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Apollo repair centres in the UK
« on: May 03, 2004, 01:28:49 PM »
Thanks to the CPU fan coming unstuck, my Apollo 1240 appears to have died.

I've had a quick check on Power Comupting's website but I can't see anywhere selling new Apollo / Blizzard cards.  

Does anyone know of any repair centres in the UK?  

Or better still, does anyone know where I can get hold of a working '060 card?

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Re: Apollo repair centres in the UK
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2004, 01:59:39 PM »
Analogic do Amiga repairs.

Vesalia sell 060 cards but you're better off looking on Ebay UK (or Ebay Deutschland) for an 060 card as you'd probably get it cheaper.
 

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Re: Apollo repair centres in the UK
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2004, 02:24:48 PM »
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Analogic do Amiga repairs.

Vesalia sell 060 cards but you're better off looking on Ebay UK (or Ebay Deutschland) for an 060 card as you'd probably get it cheaper.


Hmm, I had a very nasty experience with Analogic some time back.  I tried to buy an '060 card from them and had to wait several weeks before I called them to see what was happening.  They told me that they were selling me a 66Mhz version at no extra cost - as recompense for having to wait.

When it turned up, the board was in very poor condition and my system refused to boot.  Analogic refused point blank to pay for postage costs, so I had to pay to send it back.  A week later it was returned, again in poor condition and the supposed "full" 68060 that I asked for turned out to be a useless EC version with no MMU / FPU.  When challenged, they denied knowledge of it and even tried to tell me that some full version '060s were badged as EC models!  Again, they refused to pay for postage and packing.

My advice: Be very, very careful when dealing with Analogic.

I'll try Ebay I think, I wouldn't trust Analogic if my life depended on it!
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Re: Apollo repair centres in the UK
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2004, 03:11:19 PM »
Eyetech sell Apollo cards, dunno about repairs tho.

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