Yesterday I discovered a possible cause, i.e. a reproducible bug: I start the MUI prefs program and whenever I access (by clicking on the list) to the preferences of "The Bar" or "TextEditor" or "NListtree" I get a guru $800000B.
Using a backup, I restored the versions of these classes I had on July, and they have no problem.
It means one of those classes is buggy.
What could be wrong on the A1200 ??
Nothing. While classes maybe work on other systems it does not mean they are bug free. Since your Amiga 1200 has 030 but your Amiga 4000 has 040 and 060 it could be possible those classes are using 040/060 only instructions.