Wanted NTSC Amiga 500/1200/3000/4000

[Darrin]

I'm looking to expand my Amiga collection, so I'm looking for a new Amiga that isn't a 1000. If anyone has an NTSC Amiga that they are looking to sell, send me a message and we can see if something can be worked out.

I'd like not to spend more than $100; I figure that somebody has an unexpanded Amiga of some sort that they would be willing to sell for about that price. A 1200 is really what I'm looking for, but what I really want to do is make demos, listen to chiptunes, and play games.

You need to email C-USA as they are the only people apparently making Amigas and for an extra $100 they'll put another sticker on their PC for you that says "NTSC".

All part of the service apparently and you'll even get a free jar of KY-Gel.  

I have a spare Elbox towered NTSC A1200, but I'm saving that for eBay.  Might be a while until I list it though as work has been keeping me busy.

[RepoOne]

It doesn't even have to be an NTSC A1200, as long as it is an A1200 or better. I'm just trying to find the best deal.

[runequester]

do yourself a favour and check out amibay as well. Its a site set up more or less specifically for trading and selling. Mostly european, but there's a good share of US members too

[RepoOne]

do yourself a favour and check out amibay as well. Its a site set up more or less specifically for trading and selling. Mostly european, but there's a good share of US members too

I posted there before I posted here, actually, but I have yet to receive any responses. I'm actually on the second page, if I'm correct. I've posted on Craigslist, Freecycle (I'm also asking for a 486 laptop here), here, and AmiBay.

The only site where I've gotten decent responses to anything at all is this one; the community here rocks.

[runequester]

I posted there before I posted here, actually, but I have yet to receive any responses. I'm actually on the second page, if I'm correct. I've posted on Craigslist, Freecycle (I'm also asking for a 486 laptop here), here, and AmiBay.

The only site where I've gotten decent responses to anything at all is this one; the community here rocks.

yeah, this does have a great community. I hope something turns up for you.

[RepoOne]

yeah, this does have a great community. I hope something turns up for you.

Thanks. I've just been looking to expand my Amiga collection, as I've just gotten started and my 512K A1000 doesn't do absolutely everything I want to do with an Amiga. :lol:

The AGA 90s Amigas are what I'm really looking at, mostly because of my interest in that era, I post on a 90s forum every once and a while. All Amigas are amazing machines, though. I can't see why they never took off.

[runequester]

Thanks. I've just been looking to expand my Amiga collection, as I've just gotten started and my 512K A1000 doesn't do absolutely everything I want to do with an Amiga. :lol:

The AGA 90s Amigas are what I'm really looking at, mostly because of my interest in that era, I post on a 90s forum every once and a while. All Amigas are amazing machines, though. I can't see why they never took off.

Thats a story thats both long, painful and full of self proclaimed experts (such as myself)

A 1200 is, in my opinion, about the ideal machine though, especially if / when you decide to expand the girl a bit more.

[TheBilgeRat]

All part of the service apparently and you'll even get a free jar of KY-Gel.  .

For you, Darrin?  No gel, just some spit if you're lucky and probably a handful of sand to add interest and texture :lol:

[runequester]

For you, Darrin?  No gel, just some spit if you're lucky and probably a handful of sand to add interest and texture :lol:

Spit on it first, if its the blokes birthday. Its only fair

[RepoOne]

A couple of questions. I'm definitely interested in an unexpanded A1200, but I'm curious about some things.

First of all, if I get a PAL one, could this be used to output to an NTSC TV?

http://amigamaniac.com/RGB_to_PAL_NTSC_adapter.html

Also, would I be able to use an PCMCIA ethernet card to connect it to the internet and do text-based browsing and telnet BBSes with the unexpanded 2MB ChipRAM?

[save2600]

I too am looking for A3000's, A4000's and A1200's for $100 or less. All_day_long I've got *that* kind of money. Especially for CIB examples  :laughing:

Craigslist maybe. But for that kind of dough, you're realistically going to be in the A2000 range. An excellent computer to be sure, but a lot of people don't care for how large they are and as a result, you can typically find better deals on 'em. A500's seem to be getting more expensive these days for whatever reason.

I'm surprised no one else took a stab at a price guide for the guy:

A500 - $35-$100
A1200 - $150-$300
A2000 - $free-$300
A3000 - $200-$400
A4000 - $250-$500

...depending on various things such as configs and cosmetic shape to name a couple.

[RepoOne]

Well, I actually was offered a pretty good deal on an A1200, so I'll probably just purchase one of those as soon as my PayPal is functioning.

[runequester]

The TCP/IP stack might eat into the chip ram. I'd look at getting even a modest accelerator later on. Even a tiny bit of fast RAM makes an amazing boost to a 1200, and if you want to run a hard drive later, you'll want it

[RepoOne]

I mean, my plan is to run a hard drive via IDE and an ethernet PCMCIA card. Would an unexpanded run that at all, or...?

I mean, I don't really want to WHDLoad anything, I could just play games from floppies. I'd probably just store MODs and random images, text files, and whatnot on the hard drive I have.

[runequester]

the hard drive will work. Where I ran into trouble on an unexpanded 1200 was that AGA games tend to require the full 2 megs of ram, so wouldn't run off the HD. Running off floppies works fine of course.

Thats a pretty specific concern, so it may or may not be important to you

All things considered, over the next few months, I'd put aside a bit of money for an accelerator card, even a modest 030, but you'll be able to do stuff just fine without it.

I cant speak to the web stuff for unexpanded. Someone else would have to pitch in there.

[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?