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Economy => Computer hardware => Topic started by: mike298342 on April 24, 2014, 09:59:17 PM



Title: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: mike298342 on April 24, 2014, 09:59:17 PM
I have four BlackArrow Lancelot FPGAs?  They aren't useful for mining anymore, so I have them in a box.  Do they have any resale value, for development board purposes?  Where would be the best place to sell it if so?  Thanks. 


Title: Re: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: poochone on April 24, 2014, 10:26:43 PM
How many u got ?? Give me price with shipping to uk


Title: Re: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: Pistachio on April 25, 2014, 12:57:09 PM
If you are the original purchaser, contact Blackarrow about their trade-in program. I know their current prices are no good but they will be lowered once they start shipping in two-three weeks. They were offering $300 off per Lancelot up to 30% of your order price back in November. I imagine they might still honor this deal since they had such a long delay coming to market.


Title: Re: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: ChuckBuck on April 25, 2014, 04:31:51 PM
What's the specs on the Lancelot FPGA?

Edit:  Nevermind found it.  Not even GH/s, hopefully BA still honors the trade in deal.


Title: Re: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: mike298342 on April 25, 2014, 07:36:27 PM
I'm not interested in investing in more mining hardware, so I won't do the trade-in.  They were originally offered for sale on this thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=187549.0

And the PDF manual can still be found at this page:
https://www.cardreaderfactory.com/download/documentation/lancelot%20user%20manual.pdf

It's about 400 Mh/s for each unit, and I have four of them.

@poochone  If you are interested, I'll sell all four and a power supply for $350 USD, plus shipping.  Or you can make me an offer.  I'll have to check on the cost of shipping and I suppose you'll want to use escrow.  I can also post pictures for you and power them on to show they are in working condition.


Title: Re: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: ChuckBuck on April 25, 2014, 07:39:22 PM
$350 USD plus shipping for 1.6 GH/s.  Wow, that is aggressive!   :o

Good luck with that sale.  Guessing, whoever buys it, will be for the nostalgia factor, or a bookshelf conversation piece.


Title: Re: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: Ntrain2k on April 25, 2014, 07:42:39 PM
$350 USD plus shipping for 1.6 GH/s.  Wow, that is aggressive!   :o

Good luck with that sale.  Guessing, whoever buys it, will be for the nostalgia factor, or a bookshelf conversation piece.

Yea, you can pick up a 2.2GH ant for like $50?


Title: Re: Should I try to sell my Lancelot FPGA?
Post by: mike298342 on April 25, 2014, 07:44:10 PM
$350 USD plus shipping for 1.6 GH/s.  Wow, that is aggressive!   :o

Good luck with that sale.  Guessing, whoever buys it, will be for the nostalgia factor, or a bookshelf conversation piece.
Obviously it's not useful for mining bitcoin anymore.  I suppose there is a use for hobbyists who reprogram FPGAs for other tasks though.