http://cosmosamiga.blogspot.com/2010...coeffs-ii.html
New edge connector needed !
Ask Jens, he have new ones in stock : give him my address :thumbsup:
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http://cosmosamiga.blogspot.com/2010...coeffs-ii.html
New edge connector needed !
Ask Jens, he have new ones in stock : give him my address :thumbsup:
Jens adaptors are incompatible in some respects. I have asked already. I will send you one directly from dead turboboard
Well another day and more bad news with good. Cosmos managed to source a connector, and now the cards boots 68k all the time, sadly no BPPC working. I am very annoyed with this card now. It has had 3-4 different problems. Im not sure to go from here, but am very cautious about trading for such expensive items in the future. So much money down the drain :(
http://cosmosamiga.blogspot.com/2010...oeffs-iii.html
My thanks to Cosmos and everyone here who has offered suggestions.
Great job from Cosmos. He has top level skills of electronics..... Whooooo!!!! :bowdown:
But, bad news about your board. :(
Just to ask.... board is "from here" (Amibay)?
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Originally Posted by merlinkv
Yes Wasagi traded the board through here for a Blizzard 1240 + Cash.
Ever since he had the board there were problems but the previous owner maintained the board was fine and that the problem was at Wasagi's end.
Where do we go from here? It makes me concerned to trade high value stuff if there is a fault its just blamed on the end user and although there has been some great support for Wasagi in these threads maybe on arrival of the board it should have gone back.
Lessons learned for us all here, if you get something and its not working then don't buy lots of new kit to try and get it going, just send it back.
Of course there are those that will say 'it was fine when sent' you must have broke it, do we accept that becuase this is old kit we are taking a gamble with our money or should there be some comeback?
Just my views, as I have been watching all the threads since Wasagi got this card.
Steve.
That is why I ALWAYS present videos on my youtube channel confirming that everything worked before packing and shipping. And this video is freely available for everyone so no "mystery" here. Plus good quality photos as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by fitzsteveOf course there are those that will say 'it was fine when sent' you must have broke it, do we accept that becuase this is old kit we are taking a gamble with our money or should there be some comeback?Quote:
Originally Posted by merlinkv
I think this is good habit.
As a example I can say that I sold AlfaPower recently to Amibay user and he had a lot of problems to get everything working properly. Of course I presented the videos confirming that everything was 100% working on my setup before dispatch.
At the end new AlfaPower owner managed to configure everything properly and everything is working on his system. :thumbsup:
It seems that it was some kind of software issue, but hardware is 100% ok.
Sadly you can't blame for such old devices that travel so many times through countries and postal offices not to mention some times not good packaging or static.
It's a risk we all take and sadly it exists!
For example, my own BPPC was bought from Binox here and didn't work at all when I installed in in mine (it was 040) despite it worked in Binox's A1200. I took the risk to send it to PG in Sweden who upgraded the CPU to 060 and voila... it worked like a charm! Yep, some BPPC's can be picky with 040's and some mobo revisions.
Another example is that I got so far 4 external floppy drives the last 3 years.
- 1 from Airey that was NOS but despite working, haven't managed to read any of my disks.
- 1 from Amibay (1011) that despite working doesn't read my disks
- 1 from Amibay (1011 again) that it read my disks and I was happy but after 2-3 days it stopped reading :(
- 1 from Amibay that works like a charm and never had problem
Especially for 1011 drives that were expensive since kinda rare, I gave a lot of money and atm they are useless to me.
Ofc I have received SO MANY items that worked like a charm and never failed but sadly you can't rely on old hardware like the ones we're using and all of a sudden JUST because we spent money on something that works and it doesn't... the Seller is the one to blame :)
I can say that with confidence since 99% of the time I'm the buyer since I rarely sell, and I've dealt with lots of admirable peepz on this forum.
I really wish that Cosmos could repair your board since his work is just ART but sometimes, shiz happens and following Murphy... it will happen in the devices you use most or are the most expensive :(
I truly sympathize and I wish that something can be done about it.
@Stanislaw
Man, you are the ambassador of the Kwan! Your work is a piece of ART also and your professionalism is well known over the community \o/ thumbs up!
Well....
I'm a buyer and I purchased alot of things from different sellers here.
Only in two or three deals I have little issues. But are resolved, without any problem, by the seller/trader.
Of course, when I receive one item, first I test everything, but don't make modiffications in any way. If the items works.... :) If not, I contact asap with the seller to receive a new item or money refund.
Best, of course, is to publish lot of pics, or videos, showing the real state and/or working state of the items.
Sellers wants money and buyers wants items in good shape and working condition............
Honesty & seriousness, by the sellers and buyers, are the best way to make good deals. :thumbsup:
I think this is the right way :thumbsup:
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Sorry for my poor English, but I believe all people understand me :)
Hey Stan, I have nothing but praise for your work my friend. I wish everyone was as upfront with high quality photo's and video's like you do.
And Marios I too have lost some items due to faults, its very sad and somethimes as you say the downside of trading in older kit.
I guess there is always a big risk in dealing with these items, however I still worry that what we're saying here is that there is no comeback if you receive a faulty item.
That really scares me and makes me think twice before trading in future.
Thanks Marios, Steve :)
Indeed, dealing with 10+ years old equipment is a lottery - we will loose sometimes. That's the fact. Quality of postage service and packing in standard bubble film (no ESD protection!!!) will increase chance of hardware damage too.