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TheMagicM
08-01-2005, 07:47 PM
So I bought this on ebay..
the "untested as-is" kinda worrys me... it has no PSU but I can hook up my A500 psu to check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7534406629&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
icbrkr
08-01-2005, 08:08 PM
He probably doesn't have a power supply. It looks in decent enough shape :)
adz
08-01-2005, 08:09 PM
TheMagicM wrote:

So I bought this on ebay..
the "untested as-is" kinda worrys me... it has no PSU but I can hook up my A500 psu to check it out.



Guess thats the risk you have to take with eBay, the only thing that would concern me is that the A600 isn't as easy to fix if something is wrong. I must admit though, the A600 is a funky bit'o'kit and I would love to have one :-)
AmigaEd
08-01-2005, 08:15 PM
Not too shabby and even fairly close to home...

As far as your gamble goes, I'd say you have a 50/50 chance! :-)

Best of luck and hope it works out for you, I have an A600HD and it is very neat to own just because it looks cool sitting on your desk!

-AmigaEd
TheMagicM
08-01-2005, 08:38 PM
yea, he said it doesnt have a PSU. I'm hoping if anything is bad, the hd...cause I have a replacement. One thing that will be cool is I could get a PCMCIA networking card (which I have) and can install the software and have a Amiga on the net!! Maybe even wireless pcmcia? that would be cool.
K7HTH
08-01-2005, 10:38 PM
TheMagicM wrote:
yea, he said it doesnt have a PSU. I'm hoping if anything is bad, the hd...cause I have a replacement. One thing that will be cool is I could get a PCMCIA networking card (which I have) and can install the software and have a Amiga on the net!! Maybe even wireless pcmcia? that would be cool.

Dude, wouldn't you be better off with an A1200 for the Inet at the minimum?
Chunder
08-02-2005, 03:13 AM
Dude, wouldn't you be better off with an A1200 for the Inet at the minimum?

The A600 works on the web... but it's pretty painful! (And that's with an '030 accelerator and 32MB RAM... I highly doubt that you'd enjoy using a lower spec machine).

It should be fine for mail, news, IRC, etc. though...
alexh
08-02-2005, 05:26 AM
A little bit expensive at £30 ($55) as they usually go tested and working for £10 ($18).

"But it's an A600HD oooh.."

So what? You can (could) get the A600HD badges from Vesalia for £2 ($4) and "transform" any A600 into a HD.

If it's got 2Mbytes of ChipRAM it might be a good deal.
Cyberus
08-02-2005, 05:44 AM
alexh wrote:
A little bit expensive at £30 ($55) as they usually go tested and working for £10 ($18).

"But it's an A600HD oooh.."

So what? You can (could) get the A600HD badges from Vesalia for £2 ($4) and "transform" any A600 into a HD.

If it's got 2Mbytes of ChipRAM it might be a good deal.

I think this has been said many times before. But A600s and A1200s are not as common in US as they are in Europe. I beleive there were far more 'big-box' Amigas sold in N. America. Hence big-boxers are cheaper there, whereas A1200/A600s are more expensive.
adz
08-02-2005, 05:56 AM
Or you can come to Australia and they are all expensive :-P
alexh
08-02-2005, 06:18 AM
big-box Amigas are cheaper in the USA, whereas A1200/A600s are more expensive
Sounds like we need to arrange a big Swap ;)
countzero
08-02-2005, 06:51 AM
TheMagicM wrote:
yea, he said it doesnt have a PSU. I'm hoping if anything is bad, the hd...cause I have a replacement. One thing that will be cool is I could get a PCMCIA networking card (which I have) and can install the software and have a Amiga on the net!! Maybe even wireless pcmcia? that would be cool.

you need to find a viper 630 or apollo 630 to do that first and they are really *really* very rare. I've been constanly looking for them on e-bay for 6 months, and never came across one.
TheMagicM
08-02-2005, 06:59 AM
I didnt really mean net as in INTERnet... my local network..lol. that way I can download stuff and transfer to the A600 then put it on floppy for my a500. :)
adolescent
08-02-2005, 08:06 AM
There's no problem using a stock A600 on a local LAN. You'll want to get the extra 1M of CHIP RAM though. Even smaller stacks like AmiTCP 4.0 demo (I haven't switched to the 3.0b2 yet) take a fair bit of memory.

I typically just run the stack and Amiga Explorer. But, I've run an old version of Lynx and ncftp. I've also seen an old version of AMossaic that should run, but will probably be painfull.
TheMagicM
08-05-2005, 09:55 PM
OMG!!!!

Guess what??? IT WORKS!!!! I am SO happy like you could not believe. I drove up to Austin, met the dude and picked it up. When it boots it has some intro on it as if it was used for a business. I will make a mpeg vid and put it up for upload or just take pics so you'all can see.. More then likely tomorrow I will get either/or the vid and pics up. Its 11pm..but thats ok, I'm off on weekends so I get to stay up late playing around with this.
Methuselas
08-05-2005, 10:21 PM
I'd say it was a good gamble, then. :-D
TheMagicM
08-05-2005, 11:18 PM
A600HD
40 meg hd
2.x roms
2 megs ram
stock 68000 processor

everything works but ONE key..almost the most important key... the ENTER key.. LOL.

I'll take it apart and clean it..I've tried unplugging and reseating but that didnt do it.
Doppie1200
08-06-2005, 01:43 AM
finding replacement keyboard is not the problem. Vesalia is dying to get rid of them so they go cheap. Get a dust cover while you are at it and keep her white.

Ofcouse now you had your keyboard off I do not have to warn you about that fragile ribbon cable, do I?

Good luck with it.
icbrkr
08-06-2005, 07:01 AM
Congrats dude! Glad that paid off for you.

Agree, the ribbon cable *is* fragile. Careful when unhooking it - be sure to pull up the "tabs" on the socket that it plugs into first.
TheMagicM
08-06-2005, 07:34 AM
whoops...I didnt see any tabs on the socket, I just pulled the cable..lol.. I'll take a closer look.
TheMagicM
08-06-2005, 09:19 AM
what I dont understand is out of all the keys how can just the enter key go out? even if I press hard as heck it wont accept. I'll take it apart and look for obvious damage... as for Vesalia... they have a UK keyboard only from what I can see in the catalog :(
Leifern
08-07-2005, 09:21 PM
Are we vintage now?:-? Hmm.. I thought the Apple I was vintage.. Not the A600HD, well..
Chain
08-07-2005, 10:36 PM
:-D :-D :-D 630 card on ebay
AmiGR
08-08-2005, 01:05 AM
Hm, weren't there any better deals? I bought my own A600 for 25 pounds, tested, including a PSU, a CD32 pad, 2 mice, 2MB RAM, an RGB>Scart cable, 18 boxed games and some cover disks.
icbrkr
08-08-2005, 05:52 AM
The UK keyboard isn't so bad (my A600 is PAL :)), if you're using the American keymapping, just close your eyes and push where the "correct" keys are :-)

Someone asks if this is a good deal, yes, in the US is. The A600 didn't sell nearly as well here and is considerably harder to find.