Hi there,
Many good suggestions in this thread. Thought I'd add mine too.
- An Amiga 1200 with HD some extra memory hooked up to a CRT TV with a RGB-SCART adapter provides a brilliant nostalgic setup. In my opinion, using a CRT with such an adapter makes the classic Amiga look like its meant too, much less pixelated than on those LCD screens.
But... here is a cool solution that is kind of emulation, but also not.. It's called the MIST FPGA and it is like a little Amiga computer. I own it and it is awesome. I have it connected to a CRT screen and it looks beautiful!
At Amigastore.eu (this is where I got mine), you can customize the MIST FPGA with a pre-configured Amiga environment.
http://amigastore.eu/en/318-mist-fpga-computer.htmlThe MIST has old-school joystick-mouse ports btw.
I'm not saying you should go for either options, but these are worth considering.
I wish you luck in your Amiga adventure. A lot of the fun is looking at different options, comparing prices, performance etc.
(I'm not sure if this is the right place to post it so if it's not then sorry!)
Hi there, my name's Sammy and I'm one of those dreaded french Canadians (although as you can note, my English is nothing to sneeze at)
I've been wanting to get an Amiga 1200 for so many years, and now that I finally have a job (video game tester, I get minimum wage but that's still three times better than welfare), I can afford to get one.
The thing though, is how much should I be expected to pay for an amiga 1200?
Basically, This is my current roadmap for now:
- Get an amiga 1200;
- yay.
I figure I should get one of those usb floppy disk emulators things I see on ebay too so I don't have to bonk my head against a wall. I know that it's the 500 model people get for all the games you can play on it but for some reason I don't really know how to explain I'm more attracted to the 1200, especially for the expansion boards you can throw into it.
Ultimately, this is gonna sound dumb but I'd like to be able to connect to the internet, and play quake on the one I'd get so...
What other things should I look for? and how much would I be realistically expected to pay for them?
I'm kinda giving up on ebay for this because everybody sells even crap stuff (think the worst of apple's 90s computers) at a premium, and since I'm Canadian, and from Quebec of all places, I doubt I'd be able to find one of these in a yard sale so where else could I look?
