Switching to Amiga

[Doppie1200]

Somehow you give me the impression of jumping to amiga thinking it will do everything your PC used to do for you.
Allthough you didn't like your PC it was able to do those things you want.

Ok too save you some time searching through the forums here's some summary.

You have an 030 A1200 with no GFX card.

This does NOT do the following in a way even slightly comparable to a moderatly modern PC (or an old one (<1997) for that matter):
-AUDIO (MP3,VQF and alike)
-VIDEO (AVI, DIVX, DVD and alike)
-Web browsing (no flash no java and so on)
-.....why should I go on?

The comment made earlier that was being thought of as trolling was a very good one; stick to PC.

Anyway as it is too late to save you some bread we might as well go on with it. But for your own happyness; see this as a nice hobby with a classic computer. Or else you are heading on collision course with MAYOR DISSAPPOINTMENT.

Make your hobby fun; rob a bank and get the following:
- Hot accelerator (the hotter the better; MELT THAT PLASTIC CASE -> 68060 minimum but go for PPC(+BVISION))
- Über expensive expansion stuff (PCI nothing less)
- Cards that actually belong in a PC (so you'll get closer to your goal; a PC) think Voodoo, soundblasters and stuff
- Harddisk that make an amiga overflow (Anything above 4G will do that ;-) the more the better)
- Scandoubler/FF (SELL A KIDNEY IF YOU MUST. you do want to play SWOS on your VGA don't ya?)
- Hook up some cool scsi stuff (CDRW ....no that is old DVDRW at least (what was I thinking))
- Watercooling.....mmm no I'm going too far now.

You get the idea...max it out. That is what you want. you know you get the ultimate amiga award; no need to buy a virus scanner

Take care!

[Doppie1200]

hehe, well I was a bit of trying you there.

You are on the right track afterall.

An A1200 with an 030@50 added with 16MB of RAM is a great system for toying around on.

You can use it for MP3 but the quality is really bad.
Also you could use it to retrieve email if you have a nic.
Some attachments might be troublesome as the system cannot handle the size of photo's attached to email nowadays in a sufficient way. JPG's take time to load especially a 5Mpixel one.

You can use it to chat IRC and even MSN through Jabberwocky (no personal experience here).

And I can recommend whdload. Registering is just 20 euro.

All this can be done on a plain 640x256 PAL monitor. Ofcourse a scandouble/FF enlarges your screen realestate but it'll cost you quite some bread.
EDIT: The FF makes 640x512 usefull thus enlarging your realestate.

Take care and have fun!

[Doppie1200]

Yep that's the best way. You have your self a nice setup with a little to much ram but that doesn't hurt.

Start to tinker and search the forums.
It is all very subjective to what the best install is.
Personaly I like my 3.9 very much. And you have the hardware to run it (Lack of CDROM might pose problems).

Try them all. Experience is what makes the personal opinion.