1200!

[Coolit]

Hi all,

I used to have a 500 and cdtv back in the day. Recently I purchased a 1200 which I'm going to tower and look forward to reading through the articles on this board while doing so. Any advice about towering a 1200 is appreciated

[SamuraiCrow]

Welcome!  I've got an A1200 that I'm not going to tower.  Lots of luck on your new project!

[amigakit]

A good place to look is http://www.swaug.org.uk/a1200-tower.php - a tutorial on towering your Amiga 1200

[Karlos]

Make sure you get 2 A1200s :-)

I say this because after owning a tower for a while you will likely crave a second machine, in it's original guise.

[B00tDisk]

Karlos wrote:
Make sure you get 2 A1200s :-)

I say this because after owning a tower for a while you will likely crave a second machine, in it's original guise.

(I'm chasing you around today, Karlos...)

If I had the interest, I'd scrape up a 1200 desktop unit and with the exception of adding a far, far beefier power supply really trick it out all inside it's case.

1st: Aforementioned PSU
2nd: interior RF sheild?  Gone!
3rd: add an accellerator of some kind.  '040 or '060.  Plus requisite RAM.  Maybe even track down a BPPC with Bvision to stuff inside.
4th: Buffered IDE interface + low-profile 3.5 HD where the internal floppy used to sit
5th: internal slimline CD-ROM trick as featured on some websites
6th: FANS FANS FANS!  Gonna be warm in there!
7th: Subway USB interface on the clockport - that would solve any issues regarding connecting it to a network (via adapter) and external storage.
8th: External floppy drive
9th: upgrade to 3.9

...

Heh.  But for that price I could buy four PCs and have one dedicated to Amithlon, another to WinUAE, a third to AROS and the fourth for general PC use!   :-o  :lol:

[Karlos]

3rd: add an accellerator of some kind. '040 or '060. Plus requisite RAM. Maybe even track down a BPPC with Bvision to stuff inside.

Aaah, I can smell the melting hardware from here :-D

[leirbag28]

I pose this Question in General

Why TOwer an A1200? and ruin a perfectly portable machine?
Why not just get a plain A4000 desktop and tower that?  

Heck it will cost you the same as a 4000 once you tower the A1200 or even more in buying the parts needed to tower it.

A4000 already have the slots needed and is probably more reliable.

[B00tDisk]

Karlos wrote:

3rd: add an accellerator of some kind. '040 or '060. Plus requisite RAM. Maybe even track down a BPPC with Bvision to stuff inside.

Aaah, I can smell the melting hardware from here :-D

But for about five minutes, you'd have the most badassed
A1200-D ever! :-D

[Karlos]

B00tDisk wrote:

But for about five minutes, you'd have the most badassed A1200-D ever! :-D

I actually got away with a BPPC in an A1200D for ages, but that still involved a bunch of fans forcing an airflow throught the case. Your hands would get pretty cold if you left them near the back vents.

Nothing would convince me to put a BVision into a desktop case though. Those buggers generate heat that makes an 040/40MHz seem like an ice cube...

[Coolit]

Thanks for the advice guys, cheers for the link Technoid

[Furvert]

Karlos wrote:
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      Aaah, I can smell the melting hardware from here

B00tDisk wrote:
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      But for about five minutes, you'd have the most badassed A1200-D ever!

As I posted before, "Amiga 1200 upgrade tips?", it's been done.

http://www.furnation.com/Shou_Lung/Amiga/Internal_A1200.JPG

The system was eventually towered, and it still runs perfectly! It was used hard every day for well over 2 years in the set-up I posted. My system was topped by another member in my user group. He had a faster blizzard and a Delfina sound card as well as the BVision.

Furvert

Vice-President Amitech-Dayton

[Coolit]

After much thought I decided to buy a A1200 tower system from ebay and keep my present A1200 intact. I think this tower has a lot of potential and provides a good foundation for upgrades; I’m going to start with OS3.9, an accelerator and 3.1 roms. Then see what else I can add

Cheers for the advice.

Heres the tower if anyone’s interested; at just £100 I think it’s a Bargain.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3544&item=8171249664&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Darrin]

Looking at those pictures has made me think...

I have two A1200 keyboards in the house.  Does anyone make a casing for A1200 keyboards so that they can be used with towers instead of purchasing a PC keyboard adapter?  I have an A1200 in a Power Tower, but I use it with the supplied cheapo PC keyboard.