad]

vk3heg wrote:


When put together the mk1 looks like: Cyberstorm MK1

Excellent! I was actually considering removing my beauty and taking a photo :-D

[CLS2086]

Easy : It lack the scsi cable and spacers !!

Whatever, it's a bit too much, i had a complete A4000D equiped with the same card for 300 € last year, H+S included...

[da9000]

An alternative answer to the original question:

Maybe because the seller just bought this CS MK2 for a whole lot less?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=260307488364

$399 is way too much for an MKI IMHO.

[dannyp1]

Did the MKII have the SCSI option, documentation, etc.?  Then it's kind of like trying to compare apples and oranges.  The MKII was for an A3000 which the MKI won't work in.  I'm kinda shocked you're worried about my things I buy and not bidding your $20 for ReDrum's Ramsey 07.  Oh, maybe because it's already over $100.  Duh, stupid me.

[dannyp1]

CLS2086 said:

Easy : It lack the scsi cable and spacers !!

The spacers that are missing are the same as are on the A3640 that you would be taking out to replace with the MKI.  The other spacers are included.  The SCSI cable is a generic cable that can be picked up online for next to nothing.  I wouldn't say that these items are deal killers by any means.

The original price I was asking for this accelerator was a break even price for me.  It is now being listed for a price that has me taking a loss.  If I can't get what I am now asking I will just keep it and the 67 people that were watching it the first time I listed it can just continue running a slower Amiga.

The reason I am selling it is because I had the motherboard go bad on the A4000 I was going to put it in.  I am not interested in getting another A4000 to use this in as my interests at this time are more with A3000,s and A2000's which the MKI won't fit in.  I have an A4000D that I am planning on selling in the future and other than that I only have A4000T's which are already 060 machines.  I just don't need the MKI.