Recommend an Amiga

[bjjones37]

Seriously guys, I want to buy an Amiga.

Don't mean to start the Amiga Wars all over again, but I would like some recommendations. If I have, say, $300-$400 to drop on another Amiga, what can y'all recommend? I know...I know, it depends on what I want to do with it. First and foremost, I want to explore the AmigaOS. Of course gaming is sort of a given. Perhaps some light programming. And somehow network it to my Windows box - NIC, serial, parallel, Flash card, whatever. I am strictly a hobbyist so a little of everything without too much of any one thing. I do not require a lot of speed but I do insist on a hard drive. Oh, one more thing, I do not want to buy an Amiga that is going to die a month after buying it. My Atari 800XL and Commodore 64 still work fine for goodness sake.

I have WinUAE, but it just is not the same to me as using an actual Amiga.

Any thoughts?

[Methuselas]

I really can't recommend an Amiga. I mean, if that's what you're into, I'd say go for it, but Spanish Lesbians are a lot to handle (I know a few, living in California and Texas). They drink excessively, smoke and are prone to psychotic outbursts. They also, like their straight counterparts, have high skill levels in iron skillet and knife throwing.

If you REALLY want one, you could probably find one for around $300-$400, but that's only for a few hours and you can't be sure of the quality you're gonna get. Hope this helps!

Just my 2p.


-M


;P

[bjjones37]

I was hoping for an experienced opinion, and I guess I got one.  Just not in the arena I was hoping for.

[rdolores]

I'd recommend an Amiga 1200. Many will come with hard drives. Even if you had to add one, you could use any 2.5" IDE hard drive.  For networking, you could get a PCMCIA Ethernet card (or wireless).  The 1200 still has alot of available add-ons via processor/memory trap door, clockport (ie. Subway USB) as well the aforementioned PCMCIA slot.

[Matt_H]

I agree. 1200 sounds appropriate for what you'd like to do. And there's a fresh batch of accelerators on the market now - get 'em while you can.

1200 is good for gaming, easy to network, and it's easy to add a CompactFlash card as a hard drive.

You could probably get a 1200, accelerator, network card, and CF hard drive kit for well within your budget.

[gaula92]

I recommend you a Minimig computer. It's new Amiga hardware, with SD card holding all your floppy images and hard disk drives, it's compatible with 99% Amiga OCS/ECS software, just way faster (it has a 50MHz 68K onboard). Get it with 4MB Ram to get the best from Whdload.
No aging hardware, no unreliable floppies or noisy HDDs... it's a good choice.

[NovaCoder]

Yep, gotta go the 12

[k4lmp]

Another vote for the 1200.  I don't have one, I have two A2000HDs, and an A500+, and I love them both, but wish I had a 1200 to add to the collection.  Maybe someday.

[Lurch]

Was waiting for all the A4000 supporters from another forum post to post here :-)

I started with the A500 for nostalgia, looking back that was a costly mistake. Finally purchased another A1200 and haven't looked back.

[klx300r]

get a 1200 with an 030, either a real 2.5 " HD or CF card, and some fast ram and you'll be in Amiga heaven & WHDLoad bliss:knuddel:

[CritAnime]

Or you could take out the floppy drive and install the HxC and run images from a virtual drive. My 1200 has this setup in it at the mo and i don't need the accelerator.

[magnetic]

Was waiting for all the A4000 supporters from another forum post to post here :-)

I.

Nah for this particular case a1200 is certainly the way to go. The main thing is the PCMCIA port. Big advantage over a4k for non power users. You can xfer files with a pc with CF cards and/or use cheap pc ethenet laptop cards.  So 1200 for sure the way to roll

[bjjones37]

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm sold.  So can you recommend a vendor or is ebay the way to go?

[magnetic]

Thanks for all the feedback. I'm sold.  So can you recommend a vendor or is ebay the way to go?

What country are you in?

[CritAnime]

AmigaKit do refurbished systems. Ebay would be a good place to look but beware of people charging rediculous amounts for one. Another option is to simply scoure second hand markets and shops. Sometimes they popup and you can grab one for a small fee.
 
Do people still use craigslist?