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[joblow]

hi to all of you,i have retuned to amiga by picking up a good looking a600 with factory fitted harddrive,i dont know yet how big this hard drive is yet.can you tell me if it is possible to modify this unit so that i could do audio restoration on it  if so what gear would i need. thank you for your help.999  

[InTheSand]

Hi,

Welcome to A.Org!

In order to get audio into an Amiga, you'll need a separate sound sampler, which will usually plug into the parallel port.

However, an A600 is going to be way too underpowered to do audio restoration if you mean recording stuff in from tapes/records and cleaning it up... The A600 has too little RAM and not enough processor grunt to do this with any quality.

Don't give up on the A600 entirely though - there are some great Amiga games that'll run just fine on it...

 - Ali

[fastrene]

Welcome here !
i think there are lots of games to be played on youre A600
maybe i will buy an a500 or a600 next to my a1200 so i can run almost all the software  :idea:

[redfox]

@joblow

Welcome.

[amigadave]

Welcome back to the Amiga.  Enjoy your A600, but without a faster processor (which are very rare for the A600) and extra hardware to get audio into your Amiga, I would not get your hopes up to do any serious audio restoration on it.  It is great for games and old, simple productivity software though.

[K7HTH]

All good advice above. Keep your A600 for nostalgia. If you want to play all the classic games without painful setups or melting your credit card, go with Amiga Forever 6 or WINUAE for your PC. Once you load an emulator and play the classics you will have so much fun and forget about spending wads of cash to "power up" an Amiga to do the same thing. Have fun and don't go broke with this hobby, there are so many options these days because you are no longer limited by the "only game in town" manufacturer/vendor.  

[joblow]

hi ali, thank you for your reply and your advice.

[joblow]

hi fastrene.thanks for your reply and advice.

[joblow]

hi amigadave,thanks for your reply and advice.

[Nickman]

Welcome

[joblow]

hi k7hth,thanks for your reply and your help.

[joblow]

hi redfox thanks for the welcome,amiga forever.

[joblow]

hi nickman,the list is substantial but i am determined to do it and judging by the list i am going to be a busy boy.thank you for your help.

[Tomas]

I think it would be cheaper to get an a1200, than upgrading this a600 for this job. I would keep the a600 for classic games, as it plays nearly every a500 game made. And then get a a1200 or a a4000 for more serious stuff like audio editing and so on. Both the a1200 and a4000 comes with a faster cpu by standard and also a bit more ram and are easier and cheaper to upgrade later on.

The a4000 is probably the best one, but it is also more expensive than the a1200. An a3000 is also a very good choice if you can live without the upgraded gfx chip "aga"

[joblow]

hi tomas, i think your advice makes a lot of sense and i think i will try to pick up a 4000 to do my serous work and my 600 for games.thamks