* My 1200 does not seem to have a hard drive, can all 1200’s accept one, I’ve also been looking at cf drive’s around 8.0gb, do allot of people use these now?
Yep an 8gb CF drive is a good size (4gb will also do).
*I’ve also been looking at upgrades ie: accelerator cards and ram upgrades, I notice the accelerator cards would slot in to the trap door under the 1200, is this also where a ram upgrade would be linked to? I.e. a you would either have upgraded ram or accelerator card with ram built in? (not both)
Yep that is correct. If you just want to play games/demos and run OS3.1 you will mostly get away with a 4MB RAM card, otherwise you'll need either an 030 with at least 16MB or an 060 ($$$).
* And last but not least what was the last workbench or os that can be fittd to a non towerised 1200? I’m hoping os3.9 but have only seen this on cd -rom
Yep OS3.9 will run very well with AGA and an 030 and is a big upgrade over OS3.1. You don't need a CDROM drive, just a PC with WinUAE and a CF reader. You can use the PC to mount your Amiga's HD as the main HD under WinUAE and access the PC's CDROM drive....easy
