Which leads to a better amiga experience?

[bd1308]

Hello. I've been following this forum for a while now. I've always loved the amiga -- a teacher at my high school used one back in the early 90s to produce a television news program for the high school which I was involved in. The amiga sat dormant, however i've always thought the video toaster/ flyer was the coolest piece of equipment ive seen. Two years ago, I bought an amiga 4000D with toaster card and flyer card, octopus cable and 3 9GB SCSI drives. I couldn't ever find enough room to set everything up, so it is currently in storage. I also bought a A1200 with a 68060 card. I played around with the unit, and loved AmigaOS 3.1. One day my box of amiga stuff ( i was cleaning up) got mistaken for trash and got thrown away. Lost the octopus cable, the 68060 acclerator, among other things.

However, I have some space, and was wondering if :
A) is it even worth setting up the 4000D with the flyer/toaster ?
B) Would the amiga experience be better on a 4000 or a hopped up 1200 (1200 with 68030)?
C) What would be required to get the 4000 online? ( the 1200 only needed a cheap PCMCIA card)

I appreciate your time and look forward to some responses.

By the way, I am 24. I'm apart of the next generation of amiga users And I collect and restore vintage macs and now amigas

[bd1308]

I'm in the camp that believes a computing experience can only be fully realized on actual hardware.

I have the 4000, but getting that up and running I think will cost more than getting a 1200 up and running.

I'm hoping to catch a line on a good deal for a 1200 system. I got most of my mac stuff from a few people of the previous computing generation passing the torch to the new generation.

People my age have never seen an Amiga. Let alone own one.