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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: redrumloa on September 10, 2008, 02:34:30 AM
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It has been about 3 years since I had a serious Amiga set up for personal use, after burning out. I have focused on just C= 8bit. Now I have been using a recently acquired clean A1200 (030, 6MB, 50MB HD, OS3.1) and getting a little itch. I've reserved one of the upcoming Indivision (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170259888513&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT) for this machine. I am getting visions of putting a Subway USB card in it..
Yet at the same time, I am considering selling it. Why stop at a A1200? Why not go whole hog and get a big box Amiga again? Ok, well cost of decking one out. Which brings us back to do I really want to jump back in? I am more 8bit at heart, why take precious retro time away from that? I am so confused :lol:
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I have several A4000D's here. I would probably be willing to trade some stuff with you if you really want to get back in to a Box machine. I'm leaving town tomorrow though so any further discussions would have to wait until next week at the earliest.
All that said I really do like my A1200 BPPC/060 with the BVision and 256 megs of ram. It has LOTS of classic Amiga power in a nice compact unit. Hard to say what to do :-D
Good Luck,
-Jeff
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A good solid A4000D would be a nice start. PM me when you get back.
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redrumloa wrote:
It has been about 3 years since I had a serious Amiga set up for personal use, after burning out. I have focused on just C= 8bit. Now I have been using a recently acquired clean A1200 (030, 6MB, 50MB HD, OS3.1) and getting a little itch. I've reserved one of the upcoming Indivision (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170259888513&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT) for this machine. I am getting visions of putting a Subway USB card in it..
Yet at the same time, I am considering selling it. Why stop at a A1200? Why not go whole hog and get a big box Amiga again? Ok, well cost of decking one out. Which brings us back to do I really want to jump back in? I am more 8bit at heart, why take precious retro time away from that? I am so confused :lol:
A1200 + 8GB CF + WHDLOAD + 030 + Indvision == Happines :-D
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Give in :-D
If i were you I get:
amiga 4000 and amiga 2000 (or 3000). AGA & ECS machines.
My A4000 config - 68040, 16mb ram, 2mb chip, cybervision graphics card.
My A2000 config - Tekmagic 68060, 128mb ram, 2mb chip, picollo 64, ariadne 2 network card (can put into my a4000 if desired).
I have a few things still left for sale - see some of my other threads.
I'd keep A1200 only for fun, as you can't get graphics card for it. It's easy to get it online though (don't forget to patch drivers for the pmcia slot).
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@redrumloa
Well, I have an A1200, but I use emulation now on a PC. I have an old version of AmigaForever (v4), and I'm trying out AmiKit now, which is what I'm using to type this post. For me emulation was more affordable, but if I had the extra cash, I'd upgrade my A1200.
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I congratulate you for holding out so long, i imagine you would be itching all over constantly handling all that gear, if i were you, i'd keep the 1200 with the 030 which is compatible with {bleep} all, and get a 060 perhaps with a ppc big box to do the "real" work on
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Red, give in, give up, resistance is futile! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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join us..... Join usssss.. :D in all seriousness, nothing wrong with keeping a 1200 around for some whdload goodness :-)
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Yet at the same time, I am considering selling it. Why stop at a A1200? Why not go whole hog and get a big box Amiga again?
Well, I guess it depends on what you want to do with it. Personally, nowadays, I kinda like retro without the hassle. My A1200/030 is probably my favorite Amiga, right now. It's fast enough to be fun, but small enough it doesn't take up a giant desk and has a config simple enough to not give me the headaches that my full A4000D did [before the Cyberstorm quit]. I haven't felt a real urge to get the A4000 back up and running after that...
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redrumloa wrote:
A good solid A4000D would be a nice start. PM me when you get back.
And so it begins.
Again.
:)
You can mesh Amigas with 8-bits very well. I use an A500 for instance to burn EPROMs for using on the C64 (or more precisely the Commodore Max at the moment). Of course I need to get the ROM image onto a floppy disc first - I use the ethernetted PPC A4000 for that.
See what I mean?
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Heya Red
Get the A4000 decked to specks, then set-up and run The A64 Package from Questronix. Problem solved. :-D
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Thats why I have my A4000 in my signature, just for those occasions when you dream you have a high end big box Amiga and the dream is true :-D
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I've got two A1200 towers, but I still ended up going back to the Big Box Amigas (first an A3000 and then the A2000) because I wanted the classic look and feel of an original machine and still have easy expansion options.
A couple of months back I decided to leap in and get an A4000D just to have the AGA chipset too. I pulled the internal SDFF from one of the A1200Ts, an extra RAM card and Cybervision64/3D from the A2000 and added a new Deneb and FastATA4000. I think I now have my ideal classic Amiga and I plan to sell the others off as soon as I can get a few weeks of peace and quiet at home to list them on eBay.
If you have a chance of an A4000D then I'd say "go for it!". :-D
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An A1200 with a decent turbocard (and few choice upgrades) is still my favorite. As has been mentioned, it's small, all games are playable with WHDLoad, you have AGA for all those fantastic demos, and one of the best scandoublers ever made is about to be available, so you can view it all on a nice Trinitron. :)
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if you go a1200 you could always get a bodegy bay if you start itching extra for expandability.
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I have my dear A4000 with 060, mediator, voodoo, tv-card, sound card, 2+16+128mb ram, cd-rw, cocolino with cordless mouse and a 15" flat screen. I use it a lot :-)
Mostly for internet, mail, Jabberwockey and burning CD's.
PPC would be nice.. But what would I need PPC for?
2 years ago I never dreamed of owning this machine :-o
Expensive machine compared to my windoze/amd box..
But i like it :-P
I also own a A1200 with 030, 2+16mb ram and subway usb.. Mostly used for whdload, it's easy to transfer games and other files with an usb stick.
But.. Mostly when I play games, it's in the living room on my CD32.
Amiga: Newer give up, never surrender!
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Hey Red,
I'd tend to agree with the others that your A1200 set-up is pretty much ideal for a bit of retro dabbling. The only reason I can see for getting USB is for easy data transfer.
Personally, while I love emulation for letting me have the powerful Miggy I could never afford back in the day, there's something to be said for the real deal when it comes to having a bit of 'old skool' fun - the tactile experience of a real Amiga keyboard, warming your feet on the PSU, the buzz of the floppy drive... can't be emulated.
Once I finally get a bigger place, the first thing I'm going to do is put together a similar spec A1200 setup.
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What about an USB mouse? ;-)
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Get the A4000 decked to specks, then set-up and run The A64 Package from Questronix. Problem solved.
Actually get MagiC64, that emulator kicks some major butt and works very well on a 060. :)
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As I was re-reading through the thread, a thought came to me:
"Good, I can feel your desire. With each passing moment you make yourself more my master. Give in to your desire...It is unavoidable. It is your destiny."