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desiv · 17 March 2023, 17:52

At least in the US, the hiccup with the A500 is video output.
There is composite, but it is monochrome, not color.
There is RGB output, but it is 15khz, which not every RGB device supports here.
So not only would you need a special cable, but also a special monitor, or an adapter (RGBtoHDMI type)...
All of that is doable, but not just as simple as a cable with SCART adapter...
Advantage of a 1200 is that the composite output is color.
And you also have the IDE (lots of cheap/easy IDE/CF or SD adapters available) and PCMCIA which has some nice options...
Of course, the drawback is that 1200s are expensive... Very compared to the A500 here.
So I'm torn...
It's probably still an A500, but with the caveat that you also want to include an Amiga to HDMI solution... (Which would probably still be less expensive than a 1200..)
Also, a Gotek preflashed for an A500 is pretty easy to get and would work well for casual retrogamers...

That said, no... You can't have my 1200... ;-)

17 March 2023, 17:52	#5
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	At least in the US, the hiccup with the A500 is video output. There is composite, but it is monochrome, not color. There is RGB output, but it is 15khz, which not every RGB device supports here. So not only would you need a special cable, but also a special monitor, or an adapter (RGBtoHDMI type)... All of that is doable, but not just as simple as a cable with SCART adapter... Advantage of a 1200 is that the composite output is color. And you also have the IDE (lots of cheap/easy IDE/CF or SD adapters available) and PCMCIA which has some nice options... Of course, the drawback is that 1200s are expensive... Very compared to the A500 here. So I'm torn... It's probably still an A500, but with the caveat that you also want to include an Amiga to HDMI solution... (Which would probably still be less expensive than a 1200..) Also, a Gotek preflashed for an A500 is pretty easy to get and would work well for casual retrogamers... That said, no... You can't have my 1200... ;-)