Amigakits a1200 recommendation

[ElPolloDiabl]

Has anyone put together an all in one Amiga internet package? If they haven't someone should post one to Aminet.
I started with all in one package thankfully given to me free by the Amiga store guy. Otherwise I would have had to pour over tutorials and hunt down obscure software.

[Fisketryne]

Have hit the motherload it seems. Can get this from the same seller:
 
A1200 White and pretty case, it's like new old stock
Blizzard 1230 IV with 64MB Ram
4GB CF HD
PCMCIA Transfer Kit with 256MB Ram CF Card
Original Commodore A1200 mouse LIKE NEW WHITE
Amiga RGB to SCART cable
2 Joysticks
 
Gonna go for it I guess Cheaper than buying from amigakit (who are awesome and helpful btw. they'll probably hear from me later), but most important is that everything is set up and shipped without me destroying anything building it all. Seriously. I have gremlins in my fingers.
 
Could also upgrade the accellerator to the 1260 model. Tempting but It was worth more than everything on the list. Could also get a 1084s, but I don't think I can afford much more right now.

[Kvist]

Hi!

I Answer in norwegian, since it probably is a little easier for a beginner =)

Det ser ut som du har truffet blink på det oppsettet du har der, jeg har nogenlunde det samme, jeg har bare 32 mb ram på 1230´n, men det holder i bøtter og spann til Whdload.
Jeg har også Indivision Aga, men det er kun fordi jeg bruker en pc-skjerm som ikke har compositt-inngang. Så du trenger ikke det med første hvis du skal bruke en tv.

Er den Amiga´n du har der norsk? Hvis ikke, selger de nye norske tastatur på Amigakit, så du får Æ,Ø og Å.

Sjekk også ut http://polarboing.com/, super norsk side med C64 og Amiga-Stuff. Kjøpte Blizzarden min derfra, av en hyggelig kar. Mener jeg ga en 1000-lapp komplett med rammen. Dukker opp noen kule ting der fra tid til annen på Kjøp/Salg-forumet. =)

Uansett, lykke til, Bare å spørre hvis du lurer på noe, har noen år på baken med Amiga. Er endel andre norske brukere her inne også, som sitter på mye bra kunnskap.

Mvh

Kvist

[TheGoose]

There are people in this forum who will glue cooling fins to anything and do. You will know them because of the ANTEC neon fan attached to their forehead.

So who is correct? Cooling or not cooling? This is not cool :roflmao:

Would something like this need a tower or extra cooling? I really don´t want to towerize to preserve the classic amiga look.

[Fisketryne]

Hi!

I Answer in norwegian, since it probably is a little easier for a beginner =)

Det ser ut som du har truffet blink på det oppsettet du har der, jeg har nogenlunde det samme, jeg har bare 32 mb ram på 1230´n, men det holder i bøtter og spann til Whdload.
Jeg har også Indivision Aga, men det er kun fordi jeg bruker en pc-skjerm som ikke har compositt-inngang. Så du trenger ikke det med første hvis du skal bruke en tv.

Er den Amiga´n du har der norsk? Hvis ikke, selger de nye norske tastatur på Amigakit, så du får Æ,Ø og Å.

Sjekk også ut http://polarboing.com/, super norsk side med C64 og Amiga-Stuff. Kjøpte Blizzarden min derfra, av en hyggelig kar. Mener jeg ga en 1000-lapp komplett med rammen. Dukker opp noen kule ting der fra tid til annen på Kjøp/Salg-forumet. =)

Uansett, lykke til, Bare å spørre hvis du lurer på noe, har noen år på baken med Amiga. Er endel andre norske brukere her inne også, som sitter på mye bra kunnskap.

Mvh

Kvist

Didn´t know my english was that crappy

Men ja Har vært innom polarboing tilbake i tid. Glemte vel av stedet da jeg først hørte at amigakit solgte nye-gamle maskiner og alt det der.

Men fint å få bekrefta at oppsettet ser greit ut. Hvordan OS kjører du og hvilke viktige programmer er det man trenger for tiden. Eneste jeg husker fra gamledager er directory opus Nå som jeg har fått alt av hardware, må jeg vel tenke på hvordan det blir å bruke maskinen. Gleder meg sykt.

[Fisketryne]

There are people in this forum who will glue cooling fins to anything and do. You will know them because of the ANTEC neon fan attached to their forehead.

Haha. I think captain Picard was talking to one the other day on tv.

[Cammy]

Getting online with OS3.1 is easy if you use Miami Deluxe. AmiTCP is the tough one to configure, unless you use the later version called Genesis with 3.9, but Miami still seems better anyway.

Miami Deluxe is available on Aminet here: http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/MiamiDx10cmain
The freely available keyfile is here: http://www.fatcat.vispa.com/keyring/

AmiTCP isn't all that hard to install and configure either, and it's a learning experience getting it done.

[klx300r]

There are people in this forum who will glue cooling fins to anything and do. You will know them because of the ANTEC neon fan attached to their forehead.

damn wish I had cooling fins on my head ! especially when the Mrs. is in nagging mode:roflmao:

btw, cooling is a cpu's best friend:)

[Cammy]

There are days when it's so hot I wish I had one of these solar powered fan caps:

[the_leander]

AmiTCP isn't all that hard to install and configure either, and it's a learning experience getting it done.

I heard that some ISPs were incompatible with Genesis due to the way it acquired its network settings. BT Internet was one iirc.

Either way, I would sooner use MiamiDX.

[Fisketryne]

The guy I'm buying the lot for has offered to sell a motorola 50hz coprocessor for the a1230 IV. Necessary? Worth it?
 
As a reminder I'm getting:
 
A1200 White and pretty case
Blizzard 1230 IV with 64MB Ram
4GB CF HD
PCMCIA Transfer Kit with 256MB Ram CF Card
Original Commodore A1200 mouse
Amiga RGB to SCART cable
2 Joysticks
 
Ps. Thanks for all the help. Wonderful forum experience so far here on what is still my first week on amiga.org :afro:
 
PS and not really related: Also added some games to the collection now. Seller seems to have a warehouse of amiga goodies. Looking to get good copies of:
 
Dune II (compl. ENG)
F-19 (compl. english)
Lemmings (compl. ENG)
Monkey Island 2 (compl. English)
Monkey Island KIXX (compl. english)
North & South (compl. ENG)

[gertsy]

If you're playing games the 50(Mhz I assume) coprocessor isn't gonna make much difference. Maybe for "Frontier".
It looks like you're lining up all good stuff.  An 8GB CF HD will give you more space for more WHDLOAD games onboard..(SANDisk Ultra II 8GB)

If you're tossing up lining up with Cammy's advice or Amigakits advice just remember Cammy has a mean roundhouse kick.  (o:

BTW: I think your English is fantastic. Infinity times better than my Norwegian.

Gertsy

[Fisketryne]

If you're playing games the 50(Mhz I assume) coprocessor isn't gonna make much difference. Maybe for "Frontier".
It looks like you're lining up all good stuff.  An 8GB CF HD will give you more space for more WHDLOAD games onboard..(SANDisk Ultra II 8GB)

If you're tossing up lining up with Cammy's advice or Amigakits advice just remember Cammy has a mean roundhouse kick.  (o:

BTW: I think your English is fantastic. Infinity times better than my Norwegian.

Gertsy

Have decided to skip the fpu. Thanx for advice from u and others

[a1200]

I would always have an FPU in case of math-intensive apps used in the future. Gives you more power when running certain demos, doing ray-tracing etc.

On the subject of going online with AmiTCP. I used to think it was hard to use until I found a guide and expanded on it to talk about wifi, although it works just as well for wired LAN cards.

Link

I prefer using AmiTCP because it is less resource hungry than Miami/Genesis. Trust me is not as scary to configure as you hear.

[Fisketryne]

Hi all. It took some time, but I finally opened the package that finally arrived today with my A1200 and some games Some of the game boxes are crushed, but everything else seems ok. But:

When I connect it to my plasma (Pananasonic PV60), regardless of scart port, the screen just goes grayish white. Kind of looks like the signal comes from the Amiga though, but nothing happens so I don´t really know.

The Amiga came with something that looks like a home made cable that I put into the wide, serial-looking port marked "video" on the amiga. Any thoughts on troubleshooting?

Ps. At the end of the cable, near the scart plug, it also has an additional wire sticking out, ending with two audio plugs of the regular kind. Is there any sound  coming through the video port anyways? Seems weird. Tried to put the cables into the red/white audio input on my tv after switching on the power, but only got a weird sound that got louder and louder, even if I turned off the power from the Amiga.

[inoel]

cammys only trying to help this user (2-4MB if you need to)
this amiga is for old games not os 4.


however amigakit you are right about 32-bit and it needed saying.