OK, the ball is officially rolling. I have acquired an Amiga 1200 for the princely sum of £37 inc. p&p off eBay (trusted buyer, picture, good description yadda, yadda)
One problem no Workbench disks but thats no biggy if I get o the phone to Power Computing - I have £13 left from the budget I set myself for the A1200, nevermind the initial capital of £80 I allowed fot the project.
Next problem/question is it only has 3.0 ROMs. The vast majority of the ones on eBay I looked at either had 3.0 ROMs or didn't say. I'm just wondering to my self if it's worth getting a set of 3.1 ROMs and AmigaOS 3.5, considering this is a stock 1200 we are talking about...
That aside I 'm going to get some cables, 2 cables to attach a 2.5" HD to the bus (one for my 1200 and one for my 600 - may as well), one to attach a 2.5" HD to my PC (might have to make a power cnnector adapter) which will double for attaching a 3.5" to my 1200 temporarily until I get my 2.5" hard disks.
Wish me luck, any advice is good as ever!