scuzzblogdjanuary20_2001 Amiga 3000T

ScuzzBlog: Diaries January 2020

Entry 20th January 2020: Post 01: Amiga 3000T - Monolith with feet.

Amiga 3000T - Monolith with feet.
So why do I never feature the A3000T or 4000T ? Simple really, cus they are so bloody heavy. Particularly the 3000T. I have two of these A3000T beasts tucked away in odd corners and under dust sheets. The A4000T hasn't shifted in over a decade. For me they are slabs of Amiga rock, dormant and of historical worth only. May sound a bit cruel, but I just don't have any need for the computers for daily use, and dragging them out just to fire them up is a real chore. And so some years back I decided to write all three of them off as working computers and am happy to store them as Amiga 'monoliths', examples of what a big box Amiga looks like but with no intention to ever fire them up again. My first A3000T cost me Ł100 and was sold by a guy who was actually selling me an A2000 for Ł15 if I recall. The 3000T was sitting behind a door and the guy asked if I wanted it. At that time I wasn't sure what a 3000T was but bought it all the same. My second 3000T was an Ebay auction and I won that for around Ł350 with monitor etc. I had to drive all the way to Stoke on Trent for that computer. It has been switched on once I think. Worked fine. I use the Iiyima on the A1200 tower. The A4000T was bought from an advert on Amibench and cost me Ł750. It is fully loaded with cards along with the fastest Cyberstorm ever made. The computer didn't work for years until one day I reseated the Cyberstorm and she fired up and worked a charm. And that was the last day she ever worked. Now she sits as another Amiga monolith, never to be used again. I do have a spare brand new never used A4000T case from Germany. The 4000T was a long journey for me as I travelled from the south coast to Darlington way up in the north. In those days I acquired most of my Amiga kit off Amibench. And so to the purpose of this post. I was sifting through books the other day and came across the A3000T service manual. Great read and certainly without the A3000T set up I enjoyed reading about the computer. I have never seen the 3000 series as part of the Amiga line. They tend to stand on their own. Bit like the Amiga 1000. For me the Amiga timeline was A500/500 Plus - A600 - A1200 and A4000. I think if I could only have three Amigas I would have an A500,A1200 and A4000. For years I had just an A1200 and A500. The A3000T up here is very useful. It has my PlayStation3 sitting on top of it. So as a monolith it has some use. And both my 3000Ts have their original feet. Not very practical as they are a trip hazard. I mean seriously this thing is never gonna fall over.

Amiga 3000T - Monolith with feet.