i have just aquired a 1200 and i need help

[DoogUK]

LHA's are compressed files...much like zips or rars, the need de-archiving before use.

If you are using a compact flash card you already have an easy way of transfering files from pc.

Search for the Prism2 driver package on aminet...that will get your wireless card online.

[DoogUK]

Some people cut a little slot on the side of the A1200 case, just above the pcmcia slot for the compactflash card to stick out of....pretty good mod.

Personaly i fitted a laptop cdrom inside my 1200.

I use ClassicWB on all my amigas even though i have 3.5/3.9, it works well and has nearly everything you need.

[DoogUK]

You need an PPC accelerator card to run OS4....talking big money for one of those.

You can get external cdroms..they come connected to a pcmcia adaptor, or you could add a scsi cdrom with a squirrel scsi card or the scsi kit on an accelerator, the cheap way is to buy a buffered ide interface then hang an ide cable out of the back of the miggy.

[DoogUK]

PPC cards go for between £300-£500, i've seen go for more on ebay.

The ide splitter is easy to install, you just plog it onto the exixting ide port..then install Idefix97 to activate the 2nd port.

[DoogUK]

0S3.9 and under....os3.9 and 3.5 realy require an 030 or faster.

[DoogUK]

AmigaOS includes a ultility called crossdoss that lets you read and write 720k pc formatted pc disks, it's ok for transfering smaller files.
Another option is to get a 16bit pcmcia memory card reader then use compact flash/sd/memory stick duo etc to transfer files.

[DoogUK]

PPC accelerator is for 0s4.

Edit: SOme parts of os3.5/3.9 provide support for A PPC accelerator but you cannot realy utilise it unless you have 0s4 and software specificaly designed to run on it.

It all boils down to what you want to do with your amiga.

If you just want to play games, listen to mods and some light surfing then a fast 030 and 3.1 is ideal.

The most important thing is extra ram, the stock A1200 virtualy doubles in speed just ny adding a ram expansion card with 4 or 8mb on.