Keep in mind my budget is fairly small. I'm looking at an Amiga 1200 refurb ordered from AmiKit, thus its going to be a PAL system. I'm already getting the mouse they offer and the 115v North American adapter (For here in NTSC-U land).
As far as display goes, what are my viable options? I have a small HDTV I use for my games consoles but I doubt it's going to accept a PAL signal over RF.
I understand the common method is to use a scandoubler/flickerfixer to output straight to a VGA monitor. However, apparently the Indivision AGA has been out of stock for a great while as they have been working on the new version. I've been looking around and have seen about 800 posts dating from as far back as 2 years ago saying the new version of the Indivision AGA is "coming out soon", so you'll forgive me if I don't hold my breath for that in particular. Any competing solutions?
Anything else you guys consider a necessity to add to a virgin 1200? I know adding more RAM is probably a priority but as far as I can see theres little way of doing so without buying an expensive card that also includes a better CPU and all that gumf I honestly don't see myself needing.
For what its worth, my main computer monitor is a Dell S1709W and the small HDTV I mentioned earlier is a Dynex DX-15L150A11
Hiya,
If you just want to play some old games (WHDLOAD) then just an old RAM card or a new ACA will do just fine (the ACA gets my vote because it's new HW).
You'll need a HD of course, a CF card is the cheapest option (4GB is plenty).
You'll also want a PCMCIA transfer kit which allows you to copy stuff over to your Miggy with ease.
As for your monitor issues. Yes the IndivisionAGA Mrk2 has been delayed but we have good reason to expect it to ship before the end of the year.
Your other option is a simple RGB-to-VGA adapter and just use a PC monitor (that's what I do), if you're lucky you might even find a monitor that syncs down low enough to play some old Amiga games (newer Amiga stuff like ScummVM AGA supports the AGA chipsets VGA mode so it's not an issue).
