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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: on December 01, 2002, 09:56:49 PM

Title: First Escom´s A1200 with the better circuit?
Post by: on December 01, 2002, 09:56:49 PM

Since when have Escom´s A1200 included the better not-game-crashing circuit?

Title: Re: First Escom´s A1200 with the better circuit?
Post by: ronybeck on December 01, 2002, 11:13:04 PM

erm..er...what?  :-?

Title: Re: First Escom´s A1200 with the better circuit?
Post by: blobrana on December 01, 2002, 11:19:41 PM

if i remember correcyly...
Escom 1200s had the nice budgie chip and were really just warehouse parts put together...
There were some that had a redesigned floppy disk controller ( you could hack them to read high density pc drives ).
As for the MoBo`s they were the same...

BTW i have one! version 4D , and there has ben no problems with timing etc... :-D

Title: Re: First Escom´s A1200 with the better circuit?
Post by: on December 02, 2002, 12:49:59 AM

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BTW i have one! version 4D , and there has ben no problems with ti

Do you know any other versions that are running without problems? What´s the part that is causing crashes? Floppy drive?

Where can I check the version of A1200?

Title: Re: First Escom´s A1200 with the better circuit?
Post by: Doobrey on December 02, 2002, 01:13:06 AM

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ooiu wrote:
What´s the part that is causing crashes? Floppy drive?
Where can I check the version of A1200?

AFAIK, on the Escom built Amigas, they used different floppy mechanisms, which sometimes caused problems. A fix/hack for this is on Aminet.

The version number is printed on the motherboard next to the expansion connector.