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Re: Want to buy an Amiga, which Model should I buy ?
« on: June 11, 2010, 08:15:47 PM »
For gaming, go with a 1200.

The 1200 will run AGA games, and the couple of games that don't play nice with kickstart 3.1 will run fine with relokick or a similar app.

1200 also has a PCMCIA card slot, which makes transferring software very easy.
 

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Re: Want to buy an Amiga, which Model should I buy ?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2010, 08:18:17 PM »
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A1200 means kickstart > 1.3 (2.x or 3.x)
i heared that many games must have 1.3 in order to work correctly.


Many, no. There are some, but you can load the older kickstart from a disk (relokick is an easy app to do this) and play them just fine.

I don't think I've ever run across a game that I couldn't get to run on a 1200.

Of course, you can also set it up with an actual rom switcher so you don't even have to worry about that :)
 

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Re: Want to buy an Amiga, which Model should I buy ?
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2010, 08:28:07 PM »
there's all sorts of options.

I've used this
http://www.ambery.com/rgbcgatovgac.html
on mine. Its kinda pricey at a 100 bucks US, and you'll need an adapter for the amiga monitor port, but it works great on my LCD
 

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Re: Want to buy an Amiga, which Model should I buy ?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2010, 08:38:46 PM »
the LCD I am using is a dirt cheap Acer monitor I got from a local store here.

Picture quality is decent. Its not quite as perfect as an old Commodore 1084 monitor but it does a good job, though I had to mess with the settings quite a bit.

In workbench, there is a slight amount of ghosting but its not bad at all.

If I get a chance tomorrow, I'll see if i can take a picture or two to show