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09 February 2010, 17:44
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Have to share this :)
Hi All
I recently took a punt on an Amiga 500 on Ebay for £17, seller did not know if it worked, no cables no nothing, just the machine in pretty good condition.... Today I found out it all worked 
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09 February 2010, 17:50
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thats nice
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09 February 2010, 19:43
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That's great Mate, sometimes it pays to take a small gamble, if it was broken then chances are there would be usable parts that could be used to fix another one and work out cheaper than buying separate parts like floppy drives or chips etc that sometimes go for exorbitant prices.
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09 February 2010, 20:37
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Still an Amiga user
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It's nice to have a stock A500 for those old games that refuse to work on any other set up... nice bit of luck there!
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09 February 2010, 22:10
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Nice purchase, I managed to pick up today an A1200 complete with 8MB expansion card for £40 incl P&P which I thought was a good deal.
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09 February 2010, 22:21
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Nice one, at these prices there will no room for the wife soon 
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09 February 2010, 22:36
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09 February 2010, 22:37
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Professional slacker!
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09 February 2010, 22:54
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A1200 HD , phase5 1230 full 030/50 with copro, 16 MB ram, external floppy drive, squirrel - £7 car boot sale
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09 February 2010, 22:57
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 I've only ever been to probably about 3 car boot sales in my whole life, seems I could be missing out on some bargains. 
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09 February 2010, 23:00
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o yes, you miss a lot for example PS3 for £10
, the guy wanted £15 but c'mon it is a car boot sale . It suppose to be faulty but works for half a year now , friends hate me for this ...
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09 February 2010, 23:01
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Now that's a Dickinson's Real Deal, Cheap as Chips
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09 February 2010, 23:02
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 Actually, I got mine for Christmas for nothing, I win. 
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09 February 2010, 23:03
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 some of us have to work hard for it , anyway it takes half a year to find something like that and two car boots every Sunday and a lot of petrol so it probably makes it even ...
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09 February 2010, 23:09
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Lol, I would say I work hard but my job isn't that hard tbh, hence why I spend most of my time on IRC. Actually my missus bought me my Wii (birthday) and Xbox 360 (Christmas) and my sister bought me my PS3 (Christmas). I've bought every other console I have tho.
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09 February 2010, 23:13
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09 February 2010, 23:16
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 If I find anything I'll let ya know. If it's on, they're not normally on around this time of year are they?
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09 February 2010, 23:25
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Some yes, but most of them are closed for winter
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09 February 2010, 23:43
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10 February 2010, 10:57
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I managed to get a working set of 68030rc40 and 68882rc40 for 30 usd including whipping to denmark
It was sold as non testet, but worked fine |
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