| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
What would be a reasonable price to pay for an AMIGA 2000A with 1.5 MB RAM Monitor, 2 3.5" Floppies and Seagate 65ms HD + Controller. Will all sw run on a 2000A or is there sw around for 2000B only? I am c complete novice to AMIGA and could buy such a used system for the little son of my sister as he has been saving for an AMIGA 1000 quite some time now. Thanks for any help!
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| 3960.1 | I'd pay $1200 for it. | READ::POMEROY | Mon Jul 30 1990 12:21 | 17 | |
Maybe I have been missing the boat, but I have been somewhat involved
in the Amiga world for a few year now, and I have never heard Amiga
2000A/2000B. An Amiga 2000 (which comes standard with 1 meg RAM, 1
3.5" drive, keyboard, mouse) can be had for $800 or less. (I just sold
one for $800) The extra 3.5" drive is worth about $70. The monitor is
maybe another $100 or more (not sure about that price). As for the HD
and controller, maybe $100 for the controller and whatever the
drive is worth. For a 65ms Seagate, I wouldn't pay more than $5 per meg
of capacity, not more than $200-300 no matter what size it is.
All in all, maybe $1200 for the system with original manuals/software.
Less if the Kickstart (ROM OS) revision is less than 1.3 and you don't
get Workbench 1.3.2
bob pomeroy
refine::pomeroy
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| 3960.2 | one more thing... | READ::POMEROY | Mon Jul 30 1990 12:24 | 12 | |
P.S. are you sure you didn't mean A2000 which stands for Amiga 2000
when you said 2000A.
BTW, there are a lot of good cheap systems selling right now with all
the old time amiga users upgrading to 3000s etc... If the person you
know wants a lot of money, it may be worth it to look around especially
USENET or at a dealership which takes trade ins or sells on
consignment.
bob pomeroy
refine::pomeroy
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| 3960.3 | ULTRA::KINDEL | Bill Kindel @ BXB1 | Mon Jul 30 1990 14:53 | 14 | |
Re .0:
I think the base note is referring to an early German-made A2000.
Early U.S. units were referred to as "B2000" models, though this
notation seems to have fallen from use. There ARE some differences
between the models (which are documented at some length in this
conference, should one wish to dig into history).
> Will all sw run on a 2000A or is there sw around for 2000B only?
The VAST MAJORITY of Amiga software runs on all models from all eras.
There's a higher probability that a program will have trouble due to
the AmigaDOS version than due to the difference between the "A2000" and
"B2000".
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| 3960.4 | Right! It is a german 'A' hardware - OLD! | OLYMP::RUEFF | Ronny Rueff, Marketing, Switzerland | Tue Jul 31 1990 03:55 | 14 |
Absolutely correct! This is one of the 'famous made in Germany' systems
that do not seem to provide the same h a r d w a r e functionality as
the 'B' versions (also look at note 1385.*).
Without any knowledge about Fat Agnus - the 'A's from Germany do not
seem to support this chip and options like flicker fixer etc.
The 'A' has 512+512 KB on Motherboard and another 512 KB connected as
some kind of a rucksack... So it all ends up with 1.5 MB.
Apparently it runs all software without problems but lacks the support
for some hardware options that require the 'B' motherboard.
The guy wants $ 700 for the complete system as described in .0 and if I
interprete correctly this seems to be a reasonable price although it is
an 'A' system...?
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