Amgia n00b here - A1200 questions

[skurk]

No, it doesn't have a VGA port - unfortunately.  Adapters do exist, but they require you to run a software hack which forces screenmodes up to 31kHz.  Since most games and demos have their own video setups, you will not be able to run any of them.  I recommend either a scandoubler (if you're loaded) or a VGA Box from Ebay (converts the composite output to VGA signal)

[skurk]

coldfish wrote:
After using emulators for a while, I found my real A1200 (as a classic gaming machine) slow, annoying and clunky.

..then I guess you're not coding on the Amiga?  I've been writing a couple of intros in E-UAE lately where the raster timing turned out to be completely wrong on a real Amiga.  I thought I spent about 70% CPU time, did in fact use about 120%.  In E-UAE everything ran smoothly, but on the Amiga it was lagging like crazy.

This is one of the reasons I'm currently building an A600 from eBay parts.