my A4000D is here!

[TheBilgeRat]

I am, frankly, speechless.

It's a 4000Dcr with a 040/25 board, full RAM, no battery damage.

It also came with a NIB mouse and a Video Toaster keyboard (all colorful and stuff).

:uzi::banana:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111oneoneone

[LoadWB]

Enjoy.  I have had my 4000D for about eight years and I love it.  She's been waiting patiently for a Deneb, and I just might be able to get one for Valentine's Day

[spaceman88]

I am, frankly, speechless.

It's a 4000Dcr with a 040/25 board, full RAM, no battery damage.

It also came with a NIB mouse and a Video Toaster keyboard (all colorful and stuff).

:uzi::banana:!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111111oneoneone

That's one good thing about the 4000cr's, they don't have have the leaky barrel batteries :-).

[Atariflops]

I got one two days ago! Woooo!

[runequester]

aaaaaaawesome.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

[TheBilgeRat]

aaaaaaawesome.

Pictures or it didn't happen.

I'll get to work, I've ust been caressing...er...working manly with her keyboard.  :lol:

[Sandman]

Congratulations!  

I remember when I first got home with my first 4000 after a drive to Canada to pick it up. I was ecstatic when I first got it home and played with it like crazy for the first week.

Then I started a restoration process even though it was in good shape with no leaking battery.  I replaced all of the caps, did a little retro-brite on the case front, etc., basically making it like new and that was over a year ago and I am still not done.:-(

So much for using my 4000.

[dougal]

Congrats !! I had one of these and they are really nice machines.

[stefcep2]

It is a nice machine.  But...... you'll want to change the cpu card.  And AGA lack of speed will annoy you and you'll see those empty Zorro slots that just HAVE  to have a graphics card.  But then you'll miss AGA games, and you hear about these things called "Indivision".  And wouldn't it be great to have a burner...oh and a fast hard drive, but that needs a faster interface, like say a fastATA 4000....but yep its a nice machine...

[Damion]

Congrats!!!

I just got one around Christmas. It's in outstanding condition, no battery or capacitor leakage whatsoever - though I already replaced the caps as a precautionary measure.*

Best part, it was a gift from a very good friend - thanks Dan!

So far, I've added an MKII Cyberstorm, DENEB (with a Melody 1200 soundcard on the clockport), and a Picasso IV. I also decided to finally unwrap the NOS A4000 keyboard I'd been hoarding the last 10 years, along with a new IIyama Diamondtron. All very exciting.

* Incidentally, the original SMD capacitors were Panasonics, which might explain why they hadn't leaked.

[VingtTrois]

@TheBilgeRat: felicitations-congratulations. Now perhaps your A4000 will ask you to install a CSPPC :banana:

[tone007]

It is a nice machine.  But...... you'll want to change the cpu card.  And AGA lack of speed will annoy you and you'll see those empty Zorro slots that just HAVE  to have a graphics card.  But then you'll miss AGA games, and you hear about these things called "Indivision".  And wouldn't it be great to have a burner...oh and a fast hard drive, but that needs a faster interface, like say a fastATA 4000....but yep its a nice machine...

If 16MB of RAM is enough (and it is for most things,) there's no reason to change the CPU card.  Paying a bunch of money for a faster but still slow processor doesn't make much sense unless something you're doing requires that type of speed.  Graphics card is definitely a nice upgrade (more bang for the buck than a CPU card upgrade, I'd say,) but why would that make anyone miss AGA games?  AGA still works with an RTG card installed, especially easy if your RTG board has a passthrough otherwise a simple switchbox or second monitor is all you need.  I've never had the desire for a burner in an Amiga, why mess with that when it's generally the target machine these days?  Then there are the ever present complaints about slow IDE on the 1200/4000.  Fast enough, I say!

[Franko]

It is a nice machine.  But...... you'll want to change the cpu card.  And AGA lack of speed will annoy you and you'll see those empty Zorro slots that just HAVE  to have a graphics card.  But then you'll miss AGA games, and you hear about these things called "Indivision".  And wouldn't it be great to have a burner...oh and a fast hard drive, but that needs a faster interface, like say a fastATA 4000....but yep its a nice machine...

Oh yeah put a downer on a guy who's obviously quite happy with his purchase... :rolleyes:

Ok he MAY want to upgrade the CPU but what the hells wrong with AGA, does a a damn fine job in my opinion. He obviously bought the machine in the knowledge for what it is and what it can do, enjoy your new A4000 TheBilgeRat and don't sell it, I still wish I never sold mine all those years ago...

[Ral-Clan]

It is a nice machine.  But...... you'll want to change the cpu card.  And AGA lack of speed will annoy you and you'll see those empty Zorro slots that just HAVE  to have a graphics card.  But then you'll miss AGA games, and you hear about these things called "Indivision".  And wouldn't it be great to have a burner...oh and a fast hard drive, but that needs a faster interface, like say a fastATA 4000....but yep its a nice machine...

Forget this....just enjoy your new (and very capable as-is) A4000.  Your 040 A4000 can do 95% of anything that was ever required by an Amiga.  Get the FULL use out of AGA and your 040 before you spend money on expensive and "previously owned" flakey expansions.  When you're done that (several years of fun use) Jens may have come up with some new, reliable and affordable all-in-one A4000 expansion hardware if you still feel the need to upgrade.

I do get what stefcep2 is hinting at though....the desire to "upgrade" can be a vicious and expensive circle.  Try to stay out of it and just enjoy what you have.

[Ilwrath]

If 16MB of RAM is enough (and it is for most things,) there's no reason to change the CPU card. Paying a bunch of money for a faster but still slow processor doesn't make much sense unless something you're doing requires that type of speed.

I don't know about that...  As a long time A4000 vet who used a 3640 for over a year before upgrading...  I can say authoratatively the stock 3640 is crap.  I remember the MASSIVE difference that CyberStorm MKII made.  It was almost as big a jump in the day-to-day usability of the machine as the CyberGraphX 3D I added after that.  (Not to mention the 060 runs much cooler...  Somthing not to be overlooked on old hardware!)

I got rid of my big box Amigas a while ago, but if I ever got another one, upgrading the CPU card would be manditory.