Hi Linchpin!
I'm a bit late for a warm welcome, but have one anyway :-)
You might be able to pick up an A1200 2nd hand. People sometimes sell them, kitted out with harddisks, upgraded processor cards/ram and whatnot for silly prices...
I agree the new A1 a bit pricey, but it to put in perspective, the slowest A1 runs at 600MHz. IIRC, the fastest 'classic' 680x0 based amiga runs at 75MHz which are usually overclocked from 66 :-)
