Need New System Advice!

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Hey people! Im pretty new to this Amiga site, Nice to meet you all! I was an amiga user untill a couple of years ago when my trusty A2000 bit the dust! I am looking to get into a new system as PC is really starting to get to me. Any advice? I am from the UK and am looking at getting quite a high spec machine, i am also wondering about LAN Cable modems, can they be used? Sorry about my ignorance, i dont know a great deal about these new systems, damm i still have my A500+ :-) Any help or advice would be well appriciated, looking foreward to rejoining the Amiga community! Kevin :-P

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Hey guys thanks for the welcome! I think i will wait for OS4 or whatever the new OS is. Howabout the availibilty of device drivers ETC? Thanks :-?

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Suppose the driver thing seems to make sence, so let me get this right. I can get a standard a1200 ( there is a dude in work who will sell me the NON hdd version for £30 so thats no problem, and upgrade it to hell and back and get a half decent system out of it? :-D

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A1200 030/50 ?? whats that 030/50 thing about?

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So... a 50hz amiga is fairly quick then? Sorry to be mister stupid this is all very much appriciated i promise you. How can i tell if one of theese amigas is an uprated model? also what about RAM? Upgrades in the usual way? Thanks again.

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I got you, so they all start off the same and the additional processor is on the expanision card in the trapdoor.. right. What about a non HDD machine, can i put a hard disk in it? I think that the bloke in work with me selling the A1200 its a bog standard non HDD model as its been in his loft since day 1 really. Thanks!!! (Im getting there - its been a long time since i used this platform!) :-P

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Crap. cant access that page in work, its denied for some reason. So i can get a laptop HDD, any restriction on size, type etc? What about this adaptor thing? Thanks :-?

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Cool, my mate owns a computer shop so those parts should not be a problem. What about browsing the internet? I have a cable modem, so i would need a LAN Connection.

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Wow theese new amiga 1's are expensive! Think im going to wait!! :-o

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I kinda like the old way that PC's looked :-) Your advice is well appriciated, i dont really use the internet for looking at "pictures", more for this kinda thing and IRC, etc. Thanks for your advice, any more ?? Kevin :-D