Switching to Amiga

[Oliver]

If you want speed and features on the internet, the PC will be better.  Putting the Amiga online is handy for doing Amiga related stuff, but your PC will be better featured/supported for internet usage.  If you're trying to avoid Windows issues, you may also consider an alternative operating system for your x86 box.  The 1200 should still be good to use for a number of things, but it's not really the best system for all purposes.

[Oliver]

Hmm, you got a 1200 with OS 2.04?  That's a bit odd, as it shipped with 3.0.  Were you sold 2.04 with the system?  Have you got 3.1 ROMs?

[Oliver]

I think CD playback would be fine with a sound card, otherwise, don't know how it would go.  MP3 playback is possible with an 030, but may make the machine sluggish, specially for high bit rates.

[Oliver]

I don't remember Bars & Pipes or Music-X being written for AGA.  Are you sure about this?  I know there are versions to run on non-AGA Amiga's.  Do you have AGA versions, and do they look any different from the ECS versions?  One thing that always bugged me about those programs is that they're kind of ugly.

stefcep wrote:
I found the least resource-intensive way to play mp3's was with mpega and a litle script i found on a covercd that opens a lister to choose your mp3 file.  Sounds ok but sounds better if you can open a dblPAL scrren if you have a multisync monitor

Looks better?   :-?