Is the A1200 really that cool of a computer???

[marcfrick2112]

Short answer: Yes, it is that cool OK, ok, I'm a bit biased, I have 3 1200's .....

Well, Karlos hit the nail on the head for me... The 'hackability' of the 1200... (though you could say all miggy models have some 'hackability') All the strange things they make for the 'clock port', except that Real Time clocks for this port are somewhat rare... :lol:

The hinderance in making any 'super' Amiga is the availability/affordability of accelerators.... at least A1200 accels. show up on EPay often, not cheaply tho.....

Upgrading any Amiga ain't gonna be cheap..... I'm grateful that I bought the most $$$ upgrades for my 1200T years ago....when I had something resembling 'spending money' :roflmao:

And, this may be total BS, but an Amiga repair guy said to me years ago.... he said that in his experience, A1200 with an '060 and processor-local RAM was just slightly faster with Lightwave renders than a similarly-equipped 4000.....

Can't tell, don't have an '060 A4000, ATM......

[Drummerboy]

Yeah, the A1200 its a great model becouse many thing said before.. I understand some part about the others Amiga Models.. but the A1200 for me its almost  Portable Computer!.. yeah!.. i traveled with any A1200 in my luggage many times on diferents countries trips..  
But if you want to see any another diference you will need use real AGA Software to be games or programs that requirethe power of the A1200..

If you run the same ECS Software..obviously you will not see any diference..

[save2600]

I don't currently own any wedge Amiga's (all big box), but the one thing I miss about 'em is the fact that they are s-i-l-e-n-t. I don't think anyone's mentioned that yet. The A1200/A600/A500 are as quiet as can be. Even with HD's installed in 'em. The A1000 is pretty silent quiet though. There's got to be quieter fans out there that could be swapped out with the other big box Amiga's though...

[SamuraiCrow]

@save2600

Didn't your floppy drives tick once a second or did you run NoClick in your WB_Startup?

[Franko]

I don't currently own any wedge Amiga's (all big box), but the one thing I miss about 'em is the fact that they are s-i-l-e-n-t. I don't think anyone's mentioned that yet. The A1200/A600/A500 are as quiet as can be. Even with HD's installed in 'em. The A1000 is pretty silent quiet though. There's got to be quieter fans out there that could be swapped out with the other big box Amiga's though...

Thats the only thing I don't like about my towered up A1200, all the fans I've had to install to keep everything cool, fans in the power supply, Hard disks, DVD burners and PPC card and I don't think it helps much being in a custom built case made of wood...

The best solution I came up with was to build in a custom amp to play cd's or mp3s to drown out the noise of the fans...

[persia]

If you're a classic lover the 1200 is gold.

[barney]

I looked inside my A1200 and noticed that it has a "DKB Clock" connected to it.  Does this do anyting else beside keeping time on the system?

I also have the GVP 1208 SCSI/Mem Card installed.  I attempted to set up a SCSI CD Rom Drive to the scsi card but it is not detected.  Once I get all these problems ironed out, I'm sure I'll have more appreciation for the machine.

[save2600]

I looked inside my A1200 and noticed that it has a "DKB Clock" connected to it.  Does this do anyting else beside keeping time on the system?

Nope - that's all it does. Curious little clockport doo-dad, huh? Most all accelerators came with their own. Nice to have though if you're good with just the 020 and some Fast RAM.

@Samurai... oh yes, I always run NoClick on my systems and before I discovered that in the early 90's, I used to just throw a floppy in the drives to shut them up. The external 3rd party drives though were always quiet enough though.

[barney]

Actually, my GVP 1208 SCSI card has one installed.  I wonder which one is activ, my DKB or GVP 1208?  Should I unhook one of them?  Is having two connected at one time cause system problems?

[Drummerboy]

I don't currently own any wedge Amiga's (all big box), but the one thing I miss about 'em is the fact that they are s-i-l-e-n-t. I don't think anyone's mentioned that yet. The A1200/A600/A500 are as quiet as can be. Even with HD's installed in 'em. The A1000 is pretty silent quiet though. There's got to be quieter fans out there that could be swapped out with the other big box Amiga's though...

Yeah ..you are right.. i forgot that point.. and its a plus over Big Boxes!..

[Karlos]

Actually, my GVP 1208 SCSI card has one installed.  I wonder which one is activ, my DKB or GVP 1208?  Should I unhook one of them?  Is having two connected at one time cause system problems?

If you have a clockport based clock you don't need, take it out. There's way more useful stuff you could put on there. You could have yourself a USB adapter, for example.

[amiga1260]

The GVP 1208 doesn't have a realtime clock. When you use a Reatime clock module and put an card for example a Blizzard 1230 IV, then the Realtime clock module will be active.

If you have a real time clock on your card, then it is best to remove the Realtime clock module.

I also have this memory expansion GVP 1208 with SCSI. I connected the external CD-ROM and use an active SCSI terminator.

Most CD-ROM has a inactive teminator when you put the jumper on it, then you should get your CD-ROM working.

The only problem with this SCSI controller is, you need always put a CD in your CD-ROM and turn it on. Or you need to wait for 30 seconds to boot your A1200.

[golem]

I don't currently own any wedge Amiga's (all big box), but the one thing I miss about 'em is the fact that they are s-i-l-e-n-t. I don't think anyone's mentioned that yet. The A1200/A600/A500 are as quiet as can be.

 Very true. Computers should be seen and not heard.

[barney]

Just curious, does anybody know the largest size flash card that can be used in the A1200 PCMCIA slot?

[actung_bab]

hi yes l think its is cool computer its small its compact
when first started out with amiga way back l had amiga500 1.3 wb no hd then l got a brand new amiga 1200 hd 40 meg what a diffrence l chould do much more like play
aga games install games to the hard drive . mind you the 4000 was cool machine at the time it had faster cpu out the box 040 add graphics cards .

move forward today

my orginal amiga 1200 still going been put through alot over years reliable as
never once broken down ever.

what whould l do without its a solid workhorse great.

[SamuraiCrow]

@Barney

An SD-Card to PCMCIA adapter with a 4 gig SD Flash Memory might prove useful to you.