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Best first Amiga?

No, but games may be tied to the raster line, internal timers or other which would make games fall out of sync if played on the wrong hardware. I am not 100% sure on that but it should be considered.

For the record, Amiga 1200's tend to be incredibly expensive in Europe as well, so given international shipping expenses I doubt you would save a single $0.01 on importing a PAL (220V) one rather than getting a NTSC one.
 
Maverick1978 said:
@cosam - Thanks for pointing out about the A500+. Come to think of it, I have a GVP A500+ decked out as well. Picked it up for $25 on eBay about 8-9 years ago, back when I was getting into the Amiga heavily. Never did use it, as I didn't have 2.04 KS installed in my 500 at that time. As I remember, my A500+ even had the bridgeboard installed within it... maybe it's time I pulled that system back out... :)
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If you mean the GVP A500-HD+ I don't think it's picky about which kickstart version you have in the Amiga. What you however do need is the setup floppy, of which there are images available on the web.
 
First Amiga

First Amiga

Hey guy's

i am looking for a commodore system, but after reading this thread, would an a500 be better?

i am mostly interested in playing many of the old c64 games, but am considering a video toaster to play with, as these ran on the a500 and up.

what is the best system that can play the c64 games, sid music, and yet be good for a video toaster?

thank you for any replies.
 
cosam said:
If you mean the GVP A500-HD+ I don't think it's picky about which kickstart version you have in the Amiga. What you however do need is the setup floppy, of which there are images available on the web.
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Correct - when I purchased mine, the HD was formatted to OS2.1 - I didn't want to reformat for 1.3, which is what I was running, without first checking out the software (never know what you'll find!)
 
Dennis, the equation C64 + Amiga doesn't really work out. Although made by the same company, they barely have anything in common. There were C64 emulators for the Amiga, but those leave a lot to be desired. I would recommend you getting one each of a C64/128 and eventually an Amiga 500. Both systems have their shares of nice games and application software, and in some cases you may even find the C64 version of the same game more playable.
 
It took time for people to learn how to program the C64 and the Amiga because of the custom chips involved. There are some C64 versions of games that are better then the Amiga version because the C64 edition was made when developers knew it inside out and the Amiga was still getting generic Atari ST ports at the time. Same thing when comparing Amiga games to PC games, Amiga was better early and the PC owned it towards the end. If you like gaming an A500 and C64 both would be fun.
 
I asked the person who contacted me on Craigslist for pictures on Thursday and they said they would get them, but he hasn't responded since, but he hopefully should soon.

Anyone on here have an extra Amiga to sell regardless?
 
Well, that person never responded back. I found someone else with a bunch of Amigas, he says he has several 500's, two with new CMOS batteries and hard drive expansions, a 2500, two 2000's that he says he's repairing, several monitors, and a 1200 which he is also fixing.

How much should I look to be paying for a 500, hard drive expansion, and monitor?
 
You should be able to figure out what A500's go for from looking at ebay auctions that have ended (there are plenty of 500s that sell every week). The HD expansion prices for the 500 vary depending on the make/model. A GVP 530+ I think is one of the most desired HD for the 500 and pricey (no guess what they go for now since I was looked for one many years ago and dropped it). Monitors should be $25-50 or so depending on the model and condition and if they are stereo or not(make sure it has the correct video cord).
 
Tupin said:
Okay, so I've already put my foot into the ring of 16-bit computing with an Atari ST 1040STF, but I noticed that games are a lot better on the Amiga.

Now, I got the ST for $50, but I never have seen an Amiga go for that, even a 500. I did have someone contact me after I put a wanted ad on Craigslist saying that they wanted to sell their Amiga 500. They have yet to respond, but what should I look for in the lot they are offering? Should I wait for a machine like a 1000, 1200, or 600? Would it be worth it to wait for an Amiga with a PCMCIA slot?
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The Amigas was suppose to be the ultimate game machine of its time, and the ST went after the MAC Market, both of course wouldn't live past the onslaught of the PC market.
 
I wouldn't bother waiting for something with a PCMCIA slot. The A500 was the most common Amiga, and most software was written with it in mind.
 
The guy just responded back to me, and he said $100 for an Amiga 500 with hard drive and all of the cables, and $150 for a monitor. I'm not so sure about that.
 
I think $100 is fine for an A500 with a hard drive, but $150 for a monitor is way too much. They weren't worth $150 new, though they cost more than that. I was as big of an Amiga fanatic as you would find in 1991, but never had much luck with the 1080 or 1084 monitors. Seems like I was taking those in for repair every year.
 
Well, different guy, same Amiga. $75 for an Amiga 500 and its respective monitor is what he wants. I'm worried about the difficulty of finding a Workbench disk and software in general.
 
Disk images you can find in torrents. You will need a working workbench floppy (or have one mailed to you) and a bunch of DD 3.5" blanks along with a serial nul modem cable to a PC. After that you can pretty much make disks as needed. I would suggest a second (external) 3.5" Amiga drive.
 
The only problem is finding a Workbench disk. I can get a null modem cable, DB-9 to DB-25, female on both sides?
 
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