Gemini-Phoenix
04-25-2005, 03:11 AM
Went to my local Car Boot Sale yesterday (Sunday) and my mate managed to pick up an Amiga 1200.
But this was no ordinary Amiga 1200 - Oh no! This one was white as snow! You seriously haven't seen a whiter looking Amiga!
The guy he bought it off was disabled (Not sure what his disability was, but looked serious - It was some sort of mental & physical illness) - His carer said the Amiga was bought back in 1994, but due to his illness, it had only been used once.
Apparently, the guy couldn't operate it well enough as his condition degraded, so it just got packed up and shoved in a closet for a long while - Until this weekend just gone when it was brought back out!
It was boxed and totally mint as if it had been bought that very morning from a shop.
It also had a couple of (As yet) unidentified peripheral add on units - One was a mixer of sorts (Something to do with some photo editing program I think), and the other was something similar to a TV input card which had an S Video port on it. Both peripherals were boxed and minty just like the Amiga and looked like they hadn't even been used at all (Maybe came with the A1200 when it was bought)
Thye A1200 was the action pack I believe - Came with Zool and a few other discs.
And how much for all this I hear you ask??? £15.00!!! Yes, fifteen whole pounds for what could be considered a brand new A1200 with possibly rare peripherals!!!
Needless to say, we absolutely creamed ourselves when we saw it! No doubt if you saw how white it was, you would also!
But this was no ordinary Amiga 1200 - Oh no! This one was white as snow! You seriously haven't seen a whiter looking Amiga!
The guy he bought it off was disabled (Not sure what his disability was, but looked serious - It was some sort of mental & physical illness) - His carer said the Amiga was bought back in 1994, but due to his illness, it had only been used once.
Apparently, the guy couldn't operate it well enough as his condition degraded, so it just got packed up and shoved in a closet for a long while - Until this weekend just gone when it was brought back out!
It was boxed and totally mint as if it had been bought that very morning from a shop.
It also had a couple of (As yet) unidentified peripheral add on units - One was a mixer of sorts (Something to do with some photo editing program I think), and the other was something similar to a TV input card which had an S Video port on it. Both peripherals were boxed and minty just like the Amiga and looked like they hadn't even been used at all (Maybe came with the A1200 when it was bought)
Thye A1200 was the action pack I believe - Came with Zool and a few other discs.
And how much for all this I hear you ask??? £15.00!!! Yes, fifteen whole pounds for what could be considered a brand new A1200 with possibly rare peripherals!!!
Needless to say, we absolutely creamed ourselves when we saw it! No doubt if you saw how white it was, you would also!