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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Cyberus on April 15, 2003, 04:27:58 PM
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You must be used to my questions by now. The reason I'm asking so many is that I got back into the Amiga in February, about 10 years or so after I had stopped using my A500, and have forgotten/missed so much.
Anyway, I now have 4 A1200s (long story, don't ask), and want to get shot of at least two of them. What I want to know, however, is how the different revisions of the Mobo's differ, and therefore which to keep, and which to sell....
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Basic rule :
Keep the ones built by C= and loose the one made
by Escom (Amiga-Technologies).
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The Eyetech ads used to have a line about 'all A1200 expansions have been tested successfully on a rev 1d1 motherboard. Other revisions may require modifications to work properly' (or something like that). So I guess rev 1d1 motherboards are among the better ones.
Rev 1d4 and 2b have known timing problems.
And yes, as Kronos says, C= stuff is better than Escom stuff.
-Paul
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Both my Escom made A1200s seem to work fine with all the expansion
cards I've ever plugged in to them
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My advice would be to try and store the boards you don't use, if you
have the space.
If you do get rid of any Escom boards in favour of the C= boards make
sure the C= boards have 3.1 roms fitted, otherwise swap them over from
the Escom boards.
But like I said my Escom boards have thus far been fine.