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#Amigas wanted

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#157953From: Richard TontiJul 30, 1994 6:15 AM
I am presently searching for all series of Amiga machines, working or not. Will pay reasonable price. I am not looking for full blown, maxed out units at a high price, but rather items that you no longer have a use for and are interested in parting with. Will send immediate cash. To anyone who may be interested please leave message here or in my mail. My thanks to you all. Richard Tonti
#157958From: Dale LarsonJul 30, 1994 10:16 AM
I take it you're in the business of selling recycled computers… Dale L. Larson Intangible Assets Manufacturing (info@iam.com) "That's the best part about being crazy. You see things no one else can see."
#157960From: Richard TontiJul 30, 1994 10:41 AM
Dear Dale, You're so right. Unfortunately being crazy can also make you see things that aren't there as well.
#157997From: Michael HendryJul 30, 1994 5:50 PM
I have a revision 5 A500, with a dodgy keyboard chip, _badly_ misaligned floppy heads, broken pins on Fat Agnus, and dry joints all over the motherboard. Oh, and the ROM's missing too. Apart from that, it's fine… How much is that worth to you? Is it even worth the postage? Gnight, Mat.
#158005From: Richard TontiJul 30, 1994 7:36 PM
Dear Michael, Thanks for your reply. Sounds like a description of my body, of course, not witholding my face. Do you have any other side attractions with it or just the base unit? Any manuals, software, periphs. etc.? How does $20- sound? I don't know it sounds like someone used it in a curling match. Get back to me when you can with what you feel is fair, alright? Thanks again, and take care. Sincerely, Richard
#158010From: Shawn RandolphJul 30, 1994 9:37 PM
Hello Richard, I have a older 2000 with 4.2 motherboard, 40MB HD, and 1.2 ROMS. Seems to work just fine. Cleaned it up after it had been sitting in a friends closet for years. Would make a great battery commerial (Just like Sear's Diehard). Let me know. Thanks Shawn Silent Paw Productions
#158039From: Richard TontiJul 31, 1994 3:26 AM
Dear Shawn, Sounds a lot like the other 2000 that was on the board yesterday. Do you have a figure in mind? Also are there any manuals, software etc? Could you please E-mail me, and or leave me a note on this board? Thank you sire, Richard
#158095From: Michael HendryJul 31, 1994 6:29 PM
$20 sounds reasonable, considering the condition it is in, but, as I say, is it worth the postage (from my point of view), considering money transfers (coz I'm in the U.K.) and the carriage costs? Will have to investigate such costs. The poor old thing got this way though continuous crushing, flexing and general abuse while travelling up and down the country (between college and home), and finally gave up the ghost last year. When it did die I replaced it with an A500+, so most of the extra hardware (modulator, flicker fixer etc., and even the PSU!) has moved to that. And I sold the 1.3 ROM. I do, however still have a 512k RAM expansion (for the trap door slot, and incompatible with the '+). I still have _some_ of the manuals (the Workbench manual and the "First Steps" guide) but the AmigaDOS manual has disappeared. The original Workbench disks died quite a while ago as well… Obviously if I added these things in it would up the price and _might_ make it worthwhile for me to send it! But at the moment I think most of the $20 would be eaten up in exchange and carriage… Give me a buzz if you're still interested, and I'll look into the various money issues here. Cheers, Mat.
#158101From: Richard TontiJul 31, 1994 8:04 PM
Dear Mikey san, Thank you ever so much for your kind reply, Yes of course I am still interested in your famous machine. Who cares if it works anyway. I'll just place it in a museum quality display, and charge a heafty admission fee just for silly individuals to come, and see the one and only famous A500 that got bent, folded, and basically keelhauled, and lived to talk about it. I am not sure of the pounds to U.S. hula dollas thingy but I can all the local exchange or what have you. Thanks again kind sir, and pleaae take care. God love ya laddy. Chortles, Uncle Richard
#158199From: Michael HendryAug 1, 1994 8:39 PM
Errrmm, right, gat back to ya, Uncle Dick, Matty…
#158869From: Scott YoungrenAug 7, 1994 4:07 PM
I have an old A1000, 512K plus 1meg sidecard and phoenix HD with keyboard (no monitor) It works but an now using A2000 & A3000