Amiga A600HD/40

ocean · 05 September 2011, 22:47

Sorry for starting new thread, but I didn't manage to get info anywhere else...

Well, the story goes like this: I bought an a600 and started cleaning it. In the middle of taking pen stains out of the surface I noticed that the case has two badges on it!? I carefully removed the top sticker (that said usual "Commodore A600") and noticed that the original sticker has "Commodore A600HD/40" on it! :-O

As I have been looking A600 HD for a while I was stunned! WTF? Does the /40 mean that it had 40 mb hard disk on it? What about the rarity? I have never seen a logo like that. Or am I just too excited to see the obvious? :-P And why on earth someone will re-stamp this with standard a600 logo? (Maybe the same guy who rip the HD off...)

Well, here's the photo of it (it really needs some retr0bright, but the keys had to go first...). Please tell me, if someone does have any information on this...

mfilos · 05 September 2011, 22:56

I have seen logos like that but on A1200.
Never seen one (even in photo) of an A600HD/40!

It's indeed means an 40MB HD inside (same as A1200HD/40).

ocean · 07 September 2011, 11:20

Well, it looks like it could be quite rare. It has even swe/fin keyboard layout ;-)

The twin-sticker is still a mystery. Maybe this one is factory refurbished? Broken HD removed and re-branded as ordinary A600? :-D

discomeats · 07 September 2011, 12:04

it must be worth at least $500 now!!!

bbsteal · 07 September 2011, 12:18

Cool , never see too A600HD/40...

The A600HD it´s rare too ?

ocean · 07 September 2011, 13:21

Well, I've seen A600 HD's in ebay going for about £ 100, but those sticker just says "Commodore A600 HD" (like this: http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/commodore/a600hd.jpg ). Maybe I should try to get an original 40 Mb HD instead of CF-card inside this... :-D

mfilos · 08 September 2011, 08:52

I don't think the HD versions are so rare. I have one myself as well but I have seen occasionally on eBay HD versions with no difference than the normal ones

ocean · 08 September 2011, 11:19

I know the HD versions are not rare, but I have never seen a sticker with "/40" on it. That's what I was originally wondering... Inside there's rev 2D motherboard with 2.05 (37.350) kick rom, so nothing special.

mikele · 08 September 2011, 13:37

congrats ocean, you've got a real gem! I've seen hundreds of A600's in my life, dozens of A600HD's, but never /xx models.

Gordon · 08 September 2011, 14:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikele

congrats ocean, you've got a real gem! I've seen hundreds of A600's in my life, dozens of A600HD's, but never /xx models.

maybe in all those Amiga 600's you have seen some of them were /xx models too becuase you didnt peel of the case badge like Ocean?

ocean · 08 September 2011, 17:08

Well, after googling a while I've seen at least two other "/40" models, one of them were in Dutch site. I guess these kind of badges was used in latter versions of HD-models and therefore they are more rare than a600 or even a600hd badges.

Afterall, I'm starting to restore this baby. As you can see from the picture, it's running smoothly from a 4 gb cf from ebay... Anyone with a spare 40 mb hd and willing to sell it? ;-)

voyager · 08 September 2011, 17:57

Maybe visit the retro bright topic and put some B Blonde Cream Peroxide on here and whitin a day she is all ivory white again.

ocean · 08 September 2011, 19:04

I have been trying to retrobright the keys (they are a little bit whiter than the case), but I've run out of h2o2... :-D Today I installed a 601 extra mem just to realize that it's only 512 kb, not 1 meg and no rtc battery at all... :-(

Thanks for all the comments, now I'm twice as wise about a600:s as I was before! :-D

26 March 2014, 00:28

Hi ! today i found a A600HD/40 too in a thrift shop here in sweden

ocean · 27 March 2014, 10:18

Congratulations! Is it working? Does it have that noisy 40 Mb HD in it?

27 March 2014, 13:49

Thanks ! Yes it works perfectly and it has the noisy 40 hd in it

ocean · 27 March 2014, 19:53

Lol

I bought an another HD for my A600 as the factory apparently removed the first one. When I first started the machine I was scared as hell and thought that I was sold a broken HD. Well, there it goes, screaming like a circular saw but working

. It's a beautiful little machine!

Nowadays I have a friend for it, an A1200 HD/40

27 March 2014, 21:07

cool

yes they are very noisy, i wonder if the 20 mb hd was as loud ?
congratulations on your A1200HD/40 i hear they are even more rare

btw have you manage to get more info about the A600HD/40 ? is it a very late model or is it part of an bundle that didn't sell much ?

FOL · 27 March 2014, 21:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by daver

cool

yes they are very noisy, i wonder if the 20 mb hd was as loud ?

Indeed it was.

Bamiga2002 · 27 March 2014, 22:33

My first HD for an Amiga (2000) was 20Mb

Then upgraded to a 40Mb one and after I bought an A1200 I had a whoppin' 350Mb! Had to cut the red wire from hd cable though...

05 September 2011, 22:47	#1
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	Amiga A600HD/40 Sorry for starting new thread, but I didn't manage to get info anywhere else... Well, the story goes like this: I bought an a600 and started cleaning it. In the middle of taking pen stains out of the surface I noticed that the case has two badges on it!? I carefully removed the top sticker (that said usual "Commodore A600") and noticed that the original sticker has "Commodore A600HD/40" on it! :-O As I have been looking A600 HD for a while I was stunned! WTF? Does the /40 mean that it had 40 mb hard disk on it? What about the rarity? I have never seen a logo like that. Or am I just too excited to see the obvious? :-P And why on earth someone will re-stamp this with standard a600 logo? (Maybe the same guy who rip the HD off...) Well, here's the photo of it (it really needs some retr0bright, but the keys had to go first...). Please tell me, if someone does have any information on this... Attached Thumbnails

08 September 2011, 17:08	#11
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	Well, after googling a while I've seen at least two other "/40" models, one of them were in Dutch site. I guess these kind of badges was used in latter versions of HD-models and therefore they are more rare than a600 or even a600hd badges. Afterall, I'm starting to restore this baby. As you can see from the picture, it's running smoothly from a 4 gb cf from ebay... Anyone with a spare 40 mb hd and willing to sell it? ;-) Attached Thumbnails

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05 September 2011, 22:56	#2
mfilos Paranoid Amigoid Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Athens/Greece Age: 45 Posts: 1,978	I have seen logos like that but on A1200. Never seen one (even in photo) of an A600HD/40! It's indeed means an 40MB HD inside (same as A1200HD/40).

07 September 2011, 11:20	#3
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	Well, it looks like it could be quite rare. It has even swe/fin keyboard layout ;-) The twin-sticker is still a mystery. Maybe this one is factory refurbished? Broken HD removed and re-branded as ordinary A600? :-D

07 September 2011, 12:04	#4
discomeats Just add brown sauce. Join Date: May 2008 Location: North East Englandland Posts: 170	it must be worth at least $500 now!!!

07 September 2011, 12:18	#5
bbsteal Registered User Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lisbon / Portugal Posts: 27	Cool , never see too A600HD/40... The A600HD it´s rare too ?

07 September 2011, 13:21	#6
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	Well, I've seen A600 HD's in ebay going for about £ 100, but those sticker just says "Commodore A600 HD" (like this: http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/commodore/a600hd.jpg ). Maybe I should try to get an original 40 Mb HD instead of CF-card inside this... :-D

08 September 2011, 08:52	#7
mfilos Paranoid Amigoid Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Athens/Greece Age: 45 Posts: 1,978	I don't think the HD versions are so rare. I have one myself as well but I have seen occasionally on eBay HD versions with no difference than the normal ones

08 September 2011, 11:19	#8
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	I know the HD versions are not rare, but I have never seen a sticker with "/40" on it. That's what I was originally wondering... Inside there's rev 2D motherboard with 2.05 (37.350) kick rom, so nothing special.

08 September 2011, 13:37	#9
mikele Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: poland Posts: 307	congrats ocean, you've got a real gem! I've seen hundreds of A600's in my life, dozens of A600HD's, but never /xx models.

08 September 2011, 17:57	#12
voyager The show must go on. Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Alkmaar Nederland Posts: 269	Maybe visit the retro bright topic and put some B Blonde Cream Peroxide on here and whitin a day she is all ivory white again.

08 September 2011, 19:04	#13
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	I have been trying to retrobright the keys (they are a little bit whiter than the case), but I've run out of h2o2... :-D Today I installed a 601 extra mem just to realize that it's only 512 kb, not 1 meg and no rtc battery at all... :-( Thanks for all the comments, now I'm twice as wise about a600:s as I was before! :-D

26 March 2014, 00:28	#14
daver Posts: n/a	Hi ! today i found a A600HD/40 too in a thrift shop here in sweden

27 March 2014, 10:18	#15
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	Congratulations! Is it working? Does it have that noisy 40 Mb HD in it?

27 March 2014, 13:49	#16
daver Posts: n/a	Thanks ! Yes it works perfectly and it has the noisy 40 hd in it

27 March 2014, 19:53	#17
ocean Rookie Amiga user Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Forssa / Finland Posts: 28	Lol I bought an another HD for my A600 as the factory apparently removed the first one. When I first started the machine I was scared as hell and thought that I was sold a broken HD. Well, there it goes, screaming like a circular saw but working . It's a beautiful little machine! Nowadays I have a friend for it, an A1200 HD/40

27 March 2014, 21:07	#18
daver Posts: n/a	cool yes they are very noisy, i wonder if the 20 mb hd was as loud ? congratulations on your A1200HD/40 i hear they are even more rare btw have you manage to get more info about the A600HD/40 ? is it a very late model or is it part of an bundle that didn't sell much ?

27 March 2014, 22:33	#20
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	My first HD for an Amiga (2000) was 20Mb Then upgraded to a 40Mb one and after I bought an A1200 I had a whoppin' 350Mb! Had to cut the red wire from hd cable though...

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