Wanted NTSC Amiga 500/1200/3000/4000

[RepoOne]

Alright. So what I plan on getting is the following:

1. An A1200, hopefully the person I was planning on buying from still has it.
2. An IDE cable to connect to an unused 20GB laptop drive I have.
3. A PCMCIA Ethernet Card
4. The RGB -> PAL/NTSC adapter if I get a PAL version

OR

4. A Commodore 1084 that a friend is probably going to give me

Does that sound like a decent starting A1200 config for demos, music, games, and ASM programming?

[runequester]

Alright. So what I plan on getting is the following:

1. An A1200, hopefully the person I was planning on buying from still has it.
2. An IDE cable to connect to an unused 20GB laptop drive I have.
3. A PCMCIA Ethernet Card
4. The RGB -> PAL/NTSC adapter if I get a PAL version

OR

4. A Commodore 1084 that a friend is probably going to give me

Does that sound like a decent starting A1200 config for demos, music, games, and ASM programming?

that sounds like a pretty good start yeah. The 1200 is nice in that you can expand it quite a bit.

For file transfers, I'd almost say go with a PCMCIA compact flash adapter, rather than the ethernet. Its super easy if you have a card reader for a PC. Something to consider anyways.

[RepoOne]

The monitor I'm getting locally is actually a Commodore 1080 or 1081. Those can take PAL signals, can't they?

[save2600]

The monitor I'm getting locally is actually a Commodore 1080 or 1081. Those can take PAL signals, can't they?

Well, they won't roll or display the wrong colors if that's what you mean but they will chop off a small portion of the bottom of the screen. You need a 1084 or better in order to display PAL images proper. Plus, the 1084's offer up more picture adjustment options, which are pretty invaluable for switching between modes really. Commodore must have figured nobody would be swapping discs to and fro the pond when the A1000 and 1080's rolled out.

[Khephren]

Don't know about over the pond, but iv'e tried a couple of LCD TV's on my various Amigas. They all ran in PAL and NTSC, & generally flicker free, even in interlace mode. If you have one of those knocking around the house.

of course they you'll mis the phospher glow that you'd get from a CRT, means the colours won't blend as well. But it's another possible solution.

[RepoOne]

All I have in this house are CRT TVs and a variety of early-to-late 90s CRTs: A Digiview HR-40, an Acute Network Technologies 17DB07, and an AT&T CRT329D. I have a 2003 MultiSync NEC FS991SB, but it is completely broken. My TVs include a 1989 RCA XL100, a couple of tiny TVs from the 2000s, and a Sharp TV from 1999. I don't think any of those can take a PAL signal. I'll probably just end up getting the 1080 and dealing with the slight cut-off.

[tone007]

The RGB to S-video adapter from Amigamaniac would work perfectly to connect a PAL A1200 to an NTSC TV.

[kipper2k]

The RGB to S-video adapter from Amigamaniac would work perfectly to connect a PAL A1200 to an NTSC TV.

 
not quite true. the Narmi circuit that Amigamaniac uses (AD724 encoder chip) is designed to allow both PAL and NTSC display, however, you cannot correctly display an out of region Amiga correctly on a different region TV, for instance, a PAL Amiga will not display colour on an NTSC TV as the colour burst frequency is different. The purpose of the PAL/NTSC switch on the Amigamaniac circuit is so that the adapter can be used anywhere in the world as long as you use the correct region Amiga with the same region monitor/TV.
 
 
If you want freedom to display any region on a TV then you would need to buy a multi region TV that will display all formats like for example...
 
http://www.world-import.com/Sony_KLV-26T400A_Multi-System_LCD_TV.htm
 
 
 edit... may be a bit expensive but it works perfect for all displays

[RepoOne]

I got the 1080. It runs in PAL mode without any cutoff. All I had to do was adjust the V-height.