New (old) Amigan Here

[A1260]

heres what you should get, the minimum..

1. ide/compact flash card as hard drive (1-4GB)
2. the pcmcia kit from amigakit (so you can transfer files from the pc to the amiga easly).
3. blizzard 1230(or other 50mhz alternatives) accelerator with 16-32mb of ram
4. indivison 1200 (so you can use pc monitors)

if you want a better sound option, and can find a working melody1200 card, go for it. its great solution if you want to play mp3's on your amiga1200..

there is also an option for usb if you want that, but i dont see much use of it. there aint no short supply of amiga mouses and file transfer you can do with your pcmcia kit...

enjoy your amiga1200, ikts one of the greatest amiga to have fun with...

[A1260]

Thanks all for the great advice.  
 
I do have a hard drive but waiting on a converter for the video as I am planning to use the Amiga on my flat panel TV.  I did look into hooking it up using the VGA port but the only scan doubler I could find was the Indivision AGA for the Amiga 1200 but it seems no one has them.  I'll use it on the composite for now until I can find one.  
 
I was thinking of expanding it with the CPU/RAM board but is it needed with OS 3.1?  Also, is OS 3.9 a worthwhile upgrade?  Will my system still run some of those old Amiga 500 games made in the mid to late 80's if I add a 040/060 expansion card and upgrade the OS to 3.9?  Games aren't all I'll do it on but that is part of the reason I bought my Amiga.
 
Thanks again!

if you want WHDLoad all you need is aos3.1 but you need at least an accelerator to get things to run pretty smooth.. i am using aos3.1 and blizzard1230(50mhz) with 32mb ram and it runs very well with it. the 040 is to hot to be in a a1200 case... the 1260 is ok but you need alot of tweeking with the WHDLoad games to work.. the 1230 work great with WHDLoad out of the box...

i am also waiting for new indivision1200 cards to be produced.. this have been announced and we just have to wait until they are finished...