a1200 internet

[Phoenix]

Ok I have a A1200, knocking around @home which I have been thinking about using for the internet (loadsa xp adware issues!) What Hardware/software would I need? What Spec acceleration would the A1200 need?

[Linchpin]

68040/28 absolute minimum, PPC recommended.

OS3.9 / Ethernet adaptor

You can surf via AGA GFX,,, but its crappy

Basically, only the top end amiga's provide any quality internet browsing imho, and that means a Mediator / Voodoo or an Amiga GFX card.

[Phoenix]

How much should I pay for a high spec machine(ukpounds)? What kind of Virus and/or adware problems could I be looking at?

I'm hoping that most virus are M$varietys

Who are the Internet providers and how much?

[Linchpin]

Adware > none
Virus > Virtually None.
ISP > Any really, i guess, dependant on your hardware.

Hi spec machine, goes anything up over £500 for something like an A4000T (C)

To be honest, Id rather go down the AmigaOne route. But if your wanting classic C= hardware, dont expect to get 2005 style webpages on a 1992 machine. Its not going to happen (at least not in the way you would like).

Best to speak to someone like RyuMiggy, in the #amiga.org chatroom. Im sure he would be happy to advise you (he uses an Amiga 1200 / BPPC for his internet connection).

[lillPiP]

With an Amiga 1200 Desktop I would recommend BlizzardPPC and the BVision. This gives you speed and better graphic without having to convert your amiga into a tower.
I would also recommend the 68060-acceleratorcard (without PPC) as this is enough for internet. But then you wont be able to connect a BVision, and you're stuck with AGA-graphic at 256 colours. I dont think you have use for a PPC with the internet, yeah it gives you the datatypes to load the images with the PPC-processor but no more.
Best is a tower-conversion with the Mediator-board and giving you the possibility to use cheap PC-hardware like: Ethernet, Graphiccards, Soundcards and tv-cards.
And you will never be able to surf the web on an Amiga as you can do with the PC. Hopefully the AmiZilla-project will be done soon.
Wait before you'll buy any BlizzardPPC, cause they are very expensive second-hand. Hopefully ACK will release their acceleratorboard soon.

[melott]

I use my A3000d with CV64, WarpEngine 040 @40 and
MultiFace I/O card with IBrowse to serf on dialup.
It works fine. On a scale of 1 to 10 comparing it
to my 1.3 gig PC with Opera I'd say it rates about
an '8' maybe even a '9'.
Granted.. if you have to buy a system just to serf
with you'll have to decide if its worth it. But since
I already had the system I'm happy with it.
 

[lillPiP]

As LinchpiN mentioned you have the AmigaOne or the Pegasos as an alternative. But here you have the same browser as in the classic-amiga and you still surf the internet better with a PC. But the program acts faster with these machines as they are run in the PPC-processor but in emulated 68k-mode. I do actually have a complete Pegasos 1 unit for sale, please see www.ebay.com for more information about the system.
BUT, with these systems you cannot play your older games that needs to access the custom-chips in the classic-amigas.
But you can play Quake 2 for example =)

[amiga1260]

You need Genesis or MiamiDX to connect to the internet. Miami 3.2 was provided by OS 3.5 or Genesis comes with AmigaOS 3.9 CD. You need a PCMCIA network card, you could choose between Wireless or one with UTP cable. And a driver for the network card. You can find it on www.aminet.net and type network driver.

Aweb II webbrowser is included om both Amiga OS 3.5 and 3.9 CD.

I could browse the internet with an Amiga 1200 with a Blizzard 1230IV accelerator card. The CPU is an 68030 and clocked @ 50 MHZ. Sometimes this CPU is as fast as an 68040@25 MHz of an Amiga 4000/040. Okay, it was not very smooth in AGA resolutions but, it works.

And buy the biggest SIMM you can afford.  

[lillPiP]

I would recommend the latest version of MiamiDX since it can handle DHCP if you've got a router. Of course it's time-limited I think. I have a MiamiDX-version that's  registered and it works great!

Aweb II that is included in OS3.5/3.9 isn't too much to have =)
Although it now is free and you can download the latest version from internet =)
But I like IBrowse best!