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Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:04 pm
by Don Corleone
Hello - I have an A500 that I took out of storage a couple weeks ago. Fired it up and worked. Cleaned the case, blew out the dust, then reconnected it and now I get the 11 power led blinks from hell.... bummer. Anyway, if anyone is interested in making an offer I can ship it. Also has a working original Amiga monitor and original Amiga external drive.
Thank you,
Gino
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 1:12 pm
by intric8
@Gino
Where are you located?
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2020 4:04 pm
by obitus1990
Did you at least troubleshoot it for loose ICs as I mentioned in the reply to the PM you had sent me?
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 11:05 am
by Zippy Zapp
Location? Where is it shipping from? Also, what brand and model is the Monitor and external drive?
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2020 3:13 pm
by Don Corleone
Hi friends - I'm located in Chico, CA. The monitor and external drive I have are the original ones that I had with my A1000. The monitor is the 1080 and the drive is the 1010. However, before I sell anything, I'm going to give Obitus' PM response to me a try - he encouraged me to try re-seating the chips before I throw in the towel. I will do that and let everyone know.
All that said... I find myself greatly missing my A1000. I realize they are very hard to find now. I do still have my original A500 in my man cave, which runs beautifully and is still in exquisite shape. But I would gladly trade it and pay $$ for an A1000 with keyboard.
The A500 that I'm either selling (or trying to get working again), was my dad's...
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2020 5:45 pm
by Don Corleone
Following up here. Re-seated the chips ~ same results. Something failed/died while I was cleaning it out with air and moving it around. I'm not going to worry about it anymore.
I do still have a working 1080 monitor and 1010 ext drive. The 1080 monitor has a very sensitive volume knob, crackles while adjusting/turning it, but works fine once settled. If anyone is interested, let me know.
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 3:43 pm
by fxgogo
Could of been a static charge in the dust that was released into the board when blowing the dust out?
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:27 pm
by Don Corleone
Yes, that is entirely possible.
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2020 6:23 pm
by Huxley
Not sure if this is useful to you or not, but I recently took possession of two Amiga 1000's (bare CPU's, no accessories), and I'm down in the Bay Area (with driving distance of Chico). If you're interested in a swap + cash deal for your A500 gear, I'd be open to it...
Let me know!
Huxley
Re: Selling: Amiga 500
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2020 7:11 pm
by Don Corleone
Hi Huxley, thank you for letting me know, I appreciate it. For the time being I'm going to hold on to my A500; I'm got several projects to deal with before I can give any attention to my beloved Amiga life. I will let you know if/when that changes. It's good to know another fellow Amiga fan not far from me in the Bay
Gino