Advice Needed: Should a buy a vanilla A1200 @ 50 Euro?

[Jethro_Tull]

Well , the title says it all really.  A bloke posted an advert to sell his Amiga A1200 plus games for about 50 Euros.  I spoke to the seller on the phone, and he seemed quite nice although he wouldn't budge on the price.  He stated he never added anything to the beast,  no HD, no memory expansion, nothing.

Do you think it's a good deal, or is it overpriced?  I've owned a mega-souped up A500+ and an A600 in the past, and although I use WinUAE quite a lot I miss having a real Amiga, and besides, I've got a 720Mb 2.5" Drive begging to be used.

Thanks for the advice guys!

[xeron]

50EUR is ... £34.43. I bought a vanilla 1200 for my CD1200 project for £20, so £20-£30 seems to be the going rate. You might save some money by shopping around...

[DoomMaster]

To Jethro_Tull:

The Amiga 1200 is a toy!  My advice would be for you to NOT buy it.  Get yourself an Amiga 2000, 3000, or 4000 instead.     :-D

[Jethro_Tull]

Thanks for your answer, however such an Amiga in Europe is not that easy, and when you find it, it'll be selling at quite an expensive price!  If I could lay my hands on such a beast I'd snap it up immediatly, but it'll cost 200 Euros and up!

[Kronos]

/me hugs Doommaster

You were missed  :-o  ;-)  :-D  :-P

[xeron]

If you want to play games and use older apps, a basic 1200 can be bought quite cheaply, and works great. Who cares if its a "toy" or a "professional computer"?

[Kronos]

If the A1200 is in good condition (not to yellow), a C=-model (ESCOM-AT-1200s stink)
and the games are orginals:

Reasonable value for that price.

[DoomMaster]

To Jethro_Tull:

You can usually buy an Amiga 2000HD on eBay for less then $100.00.  I just bought one for $14.99 plus shipping.  It has Kickstart 2.04 and the ECS Chip Set.  If you must have an AGA Chip Set Amiga then buy yourself an Amiga 4000.  You can usually buy an Amiga 4000 from eBay for less then $500.00.  Jethro, I am only trying to point you to the right direction.  You will thank me in the future.     :-D

[golem]

(ESCOM-AT-1200s stink)

Why you say that?
I have both a C= and an AT 1200 and the latter has a
proper clock header and no gfx tearing unlike the
C=. I agree that the C= badge is better than the crap paper AT badge.

[Croyzers]

$500 dollars is quite a big difference from 50 Euros. If the a1200 has kickstart3.1 in it and everything is in working order, I say go for it. It might be more expensive than ebay but there is no p & p and no waiting for the parcel to arrive. The a1200 is a fantastic introduction to the world of Amiga.

[Kronos]

@golem

Mmmmmm
back than I had one of the very 1st A1200s and it was all o.k. (no gfx-prob, and full c-port).

Escoms do have probs with the floppy (which can be fixed), and other issues.

[amigamad]

The Amiga 1200 is a toy!

that is ten times better than any dodgy big box amiga. :-)

[Bezzen]

@DoomMaster

It's not really that easy getting big box Amigas cheap in Europe. And I wouldn't want to pay for the shipping for an Amiga 2000 from the U.S.  ;-)

[alx]

@Jethro_Tull

IMO you're picking the right Amiga - you probably won't want to expand it so much to add a graphics card so you need the best custom chipset - AGA.  The A4000 is probably far too expensive, so definitely go for the 1200.

That sounds like a fairish price, but have a look around - I got a slightly expanded A1200 with multisync monitor for £40 (€58), and it would definitely be worth paying that little bit more for something thats expanded.

[Linchpin]

Doommaster. Are you calling my hardware a toy AGAIN?

Shut it. Your getting on my tits.