Upgrading my a1200 into a case

[skilgannon]

Hi all,

I have a spare A1200 and a spare Thermaltake Xaser II case and a spare accellerator card for the 1200.  Could someone be so kind as to let me know what the minimum is that I need to do to turn that into a towered A1200 that can use PCI network and video cards and OS3.9 please?  Also - would I still be able to play WHDLoad games once I upgraded or would the 15hz monitor issue still exist for that?

Sorry about being so newbie but I have had Amiga's for the last 15 years and just fancied doing something different.  My current A1200 is networked via a PCMCIA Ethenet Gold card and has a decent hard disk in it along with OS3.9.  I would just like it to be a fair bit faster and be able to use my PC's monitor  etc.

Cheers....

[motorollin]

If you want to add PCI cards you need a Mediator, which will allow you to use PCI Video, Network, Sound, USB, TV.....

I can recommend the D-Box Tower to mount it all in as it fits perfectly.

Regarding video, WHDLoad games will still output through the Amiga's RGB output, not through the PCI graphics card.

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moto

[Comi]

 Good recommendation!

[AndyFC]

If you want to add PCI cards etc, you really should go for a pre-made tower, like the D-box.

If you make a custom one (like I have), there is little chance of PCI cards fitting well without further, difficult mods to the case.

[amigagr]

or you can wait for this baby dragon
but it needs a lot of patience.
as for the 3.9 you don't need anything else except a cdrom drive attachted to your amiga 4 mb fast ram and the amigaos3.9 cd :-)

-edit-
i forgot a hard disk too :-)

[AmigaMance]

D-box is good, but 140 british pounds... ouch! I hope there is a cheaper but still good alternative because i'm looking for a tower too.

[LawlessPPC]

you dont just get a tower tho you get a keyboard interface as well which aint cheap. Lets be honest when you've got a DBox you can change your case to what ever takes you fancy just reuse the back plate in another tower

[skilgannon]

Thanks All - off to look at both the D-Box and the Dragon....

[motorollin]

Give your Amiga what it deserves: get a D-Box :-) I know it's expensive but it's worth it as everything fits so well.

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moto

[humppa]

Thanks All - off to look at both the D-Box and the Dragon...

Don't wait for the Dragon. You will wait forever...
The D-Box is nice - but overpriced.

[AmigaMance]

you dont just get a tower tho you get a keyboard interface as well which aint cheap.

 Lyra, one of the best keyboard adaptor which i already have, costs only 20 pounds. So, imho, 140-20=120 pounds for a shell and a PSU is still too much. Anyway, it's only my opinion...