(I'm not sure if this is the right place to post it so if it's not then sorry!)
Hi there, my name's Sammy and I'm one of those dreaded french Canadians (although as you can note, my English is nothing to sneeze at)
I've been wanting to get an Amiga 1200 for so many years, and now that I finally have a job (video game tester, I get minimum wage but that's still three times better than welfare), I can afford to get one.
The thing though, is how much should I be expected to pay for an amiga 1200?
Basically, This is my current roadmap for now:
- Get an amiga 1200;
- yay.
I figure I should get one of those usb floppy disk emulators things I see on ebay too so I don't have to bonk my head against a wall. I know that it's the 500 model people get for all the games you can play on it but for some reason I don't really know how to explain I'm more attracted to the 1200, especially for the expansion boards you can throw into it.
Ultimately, this is gonna sound dumb but I'd like to be able to connect to the internet, and play quake on the one I'd get so...
What other things should I look for? and how much would I be realistically expected to pay for them?
I'm kinda giving up on ebay for this because everybody sells even crap stuff (think the worst of apple's 90s computers) at a premium, and since I'm Canadian, and from Quebec of all places, I doubt I'd be able to find one of these in a yard sale so where else could I look?
Web browsing isn't really realistic these days even on a 68060 setup but FTP, IRC and file sharing with a PC should be fine. Amigakit sell both wired and wireless PCMCIA cards along with their Easynet software package.
Some extra RAM will be handy and will also allow you to use WHDload to play games direct from hard disks which is more convenient that Gotek etc.
http://whdload.de/The cheapest option for adding RAM was the ACA 1221 for about $177 CAD. Unfortunately they are not currently available but since you plan to upgrade in stages it not too much of an issue and maybe Vampire 1200 will arrive by the time you wish to upgrade.
There's a number of dedicated Amiga online stores across Europe but a new store opened to serve the USA and Canada called Amiga On The Lake. They are mostly geared towards OS4 and X5000 at the moment but are adding more products to their range so it's worth dropping them a mail and asking you might like to see them selling.
http://amigaonthelake.com/
