ScuzzBlog: Diaries July 2024 Entry 30th July 2024: Post 1: Amiga 1200 - Why I bought a brand new A1200. Amiga 1200 - Why I bought a brand new A1200. So why on 25th April 2002 did I buy a brand new Amiga 1200 from Analogic in London ? In truth I think it was cus I was surprised I still could. Not sure where I saw the advert but as soon as I did I was on the phone to Analogic ordering my new Amiga 1200. Since the very first years of having the 1200 I had become most nervous of what might happen if she breaks. The monitor had already fallen over once and so I got to thinking about buying a more new Amiga 1200. The Magic pack gave me the perfect opportunity to build a newer replacement system with extra added trumpets. This meant a better faster accelerator in the form of the Apollo 060, a new modern monitor and CD-ROM with Squirrel interface. Sadly the Apollo was a disaster so I purchased the Blizzard 1230IV and the SCSI KIT. Amazingly the computer sits in its box, just as it has since 2002 and has never been used. Such a shame, but Chantal my beloved 1200 just keeps marching on. She will outlive me I guess. At the very time of getting the Magic pack I was heavy into the Amibench online shopping site and purchased the EZ Tower and the A1200 called Spike. This kinda gave birth to the Workshop as a more bona fide duplicate Amiga workspace and I soon had replicated the ZIP, CD-ROM and external SCSI drives. The computer was fitted with dial-up modem and I spent endless nights on the groups. It wasn't too long before I got a little more adventurous and was buying the Amiga 4000T. Man was that an exciting day. On the PC front I expanded on the Win98 machine to include a new Evesham XP machine with onboard CD burner using NEO and with the network now growing in the house I very quickly was able to carry data from various locations to the CD burner. I really had entered into a new era with the computers and this prior to Ebay and my activities with the Yahoo Groups. I hadn't even started collecting computers seriously at this point. The next era of computer collecting started in February 2003 with the dawn of Ebay. Seriously bonkers !!! Amiga 1200 - Why I bought a brand new A1200.

If you can only see this CONTENT window
then click the image above for the full site

Last updated 30th July 2024

Chandraise Kingdom

Keep the Faith
scuzzscink 2024