Amiga 600....
Been toying with the idea to get one for a while now,
basically because of the size of it, really cant remember much else about it....worth picking one up? Thanks :great |
Amiga 600 is basicly an Amiga 500 with internal IDE and Pcmcia port (both of which are very difficult to find expansions for A500). I think an A600 has the potential to become the ultimate whdload gaming machine for classic games, with the right expansions (1mb chip, 2-4 mb fast pcmcia, a decent rom which can run the IDE). There is also an accelerator in progress at individual computers for A600, I suspect prices of A600 boxes could rise if the expansion gets released.
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Do you have any other Amigas?
I personally don't think the A600 has anything to offer over other Amigas. If you want to play oldschool games I'd really recommand an A1200 with a HD some RAM and WHDLoad. If you want to use programs then I'd still recommend an A1200. If you are REALLY short of space then go for an A600 :) (It's not THAT much smaller than an A1200 really) |
Well i used to own an A500, basically i just want to use it for games, i have an amiga emulator but prefer the real thing.
Thanks for your info guys. :great |
Well if it's for games and you have a little cash to spend I'd really recommend getting an A1200, a HDD (mine is 3.2gb which is perfect), and an 030 accelerator with 16/32mb RAM.
If you don't want to splash out the cash for an accelerator, try and pick up a RAM card with 8mb. |
Cool, looks like ill sway towards the A1200 ;)
Whats the usual going price for second hand ones these days? |
Good question..
I've not looked in to buying amiga hardware in a long time. Anyone have any ideas? Or even better, have some stuff they want to part with :) |
A1200's are going for around £35 - £45 approx in good condition on Ebay but you can pick them up a fair bit cheaper if you go for one that has suffered the dreaded case yellowing - be careful though, some sellers idea of good condition may not be yours... the A1200 I bought which was listed as being in excellent condition was far from it - be prepared to do what I had to do and strip the whole thing down and give it a thorough clean...
Ask Sellers to email you additional photos of the Amiga as well... |
I would go for an A1200 in your situation.
I had a couple of A600's a while back and they are really neat little machines but they are difficult to expand and slow. The 030 I fitted into one of the A600's caused me a real headache - just kept crashing all the time... I agree, if a more stable 030 expansion became available for the A600 it would dramatically improve it's popularity - I would probably buy another one. |
Excellent stuff, will have a browse for one once i get home from work.
Looking forward to some long nights of gaming :) |
The only reason I brought an A600 was because the motherboard was small enough for a descent laptop project, had it for 6 years now and have yet to so much as touch it for at least 3.
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Yeah but now you've finished your A1200 what you gonna do?
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get my life back lol!
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