Upgrading my A1200

[Everblue]

First of all you need a tower... and for the stuff you have mentioned, LOADS of cash

Now for the mediator - yes when I tried a Mediator project I had loads of problem with the Blizzard 030, and also had same problems with Apollo. I had an old version of the mediator though, maybe they fixed the problems.

Anyway, it all boils down to what you plan to do...

An "ideal" amiga 1200 would be:

Tower
Mediator
Voodoo Graphics Card
Network Card
Soundcard
Kickstart 3.1
VGA Monitor for OS3.9
RGB/Scart monitor for games
PPC with 060 and loads of RAM
FAST ATA 3
PCMCIA 90 degree adapter
DVD-ROM
HDD


If like me, you only want to play games, the following would be enough:

Desktop A1200 with Blizzard 030 and extra RAM
External SCSI CD ROM Drive
Squirrel
Internal 2.5HDD

[Everblue]

First of all - what kind of Amiga 1200 do you want? What will its use be? In other words, do you need a mediator?

[Everblue]

"I have an IDE splitter that will let me use an external IDE CDROM, but I dont think I actually NEED that for anything."
How did you take the IDE cable out of the A1200 case? Is there some sort of adapter which plugs in the unused port on the back?

"From what I've seen, Squirrels are pretty expensive"
Well I got mine for £30 on ebay.

Oh, and if you plan to use VGA, forget LCD, get an old CRT.

[Everblue]

Starrunner wrote:
I love for it to be able to play MP3's and to play my old meds and mods.  I also wouldn't mind being able to do some internet surfing with the thing as well.  In short I wouldn't mind using it almost as much as I use my PC.

Well - well I'd love to use the internet with an Amiga too, but its browsers are so ancient that lots of new stuff isnt supported.