Personal Amiga renaissance - should I buy an Amiga 1500?

[Graham1982]

Hi:

This is my first post on this site. I am an avid Amiga fan having owned an A500, A600 and A1200 whilst growing up in the 90s.

I am looking at getting an A1500 to re-live my computing youth and there appears to be a good offer on one at the moment - system, monitor and tonnes of software for £100.

My idea is that I will buy this, junk/sell on the original monitor and connect it to my flat screen with an adaptor.

My questions relate to the technical limitations of the A1500 - I know it is an old machine yet that it was marketed as a business machine also, thus whilst it will not run AGA games, is it feasible that I could update the kickstart rom, install a HD, possibly even a CD drive, more RAM etc piece-meal or not really?

Can these be networked via a suitable ethenet adaptor for the internet?

Yes I know that I should buy an A4000 but I cannot justify the expense for something that is basically going to be a toy.

[Graham1982]

Hi:

Thanks for the prompt replies - I will take the plunge.

With regards to SCSI - I know nothing of this standard - I understand that an expansion board will need to be bought (are these available on here or ebay readily?). Also would the Amiga recognise IDE drives and could I recycle PC IDE drives?

Thanks

Graham

[Graham1982]

Hi:

Don't really have an end goal for the machine - I would like to play some of the games from my past on it such as It Came From The Desert and Cruise for A Corpse.

Other than that if it is possible to use it as one would use an Ipad - i.e. to browse Facebook and news sites it would be quite novel. I use PCs for work and wouldn't dream of trying to replace a PC with an Amiga for real work.

Expansion cards were well out of my price range when I had a 1200 - but now are cheap enough - what is the potential amount of RAM that one can install in a 1500 and does it come to a point where the benefits are negligible?

Thanks

Graham

PS Sorry if this is a silly question but if I tried to run Workench 3.0 on a machine without updating the Kickstart I guess it just won't work?

[Graham1982]

Hi:

I imagine you cannot take the AGA out of a A1200 and put it in the 1500 - that would be far too simple.

Thanks

Graham

[Graham1982]

Hi:

Could someone paraphrase the recent Amiga developments for me please? I am still going to get the 1500 but am I right in suggesting that any new Amiga is a machine that effectively emulates an Amiga like how you can run windows on Macs now?

Thanks

Graham

[Graham1982]

Hi:

Yes I have used win UAE, there is just osmething about old machines that I like - I know it is both messy and annoying but for me there is nothing quite like using old gear.

Thanks

Graham

[Graham1982]

Hi:

Rather than create a new thread - didn't get 1500 it was too difficult to transport (I don't drive).

Is all of the above still true for an Amiga 2000 - I have the opportunity to buy one of these, is it worth it better/worse than 1500.

pros/cons

Graham

[Graham1982]

Hi:

I can't wait to get hold of the 2000 now and those pictures look really good and will be helpful in the setup of my system.

I imagine that as I do not have an AGA chipset in a 2000 and will not therefore be playing top end games such as Gloom etc, loads of RAM is not necessary?