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A500 and A4000T systems. What do you think these are worth?
« on: February 24, 2018, 05:14:16 PM »
I have an A500 set up as follows:
Amiga 500 Desktop Computer (obviously)
OS 1.3 and OS 3.1 ROMs
Unknown make and model ROM switcher - no obvious markings that I can see
Hard-wired switch on back of A500 case selects active ROM, only works on cold start
AdRAM 540 RAM Expansion Card (fully populated)
AdRAM 560 RAM Expansion Daughter Card (fully populated)
DataFlyer 500 Expansion Chassis
A2091 SCSI card with RAM fully populated
- IBM 160 Meg SCSI HD
System is configured for 1 Meg Chip RAM, 7.5 Meg Fast RAM
BigFoot 200 Watt power supply
Commodore 1084S Monitor

The A4000T is set up as follows:
Amiga 4000 Desktop computer converted into a Power Tower MK-II case
2 Meg Chip RAM, 16 Meg Fast RAM on motherboard
OS 3.1 ROM, Super Buster 11, AmigaOS/WB 3.9-BB2 (Boing Bag 2 bug fixes)
Clock battery removed - mounted and connected off of main board via wiring
CyberStorm MK-III 68060 Accelerator at 50 MHz
128 Meg RAM onboard the CS MK-III
CyberVision PPC Video Card (run by CyberGraphX v4.3betaRC5 software)
- Western Digital 80GB IDE HD (primary)
- Maxtor 80GB IDE HD (slave)
Ariadne-II Ethernet card
Plextor 40X Ultra-SCSI CD-ROM drive
Plextor 12/10/32 Ultra-SCSI CD-RW drive
Seagate TapeStor 8000 (TR-4) SCSI Tape drive
Samsung SyncMaster 753DF 17" Monitor

Pictures can be seen on my "About My Computers" page (http://mikerye.homeip.net/about_my_computers.html). Some of the text and a couple of the pics (those of which showing GVP I/O Extenders which I don't have any more) are out of date. The top two sections of the page are how my computer room setup used to look. A bit of that is out of date. I have since rebuilt a bigger desk and re-arranged my entire computer room. The system information in THIS posting is correct.

Both systems are fully functional. They are running right now as I type this message. I don't have any videos made yet of them running, but I am going to work on that if I really decide to sell these systems.

So, with all that being said, what are your honest assessments of their worth?
Michael
 

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Re: A500 and A4000T systems. What do you think these are worth?
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2018, 06:02:35 PM »
Man I hate this kind of thread. Part them out for maximum profit. Or put them on ebay to see what people offer. Set a minimum if you want to get at least $x for them.

Alternatively, I'll give you $100 bucks for the 4000T. :lol:
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Re: A500 and A4000T systems. What do you think these are worth?
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2018, 07:39:56 PM »
@ SilvrDrgn

if you really have to sell then sell the A500 as the A4000T will be very very hard to replace when you decide you want it back (yes I said 'when';)). If anything do yourself a big favour and keep your CS-MKIII at least & if you MUST sell it don't settle for anything less than $1,000 USD for it
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Re: A500 and A4000T systems. What do you think these are worth?
« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2018, 07:52:52 PM »
Yeah, that's a nice 500. I'd almost pick it up off you, though it would for sure be out of the price range I'd want to spend to replace my old machine that committed suicide off a top shelf in my closet. :/ Of course, I don't even fire up UAE anymore, but if you're looking to sell, it should net you a nice price.
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Re: A500 and A4000T systems. What do you think these are worth?
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2018, 08:03:19 PM »
@SilvrDrgn,

I would never dream of selling my A2000 or A4000T-AT! I know I would regret it as they are both loaded.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2018, 09:48:57 PM by QuikSanz »
 

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Re: A500 and A4000T systems. What do you think these are worth?
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2018, 09:29:41 PM »
Quote from: Oldsmobile_Mike;836581
Man I hate this kind of thread. Part them out for maximum profit. Or put them on ebay to see what people offer. Set a minimum if you want to get at least $x for them.

Alternatively, I'll give you $100 bucks for the 4000T. :lol:


Hah! Wise guy! :-)
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Re: A500 and A4000T systems. What do you think these are worth?
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2018, 09:38:15 PM »
So, I got a video made running MODs on each of them. The A4000T has a quite loud and annoying hard drive whine coming from it. Been doing that ever since I can remember setting that system up in its current config. I think it's coming from the Western Digital hard drive, but not sure. Anyway, it's quite prevalent in the video (the first link), so I filtered it on another copy of the same video (second link).

A500 and A4000T playing MODs - https://app.box.com/v/A500-and-A4000T

Same video as above with HD whine filtered out - https://app.box.com/v/A500-and-A4000T-filterHDwhine
« Last Edit: February 24, 2018, 09:40:29 PM by SilvrDrgn »
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