Loki
| loki | |
|---|---|
 Elbox PowerTower Case | |
| Hardware | |
| Vendor: | Amiga Technologies Ltd. |
| Model: | Amiga 4000D |
| CPU: | Motorola 68060@50MHz |
| Bus: | Zorro III |
| RAM: | 128MB |
| Software | |
| OS: | AmigaOS 3.9 |
| Collection Data | |
| Acquired: | 2000 |
| From: | The Software Hut |
| Paid: | $3999 |
| Catalog Data | |
| Location: | 1DCA |
| Usage Info | |
| Role: | Creative Media Workstation |
Summary
This machine was purchased new from The Software Hut in 2000. It was supposed to come with a phase5 Cyberstorm Mk-III 68060, but the charlatan who owned Software Hut silently exchanged it for a GVP T-Rex II, and also refused to support the machine after purchase, as it had reliability problems from the outset, which the owner basically said was my responsibility to deal with. Sadly, such behavior was rampant in the community in the first few years after Commodore's bankruptcy.
At one point, the PSU failed and was replaced with a PC-style ATX power supply. It was also re-capped in 2014, but the machine does not presently work. I believe the processor daughter card might be hosed.
The motherboard and CPU board are off for repairs as of 8/4/2020.
Update
The technician sent back the boards, citing a lack of time. Need to get close-ups of the capacitors and send them to Mech. (8/23/2020)
Specifications
- Amiga 4000D System Board
- Elbox PowerTower Case
- Elbox Zorro III Bus Board
- GVP T-Rex II CPU board (50MHz 68060)
- NewTek Video Toaster 4000
- Individual Computers X-Surf Ethernet Interface
- 4.5GB IDE hard drive
- 40X IDE CD-ROM drive
- SyQuest EZ135 SCSI cartridge drive
- 1.76MB high-density floppy drive
- Kickstart 3.1 ROMs
- AmigaOS 3.9
Historical Summary
Note that the information presented in this section was retrieved from my old personal website, The VAX Pirate's Lair, and is not likely to be entirely accurate or timely. Spelling errors have been kept intact for the purposes of historical preservation.
This Amiga is really really really nice. In fact, with the exception of the $800-plus PPC accelerators available, this Amiga has the fastest processor available on the platform. I bought this new in 2000, from Software Hut. It's a Gateway-era Amiga 4000D towerized in an Elbox PowerTower case with IDE support and AGA. Very nice machine. One of the gems of my collection.
Historical Specifications
- Amiga 4000T
- Motorola MC68060 50MHz with MMU/FPU (this is on a GVP T-Rex II 68060 accelerator card with onboard SCSI)
- 2MB chip RAM, 20MB fast RAM
- Amiga AGA chipset architecture
- 4.5GB IDE hard disk
- Zorro-III bus
- X-Surf Zorro-II Ethernet card (10bt)
- 3.1 Kickstart ROMs
- 40X CD-ROM
- AmigaOS 3.5