Trade my Amiga 1200 USB Sub for Apollo 1240

[bbond007]

I am in need of a major Amiga 1200 upgrade to watch movies and enjoy it. The question I have, is it worth it to trade my Amiga 1200 USB Sub for an Apollo 1240 knowing very well I will get my A1200 online and it have PCMCIA for file transfer between PC and Amiga 1200 or you think the USB Sub is very IMPORTANT for the A1200 that I should not even think about doing it or you think USB Sub is just a luxury not a necessasity and I can do without it?

You had better get an 060 for videos.

My 060/50 is just watchable with MPEG1 and RiVA.

a 66 or 80mhz 060 would probably do pretty well... You'll still need a high-powered PC to convert things to MPEG1...

[bbond007]

I think he is planning on converting and watch in hamp, then a 030 card will be good enough for watching movies.
Also he do not need a high powered pc but it will take a lot longer time to convert on a old x86 CPU.

@AmigaClassicRules - keep in mind that a 040 runs really hot so no trapdoor and higher rubber feet is recommended if not towering the miggy.
A 060 and 030 runs cool tho.

Are there any automated tools to convert things to HAM video? I would love to convert some clips for my minimig 1.1 but last time I looked at the process it was sort of manual involving many steps.