apollo something rather

[sir_inferno]

hi guys!

i bought a 1200 off ebay a while ago, but i recently realised that it had a chip thingy in it. upon closer inspection i didn't find out anything apart from the name, and that if it was in my 1200 it caused problems (that's probably cause a switch is wrongly set or somthing)

could someone tell me some details, how good it is etc?

thanks

pics of it, (60kb big each)

[Cyberus]

well that mil spec looking chip is a 68030....

[Brian]

The images clearly show it's an Apollo1230 card with a 030/28Mhz and 4Mb Ram. Looking at it I think the HD jumper should be closed. If that won't help getting the computer stable try change the simm (the card can take simms up to 32Mb for a total of 64Mb). There's an FPU on the card (68881/28Mhz). Estimated speed improvement with such a card is roughly about 6-7times that of a normal A1200 and the FPU speed up math calculasions alot helping out with 3D games, renders and packing tools. SCSI controller is onboard (the 26pin connector is to attach a 25pin DS), speed 3.5Mb/s.

[Ilwrath]

Looks like the Apollo 1230 board that has....
68030 CPU
68881 math co
4MB fast RAM
on-board SCSI controller.

The Apollo series were not known for their stability.  Also, any 030 + RAM card in an A1200 will lower the number of games that work properly.  A program such as Degrader, TUDE, WHDLOAD, JST, or whatever will fix lots of problems for you, though.

I can't seem to find a jumper configuration sheet for the card... But there is clearly a picture of it at Amiga Resource  (The top card on the page)

[sir_inferno]

thanks guys

any ideas on how much these things go for?
 :-)

or is it not worth the hassle and just keep it?

[Brian]

Hmm.. old forum backups seem to have strolled in...

No not worth the hazzle... at least not untill you got something better... will only get you around 25-35$.

On you're question if they can have any more memory than 64Mb with extras the short answerr is no. The long answerr is yes if you get a tower and a zorro bussboard and a zorro memory card but on the turbo itself the anserr is no.