Amiga 1200 HD Magic Pack Unboxing

Unboxing my Amiga 1200 HD Magic Pack, originally released by Escom / Amiga Technologies Inc. in 1995. This was my 3rd Amiga.
My Amiga 1200 (by Commodore) had an Apollo 040 accelerator during the 90s, but in the early 2000s I switched to a Blizzard PPC and a Mediator PCI busboard. So, it didn't fit in its original case anymore and I had to put in in a tower.
The expanded Amiga was great for my everyday use, but I soon started missing the original Amiga feel of the desktop case and keyboard (first world problems)
So, since they were still sold in those days, I bought this Magic Pack as a secondary Amiga and added a Blizzard-IV, to mainly use it for WHDload, Demos and generally nostalgic stuff.
The HD edition of the Magic Pack had a 260MB Hard Disk with the OS and bundled software preinstalled. It also included SCALA MM300.
I'd replaced it with a larger drive, but I don't remember what happened to the original one. I think a friend's got it.
Anyway, for the sake of making this video I did a clean 3.1 install that should look roughly as it was originally. But since I haven't got Scala MM300 I installed MM400 instead, which is left over from the TV Station days (that's what I bought the other A1200 for)
REM ** CONTENTS **
00:00 Introduction and Box Overview
00:43 Unboxing
01:56 Box Contents
05:19 Setting up the Amiga 1200
07:03 Power on
07:27 Magic Pack's Bundled Software Showcase
07:42 WordWorth
08:05 Datastore
08:30 Turbocalc
09:11 Organiser
09:50 Photogenics
10:33 Personal Paint
11:26 Scala MM300 Documents
12:11 Scala MM400
13:04 Bundled games' manual
13:22 Pinball Mania
13:46 Whizz
14:47 Ending
REM ** MORE ON THIS CHANNEL**
REM * Unboxing the Computers & peripherals I bought between the 80s and 2010 (the ones for which I still have the boxes at least) *
GOTO • Old Computers & Periph...
REM * Unboxing the games I bought between the late 80s and 2010 *
REM * There's approximately 200 of them, so it'll take a while to complete *
GOTO • Retro Game Unboxing & ...
REM * My game patches and translations *
GOTO • My Game Fixes and Tran...
REM * The Internet of the past with trips to the old Internet*
GOTO • The Internet of the Past
GOTO My channel for more videos!
#amiga #unboxing #90s #retrocomputing #retro

[@TheMrAdamBooth]

As someone who got an A1200 loose and decades after these packs came out, it is nice to see how they came when someone got it new

[@electronictreasure4191]

I just found an escom Amiga 1200HD. They are actually a bit more rare than the original Commodore Amiga.

[@s.l.aviation4010]

Nice Amiga it's in a very good state. And a great video. Thanks!

[@marioserrano5087]

Awesome 😎

[@eprohoda]

good night!Mr..bravo, this is super recording~:)

[@fairytalepurityanalyser6056]

Did the A1200 manual smell of pineapples the same way the Photon Paint 2.0's manual did with the A500 Arcade Action Pack?

[@MrComputerRetro]

Hehe, I can't remember any smell. If there was one, it should be gone by now.

[@RobbieStrike]

Very nice, I wish i had this in the mid 90's instead of Windows 3.1

[@ms-ex8em]

does any 1 know about the 39 second boot delay on this system? i bought a magic pack in 2007 and it does this wondering why though?? thanks..... is it to do with slow booting hard discs? thanks.......

[@MrComputerRetro]

I think it had something to do with the 3.1 ROM and hard disks. Maybe it was when you didn't have a HD, but I can't remember for sure. There's no delay on mine with a HD and a Blizzard IV accelerator.

[@ChrisHighcock]

Does the underneath sticker still say Commodore on it or different?

[@MrComputerRetro]

No, it says Amiga A1200. Actually, you can see it if you pause at 02:47

[@eterenostalgia5088]

The "Magic Pack".... ESCOM time 1995/96.

[@ms-ex8em]

is this a brand new Amiga 1200 ?? from gmbh?? Amiga Technologies? thanks........

[@MrComputerRetro]

Hello, it was new when I bought it but that was 20 years ago

[@alex76gr]

Την διατηρείς σε έξοχη κατάσταση, μπράβο! Βρε μπας και έχεις καμιά χρονομηχανή και πηγαινοέρχεσαι στο παρελθόν?

[@MrComputerRetro]

Άμα είχα χρονομηχανή θα πήγαινα μόνο. Δεν θα ξαναερχόμουν!

[@alex76gr]

@@MrComputerRetro Σε καταλαβαίνω απολύτως.

[@combatdigiq]

Awesome, what would one cost if you want to buy one ?

[@MrComputerRetro]

Sorry, I have no idea about prices nowadays as it's been 10-15 years since I last bought anything retro related. You could try searching for it at auctions sites etc and see what comes up.

[@electronictreasure4191]

$700-$1200 (with accelerator depending on condition)

[@billkar8129]

High-λίκια! Εσυ πέτυχες το επανκελματικό πακ, οχι παιχνιδιάρικο.