WTB: Amiga 1200/other in the US.

[amiga76]

Hello!

I'd like to get back into Amiga gaming, and would love to purchase an amiga 1200. I grew up playing the 500, but i have been told the 1200 would be more ideal...anyway...let me know what you have! I am located in Los Angeles, CA.

Thanks !

[amiga76]

Thank you Dan!

I applied for membership and will post once i get accepted!

fingers crossed.

[amiga76]

Ha!

you guys are funny!

I indeed read the rules and posted there also...fingers crossed!

Thank you all for your advices!

[amiga76]

yup that's me: they wouldn't let me register with this username, so i picked my favorite character from Maniac Mansion

[amiga76]

@amiga76,

The 1200 can be a good machine. Amiga is an addiction, welcome back!

Chris

thanks Chris!

[amiga76]

what do you guys think about this missed opportunity on ebay?

worth investigating ?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-A1200-Amiga-with-A1230-Turbo-and-HD-with-original-paper-work-NICE-/271727617140?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140813124757%26meid%3D903c4d561f7b4176b24dc1cab7200d56%26pid%3D100259%26prg%3D20140813124757%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26mehot%3Des%26sd%3D271731855902%26clkid%3D3248635292768919457&_qi=RTM1963932&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=yjnto%252F0H5uJCAmDXMiL2FuYO83k%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[amiga76]

Well if you are considering an accelerated A1200 for $565 (this isn't Amibay), what about a refurbished A4000D for $600?  It is fully working, (except for the clock) with 68040, 16+2 MB RAM, Retr0brited plastics, newly enameled case, DD floppy, 3.1 ROMs, new keylock, and CD-RW drive.  Rebuilt with PSU 600W dual voltage, too.

Just offering...

Check your PMs !

[amiga76]

Dang, they sure don't go for cheap these days!  

IMHO the A1200 is great if you just want something for playing games, as there's a lot of AGA-only content out there.  Also the faster chipset is nice just for tinkering around with Workbench (since you can pretty much forget about getting a graphics card for one unless you plan on taking out a second home mortgage).  But if you just want something to feed your Amiga fix, there's plenty of A2000's out there starting at less than half that, as well as A500's, I even saw an A600 and a CDTV on ebay going for less than that, a few minutes ago.

Personally I love my A2000's.  Easy to expand and tinker on, I fire up my main one almost every day just to "get my fix".  Still, if you've got the cash and don't mind scouring the net a bit, an A1200 with replaced caps, a CF adapter, one of the ACA accelerators, and an Indivision AGA (with the Kipper2K HDMI adapter if you're into that sort of thing) will give you a nice, compact, fairly "modern" and "bulletproof" system to play around with.

Good luck!  

Thank you Mike...what you're saying makes total sense. I am still looking: it's always like that...you get in it thinking you know what you want and then there are so many options that it gets hard to make up your mind....add the fact that some of these are harder and more expensive to find in the US and i think it might take a bit longer than expected to make a decision.

That said, to me the search is half the fun :laugh1:

[amiga76]

still haven't decided between the two to be honest...that 1200 looks rough!

[amiga76]

Still looking!

I might be interested in a 500 also if available.

All i'd be using it for is games and maybe some midi/music activity if i get to integrate it in a studio environment.....but mostly nostalgia gaming

[amiga76]

Remember, if you get an Amiga 500 and decide you want to use an ACA500 later, it only works with Rev 6A and higher boards.

Thanks for the heads up, sm3!


Are you talking about this?

http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1168

I do read the following at the end:

³ motherboard revision 5 or higher required. At this time, there are some unconfirmed reports of NTSC motherboards not working with ACA 500.

Would you say those reports are not quite "unconfirmed" then?

[amiga76]

I have an A500, Rev5 mobo, ROM 1.3 (or ROM1.2 if you prefer), A501, 1MB Agnus, in a box, waiting on a sale that didn't happen. I could part with it, PM me if you're interested.

msg sent!

[amiga76]

Thank you all for the information!

I guess i shouldn't be too concerned. As i said i ill be using it mostly for gaming, but having the option to upgrade is always nice.

[amiga76]

amiga76, are you only going to use original floppies to play games? I'm not sure how everyone else with a 500 does it, but the main reason I purchased the ACA500 was to transfer games/software from my PC to real floppies on my 500. There are 2 CF card slots on the ACA500. One I use (left) for the FAT (PC) CF card and the right side is my boot card (wb 1.3 or 3.1). From wb3.1 I use EasyADF and burn the ADF to a floppy.

FYI

The answer would be no: i'd love to have a similar solution to my Commodore 64 which has an SD card reader and interface to load roms/backups of my floppies

[amiga76]

If you are looking into gaming the 1200 is best. Petro Tyschtschenko sold a few NOS 1200s. I got one and it runs great. I also had 4000D s but beware of cap leaks battery leaks and distorted sound. If you get a 1200 make sure you recap it, same goes for a 4000. 500 and 2000s dont need recapping mostly. I have a spare A2000 if you are interested. Send me a PM.

Thanks for the heads up...still undecided and waiting to hear back from a few forum members regarding 500 and 1200.

My only concern with the 2000 is that is a big ass computer and i don't know if i have the space!