Subj : Re: Hello Region 19 folks
To : Ray Sbaitso
From : Tom Kisner
Date : Mon May 02 2022 13:32:38
Re: Re: Hello Region 19 folks
By: Ray Sbaitso to Tom Kisner on Sun May 01 2022 10:30 am
TK>> Amiga 500 was my main computer during most of my BBSing era, and
TK>> somewhere in my closet is an A1200 in a mini-tower case that I
TK>> aquired 20 years ago or so and ran for awhile. I had a PCMICA
RS> I can't take credit for the BBS, I am one of what appears to be a rapidly
RS> disappearing class of callers known as "users". There don't appear to be
RS> many of us left! ;)
Sorry! Yes, so there are so few I just assumed, lol.
RS> You really need to bring the A1200 out and take a look at it. Plus, if you
RS> need to fund a college education or organ transplant with cash you can
RS> always put it on EBay. The prices for the A1200s are through the roof. If
RS> you have any kind of accelerator board for it you might be able to retire.
RS> It's just unreal!
I honestly did not know that. I haven't bought any Amiga gear in a long time, but even back 20 years ago the accelerator boards were absolutely out of site expensive. I had one at one point, but I sold it long ago (unfortunately it seems) for more than I bought my first car for :)
The A1200 was more modest, I really wanted one with a mini-tower case and I bought it from someone in Germany off e-bay and had it shipped to Texas. Somehow between my very novice German and Babblefish I managed to get it here ended up with what I thought was good deal on it. At the time you could still buy brand new "old stock" Amiga 1200s from someone in Europe that had bought the entire inventory of them after Commodore went bankrupt, which pretty much put a ceiling on the price of used ones.
My kid is going to College in a couple of years, I'm going to have to check out the market now :)
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