ScuzzBlog: Diaries October 2017 Entry 9th October 2017: Post: 6 A1200 - The early years Part 1 Those that follow my posts will know a few days ago I recalled my time prior to the A1200 when I was creating animations and using video equipment to record my work. Enter the Amiga A1200 in the November of 1993 and my world was about to change. Prior to this date there was not a single Amiga in the house. For quite a few years after that date there still was only one Amiga in the house and she is still here.... and working. Here is a snapshot of that world from the early nineties I guess it all started with this magazine from July 1993. I was really struggling at the time and my Amstrad had all but bitten the dust. I sat reading this magazine before going to bed and studied the costs I knew the computer was basically just the start of the buying process. Little did I know at the time just how expensive this was going to get. And in a very short period The cost of my A1200 £549 October 1993 I put down £50 on a 1942 which never arrived basically cus Commodore went bust Cannon Bubblejet Printer £209 Microvitec Monitor £300 4MB RAM card nearly £100 4MB RAM card nearly £100 4MB RAM card nearly £100 VidiAmiga nearly £200 Bit later and an accelerator £300 GVP Turbo+ GVP Turbo+ GVP Turbo+ GVP Turbo+ GVP Turbo+ Bigger hard drive £326 My original 80MB has long since died Power Computing XL Drive Power Computing XL Drive Power Computing XL Drive Warranty Extended Warranty £40 It would be the new millennium before I bought a replacement Amiga 1200 and guess what... I never needed it By that time the Blizzard had cometh Money well spent.. She is still alive Blizzard SCSI KIT and external drives Larger 550MB internal 2.5" Samsung flat screen which the BBC uses also The XL drive still used for HD disks The unit isn't that yellow. The tungsten light and this crap camera makes everything yellow And the Microvitec now feeds another 1200 and an Amiga 2000 with GVP 030 I really didn't want the Microvitec. I was so unhappy about not getting the 1942 And that's the 2000 powering the monitor Anyway.... there is more Read on !!

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