How much should I pay for an A1200 ?

17 June 2009, 12:11

Well, I don't know if this is in the right section. Feel free to move it if it's not.

I plan to buy an A1200 soon and wanted to know how much should I pay for a basic A1200 with mouse, PSU and SCART cable ?
Should I buy a new A1200 (The ones on AmigaKit) or get a C= on Ebay ? (I guess everyone is gonna say "Get the C= one !") What are the price difference between the new A1200s and the C= A1200s ?
Is there any differences between the two ? (Exept the brand and the awful PC drive in the new one.)

Can I easily build an external CD drive ?
And, last but not least, should I install OS 3.1, 3.5 or 3.9 ?

Thank you for the answers to my questions

alexh · 17 June 2009, 12:44

Get one off ebay, or http://www.amibay.com

€20-€40 for a 2Mbyte EC020@14MHz version (i.e. unexpanded)

Yellowing is less of a problem these days as someone discovered you can reverse it with some TAED + concentrated peroxide + UV (or sunlight).

Do not pay extra for one with a hard drive. Old 2.5" IDE laptop drives are very very cheap. So are 44-pin IDE->Compact Flash adapters.

If you do not have any workbench disks, try to get an Amiga with a set. It will make it easier to get going.

Quote:

Originally Posted by timscampi

Can I easily build an external CD drive ?

No, but why would you need one? You can easily use a PCMCIA CF card adapter instead to transfer files from PC.

Quote:

Originally Posted by timscampi

And, last but not least, should I install OS 3.1, 3.5 or 3.9 ?

If your A1200 comes with KS3.0 you wont be able to use any until you upgrade.

If you do not buy an accelerator I recommend AmigaOS3.1

17 June 2009, 13:24

Well, for the external CD-rom drive, it's for AmigaOS installation, mainly. But I guess I can go with an opened A1200 for 10 minutes of installation

Thanks for amibay, didn't know that one.

amigakit.com · 17 June 2009, 13:33

All of our A1200s are supplied with Kickstart 3.1 ROMs as standard.

The refurbished Amiga 1200s are generally Commodore motherboards with brand new white cases, shielding, drives, 3.1 ROM chips, cables, Power Supply, mouse.

Every A1200 has warranty and support.

alexh · 17 June 2009, 13:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by timscampi

Well, for the external CD-rom drive, it's for AmigaOS installation, mainly.

You do not need a CD-ROM for AmigaOS installation.

Transfer the hard drive / CF card over to your PC and install AmigaOS (and all other files and utilities) using WinUAE.

MUCH faster and easier.

tonyyeb · 17 June 2009, 15:22

Totally agree with Alex. Forget the CD/DVD drive. CF is the way forward.

fryguy · 17 June 2009, 15:38

Get an ethernet card instead of cdrom/cf-adapter.

alexh · 17 June 2009, 20:19

Not if you only have 2Mbytes of RAM

Rabbit80 · 17 June 2009, 22:05

You really need to try to get some RAM as well if you can afford it... A1200 + RAM + CF-IDE + CF Card =

Virtually all games are CF (HD) installable with WHDLoad, there is no messing around when you transfer files (with a 2nd CF card + PCMCIA adaptor or a slight case mod

) and there are some great preinstalled packs to get you started (check out ClassicWB)

fryguy · 17 June 2009, 23:42

@alexh: True!

17 June 2009, 12:11	#1
timscampi Posts: n/a	How much should I pay for an A1200 ? Well, I don't know if this is in the right section. Feel free to move it if it's not. I plan to buy an A1200 soon and wanted to know how much should I pay for a basic A1200 with mouse, PSU and SCART cable ? Should I buy a new A1200 (The ones on AmigaKit) or get a C= on Ebay ? (I guess everyone is gonna say "Get the C= one !") What are the price difference between the new A1200s and the C= A1200s ? Is there any differences between the two ? (Exept the brand and the awful PC drive in the new one.) Can I easily build an external CD drive ? And, last but not least, should I install OS 3.1, 3.5 or 3.9 ? Thank you for the answers to my questions

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17 June 2009, 13:24	#3
timscampi Posts: n/a	Well, for the external CD-rom drive, it's for AmigaOS installation, mainly. But I guess I can go with an opened A1200 for 10 minutes of installation Thanks for amibay, didn't know that one.

17 June 2009, 13:33	#4
amigakit.com Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.amigakit.com Posts: 2,015	All of our A1200s are supplied with Kickstart 3.1 ROMs as standard. The refurbished Amiga 1200s are generally Commodore motherboards with brand new white cases, shielding, drives, 3.1 ROM chips, cables, Power Supply, mouse. Every A1200 has warranty and support.

17 June 2009, 15:22	#6
tonyyeb Has the Amiga bug again Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hull, UK Age: 43 Posts: 791	Totally agree with Alex. Forget the CD/DVD drive. CF is the way forward.

17 June 2009, 15:38	#7
fryguy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Skarabörg, Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 1,019	Get an ethernet card instead of cdrom/cf-adapter.

17 June 2009, 20:19	#8
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	Not if you only have 2Mbytes of RAM

17 June 2009, 22:05	#9
Rabbit80 Its hard being famous! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gateway to the dales, UK Age: 43 Posts: 633	You really need to try to get some RAM as well if you can afford it... A1200 + RAM + CF-IDE + CF Card = Virtually all games are CF (HD) installable with WHDLoad, there is no messing around when you transfer files (with a 2nd CF card + PCMCIA adaptor or a slight case mod ) and there are some great preinstalled packs to get you started (check out ClassicWB)

17 June 2009, 23:42	#10
fryguy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Skarabörg, Sweden Age: 44 Posts: 1,019	@alexh: True!

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