amigauser17 wrote:
yep i know that i willing to buy and amigaone later on probley this year but can the classic amiga be hook up to brodband without a pc i got lot of classic games but i can bet it wouln't run all 68k classic amiga games
I would not recomend buying a classic Amiga to expand the hell out of at this point, it is NOT cost effective. If you want to play games mainly buy an old or new Amiga 500. If you want web surfing and all the modern conviences either wait for OS4, or pick up a Pegasos/MOS now.
To answer the question about broadband on a classic Amiga sure it can, my A3000 was hooked to a DSL connection. Cable modem can be done also without a PC, but the cable modem itself should be an external ethernet. Some new model cable modems are routers in and of themselves, otherwise you will want to have a router also. Now you must consider what the Amiga itself needs. at bare minimum I'd say a 020 accelerator, etheernet card and TCP/IP software like Miami(not available) or Genesi that comes with OS3.9. ideally you would want at bare minimum a 68060 with 128Meg RAM, ZIII or PCI gfx card and other upgrades. Websurfing on a slouchy slow OCS/ECS/AGA Amiga is no fun!
So really once you purchase a second hand big box Amiga (or frankenstein A1200) and upgrade the hell out of it to get it modern you have dropped >$1000 easy. Just my opinion, your mileage may vary. If you do go the classic route, Elbox has some neat hardware. There are really too many options out there, Amigaforever for the PC is a neat bandaid option.
If you are interested in a new A500 look
here.
If you are interested in Pegasos/MOS look
here and
here.
