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jizmo · 24 October 2019, 12:47

I was disappointed with my first A1200 as it had defective keyboard and had to be send back to the shop to be replaced. Longest three weeks ever having to wait for another one to arrive.

Besides that I was happy with at last getting more colors to work with DPaint, as well as getting my first HDD – good times! Biggest disappointment at the time was the sound chip that they didn't upgrade to 16-bit sound and 8+ channels.

I always saw the music scene as one of the most innovative and interesting aspect of Amiga so a decent bump up in those specs could've made Amiga an worthy (and cheap) option for commercial music, but with the specs remaining the same it was now fated to remain as just a nice hobby machine.

24 October 2019, 12:47	#842
jizmo Registered Abuser Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Valencia / Spain Posts: 361	I was disappointed with my first A1200 as it had defective keyboard and had to be send back to the shop to be replaced. Longest three weeks ever having to wait for another one to arrive. Besides that I was happy with at last getting more colors to work with DPaint, as well as getting my first HDD – good times! Biggest disappointment at the time was the sound chip that they didn't upgrade to 16-bit sound and 8+ channels. I always saw the music scene as one of the most innovative and interesting aspect of Amiga so a decent bump up in those specs could've made Amiga an worthy (and cheap) option for commercial music, but with the specs remaining the same it was now fated to remain as just a nice hobby machine.