a1200hd
So what is this page about?
Well, many months past, I was looking around
my room when I noticed, untouched in a corner, my old friend, Mr
A2000. Now, this A2000 was untouched because, as is normal, had not
touched it. Why? Because, it was not always working properly, being
as it was an unusual combination of parts. Basically, because I knew
not then things I now know, it was not possible for me to write a
file larger than about 100kb. This is, naturally, a problem leading
to me not touching it.
So, there I
was noticing my old friend Mr A2000, when it dawned on me that I
might fix him in order that he work more correctly. I pensated a
little more and realised that why not, while I am at it, buy a new
friend for Mr A2000. This then lead me to a search for parts for Mr
A2000 (my old friend) and also a new friend for him. Easier said than
done. It turned out that finding A2000 parts, or any Amiga parts, in
Australia is a little difficult. But yay, I did persisteth, and lo,
after some fruitless days, found a new friend for my old friend Mr
A2000.
So, this then, is the results
of my searchings. Some links so that you who are reading this not
need search so much, as I did.
a1200hd
Amiga Innovations is good place to buy Amiga stuff, hardwares, softwares, second hand. It is over in WA in Perth, Australia. They can be a bit slow to respond to messages sometimes, but I think this is because they are so busy. They also but used stuff sometimes and seem nice enough. They sell os3.9, roms, and most importantly Tower cases for A1200. Amiga Innovations
These guys are in Port Macquarie, NSW,
Australia. They sell lots of Amiga things and ship worldwide. They do
a fair bit of business on eBay, which is where I found them. Their
prices are similar to Amiga Innovations', somethings more, others
less, so I recommend to check them both. Ofcourse, if you are on the
east coast postage is less. They have lots of CD-ROMs and say they
can sell you an A1200 in a variety of configs. Anything
Amiga
These guys are German. This might be a problem if you are far from Europe but they have a HUGE range. If it is being made for the Amiga chances are these guys have it. They were a little slow to respond to my messages but I did message them in English and they are German so maybe that was a problem. They ship worldwide but like full payment in advance. Shipping costs can be quite substantial (10 per kilo and more!).Vesalia
The other choice is somewhere like eBay. They
have lots of cool stuff on eBay, and often is cheap, the problem is
that it might also be broken. I have bought a few things on eBay in
Australia, including a second hand A1200 with 060, CD-RW drive and
4Gb hard drive. I have also bought some CD-ROMs and things for pc
(BLEh!). eBays are everywhere, so there are many local addresses,
this is link for the Australian eBay (where I sell somethings).
These two sites have info on almost every
Amiga hardwares made. The
Big Book of Amiga Hardware and
LexSite
. This is useful if you are buying some second
hand things and want more infoes on them.
My email is: overdose@freeip.org
So this is where I tell you what I have (currently anyways). Unimportant things first: Dual P3 server, Athlon XP 2500+, PowerMac G3, assorted others.
Now the important things:
Amiga1 with 1024Mb, Symbios SCSI, SB Live, Radeon 7000, Liteon CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo, Panasonic CD-ROM, 20Gb Maxtor HDD, Aopen PSU, SII HDD controller, cool checked case, 17" Sony Trinitron monitor, powered USD hub, USB Zip drive
A2000 (Rev6) with KS/OS3.1 and 1.3 on ROM switcher, 2Mb Chip RAM, A2630 with Rocket launcher 50MHz 68030/68882, 100Mb 32bit Fast RAM (96Mb on DKB 2632), 1.2 Gb SCSI HDD (3.5"), 8X/20x SCSI CD-R drive, 2 internal FDD, Oktagon SCSI with 4Mb (2Mb active) 16bit Fast RAM, A2320 flicker fixer, EGS Spectrum, A2065 Ethernet card, SCSI 100Mb Zip drive.
A1200 in mini-tower, 68030 (blizzard Mk3) 50MHz, 2Mb Chip RAM, 32Mb Fast RAM, 4Gb HDD, 16x CD drive, stereo sampler, surf squirrel high speed serial port, 3.5" HD FDD, 3.5" DD FDD, OS3.9 and OS3.1, KS3.1, flicker fixer.
My new a1200, 060 with a2000 keyboard.
I also have a 1084s Monitor, and another Zip drive (and too many spare parts).
If you like to buy some of my things then
click on the link for eBay, above, and search by username bstep001
(for all my auctions).
