Is the A1200 really that cool of a computer???

[barney]

I have this question that has really been bothering me for some time now.  I used to own every model of the Amiga at one time or another, except for the A4000.  I love the A3000, the A2000 and even the A1000.  There is just one thing that bothers me....everybody goes nuts over the Amiga 1200.  What is it about this computer that drives everybody crazy?  I own one and it sits and gathers dust.  I do turn it on every once it a while but I just don't get that warm, fuzzy feeling when I do.  Here is exactly what happens:

1.  I see my A1200 looking lonely in my closet, so I hook it up.

2.  I look at the screen and say... "ok, what now?"

3.  I play 2 games in WHDLoad then say...."now what do I do?"

4  In the end I turn the thing off and say to myself...."damn, I could have done all this on my A2000 or A3000"....Back in the closet it goes for another 6 months.

Am I missing something?  Sombody please tell me what the big hype is over this computer.  Some may say, "It has AGA man...it's totally awesome".  I have yet to experience anything extrordinary with AGA or maybe I am just clueless on how cool AGA could be.  Sombody please bring me up to par on this dillema.

Barney

[barney]

Thanks for the info.  I will definitely have to give some AGA games a try.  I am not running an accelerator on my A1200, so hopefully WHD load will work without slowdown.

Barney

[barney]

I looked inside my A1200 and noticed that it has a "DKB Clock" connected to it.  Does this do anyting else beside keeping time on the system?

I also have the GVP 1208 SCSI/Mem Card installed.  I attempted to set up a SCSI CD Rom Drive to the scsi card but it is not detected.  Once I get all these problems ironed out, I'm sure I'll have more appreciation for the machine.

[barney]

Actually, my GVP 1208 SCSI card has one installed.  I wonder which one is activ, my DKB or GVP 1208?  Should I unhook one of them?  Is having two connected at one time cause system problems?

[barney]

Just curious, does anybody know the largest size flash card that can be used in the A1200 PCMCIA slot?

[barney]

If you have a network in your home, I'd recommend a NIC as your PCMCIA expansion of choice. You can mount a flash drive internally on the IDE if you want to go down that route.

That is a pretty good idea.  In my case, I have an internal 2.5 GB Microdrive on the inside so I need a method of transfering game files for WHD Load.  It seems like the easiest way to transfer files to the A1200 is by PCMCIA slot.