#68040 Toaster System
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I have the following items for sale.
Amiga 2000 computer with PP&S 68040-28mhz accelerator
with 16 megs of RAM. Also has a 52 meg Hard drive and
Video Toaster 2.0.
Asking $4600
Forrest
Forrest,
Would you be willing to part with the accelerator only? Nick
Sure thing I will piece out the Accelerator
Forrest
Nick,
On an accelerator, check around. The Progressive Peripherals Zeus board
('040, 4M ram, SCSI-2) is (dealer cost) $499 now days.
-sja
Dont know why your quoting Dealer cost to people, but for your info from
Neither of the Distributors that cary the PP&S boards have a card in that
configuration you quoted at that price.
Forrest
Forrest,
Just look at the lastest ads in the mags. Creative Computing is selling it
retail for $499.
Steve,
You've been listening to Clinton too much lately….and believing what he
says…<grin>. Remember Ms. Flowers also said that Clinton had a good
mouth.
On the fifth ad page for Creative Computing in the March'93 Issue of Amiga
World, the price listed for the Progressive Peripherals' Zeus accelerator
'040 running at 28Mhz with a SCSI-2 HD controller w/0 memory is $1529.00.
That is item #4074 in the Creative Computers catalog.
IMHO, I think it would be appropriate for you to inform Nick Murray
70003,1112 of your incorrect price, since you may have scared off a
potential buyer.
Patrick White
"The Amiga ……more should know"
Patrick,
I would, but I'm sitting here with such a board that I picked up at my dealer
for $586 including tax.
Great BUY!
Good communications sometimes go astray.
ICBW, (I could be wrong), but I thought Nick was selling the board with
controller with 4MB 32bit RAM. From March to April AW, there was a big
price reduction, (makes my mouth water). Now the Zeus '040 accelerator
running at 28Mhz with a SCSI-2 DMA controller runs $899. What a deal. A
$700 Reduction in one month.
My comment was totally intended so that it didn't scare away buyers from
Nick.
Glad you have a good sense of humor, referring to Clinton. <grin>
Patrick White
"The Amiga ……more should know"
<sigh> … Check again, Patrick. WITH scsi-2, in lots of 1, dealer cost is
$499. Cost is lower if purchased in quantity. Some dealers are selling it for
$499 — mine's selling it for 10% above that.
PP&S's phone number is 303-825-4144.
Patrick,
I wasn't selling, I was buying! I'm gonna check into all this and I'll leave a
message and let everyone know. Steve, if you are listening, where did you get
your board? Creative? Thanks,
Nick Murray
Also, here's a recent message from AmigaArts that also backs up my
assertion…
#: 27272 S6/DeskTop Video
03-Mar-93 15:16:58
Sb: #27240-AMIGA Video Digitizin'
Fm: Peter Greci 76104,2110
To: Erik Flom 71204,407
STeve wrote to them and also spoke to folks at CBM and offered to let em
use the Picture for a PRICe or Desist using it and CBM agreed to stop
using his image.
I may be getting a 040 VERY soon. Creative Computers is Advertising PP&S
25 mhz 040's for the A3000 for a measly $499 and 35 mhz Mercury boards for
$899……..Boy Howdy thats affordable enuff even for me.
Patrick and Steve,
This Creative Computers outfit is rather confused. The fine print price list
and the large colorful price list for the PPS accelerators are drastically
different. For example the straight PPS '040 at 28 MHz : $1129 vs $649. I
can't believe that $649 price. I paid $1700 for mine a year ago.
John
John,
I'm sorry, but you're way behind the times. PP&S are dumping their
boards. Give 'em a call.
-sja
John,
The large print is just the accelerator, $649. The small print is with a
DMA SCSI-2 controller.
It bothers me too when prices come down. But then how long can one wait?
I'll bet your enjoying it immensely. BTW, can you give me some speed
ratings, i.e. MIPS, Dhyrstones, etc. Thanks.
Patrick White
"The Amiga ……more should know"
Patrick:
I bought a PP&S 25mhz 040 board for my 3000 a while ago, and paid $1400.00
for it. Am I bothered that the prices have gone down? Nope, not at all,
I've had the use of this card for at least a year now, and I expect prices
of technology to go down. It's the price I pay to have the newest stuff.
// -Mike Schiller
\X/ AMIGA! On AutoPilot in sunny Fort Lauderdale
Three years ago I purchased a GVP 3001 which was an '030 acc. with 4 MB 32
bit RAM and an IDE controller for about $1300. Now, like you said with
the '040 quite a drop. You can only wait so long though.
For instance, the Toaster was selling for $1500 at one time, two or three
years ago. I thought I'd wait and 'walla the price goes up to around
$2400. (I realize that you can get it cheaper now but not at $1500.) I
learned my lesson in the case of the Toaster. If it's something I really
need/want then I'll buy now. If not then wait a year or two. But then
you'll be behind the technology… Quay Sa-rah……
It only hurts when it's time to sell…
Patrick White
"The Amiga ……more should know"
If you look in the April issue of AW.. On page 70 in the lower left hand
corner, you will see the PP&S '040 25MHz accelerator for the A3000 selling
for $499. There- enough said.
-Jonathan
uh, patrick, BEFORE you run your mouth at Steve, why don't you get the
LATEST(april) AmigaWorld, or even call PP & S. you'll see that you are full of
it, and that PP &S has had a DRAMATIC price reduction.
Tony
Tony,
I think Steve can take care of his own messages. Thank you!
BEFORE you stick your nose in something that you seemingly know nothing
about. Look at the 5th page of the Creative Computing in the MARCH ISSUE
of AmigaWorld. This is a fact! The board Nick Murray was referring to
was a Progressive Peripherals Zeus '040 (didn't say 28MMhz or 33MMhz) with
SCSI-2 DMA HD CONTROLLER expandable to 64MB of ram for $1529.00 and
$1929.00 respectively. The accellerator without the SCSI-2 and w/o 4MB of
32bit RAM may surely be less.
In the April Issue of AW, the 28Mhz and 33Mhz boards with SCSI-2 DMA are
$899.00 and $1149.00 respectively. You are right that there was a price
reduction but what Nick was selling was the accelerator and HD controller
with 4MB of 32 bit RAM. Therefore the price MAY be higher.
When someone is trying to sell something the cost is between the seller
and the purchaser, which is my main point.<grin>
Who knows you too may believe everything that Clinton is telling us.
<grin>
Patrick White
"The Amiga ……more should know"
Patrick, once again. since i BUY from distributors and I KNOW the prices, PP&S
dropped the prices on ****ALL**** of their products. If a certain mail-order
firm doesn't, either they have money invested in products the purchased thru
the dist. channel at the higher prices, or they're thieves. If you want, I can
post my pricing(price *I* pay) on the WHOLE DANG PP&S line, and you'll see that
it's true.And second, Steve is a friend and unles he tells me to stay out, I'm
DAMN well gonna butt in. after all, it's not a private message, now is it? If
you posted it here, then you weren't worried about the fact that other people
would comment on it.
'Nuff said.
Tony
ps, As far as i'm concerned, Clinton could get assassinated tomorrow, and I
wouldn't lose a wink of sleep, the lying, cheating, kaniving(sp?), 2-faced
lunatic.
ps, pricing on the Zeus 28mHz is 499 0K, $749 w/ 4MB (that's dealer price on
the Zeus 28mHz)
Tony
Tony,
<grin>
Patrick White
"The Amiga ……more should know"
Forrest:
I have seen the '040 board selling for less than $500 in some of the
latest mags. You might want to check again yourself…
-Jonathan
that is true but that is with no memory…
Forrest
So! $499 for an '040 board is an excellent deal and if people would look
at the latest prices, there wouldn't have been an argument about prices in
the first place…
-Jonathan
Wow! That's an amazing price for the '40!! I'll look into it! Thanks. Nick
Murray
Forrest,
Interested in parting out the Video Toaster?
Jonathan, via AutoPilot // Only Amiga makes
\\// it possible…