Indivision 1200 AGA MKII Near Release AmigaKit.com

[amigakit]

The much anticipated new Indivision 1200 AGA MKII for the Amiga 1200 and A4000T is now nearing release

We have now added some new pictures of the unit to our webstore:

USA:
http://www.amigakit.us/product_info.php?products_id=1085

UK:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/GBP.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=1085

Europe:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/GBP.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=1085

Canada:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/CAD.php?url=product_info.php?products_id=1085

[Dragster]

I *will* get one of these babies... is release/availability date still April 30th?

Cheers,
Dragster

[amigakit]

Yes we are still working towards that release date.

[rdolores]

I have a Subway USB Controller installed in my A1200 with the wires going out of the open port in the back.  I also have a Blizzard 1230 MkIV accelerator (64 MB RAM).  How would I install the Indivision 1200 AGA MkII in my A1200?  Thanks.  BTW, it is not towered, it is in its original case.

[magnetic]

rdolores

You will have to mod the case and either move the usb connectons to the modded location (recommended) or you can remove the rf modulator and use that space?

[rdolores]

rdolores

You will have to mod the case and either move the usb connectons to the modded location (recommended) or you can remove the rf modulator and use that space?

Thanks. That's a great idea since I don't use the rf modulator.

[bbond007]

Yes we are still working towards that release date.

What kind of shipping does that include to the USA for those that pre-ordered?

I know I got a NOS US keyboard and that came quickly fedEX i believe and even before that i ordered something and that came USPS 3 weeks later. Both were shipped around the same time.

Just thinking in this case i may want to upgrade the shipping for peace of mind and maybe some other people might consider doing the same. Also the USPS misrouted my last big Amiga purchase and it was lost for over a week. It was a 1260 and it traveled half way around the planet to be lost several miles away from its destination.

thanks!

[Duce]

Super news, and cheers for keeping us updated.  I've had an A1200 here crammed into a 2U rack case for some time, only thing keeping me from putting it into daily service is the lack of a good Flickerfixer, so I'll be buying one of these the moment they are released.

[magnetic]

bbond

I had an order in with Amigakit a few months back with a part I really needed for a project. It took over 3 weeks to get the package Maybe 4

[NovaCoder]

Looking good, I should order one right now!

Actually come to think of if, I already did

The future firmware updates are the most interesting part....can anyone say chunky modes.

[bbond007]

Looking good, I should order one right now!

Actually come to think of if, I already did

The future firmware updates are the most interesting part....can anyone say chunky modes.

the specs also say "16 MBytes framebuffer, entirely addressable"

to me that means the possibility of maybe a p96 driver like on the ECS. who knows maybe even better. I wonder if that is really 16MB or 1.6

edit. i'm thinking it has to be 16 as some quick math says 1.6 could not hold a interlaced superhirez 24bit image.


hope i get it before my vacation.

[magnetic]

bbond

The ECS indivision is very different from the aga version. Just because there is a buffer doesnt necessarily mean you can accomplish the same driver.

btw i'm sure its 16mb not 1.6

[NovaCoder]

An RTG driver would of course be awesome but nobody knows if this is possible or not yet.

What we *should* get though are some better AGA WB modes (higher resolution/better refresh rate) and hopefully some chunky modes which can be used for games development.

[bbond007]

bbond

The ECS indivision is very different from the aga version. Just because there is a buffer doesnt necessarily mean you can accomplish the same driver.

btw i'm sure its 16mb not 1.6

i hear ya. I agree it has to be 16 as 1.6 because 1.6 would not hold some of the video modes in 24bit. just 16MB seems massive in amiga terms.

I'm just wanting to hear more about "entirely addressable"

i'll be happy with it regardless.

[bbond007]

An RTG driver would of course be awesome but nobody knows if this is possible or not yet.

What we *should* get though are some better AGA WB modes (higher resolution/better refresh rate) and hopefully some chunky modes which can be used for games development.

I'll be happy with it just the speedup i'll get by switching to interlace mode. Anything else is just a bonus

People criticize AGA for being too slow which it is, in multiscan mode, but I actually get 1.x quadra mac video speed in Shapeshifter if i run in interlace mode... just i don't want to stair at the screen, so I don't think it was that far behind Apple's video hardware of the time.