2* 24 bit pallette.1 2* Up to 256 colors onscreen with-1 2out any software tricks.1 2* 262,208 color HAM8 mode.1 2* 2Mb chip ram on board.1 2* Workbench 3.1 2* Numeric keypad.1 2* Retailing at #399 sterling.1 dArc's opinion on the A1200n The sound chip is the same spec as The A1200 has just been released by older machines, but sound will be Commodore, and I personally am very improved due to the 2Mb chipram as excited. This is one of the biggest standard. developments in the Amiga since it was first brought out. The new This machine is set to be the new features are: higher level games machine, which will hopefully secure the Amiga's 2* 14.19 Mhz 68020 Processor.1 gaming future. The Amiga's hardware has recently been appearing will probably be around 60 per cent slightly out of date as arcades and downwardly compatible. consoles have become more and more sophisticated. This new spec, how- Commodore have worked with developers ever, puts the Amiga in line with the from the start, who gave Commodore a Super NES. list of proposed enhancements, and will now be willing to develop for (Hmm....maybe closer to the SNES, but these new features. there is a big difference in terms of colours and sprites,also the speed (No,two important features had to be aspect of the SNES is slightly better left out because Commodore wanted to than the games for the A1200....PLRS) keep the price of the machine down, these proposals were: There is a lot of promised software - 32 Bit Soundchip support, and there are supposed to be -High Density Internal Disk Drive. 15 to 20 enhanced titles out by A bit shit,but it's cheap! - PLRS) Christmas. These games include: Zool, Lethal Weapon, Cool World, WWF2, It remains unclear as to whether Civilization, Silly Putty and Wing A1200 games will be sold as Commander as well as an updated seperate packages to A600/500 version of Dpaint IV. This could help versions. ensure the success of the A1200, as many a new computer has failed due to I think that these enhancements lack of software support. The machine are excellent and will ensure the Amiga's future into the 90's. It cost around #175,so if you had a hard will also help the demo scene. drive, you might even make a profit Imagine: 24 bit slideshows, 32 bit on the upgrade! To get the equivalent vectors, faster fractals, plasma upgrades by adding extra hardware effects using the new copper and would cost over £700 ( if you bought blitter, and loads of other shit HAM-E, a 2mb chip ram board and a that you can't even do on an A500. Granite Bay A5000.) It will put the Amiga way ahead of Ocean claim that from now on all the consoles. (Shit!!!! Contain your their games will be tested on all optimism Arc!! - Polaris) processors, and will be hard drive installable. This will mean, that The price is also cool too - #450 apart from being easier to crack, in Ireland,cheaper than the A500 used most games will be more compatible to cost. If you wanted to upgrade, it with the machine. This is because would only cost around #50, providing disk protection systems cause a lot your computer was in fairly good of incompatibility problems. The condition. But what about the HD dongle protection will probably owning community? Well, the A1200 become more common. As soon as supports an IDE internal hard drive, there is some reasonable support which is cheaper and smaller than a for the A1200, I'm selling my A500 normal SCSI drive. The fact that the and GVP drive. 1200 has an on-board controller means that a 50 meg hard drive would only - Yeah, I'm going to get one of the little cuties myself very soon, but I don't know about making a profit, who wants to buy an obselete machine? Anyway,let's hope lots of Amiga users upgrade to this system, then we can leave all the lame restrictions aside and have a better scene. 2Polaris1 -