Record A1200 Sale....?

[scuzzb494]

I can only assume that because of the 'A1200HD/40' name they thought it contained a 68040 accelerator card?  Even then it's hellish expensive.

Not sure I have seen many A1200HD/40s on my travels... More rare I would think than an Amiga 1200 with a 68040 accelerator card. Can't recall how much I paid for mine but I had been looking for ages, and really needed them. Saying that, from checking the info on the auction, doesn`t look much like a collector frenzy. More like a hook, line and copy of the Angling Times.... kind of activity.

Images of my 040's. Plus the card they both came with, and the sexy cover.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz278.htm

So what is Aus dollar to pound, like 10 dollars to the pound.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[Damion]

I lucked out on an A1200HD/40 a few years ago on ebay. $100US + shipping, it arrived in the original box, and the computer itself was absolutely mint - still had the clear wrap over the logo. :-P Popped open the trapdoor and it had an Apollo 1230 + SCSI kit inside.

[tasmanian guy]

Not sure I have seen many A1200HD/40s on my travels... More rare I would think than an Amiga 1200 with a 68040 accelerator card. Can't recall how much I paid for mine but I had been looking for ages, and really needed them. Saying that, from checking the info on the auction, doesn`t look much like a collector frenzy. More like a hook, line and copy of the Angling Times.... kind of activity.
 
Images of my 040's. Plus the card they both came with, and the sexy cover.
 
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz278.htm
 
So what is Aus dollar to pound, like 10 dollars to the pound.
 
scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

1 AUD$ = 0.60 pounds at the moment, I've been spending big while the dollar is great at the moment with accelerator card, keyboard adapter, etc.

[a1200]

Guys I don't think Commodore ever did an A1200 pack with any expansion cards. The /40 relates to the larger hard drive you could get preinstalled. IF Commodore had of done an accelerator installed, they would have almost certainly manufactured their own:

The only difference between the A1200 and the A1200HD was the addition of a 2.5" IDE Hard Drive, plus a few extra disks used for hard drive prepping and installation. The standard A1200HD was usually supplied with a 20MB 2.5" IDE Hard Drive, whilst the A1200HD/40 was supplied with a 40MB Hard Drive. For additional information, please see the Commodore A1200.

Link

[tokyoracer]

@Hell Labs

Your just grumpy cos you have 3.0 ROMs and no mouse ;-)

:roflmao:

As for the /40 comments, 1200 is totally correct, the 1200 was flodded with accelerator cards so soon (almost days after launch apparently) C= didn't even seem to attempt to pitch in. GVP, DCE and Blizzard pretty much had the market sewn up.
Still that's a nice 1200 but one hell of alot of money to pay for that badge really.
Though that doesn't beat my link to a Falcon CDTV game for a cool £10k. Hate to think what that guy was smoking but it certainly isn't on prescription.

[SteveD]

The shill bidding scenario looks right on this one.  Makes me wonder if a similar thing happened on an ordinary A4000 that went for $1,275 a few weeks ago.  It's hard to believe that knowledgeable Amigans would be insane enough to make such ridiculous bids on any unexpanded A1200, considering that I saw one go for $62 USD in the UK very recently.  A1200s are much less expensive over there than in the USA.  Especially those nice refurbs and NOS units at Amigakit.  Short of a towered A1200 on ebay, I think Amigakit will get any A1200 business I have.