No tower for me :-(

[The_Editor]

Well .... The Amigo's have only gotta cross a bit of land ...

The Kiwi's have got to cross an entire ocean, just to get there.

Methinx the coastguard might see them coming... That is,  of course, A-ssuming the Kiwi's would wish to leave their Garden of Eden for America !!

( Methinx NOT)   :-o

[xyth]

I had a look at Anything Amigas website but didn't see anything for the 1200, but I shall e-mail them and find out.  Sounds promising.

And if that fails I believe a wooden case will be the way to go.  I can't metalwork for s**t but my carpentry skills are passable.  Though lego looks like a fun project..

[xyth]

@DoomMaster and The_Editor:

A4000s do occasionally show up for sale down here, and I may well consider it next time I see one.  But my 1200 and I have been together for near on 12 years and I'm loathe to give it up.  (Aside from an early stint with an A500, it's the only computer I've ever owned).

Moving to the US wouldn't be a problem as I'm a Canadian citizen as well as a kiwi.  But I wouldn't ever consider it.  The American form of democracy(?) just doesn't feel right to me.

Besides I've yet to discover a country that makes better ice cream than NZ and you've really got to take these sort of things into consideration when deciding where to live

[gary_c]

DoomMaster wrote:

If all the stupid Mexicans can do it, so can you !

Intelligence obviously isn't a criteria ....

-- gary_c

[The_Editor]

@Gary_c

lol

[Piru]

@DoomMaster

stupid Mexicans

So you're a racist too? How fitting.

You stupid american!

(yes, sarcasm)

[Piru]

Why not just sell your Amiga 1200 and then buy an Amiga 4000, like you should have done in the first place.

I certainly would advice everyone to consider twice before following any of you "advice".

The "big box" Amiga computers are much higher quality then the plastic cased, all in the keyboard models. In fact, The Amiga 500, 600 and 1200 are the lowest quality of all the Amiga computers.

Funny that. A4000's are dropping like flies, whereas A1200s are going strong. Must be a big-box curse of some kind. A1200 is one of the most robust Amiga models ever.

Even an Amiga 2000 or 3000 is far better then the Amiga 1200.

I disagree.

If you compare stock models, then perhaps. But in expandability and flexibility, A1200 beats A2000 hands down. Plus A2000 is a slow 16-bit bus system with slow Zorro II. Junk basically.

A3000 is quite ok, in case you don't need AGA, and you can live with the limited desktop/tower space.

[vortexau]

@xyth;
have a look at this wooden tower. (WARNING- big pic) True, its a tower but it may give you ideas!

[PMC]

Sorry to hear about that!  200 Euros for shipping does seem a little extreme, but don't let it put you off finding another solution to towering your Amiga, it's well worth the effort.

Why don't you just go for the keyboard interface and if you can stretch to it a Mediator?  Tower cases are very heavy things, so it might be a better idea to build your own.

I'be built my own case in the past, and while it isn't as easy as building an Airfix kit, it's certainly well worth the effort.

Paul

[unclewilli-amigalover]

DoomMaster what have you done! polititcians/careers/ jobs/ have been destroyed for remarks like that. we need a kinder/ gentler nation and that kind of talk won't get us there very fast. It's no problem making a personal attack if some reason warrents but to attack all of a countrys' people is just not right...