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05 October 2008, 17:26
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Texas USA
Posts: 27
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Recently acquired A3000
Thought I'd post some photos of the A3000 I just got.
When it arrived, every card had been bounced out of the expansion slots.  The previous owner apparently had stock in a packing tape company, because EVERYTHING was attached with tape. The toaster, hard drive... he'd also handmade a power adapter by twisting the wires together (no solder) and taping them up with packing tape. I have no idea how all 3 hard drives survived the trip. None were screwed down inside the case - not even the one with the hard disk bracket attached.  I've run some disk tests on them and they seem to be fine.Got lucky with the battery as well. No corrosion on the M/B, but if you look closely at the small IC to the left of the battery, some green on the legs. Wonder if the battery vented in its direction. It's been lovingly cleaned up, battery removed and reassembled and seems to be working just fine. The specs: 25 mhz 030 1MB chip 8 MB fast (zip on M/B) 2 MB fast zorro expansion board |
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05 October 2008, 18:33
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Amibay Senior Staff
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cardiff / Wales
Posts: 1,302
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Welcome to EAB, hope you enjoy your stay
She looks an absolure beauty, Hope she serves you well. & thanks for the Hardware pr0n. TC 
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05 October 2008, 20:03
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Ya' like it Retr0?
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 49
Posts: 9,768
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mmmmmmmMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm
Hardware Pron..... Welcome brother AmigaJules.... a big welcome indeed
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05 October 2008, 20:13
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. . Mouse . .
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Nowhere
Age: 55
Posts: 1,792
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Ahhh, A3000...
 Welcome to the EAB! |
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06 October 2008, 08:52
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Needs a life
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: England
Posts: 1,707
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Fantastic
Still possibly my favourite Amiga... Possibly because I worked like stink at uni to buy a reconditioned one from White Knight Technologies . Thank you CU Amiga and Amiga Computing!
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06 October 2008, 11:23
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hastala vista winny vista
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: mt fuji
Age: 46
Posts: 1,335
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some people just don't have a clue ... well at least the miggy is alive !
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06 October 2008, 11:31
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Ioannina/Greece
Posts: 5,040
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wow, looks like crap... I wonder what he did at the case, next to the zorro-slot backplates... good to see it went to a good home
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06 October 2008, 11:39
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Amiga Nut
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Belco, Australia
Posts: 2,242
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Whoot! Good work & welcome aboard!
 PZ. |
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06 October 2008, 12:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Texas USA
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07 October 2008, 10:24
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Back.
Join Date: May 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 121
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Nice pics, by the way. It's always nice to see user-posted images and signs of hardware that's going to be cared for and used. Thank you, AmigaJules - and as my friendly fellow EABers have said, welcome. |
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