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[The Craftsman]

Amiga 2000 & Amiga 4000 with Video Toasters

I paid almost $ 20,000.00 for all of this equipment in 1994. It has been used very little.
My work started to take over all my spare time and I just end up not using them anymore.

The last time these were used was about 16 years ago. Everything worked perfectly at that time.

I am the original sole owner and I have all of the receipts

All of this equipment is in excellent shape. I have never had any type of problem with any of it. I purchased all of it brand new.

For those unaware, the Video Toaster is a hardware board installed in the computer with rear connectors: 4 inputs and 2 outputs.
It is made up of the following components.
4 Input Video Switcher – Superimpose, mix, and transition between video sources.
Chroma-FX Video Filters – Use preset or your own custom filters to manipulate live video.
Character Generator – Very Hi-Res CG; Overlay text and graphics over live video, etc.
24 Bit Paint Program – Create backgrounds, texture maps, graphic elements, etc.
3-D Modeler – Create and edit quality 3-D models to be animated with Lightwave 3-D.
Lightwave 3-D – 24 Bit video & film quality animation system, used on many TV shows.

The PAR (personal animation recorder) is a hardware board installed in the computer with genlock, and video in, out connectors.
With its included software, it has the following features.
Record animation frames automatically 1 at a time as rendered.
Real time video capture with variable frame rate.
Grab stills with the TBC IV (included) to create Stop Motion Animation.
Sync audio to animations or video.
Use as a source of simultaneous multiple video streams.
Rotoscope captured video, animations, graphics, etc, into another animation, etc.
Time lapse video recording.
GPI interface for triggered playback.
SMPTE triggered playback.
Variable speed playback.
Genlockable video outputs with variable timing.
Video output formats – Composite NTSC, S-VHS, Betacam, MII.
Direct access to TBC IV control screen.
Still store capacity of more than 24,000 frames or images (with included hard drive).
Animation capacity of more than 12 1/2 minutes (with included hard drive).

Studio-16 consists of a hardware board that installs inside of the computer with 5 connectors protruding out of the rear:
2 audio in, 2 audio out and SMPTE time code.
With it’s included software, it has the following features.
Read and write LTC SMPTE time code / Stripe tapes, control other components, etc.
Record CD quality stereo audio direct to the hard drive; various sampling rates, etc.
Play back up to 8 tracks of CD quality audio direct from your hard drive, simultaneously in real-time.
Edit, duplicate, manipulate, mix, fade, pan, scale, etc, Any of your audio tracks.
Sync audio to animations or video.

AMIGA 2000 SYSTEM
Amiga 2000 Computer/12 MB RAM/2.05 OS/Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse
880K Floppy Drive / External 880K Floppy Drive 1595.00
CBM 2058 RAM Expansion Board with above mentioned RAM 00.00
GVP 030-40MHz Accelerator Board 1349.00
Multi-Start Board with Boot ROM ( for 2 operating systems for compatability with older software). 29.95
VIDEO TOASTER 2000 Board with Software, Lightwave, Etc. 2099.00
STUDIO-16 AD-516 Board with Software & SMPTE Output 1189.00
APPLE 300 SCSI CD-ROM Player 387.95
SEAGATE 120Mb System Hard Drive 299.00
QUANTUM 1.8 Gb SCSI II Audio Hard Drive 1350.00
SUPRA 2400 Modem with Cables 69.95
SUPERGEN Genlock( external ) 649.00
PRO MIDI Music Interface 25.95
LABTECH CS-550 Stereo Speakers 49.95

Total value of this equipment is $ 9093.75

AMIGA 4000 SYSTEM
Amiga 4000 Computer/16 MB RAM/3.xx OS/Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse
1.44 MB Floppy Drive/Trackball 2279.00
VIDEO TOASTER 4000 Board with software, lightwave, etc. 2149.00
SEAGATE 120 MB System Hard Drive 00.00
SEAGATE 525 MB Program Hard Drive 689.95
MICROPOLIS 1.6 GB Certified Video Hard Drive 1799.00
DPS PAR Board with Software 1595.00
DPS TBC IV Time Base Corrector 845.00
SUPRA FAX MODEM 144 LC WITH CABLES 129.95
SONY SLV-R5UC SVHS Editing VCR 979.99

Total value of this equipment is $ 10,466.89

SOFTWARE AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
PRO FILLS VOL. 1 & 2 Seamless Texture Maps 17.95
PREMIER HARV LASER TOP 20 PD Computer Utility Software 20.95
USING AREXX ON THE AMIGA Computer Book 27.95
AMIBACK 2.0 Computer Backup Software 45.95
MASTERING TOASTER TECHNOLOGY Toaster Instruction Book 34.95
TAMING THE WAVE Lightwave Instruction Set of Videos 99.95
ART DEPARTMENT PRO 2.3 Computer Image Processing Software 159.00
GVP DIGITAL SOUND STUDIO Sound Editor Program 54.95
ANIM WORKSHOP Animation Editor Splicer Program 45.00
VIDEO TOASTER 3.1 Upgrade 579.00
SMPTE OUTPUT MODULE Timecode Generator for STUDIO 16 155.47
REAL 3-D VERSION 2.0 3-D Animation Software Package 379.95
DIRECTORY OPUS File Control Manipulation Software 59.95
IMAGE-FX VERSION 1.5 Image Processing Program 214.95
TOASTER-FX VIDEO TOASTER Preset Modifier 129.95
BRILLIANCE 24 Bit Paint Software 139.00
TOASTER TOOLKIT 4000 Toaster Module Controller 99.00
VISTA PROFESSIONAL 3.0 Landscape Generation Software 49.95
TEXTURE CITY PRO CD-ROM Seamless Texture Maps & Images 64.95
SUPERSPACE CD-ROM Space Images on CD-ROM 19.95
ELYSIAN ARCHIVES CD-ROM Programs/Images/Utilities on CD-ROM 22.95
FRACTAL FRENZY CD-ROM Fractal Maps & Images on CD-ROM 19.95
AUDIO RESOURCE LIBRARY CD-ROM Audio Samples on CD-ROM 19.95
MEGA MEDIA II CD-ROM Images/Maps/& Programs ON CD-ROM 23.95
SYNDESIS 3-D CD-ROM Collection of 3-D Objects 199.95
INTERCHANGE PLUS 3.0 3-D Object Translation Software 109.00
T-REXX PROFESSIONAL 2.1 Toaster Module Controller 149.00
POWER MACROS FOR LIGHTWAVE 3-D Specialized Programs 98.95
BATCH FACTORY Automated Image List Processor 34.95
BARS AND PIPES 2.5 Midi Music Sequencing Software 238.00
FORGE & ESSENCE VOLUME 1 Algorithmic Texture Generators 93.95
PAGESTREAM 2.2 & 3.1 UPGRADE Color Desktop Publishing Software 229.95
QWIKFORMS Form Files & Clipart for PAGESTREAM 39.95
EPSON SCANNER DRIVER Flatbed Scanner Control Software 115.99
GP-FAX & CABLE Modem Class 1 & 2 Fax Software 59.99
LIGHTROM CD-ROM Objects & Motion Paths for LIGHTWAVE 29.95
MICRO R & D CD-ROM Images/Textures/Sound files on CD-ROM 15.00
TYPESMITH V. 2.5 Font Editing & Translation Software 114.00
IMAGE-FX 2.1 UPGRADE Image Processing Program Upgrade 124.95
IMAGE-FX VIDEO TUTORIAL VOL. 1-3 Videotape for IMAGE-FX 2.1 59.95
WORLD CONSTRUCTION SET Landscape Animation Generator 194.00
MACROFORM FOR LIGHTWAVE Modeler Plug-in for LIGHTWAVE 3-D 215.00
IMPACT FOR LIGHTWAVE Inverse Kinematics for LIGHTWAVE 3-D 195.00
WORDWORTH 3.1 Word Processing Software 99.00
XT-JPEG FILTER Compressed Images PAGESTREAM Filter 20.00
XT-WORDWORTH FILTER Word Processing PAGESTREAM Filter 20.00
XT-TRUETYPE ENGINE FILTER Truetype Font Filter for PAGESTREAM 25.00
STUDIO PRINT II Studio Printer Drivers for PAGESTREAM 125.00
XT-TEXT-FX 2.0 Text Manipulation for PAGESTREAM 50.00
AMINET CD-ROM 6 & 13 Misc. Shareware & PD Software 34.95
SIGGRAPH 95 CD-ROM Viewpoint Labs Sample 3-D Models on CD-ROM 00.00
75 SPECTACULAR SOUND F/X 75 Spectacular Sound F/X on CD-ROM 8.00
TOTALLY GROSS SOUND F/X Totally Gross Sound Effects From Hell CD-ROM 9.95
AVALON-VIEWPOINT CD-ROM Collection of Models on CD-ROM 00.00
PROJECT GUTENBERG CD-ROM Library Resource Materials 19.95

THERE IS ALSO A LOT OF MISC. SOFTWARE THAT IS INCLUDED:

PEN-PAL 2-d Drawing Program
ADDRESS-IT Database & Mailing-List Program
QUARTERBACK TOOLS Hard-Disk & Back-up Utility Software
PROFESSIONAL DRAW 2.0 2-D Drawing Program
DIGIVIEW GOLD Older Camera-Filter-Wheel Stand Digitizer
BROADCAST TITLER 1 & 2 Standalone Software Character Generator
BAUD BANDIT V-1.5 Telecommunications Software
DYNAMIC MOTION MODULE Inverse Kinematics for LIGHTWAVE
FUTURESOUND 500 Hardware & Software SoundSampler
DELUXE PHOTOLAB Image Processing Software
BROADCAST FONTS 3-D 10 Complete Top Quality Fonts for LIGHTWAVE
DELUXEPAINT 4.0 Image Processing Software
SCULPT-ANIMATE 4-D 3-D Object Modeling & Rendering Software
PROFESSIONAL PAGE 2.0 Desktop Publishing Software
ULTRADESIGN 2-D CAD & Architectural Design
CYGNUS-EN PROFESSIONAL Text Editor
DIGIPAINT 3 Older Paint Package
PRO-MOTION Motion Path Generator
SCHEMATIC CAD V 1.9 Electronic Design Software
INTROCAD 2.0 Cad Software
MAKEPATH 881 Motion Path Generator for VISTAPRO
SCENERY ANIMATOR V 4.03 Landscape Generator
AMI-TCP PACKAGE Shareware Internet Software
PARBENCH V 3.2A PARNET Package; To Connect 2 Amigas
REAL 3-D VIDEOTAPES 2-Tape Set of Video Instruction for REAL 3-D

I don’t know if I have all the receipts for this misc. software, but I do know that it is easily worth at least $ 700.00.

IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THESE ITEMS, THERE IS A LOT MORE.
Hundreds of blank floppys (mostly new 1.44 Mb, some 880K, some used)
All the video toaster magazines You Could Want.
All the Lightwave-Pro Magazines You Could Want.
RS232 & Video & Audio & Serial & Parallel Switchboxes.
RGB 4 Input Electronic Switchbox.
Some More Misc. Software.
Audio & Video Cables (lots & lots!).

This is a complete system so please understand that I do not wish to break it apart & sell it separately.

I am asking $1500.00 OBO

For example, The SONY SLV-R5UC SVHS Editing VCR ALONE was worth $1500.00 on sale for $979.99 when I bought it.

It is like brand new. Not a single scratch.
This is truely an incredible deal.
You're going to get so much stuff, you won't know what to do with it all.
There is an incredible amount to pack. All the software still has all the original packaging.
This is all original vintage Amiga.

Anyway, that's it. I am asking $1500.00 OBO
The buyer must pay for shipping.
Naturally, the closer you live to Los Angeles, CA, USA, the less shipping will be.
I finally decided to sell them. So I had a little time today & thought I'd post them for sale.
I'm sorry, but I have not had time to take pictures of everything, but I plan to when I get a chance.
Thank you.

[carvedeye]

As this is your first post and no one really knows who your are people might be dubious of the sale, if it where me i would be taken photos of all this lot with a piece of paper that has your name on it in with the photos.

[Darrin]

I just wanted to say... WOW! What a collection. You mjust have been doing some serious stuff with that lot. I hope it all gets a good home.

[tone007]

Don't forget to include pictures of the battery areas on the motherboards!

[Duce]

Very nice collection, best of luck on the sale!

[magnetic]

Hey buddy I'm in LA and interested. I sent you a PM with my details thanks

[motrucker]

To interject a little reality into this.... First, how does it all work now.
I hate to tell you this, but your can't expect to get anywhere near what you paid for this equipment. Expect quite a loss from your original investment! I do hope you find it all a good home though. Best of luck.

[B00tDisk]

Originally Posted by motrucker

To interject a little reality into this.... First, how does it all work now.
I hate to tell you this, but your can't expect to get anywhere near what you paid for this equipment. Expect quite a loss from your original investment! I do hope you find it all a good home though. Best of luck.

He said he was only after $1500 for the lot; reasonable, but a tad high.

[Lando]

When I read the title of this thread I thought somebody had uncovered a stash of about 50 A4000's in a storeroom somewhere.

I don't think depreciation was taken into account somehow.

[Nostalgiac]

my best wishes to the seller and all the best ! (honestly, not joking !)

the car I bought in 1995 was £8,000 (not sure whats that in todays moneys), but (if I still had it) ... I would happily sell it to you for £150 ?

[ral-clan]

I would really like to buy the IMAGE-FX VIDEO TUTORIAL VOL. 1-3 Videotape for IMAGE-FX 2.1.

I will even pay the original price to you of $59.95 if it is the Catalyzer set of videos.

(Note: If ANYONE has the Catalyzer set of videos, I'd be interested in buying them)

[persia]

OP has one post, probably not real....

[The Craftsman]

Hi all. Thank you for all your feedback. I really do appreciate it.

Yes, that was my first post. I do realize that no one knows me here.
I understand that.
I do intend to take some pictures real soon & get them up here. They're not going to be real pretty pictures because I'm going to just take the pictures as they are still in place.

I know some people who are selling something go to a lot of time & effort to take all kinds of pics & write a really good blurb. I apologize for not doing that. I'm just a really busy guy.

Anyway, this is a real deal. I'm not trying to rip anyone off. I just don't want these anymore.
I should have sold them a long long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away) when I first realized which direction I was going in. When they were worth more.

I guess that I should apologize for not being active in the Amiga world anymore. BUT, when you need to do 3D modeling, CAD, Animation, Rendering, CNC machine code generation, Electronics simulation, PIC chip programming, etc., how can you even come close to a 3.8 GHz 8 core i7?

Yes, I guess I'm a 'traitor' now.

But I'm a Propmaker for the Motion Picture Industry and my work requires me to be able to interact with the rest of the Intel-chip-based world, and, until very recently at least, Amigas can't.

And when was the last time anyone saw Rhino, Solidworks, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Modo, Zbrush, 3DS Max, Maya, etc, etc. ported over to run on a real Amiga?

Don't get me wrong, I really thought the Amiga was something back when I bought them.
I mean, that's why I went out and spent $20,000.00 on them!

BUT, does everyone remember when Intel developed the Pentium & AMD developed similar technologies that basically left the Amiga sucking their exhaust as they watched the Amiga disappear in their rear view mirrors?

I just couldn't wait around for the Amiga to catch up.
I'm sorry, but that's just how it is. Work came first.

So now I have a room filled with Amiga stuff that I don't want anymore.
In fact, I have not been able to use that room for anything else for all this time. Dumb Huh. Hey, I'll admit that.

So anyway, I finally decided that I am going to get rid of all this stuff. Soon. Real soon.
If I can't sell it, I'll donate it somewhere locally for a tax writeoff, or, as a last resort, throw them in a dumpster and be done with it.

Blasphemy! Sinner! What do you mean? Throw them away!?

I'll tell you right now; I do not intend to spend a lot of time trying to get rid of them.
I just don't have the time or energy to devote to a big selling campaign.
I'm a busy guy.

I see that someone mentioned about checking the battery area on the motherboard. I assume that they are concerned about corrosion.
I didn't think about that. However, I am not going to do anything to them.
I can't even remember how to use them anymore!
I haven't turned them on for about 16 years! They have been left plugged in for all that time though.

I make my own PCBs & I do custom electronics for movie sfx. So, if there is a small amount of damage due to corrosion, it probably should not be that hard to repair, even for a normal person handy with a soldering station.

They worked before, they should work now.

I would like to be able to unload these in 1 sale. I don't have the time to spend trying to part them out.
Someone else who has more time to spare than me could buy them & resell them separately.
I'll bet they would be able to charge a fair price & still make a real nice profit!

That editing VCR is a prosumer VCR. That's the best one there is before you get into the professional line of VCRs. It was a $1500 VCR on sale for $979! That VCR was used for 1 project (about 25 hrs worth of editing)!
The most you might have to do to it is replace a couple of belts.

So, if you feel like taking a small chance, here it is.

The first $1200 gets them. That's 6 cents on the dollar. And the buyer pays for all the shipping & insurance costs.

If I can't sell them I'll find some other way to get rid of them.

Think about it. I'll get some pictures up here real soon (maybe tonight).

So check back please.
Thank you all.

[B00tDisk]

Originally Posted by Lando

When I read the title of this thread I thought somebody had uncovered a stash of about 50 A4000's in a storeroom somewhere.

I don't think depreciation was taken into account somehow.

Yeah; now scroll down to the bottom of the post where he's asking $1500 for the whole shebang. The MSRP on that stuff was $20k when it was new. He's asking for 8% of that.