Eliot:

 Computer:              A4000
 Main processor unit:   CyberStorm MK2 (68060 50Mhz)
 System:                AmigaOS 3.1
 CHIP ram:              2 Mb CHIP
 Graphics Board         Picasso IV + Pablo IV
 Ram Expansion boards:  CyberStorm - 80 Mb Fast 32bit
                        Internal   -  8 Mb Fast 32bit
 SCSI Host Adaptor      CyberSCSI Fast SCSI2
 Sound card:            Prelude
 External I/O ports:    MultiFace Card III (BSC)
 Nic:                   ADSG EB920 Lan Rover
 Hard Disks:            IDE:  Quantum ELS127A (120 Mb)
                        SCSI: IBM DCAS-32160 (2.1 Gb)
                              HP C2235-300 (402 Mb)

Eliot was the second computer I got. Actually I already had an A3000 before it, but I sold it because of all the problem I was facing to make it work properly.
Eliot was originally an A4000/030 and he was supposed to be not fully working: from time to time he was giving black screens (completly hopeless even for tracking the problem). This is why I bought it: he was very cheap!
After few tests I decided to apply a very easy procedure before taking him to the repair center: CLEANING. Yes, actually I solved all the problems cleaning the Fast Slot.....
Eliot came with a Super Buster rev. 11 :-), no need to replace it. So the first add on I bought was an A3640, rev. 3.1. Wonderful! Even with a 68040/25Mhz I wasn't really using this computer because I hadn't neither a proper SCSI controller nor a proper graphic card with flicke fixer/scan doubler.
I Decided to move to the A4000 only when I bought the WarpEngine, because I couldn't resist the SCSI II onboard controller with his speed! It changed my life, even when running a 68040/40Mhz!
Now I've installed a CyberStorm MK2 with a 68060 @ 50 Mhz and it work very smoothly...
Following improvements were a CyberVision 64, then a Picasso IV and eventually a PPC board. You can read the actual configuration above....

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