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Offline J-Golden

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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #29 from previous page: May 15, 2011, 05:13:38 AM »
See my tag.
 
Nuff said.
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #30 on: May 15, 2011, 05:45:58 AM »
Yeah I sold a nice Amiga 1200 setup (paid a lot of money for it initially) and sold it for a third of the amount because I needed the money.  Regretted it ever since cause it  was stacked with everything and it took me a while to get a replacement.  But alas I now have two Amiga 1000s, an Amiga 2000HD, Amiga 3000, Amiga 500 with a midget racer, Amiga 2500, Amiga 4000 and an Amiga CD32 with 24 games, so needless to say I was able to get a new Amiga collection back together (took over four years and still looking for a few more things) and I am happy again:)
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #31 on: May 15, 2011, 07:08:43 AM »
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On that note - I'm on the hunt for a Picasso IV (sure that will be very difficult to come by), 16MB Fast Zips, a "pregnant" mouse, floppy bay cover, and expansion bay covers/screws - so if anyone wants to part with them or knows where I can get them (I check ebay daily) let me know.


The Picasso IV pops up with some regularity on ebay. If you're patient and can wait until winter, you'll even get a great deal on one (typical holiday season).
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #32 on: May 15, 2011, 07:23:36 AM »
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The Picasso IV pops up with some regularity on ebay. If you're patient and can wait until winter, you'll even get a great deal on one (typical holiday season).


Yes and with the upcoming next gen classic hardware coming out soon maybe we can expect even lower prices :rolleyes:

Fingers crossed :)
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #33 on: May 15, 2011, 07:53:07 AM »
I regret not building out my 1200 and sticking with it longer back then.

So I got one now, and now Im happy :)
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #34 on: May 15, 2011, 08:04:02 AM »
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Yes and with the upcoming next gen classic hardware coming out soon maybe we can expect even lower prices :rolleyes:

Fingers crossed :)


Ok sorry for my stupidity but what "next gen classic hardware" are you referring to?  The only stuff I am area of are the AmigaOne systems, the X1000 systems, and the minimig.  What have I missed? :)
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #35 on: May 15, 2011, 10:17:16 AM »
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You Australian?


No, Dutch...and I'm thinking of giving away my spare A1200 and CDTV as well. Haven't decided yet though ;)
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #36 on: May 15, 2011, 02:51:29 PM »
Sold an A500+ to buy an A1200.
Wished I had the money to keep both in the early days as some games weren't compatible.
WHD later on solved that though.
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #37 on: May 15, 2011, 06:10:44 PM »
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No, Dutch...and I'm thinking of giving away my spare A1200 and CDTV as well. Haven't decided yet though ;)

Aargh!!! :lol:

Someday there will be an American with such generosity...

Naah!  Who am I kidding?! :roflmao:
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #38 on: May 15, 2011, 09:21:04 PM »
Yes! An A500 with the red LED which I sold when in dire straights for around £60.
This story has a happy ending since I got it back years later. The only caveats being the loss of the upper shielding and it having been fitted with Kickstart 3.1.
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #39 on: May 15, 2011, 10:44:13 PM »
I know you're all tired of hearing this from me, but I've never regretted moving away from legacy hardware.
I've got faster, cheaper, better performing hardware with an OS that lets me run old and new applications.
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2011, 11:59:09 PM »
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I know you're all tired of hearing this from me, but I've never regretted moving away from legacy hardware.
I've got faster, cheaper, better performing hardware with an OS that lets me run old and new applications.

oh jeez, Iggy, beating THAT dead horse again :rolleyes:



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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #41 on: May 16, 2011, 01:20:29 AM »
I wish I had kept all my stuff back in the 90's. Maybe I would have had a Toaster and a Genlock to produce videos.
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #42 on: May 16, 2011, 03:53:57 AM »
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oh jeez, Iggy, beating THAT dead horse again :rolleyes:
:lol:

Of course. Since NG machines represent the only segment of the Amiga community that's growing I can't help it.
MorphOS has almost 2000 registered/licensed users. I'm not sure how many AOS4 users there are, but I'd be willing to bet that numbers at least as large. And AROS, since its free has its growing user base too.

How many legacy machine user can there be when the equipment hasn't been made for a decade and a half? Less each year would be my guess.

The only thing that could reverse that trend is FPGA projects like the Natami and the Replay.
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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #43 on: May 16, 2011, 04:20:37 AM »
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..MorphOS has almost 2000 registered/licensed users.
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How many legacy machine user can there be when the equipment hasn't been made for a decade and a half?

Many more than 2000 would be my guess..

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Re: Did you ever regret it?
« Reply #44 on: May 16, 2011, 04:31:50 AM »
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Many more than 2000 would be my guess..
 
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well, franko owns like 1879 of those. Then there's probably a 100 being sold back and forth between ebay resellers, and 21 in common use :)
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