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Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga News and Community Announcements => Amiga Hardware News => Topic started by: Kees on January 24, 2003, 09:20:52 PM

Title: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: Kees on January 24, 2003, 09:20:52 PM

Elbox announces (http://www.elbox.com/news_03_01_24.html) availability of a new tower system for Amiga 1200 computers. Mirage 1200 is a modern functional and spacious tower case.  It is designed targeted for these Amiga 1200 users who have upgraded  or want to upgrade their computers with the Mediator PCI 1200 SX  busboards. Mirage 1200 allows also using other busboards like  Mediator PCI 1200, Zorro IV, Zorrro IV with Mediator PCI ZIV and Zorro II.


Mirage 1200 tower system with 5 bays for 5.25" drives, 6 bays for 3.5"
drives and a powerful 300W ATX PSU is ready for massive expandability of
your A1200 hardware.

Mirage 1200 replaces the discontinued E/BOX 1200 (also known as A1200
Power Tower and A1200 Winner Tower), the award-winning Amiga tower system.
With the new design, we are offering you even more Amiga expandability,
right at your fingertips.

Open up to the future!
Along with the new operational system, AmigaOS4 and SharkPPC G3/G4-series
card for the Mediator PCI busboard, your Amiga 1200 Mirage will be
top-performing Amiga computer of the new generation.

Pricing and availability
The Mirage 1200 Tower will be on sale beginning with 28 January 2003 at
the suggested retail price of only EUR 149.95 (VAT excl.)
To locate an authorized distributor in your area or to purchase
the product online visit the Elbox Computer website at

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: Jose on January 24, 2003, 10:10:56 PM

Where's the Shark?

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: hnl_dk on January 24, 2003, 10:31:09 PM

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Production of SharkPPC+ cards will start as soon as AmigaOS4 for A1 is released.

Look at this (http://buy.elbox.com/cgibin/shop?info=350S1G)or this one (http://buy.elbox.com/cgibin/shop?info=330SP1G)

I might buy an old A1200 and upgrade it with Mediator PCI 1200 (http://www.elbox.com/products/mediator_pci_1200) or Mediator PCI 1200 SX (http://www.elbox.com/products/mediator_pci_1200_sx.html)
But I would not use that case!!! (http://www.elbox.com/products/mirage_1200.html)
Sorry, but I don't like that one!!!

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: ikir on January 25, 2003, 12:11:14 AM

I like it :-)

But i have already an E/box 1200 (Power tower) :-)

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: odin on January 25, 2003, 02:00:19 AM

Are there still untowered A1200's left in this day and age? =)

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: Ilwrath on January 25, 2003, 08:00:44 AM

Yep... I have the last one...  It's sitting in my front room hooked to the TV.  I figure it'll be a collector's item, as everyone else in the world has put theirs in towers...   :-D

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: cycloid on January 25, 2003, 03:46:28 PM

mine's not towered mines wedged into an A500 case! (i uploaded an image into the hardware section, just now)

cycloid

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: vortexau on January 25, 2003, 04:15:34 PM

I own a bog-standard A1200HD model:
 ° 2Mb CHIP
 ° MC68020
 ° 40Mb IDE HDD

It sits behind me infront of my C128D.
(Both are hooked to the same 1084)

((Posted from my A2000HD Twin-SCSI 060 with PicassoII))

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: Jose on January 25, 2003, 04:57:57 PM

I have a desktop too. It's really cool for Classic stuff, and to hook it up to a big screen TV using an RGB cable. The image quality is really good, has no comparison to the Composite output.

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: Kaminari on January 25, 2003, 10:59:01 PM

I just love the part where they really seem to believe that OS4 will run on the SharkPPC - obviously occulting the fact that OS4 support was only announced (actually suggested) by Hyperion for Classic machines equipped with a *Mediator* busboard...

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: hnl_dk on January 26, 2003, 09:11:19 AM

Kaminari wrote:

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I just love the part where they really seem to believe that OS4 will run on the SharkPPC - obviously occulting the fact that OS4 support was only announced (actually suggested) by Hyperion for Classic machines equipped with a *Mediator* busboard...

It's the AmigaOne version they want to run and not the APUS version!

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: Guyver on January 28, 2003, 07:52:55 AM

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I might buy an old A1200 and upgrade it with Mediator PCI 1200 or Mediator PCI 1200 SX by

It looks like my PC tower, and i'm not very happy with it either.

i rather go for a seethrough tower, with lots of lights

and of course a boing ball on the side  :-D  :-D

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: cyka_delik on January 28, 2003, 12:36:39 PM

my Power Tower looks like it could sink th Titanic thus i want a new lighter tower as the power tower fully loaded is quite heavy

a1200
med 1200 (original model)
sb128
voodoo 3000
4.3 gig Hd
PPC 174/040,25
Leadtek TV card as well

I think that is everything.

cyka_delik :-)

Title: Re: Elbox MIRAGE for A1200
Post by: whabang on January 29, 2003, 09:25:27 AM

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Are there still untowered A1200's left in this day and age? =)

Indeed!
My 1,2k is happily untowered.
It has an EC303@40, 32 meg fast, and a whoopin' 80 ( ! ) MB hard drive... :-P