Advice for a returning Amiga User

[Agnus_Prime]

Returning because I've just got my hands on an original Amiga 1200, last Amiga computer I had was a good 40 ish years ago.  ( It's been commented in a following post that I'm a time traveller and got my Amiga before they were released.  Was thinking about my Vic20, sorry and too impatient to read what I type before pressing the submit button.)  Anyway onto the the reason for posting....

Now I want to connect the A1200 to my monitor which has 2 HDMI ports and I'm stuck between two options.  I'm going to be installing a Pistorm32-Lite using a Raspberry Pi 3B. I can output Workbench through HDMI to the first HDMI port on my monitor.  For Games I researched two options.

The first option is to use a OSCC and a RGB to SCART connector, and output the signal from the RGB port on the Amiga to my monitor. using the second HDMI port.

The second option is to install a Indivision AGA Mk3 and output this to the second HDMI port.

I know the first option is cheaper then the second, and this isn't my issue, its what is going to give me the best picture.  Do I just bite the bullet and go for the Indivision AGA or not.

I could offset the extra cost by selling the 4MB Memory upgrade that came with the computer.  Its a Power Computing DKX1202, it has a 4MB SIMM module and a 33Mhz Motorola MC68882 FPU installed.  Not sure how much these go for, can't find any on eBay, but wont need it after the Pistorm32-Lite is installed.

Anyway advice would be much appreciated.

[nbache]

Welcome back, have fun!

last Amiga computer I had was a good 45 ish years ago.

Just wondering, does your time machine from back then still work? We could use it these days for many things (not only Amiga-related) . (The Amiga 1000 was presented in August 1985, which is around 40 and a half years ago.)
 
Sorry, just joking.

As for your questions, hope others will chime in more constructively, I'm strictly NG these days.

Best regards,

Niels

[Agnus_Prime]

Hi Niels

Thank you for pointing that out, obviously I wasn't concentrating when typing this out.  Would have been a good trick if it was that long ago, so was about 18 or 19 when I got my first A500.  I was thinking about my first computer the Commodore Vic20.

So my original Amiga 500 I didn't keep with me.  Not intentionally but when I left home I didn't have the space to take it with me.  Then I forgot about it and my parents passed away, my brother's all left home and it got lost to history or one of my brothers took it.  Shame as I had quite a good setup, or at least I thought so.  I did also have a A500 plus at one point and the one in the box A1000 or A1500?  But alas I can't remember what I did with them, probably sold them.  I bypassed the A600 and A1200, until this week when I got an original A1200, think the board revision is 1D4.  It's all in pieces at the moment as I'm sending the board away to get recapped and it generally needs a good clean.  The case was in very good condition with little to no discolouration, the keyboard wasn't too bad either.  All in all it's a nice machine considering its age.

Right off to do some more time travelling.