A1200 good for re-entry?

[yester64]

What ever you do, don't settle for WinUAE. It's spiritually damaging.

For the note, I love my 1200's!

Well, i think an Emulator can be ok if you don't want to deal with the actual hardware or you can not buy it.
I never liked all these emulators. As a matter of fact, i tried a little while ago to play wasteland on Vice and its ok but i guarantee that it is much more fun to play it on a C64.

[persia]

@yester64

What if you didn't know it was emulation?  The only complaints I've see about UAE is that people see the equipment it's hosted on and it spoils the illusion of the past.  Maybe putting the monitor in a box that looks like an old style tube TV would help.  Or perhaps just a smaller monitor that's in the old SD dimensions, to cut down on the jaggies,...

[yester64]

@yester64

What if you didn't know it was emulation?  The only complaints I've see about UAE is that people see the equipment it's hosted on and it spoils the illusion of the past.  Maybe putting the monitor in a box that looks like an old style tube TV would help.  Or perhaps just a smaller monitor that's in the old SD dimensions, to cut down on the jaggies,...

Of course its nostalgia. On the other hand, original equipment gives you the feel of how it was done.
I bought UAE a long time ago and yes, it does work too. But its just different.

[yester64]

Thanks to everyone who replied to my question. I have to say its a very vibrant community and i am happy to be part of it.

Now i just have to find a nice a1200 and then i will rock too.