Amiga setup "woes," possible change-up ahead...

[Lurch]

I was thinking of going for a tower setup but budget and a few other things I've decided not to go any further.

Going to concentrate on getting a 030 1200 in it's original wedge going. Although have been tempted to buy a 060 but the price has always been outside me reach, but we'll see what happens this year :-)

The ACA1231 is very quick though, I was impressed when I did have it running. Although my 1200 didn't like it so it's off getting fixed at the moment.

Thought about the ACA1232 but not fast enough, plus 64MB was more than enough for me.

[Lurch]

Would like to agree about the 4000 being a better option over the 1200. But cost wise a 4000 is a lot more expensive.

I've yet to find a 4000 machine that was a good price, locally they're very rare.

1200 is usually around $80-$150 NZD
4000 is usually around $500 + NZD

I've always wanted a 4000 but 1200's are easy to get a hold of, and addon cards are usually cheaper and easier to find too.

[Lurch]

1200 is not cheaper, another misconception.. you didn't do a fair comparison. With the stock 4000 you get a 040/25,good power supply,expansion bus,room for 16mb ram,place for a cdrom,place for a second floppy or card reader.

add those upgrades to a 1200 and you have probabaly equalled the price or surpassed it.Remember the 1200 is 020EC,2mb ram,bad psu,no easy external expansions,no expansion bus for slots unless you tower it and its still not zorro3.The pcmcia is the only big +.

sorry to hijacking your thread Blakespot!

Try finding one in New Zealand ;-)