amiga 500 with serial no. 1

[amiga500]

Hi,
I've got an Amiga 500 with serial No. 1 made in W.-Germany.
Some images in my profile (Album)

I've seen 3 other images of 500s with S/N: 1 !

- What is the secret?
- Is it only a silly mistake by a famous company?! or somthing else?!
- Are you the owner of an A500 Serial No. 1 ? any pictures?
- Is there a former employee of Commodore who can explain it?
- ............
- ............
Hope finaly get the logical answers for these kind of questions.

Thank you.

[prowler]

Get it insured! :D

[AmigaFriend]

And photos of it would be much appreciated! :)

[ck1200]

As i've found out of late it's all condition dependent, so would need to say pics etc:)

[Maren]

Are you REALLY sure it's the actual serial and not some sticker from the computer shop meaning something entirely different? the first German A500? bloody jackpot!

[amiga500]

I bought it many years ago in a sealed standard packing without monitor.

There is an Image of the serial No. in my profile (album)

[Toni Wilen]

It is nothing special, for some reason many A500s were manufactured with serial number "1".

[amiga500]

Could you explain more? you mean that many A500s can have the same serial No. ?!! Have you ever seen it before ?!

[ImmortalA1000]

Just a single digit like that looks kinda weird, you sure it is genuine? Lot of losers palming fakes on ebay for years (which they are finally cracking down on at least)

[amiga500]

I'm the first owner and sure it's original. A specialist can check it if this Serial No. is trusty and original.

[gilgamesh]

Sorry to say so, but Toni is right (as usual). I read the story somewhere on the net before, with photo.

But then, it is valuable. It is an A500!

[PowerPie5000]

Sorry to say so, but Toni is right (as usual). I read the story somewhere on the net before, with photo.

But then, it is valuable. It is an A500!

Meaning it's worth around £20 :D

I will never bother getting rid of my A500 as i know they don't sell for much (and mine is in great condition too!). I find it's always best to keep an A500 around :)

[amiga500]

Hope to get some logical advices .... :)

[PowerPie5000]

Hope to get some logical advices .... :)

What kind of logical advice are you looking for? A500's are a very common machine that can be found in bulk on ebay... they are not worth much money wise. As Toni said, there are other A500's with the serial number 1. Maybe it was part of batch 1 or some kind of printing error at the factory?

Anyway what colour is the power LED and does it dim or turn completely off when running games? This will give you a clue on the motherboard revision. If the power LED is green then there is no way it will be the first ever A500. Hope this info helps :great

[gilgamesh]

I'd like a logical explanation, too. Probably there is none.

Have a look at the pictures at the bottom of this page.
http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/category/computer/amiga500

[prowler]

Have a look at the pictures at the bottom of this page.
http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/category/computer/amiga500

Nice find, gilgamesh! :great

[r.cade]

There are tons of serial #1. It was meant that a sticker would be applied after assembly and testing, but very often it was never applied.

[Toni Wilen]

I have no idea why there are multiple serial number 1's but I have West Germany A500 model with blank serial number, label only says "SERIAL NO: <blank space>" Perhaps they had technical problems with the label printer or didn't know how to use it :)

I guess nobody knows how many "broken" serial number labels were used in A500s.

[amiga500]

I'd like a logical explanation, too. Probably there is none.

Have a look at the pictures at the bottom of this page.
http://www.richardlagendijk.nl/cip/category/computer/amiga500

Thank you for the link. It's amazing. I will start to find other Serial No.1 owners. I can say that it's somthing rare at the moment.

[Jope]

You can say it's rare, but that doesn't make it rare. :-)

[amiga500]

You can say it's rare, but that doesn't make it rare. :-)


any useful advices?

[TheCyberDruid]

any useful advices?

Do you want a price advice? Seems like it's not that special to own an A500 with serial no 1, so it depends on the 'mintness' of it how much you can expect. Not that an A500 is really worth that much anyway ;)

[s2325]

I will check sticker of my A500 at home. My first A500 have green power light but second one orange (and louder floppy drive). Which one is older and what are the differences?

[Matt020]

The serial number on the case of my A500 is "003610"
I beleive there were over a million A500's sold...

[Maren]

Selling an Amiga...I did that and I still regret it, you can never have too many Amigas. Do yourself a favor and keep it :)

[fryguy]

Yep not rare. Although this was sold for pretty much http://www.tradera.com/Amiga-500-EXTREMT-BRA-SKICK--auktion_108210197 but the condition was good. But i still don't think it justifies that price.

[TheCyberDruid]

~105 € for an A500 is indeed quite :nuts Even for one in a *EXTREMELY GOOD CONDITION* ;)

[fryguy]

The seller was hinting in the auction that it is a collectors item because of the serial # so that is probably why it was sold for that much... and most people on Tradera is muppets :)

[Merlin]

It looks more to me that they went away from the silver labels to the bar coded labels that are attached next to them; I think the true serial number is the one with the bar code.

The '1' probably signified that it was German built, as other factories may have had a different starting number for the stickers.

[s2325]

My Amiga 500 was made in Hong Kong and have not serial number (different sticker).