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Re: New A1200 to purchase - Recommendations
« on: March 09, 2010, 01:35:49 AM »
Quote from: darkage;546760
Hi All,

Well after lurking on Amibay for a few months seems like I bagged myself a Blizzard 030 IV.

I have spare FPU's and maybe some 72pin simms in my garage I got heaps of them in a corner.

So since I got an accelerator on the way,  the time is right for me to purchase a New-Old Stock A1200 from AmigaKit.    

I always wanted a A1200 ever since I first saw one when I was smaller, so hey cant beat new boxed A1200.

Just wonder what else I should purchase since I will be shipping to Australia so due to expensive postage would like to purchase everything I need.

Is it worth getting the subway USB controller?  I already have a Brand New Amiga mouse that I have hardly used.  hmm for flash drives etc.  I would imagine probably taking out the CF hdd replacement and updating it from my windows machine.    So how practical is USB on a 1200?

It it worth getting Indivision ECS for my A500.  I do have 2x workig 1084S monitors, but can see the appeal of saving on desk space with LCD.  Actually I would prefer to get Indivision AGA but that depends on another production run and since shipping so far why not for ECS.

Is it worth getting a FastATA Adapter?  Is there really any benefit from performance increase here?  I dont think their would be much difference from stock standard?

I think that covers the major hardware upgrades for the A1200.    Anything else thats worth purchasing, then let me know!

Thanks all!



First off, congrats on your purchase :)

I'd say no to both the USB and the FastATA, not worth the hassle.

Basically a 1200, 030 with 16mb+ RAM & IndivisionAGA is a great little machine and capable of playing most games and running most software (including OS 3.9.

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