The A1200 was launched a few months after the Amiga 600, using a similar slimline design that replaced the earlier Amiga 500 Plus and Amiga 500. Whereas the A600 used the 16-bit Motorola 68000 of earlier Amigas, the A1200 was built around the 32-bit Motorola 68EC020. Physically, the A1200 is an all-in-one design incorporating the CPU, keyboard, and disk drives (including the option of an internal 2.5" hard disk drive) in one physical unit. The A1200's hardware architecture was later used as the basis for Commodore's Amiga CD32 game console in 1993.

We first take a stock Amiga 1200 and give it a full service inside and out, fix any issues and restore the console to fully working order.

BIOS & Hard Drive

If you want the hard drive and BIOS upgrading (recommended unless using PiStorm) then we recommend Kickstart 3.1 and a Compact Flash internal drive.

We will pre-configure the hard drive with Workbench AmigaOS 3.2 as standard. If you would like something else simply leave a note in the Notes box.

PiStorm

The PiStorm is the best upgrade to do to the Amiga if you want the fastest possible system for the cheapest price.

This replaces the BIOS (Kickstart) and Hard Drive options, so if you select PiStorm do not select BIOS or Hard Drive options.

The PiStorm will come with a 64GB SD card as standard (enough to store every game ever made which came to 4.4GB).

Video Output

The output on the Amiga already supports composite and RGB. We only recommend RGB at a minimum meaning your monitor/receiver must support 15kHz RGB signals via SCART cable.

Alternatively select the HDMI output to have the RGB SCART cable provided along with an OSSC which converts that RGB to HDMI. The HDMI cable is also included so you have everything you need to connect it up to any HDMI monitor of your choice.

Thermals

The old chips on the Amiga can run hot. To prolong the life of all crucial chips we can recommend installing heat sinks on them. This isn't needed but is beneficial to the longevity of the computer.

Gotek

A common issue today on any computer with floppy drives is the quality of both the drive and the data on the ageing disks.

For that reason, we generally recommend replacing the floppy drive with a Gotek to allow you to load floppy drive files (.adf) from a USB stick.