A1200 Questions

[videofx]

Just got an Amiga 1200. I bought  the ACA1233n-55 accelerator. DO I need a Fast ATA controller or is fast enable that is part of the accelerator enough.

I may make it a tower and add the mediator with ATI Radeon and Spider USB.

any thoughts on black box tower and mediator?

I know nothing about the A1200

Thanks!

Bill

[TribbleSmasher]

IMHO gfx card doesn't make much sense with only a 030 CPU, but for workbench only it might be fun.

The internal IDE in the A1200 is junk, so if you want fast transfer speeds, well you will need a FastATA of some sort.

Make sure your targeted tower solution has an Amiga-friendly PSU.

[videofx]

Thanks Tribble. the tower is the Elbox Blackbox 1200. Looking through the instructions seems be be easy to put together with the mediator.

What FastATA solution would you recommend?

Thanks!

[TribbleSmasher]

Some of the newer ACAs can get an upgrade to enhance IDE speed a little bit, but i have no informations about reliability.
The FastATA named solutions tend to have troubles with longer cables, so i would recommend an ideFixExpress - if you can source one.

[utri007]

Internal IDE is just fine, you will not need a fastATA, of course if you want one go for it.

I have always thought that 68040 is minum CPU for me and that I would suggest you to get one. If you want a tower it, you should start with speedy accelerator. 25mhz 68040 is about a 2x faster than 50mhz 68030. 68060 CPU is about 8x faster than 50mhz 68030 CPU.

Though this is a hobby so you do what you feel right.

[videofx]

Thanks for that info. I got the 68030-55 brand new for 299 euros so I thought it was a good buy, I didn't want to shell out 600-700 euros just yet, I have an 060 in my 4000T so If I need speed Ill try and run it on my 4000T