For Sale: Amiga 3000/25 MHz/18 MB/Refurbished with Ariadne II/FastATA MK-VI 4000

[trixeo]

Amiga 3000(D) (European 220-240 Volt)
- 68030/25 MHz with FPU 68882 16 MB FAST/2 MB CHIP
- Motherboard 9/03, Daughter Board 7/01 (both newest revisions)
- 318069-03 FAT AGNUS 8372B (PAL/NTSC)
- SCSI WD33C93A-PL 00-08
- Kickstart 3.1 (v40.68)
- 390541-07 45-RAMSEY
- 390537-04 65-SUPER DMAC
- 390539-11 45-SUPER BUSTER
- 390540-02 41-FAT GARY
- 16 MB FAST RAM ZIPs in FAST PAGE MODE and is fully populated, CHIP RAM 2 MB - a total of RAM: 18 MB.
- FastATA MK-VI 4000
- ST320014A 20 GB Seagate IDE HDD
- Two CHINON FB354 Floppy disk drives 3.5" DD 880 KB (A3010) with original A3000 eject buttons
- Village Tronic Ariadne II NIC with 10BASE-T

I've built this A3000 to be as original as possible with the latest revisions of all custom chips, cleaned it up (Retr0bright) and put in new capacitors and battery. There had been some leaks from the previous battery but it's fully cleaned up professionally.
Although the SCSI-chip is the latest revision it has its limitations so I decided to put in a FastATA MK-VI 4000. Installed on the HDD is AmigaOS 3.9 with BB2 and ClassicWB OS39 (BB3/BB4 is not official and does no good at all in this system configuration).
Genesis (registered) needs to be reconfigured to a proper IP in  your own network (if you tell me a free valid IP in your own network I  can pre-configure it, e.g. 192.168.1.40 for example). Direct access to  the Amiga is made through the installed AExplorer (shareware) which needs Amiga Explorer set-up on the PC-side. Both Genesis and AExplorer auto-starts at boot up.
The Power and HDD LED was totally trashed when I got this so I've  soldered the LEDs in place and soldered cables on it because the LED-PCB  was too damaged. The HDD-LED is now connected to the FastATA controller.
The fan in the PSU is new with the same CFM as the original but with lower dB.
The Floppy case cover is not mounted on the newest pictures but I will include it in the package.
The screenshot with the "7.303.040 other mem" was made before the RAM upgrades.
STATIC COLUMN MODE vs. FAST PAGE MODE: SCM is a bit faster in a A3000 but is way harder to get and also much more expensive. Mounted in this A3000 is FPM.
A Commodore Original Tank Mouse and a Swedish Keyboard is included in this package. A3000 KEYBOARD SWEDISH: 313323-10 - Retr0bright gone a bit wrong on the keyboard but it's fully cleaned inside and working as new.)
The monitor in the pics is not included in the package.

I will preferably sell this as a complete package but can be made cheaper by replacing/removing one/several/all of the following parts:
- Replace: 16 MB FAST (FPM)/2 MB CHIP --> 4 MB FAST (SCM)/2 MB CHIP (less FAST RAM BUT in faster mode SCM) (-130€)
- Replace: 318069-03 FAT AGNUS 8372B --> Older version of 318069-03 FAT AGNUS 8372B (-15€)
- Replace: SCSI WD33C93A-PL 00-08 --> SCSI WD33C93A-PL 00-04 (-15€)
- Replace: Kickstart 3.1 (v40.68) --> Commodore A3000 Kickstart 1.4 (you need 3.1 to boot from the the FastATA) (-30€)
- Replace: 390541-07 45-RAMSEY --> 390541-04 51-RAMSEY (-20€)
- Replace: 390539-11 45-SUPER BUSTER --> 390539-07 71-SUPER BUSTER (-20€)
- Remove: 390537-04 65-SUPER DMAC (you need to buy another cheaper revision to use the A3000) (-50€)
- Remove: one Chinon FB354 880 KB Floppy Drive (-28€)
- Remove: both Chinon FB354 880 KB Floppy Drives (-57€)
- Remove: Seagate HDD (-10€)
- Remove: FastATA MK-VI 4000 (-120€)
- Remove: Ariadne II (-120€)
- Remove: Mouse (-28€)
- Remove: Keyboard (-50€)

Bidders that bids on the whole package/more parts intact/not replaced/removed have precedence. (Hope this is not against the rules)

Price examples below does not include shipping/paypal fees:
850€ ($1100) or bids for the whole package.
424€ ($554) Replace RAM, Agnus, WD33C93A-PL, Ramsey,  Buster with earlier revisions and remove one FDD, Ariadne II, Mouse,  Keyboard and still get a working system as described above with  AmigaOS3.9 CWB but without network access.
264€ ($345) Replace RAM, Agnus, WD33C93A-PL, Ramsey,  Buster, Kickstart with earlier revisions and remove one FDD, the HDD,  FastATA, Ariadne II, Mouse and Keyboard and still get a working system  though without HDD and OS, but fully working booting with floppy and can  softkick Kickstart 1.3 through 3.1 with the original A3000 Kickstart  1.4.
185€ ($243) Replace/remove all options above.

Parts are NOT sold separately as of yet.

Link for those interested in the refurbish/recapping process here.

[trixeo]

More pics.

[trixeo]

Please close this thread, sold elsewhere for 700€ =)

[nicholas]

Please close this thread, sold elsewhere for 700€ =)

700 Euros?

Wow, my A3000 is a much better specced machine than that (no offence intended).

Based on that price mine is worth at least double.

Part of me is tempted to sell....

[trixeo]

700 Euros?

Wow, my A3000 is a much better specced machine than that (no offence intended).

Based on that price mine is worth at least double.

Part of me is tempted to sell....

Yes, Euros. No offense taken =) What are your specs, is it recapped and re-oiled as well ? It's not easy to sell a well build system, it's easier and probably more profitable to sell it as parts, specially NIC, ATA and some chips, I've seen for instance the 04 SUPER DMAC sold for over 150€, Ariadne II for 200€ and the FastATA is 150€ new. ZIPs are also very expensive, and A3010 with the original buttons too.

[nicholas]

Same custom chip revs as yours, new GAL's from Cosmos, 16MB Static Column ZIP RAM, 2MB Chip RAM, Cyberstorm MK2 68060@50MHz with 128MB RAM, ACard SCSI to IDE adapter with 32GB Class 10 SDHC, Coin cell battery, INT2 mod, Deneb USB/Flash ROM, Kickstart 3.1 Chips, Picasso IV RTG Card, External SCSI DVD-RW, Lotharek SD Floppy Emulator, original keyboard.

Everything has been retrobrited too.

She's my baby!

[matt3k]

Must stop reading... before temptation... take over...  My 3000's mine, mine, mine, all mine...

Tempting could use some play money...

Phew temptation now gone...

Nice job on your 3k, she looks beautiful!  Your did a high class cleanup...

Mine could use a little of the love you gave yours, but she has it where it counts and she is a joy to use.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Man these prices kill me.  Someday,  someday I will be able to own an A3000!

[nicholas]

Same custom chip revs as yours, new GAL's from Cosmos, 16MB Static Column ZIP RAM, 2MB Chip RAM, Cyberstorm MK2 68060@50MHz with 128MB RAM, ACard SCSI to IDE adapter with 32GB Class 10 SDHC, Coin cell battery, INT2 mod, Deneb USB/Flash ROM, Kickstart 3.1 Chips, Picasso IV RTG Card, External SCSI DVD-RW, Lotharek SD Floppy Emulator, original keyboard.

Everything has been retrobrited too.

She's my baby!

She has a vanilla 3.1 FFS partition, heavily tweaked 3.9 BB4 PFS3 partition, a ProDAD pOS partition, an AROS 68k partition and when I get round to it I'll add a 68k Debian partition too. Oh and hopefully very soon a partition for a very special unannounced 68k OS.

Any offers above £2000 might be considered.

[Madshib]

Wow Nick! That is the dream machine right there. I'd prefer that over an A4000 pimped out.

[matt3k]

Man these prices kill me.  Someday,  someday I will be able to own an A3000!

You won't regret it!  My only recommendation is try to buy one that has been well used and maintained without battery damage.  3K's tend to fail (something (sadly) I'm way to knowledgeable about) if they are poorly maintained.  They don't have the same cap failure rate of the 4000's, 3000 caps were nice ones and I have yet to see one fail.  Most 3000's fail from trace problems and next would probably be dead motherboard cpu's.

They are the best designed Amiga IMHO, and have many falsehoods spread about them.  The biggest is that they have heat issues, if you replace the pals with gals and keep it clean it will remove heat better than a 4000.  My other favorite is that the power supply is too small to run fully populated, makes me laugh every time...

The 3000D's will cost more to buy and the selection of accelerators is limited, compared to the 4000D.  Finding a 3000D with all the latest chips in it will be impossible or just ridiculous (unless the owner doesn't realize that Ramsey 7's and DMAC 4's are worth crazy money). But it is the best looking Amiga that to me always was the right size.

Cheers and good hunting.

[nicholas]

Wow Nick! That is the dream machine right there. I'd prefer that over an A4000 pimped out.

Thanks.

I have my A1200's for my AGA fix which isn't very often.  I use FS-UAE more often than the A1200's these days.

I got rid of my A4000 a few years back as I preferred my A3000.

[matt3k]

Wow Nick! That is the dream machine right there. I'd prefer that over an A4000 pimped out.

I do to, my kids us an A4000 for games and I keep the 3k to myself.  Nick does have a nice 3k.  The 3000D is the best Amiga ever built, in my very humble opinion...  Mine is nicely specked also.  Latest addition I put in her was a Delfina Plus, which is the best audio card I have ever used in an Amiga.  Is uses only 2% cpu load and the playback quality is top shelf.  The last (unless they release the Ultimate PPC change will be to replace the Ariandne with the new Z3 100MB NIC card that is coming out...

[nicholas]

I just want a Concierto and I'll be a happy man.