Although I was very impressed with the 1260 - 66 (going from
basically a stock 1200 + fastram), what MarkTime is saying
about AGA is true. You can patch it up to make it a bit more
tolerable, but browsing in (slow) 8 bit...combined with 50Hz
ficker (using PAL) makes it a bummer at times. Another
annoying thing is the slowness of the 1200's IDE. If I did it
over, I would have started with an A4000. The good '060 cards
for those have built in ultra - wide scsi...not to mention the
relative ease of adding a decent (for amigas) gfx card.
The 1200 is still a great hobby machine though. I use mine all
of the time and overall have had a blast with it. The few
little quirks aren't really that bad considering the era of
the machine, not to mention that you can add better/faster
drive support and video if you're willing to pay for it.
If you're into demos, the 1260 is probably the best
choice...there're quite a few nice AGA ones out there that
really take advantage of an '060. It's extremely impressive
what some of these coders have accomplished with 50mhz
and old AGA. So to make a long story short...if you're
getting an '060 and don't need SCSI, the Viper looks like
a great card...
