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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: pkupcik on May 26, 2010, 07:25:13 PM
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Hi,
I'm going to be buying A1200 primarily to use for games. Are there any must have, or recommended upgrades that I should consider. I already settled on the Indivision AGA scan doubler, but have not yet decided on anything else. Please provide your opinion on what do you think makes sense for gaming, possibly to support decent performance in workbench when using high resolutions and the Indivision AGA scan doubler.
Here are some of the items I can think of, but am not really sure and would appreciate your opinion, advice. Whatever upgrade I do I want to make sure that games still play correctly and I don't have any ugly components hanging out the back of the Amiga.
CPU Upgrade - is this easy, how would I benefit from it.
GPU Upgrade - is it possible, easy, what is it good for.
Memory Upgrade - why, how much more memory
Flash Storage - This one is probably a must have. What's the recommended solution here that's user friendly and makes it easy to load games, applications from PC onto Flash and easily load the games into the memory. I'm not interested in HDD solutions.
Anything else I'm missing. The only reason I would upgrade to anything is, because it can offer some tangible speed, feature benefits, or simply because it's cheap enough to do and I better do it now than in the future when parts may no longer be available. I'm hoping not to spend more than $500 for upgrades.
If there are some good articles that already talk about it, please post them and I'll do my reading.
I will be probably ordering everything from AmigaKit, so if they stock some of these parts the better.
Thank you.
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Get the 030 board, Indivision, and a PCMCIA-> CF Card.. and perhaps a flash-based HD solution.
The PCMCIA -> CF card makes it easy to transfer games, and the flash -based HD will let you run WHDLOAD games.. no more floppies! the 030 isn't essential to games though, it is nice to have!
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Here are some of the items we stock:
EasyADF PCMCIA Transfer Kit (we offer 128MB or 4096MB compatible CF card options) (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=440)
4Gb CF IDE hard disk (Sandisk brand) (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=883)
We also have 68030 accelerators in stock and Competition Pro joysticks
In the past we have installed Subway USB ports (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=137) in a desktop case:
(http://shop.amigakit.com/images/indivision-subway-installed-a1200.jpg)
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We also have 68030 accelerators in stock
Amigakit,
can you please point me to the specific 68030 accelerator on your website. I found "E-Matrix 1230/40Mhz Accelerator (http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=43&products_id=913) ", but that looks like it goes into the PCMCI socket, which means I wouldn't be able to use the Flash PCMI adaptor, correct. Unless I simply plug, unplug them as needed. Is there maybe some other accelerator, CPU upgrade I missed. Is there maybe such a thing as simply replacing the CPU on the motherboard? I found 68040 on your site, can that be used? Forgive my confusion about this.
Thank you.
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No that one is going into the trapdoor, it is PCMCIA friendly meaning you can still use the PCMCIA slot.
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No that one is going into the trapdoor, it is PCMCIA friendly meaning you can still use the PCMCIA slot.
Got it. I think I got confused when I read that it's PCMCI compatible, it meant I can still use PCMCI and not that it uses PCMI.
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An 030 or similar will help with some app's and a few games, like alien breed 3D
Other than that, for games, you wont need a lot. A lot of people swear by WHDload, so a hard drive and RAM expansion will be worth it for that.
If you go with floppies for games, get an external disk drive
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Just as others have mentioned here, the best things to add to an A1200 are:
8MB RAM/FPU/RTC card or 020/030 accelerator with at least 8MB RAM
4GB CF card on a CF-IDE adapter formatted with Workbench 3.1 on it
PCMCIA card reader, either SD or CF (remember SD cards are limited to 2GB each as SDHC isn't supported yet, but are cheaper than CF)
PCMCIA network card, either wireless or ethernet
CD32-compatible control pad or at least a Sega MasterSystem or MegaDrive/Genesis pad (which the Amiga uses as a 2-button pad)
Subway USB card
USB Missile Launcher
USB card reader
There's not much else you really need to add after that. There are no GPU upgrades unless you buy an expensive PCI expansion bus board with a PCI graphics card, but this requires you to put the A1200 inside a tower case and relocate everything, essentially turning the A1200 into a PC. No games will use the GPU on the card, nothing will really. It'll just give more colours in Workbench and let you run RTG software which honestly runs a hundred times faster on an emulated system anyway.
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If you are going for an 020/030 accelerator card you might as well shove as much RAM on it as you can manage within your budget.
Though you might not need it for retrogaming , you'll invariably find a use for it, especially if you start to play with music / graphics software.
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Yeah, with RAM being so cheap these days it's not a bad idea just to get the maximum the board supports. With 32MB RAM, there is only one time it ever runs low, when I'm using my Ram Disk for buffering 24bit images I'm processing in Image Studio and I go through too many images without flushing the buffer every now and then. Of course Image Studio can use the HDD for buffering too, but I just like the speed of the Ram Disk.
Those E-Matrix cards support a maximum of 32MB, so that should be fine. I'd definitely get the 32 over the 16 that comes with it.
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I did originally think I'd overdone it when I put 256MB in my A1200, but one use I have for that is having my OS in RAD. I have several OS "snapshots" that I can choose from on cold boot, then all subsequent warm resets run from a 32MB RAD. It's quite nippy.
Not many amiga applications can make heavy use, though photogenics is one. Ports of old PC games can be quite memory hungry though.
Will be interesting to see what people do with these new ZorRAM jobs in their big box machines.
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Hey, that RAD disk idea is pretty rad, if I ever upgrade to 64 or 128MB in my A1200 I'll give that a go.
I just remembered, anyone getting an accelerator must definitely get 32MB minimum if they want to play Total Chaos AGA! That's got to be one of the biggest Amiga-only games, and it's definitely worth the upgrade to give it a go.
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I mostly did it to speed up rebooting. I did tend to crash the system a fair bit when testing some of my more unusual ideas :)
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I mostly did it to speed up rebooting. I did tend to crash the system a fair bit when testing some of my more unusual ideas :)
Does RAD: have a Higher priority than the HDD at boot ? Or did you have to have the Mount List for the RAD: device defining a higher priority than devices on SCSI.device ?
My A1200 has a 64MB simm on my DKB Cobra. (and a 4GB CF card).
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In my sig, you will see my A1200 upgrades. I have purchased these items from both AmigaKit.com and Softhut.com.
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Does RAD: have a Higher priority than the HDD at boot ? Or did you have to have the Mount List for the RAD: device defining a higher priority than devices on SCSI.device ?
My A1200 has a 64MB simm on my DKB Cobra. (and a 4GB CF card).
I don't remember RAD's specific default boot priority (probably zero), but my bootable HD partitions are all set below zero. As soon as the RAD is created, it is now top of the list (after floppy).
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@pkupcik
Definitely 32MB of ram and a hard drive (or flash drive).
If I were you, I would get an 060 accelerator and a flickerfixer. But that is because I love my Amiga and want the best for her. If you don't love your Amiga, or if your wife took all ur money, then you might have to skip those 2.
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Just as others have mentioned here, the best things to add to an A1200 are:
8MB RAM/FPU/RTC card or 020/030 accelerator with at least 8MB RAM
4GB CF card on a CF-IDE adapter formatted with Workbench 3.1 on it
PCMCIA card reader, either SD or CF (remember SD cards are limited to 2GB each as SDHC isn't supported yet, but are cheaper than CF)
PCMCIA network card, either wireless or ethernet
CD32-compatible control pad or at least a Sega MasterSystem or MegaDrive/Genesis pad (which the Amiga uses as a 2-button pad)
Subway USB card
USB Missile Launcher
USB card reader
I have most of the stuff from Cammy's list...
GVP 030/40 "Typhoon" (with scsi) from softhut. The GVP also is equipped with a math coprocessor. I'm not sure which one. I ordered it with the 32mb ram chip. I did look at getting a 64mb FPM SIM but those seem to be quite rare. Also they look like much larger SIMMS.
NOS A1200,Subway and PCMCIA network board are scheduled to arrive from amigakit tomorrow. Even if that delivery slips a day, I'll still have it for the holiday weekend...
I'm also going with a 4GB CF HD adapter. I have 2 cards one is 133x and the other is 80x. I wonder if it makes a difference? I also have a 32GB card, but I'm holding off trying that immediately.
I did not actually order the USB rocket launcher yet, I really wanted to build (my own) upsized version that uses standard lawn-darts as ammunition.
I'm having a setback on that. Apparently, There is a real shortage of lawn-darts at the moment - even on the second hand market.
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Lawn darts are an awesome idea!
(http://cdn.guyism.com/wp-content/uploads/lawn-darts.jpg)
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I have most of the stuff from Cammy's list...
GVP 030/40 "Typhoon" (with scsi) from softhut. The GVP also is equipped with a math coprocessor. I'm not sure which one. I ordered it with the 32mb ram chip. I did look at getting a 64mb FPM SIM but those seem to be quite rare. Also they look like much larger SIMMS.
NOS A1200,Subway and PCMCIA network board are scheduled to arrive from amigakit tomorrow. Even if that delivery slips a day, I'll still have it for the holiday weekend...
I'm also going with a 4GB CF HD adapter. I have 2 cards one is 133x and the other is 80x. I wonder if it makes a difference? I also have a 32GB card, but I'm holding off trying that immediately.
133x and 80x you will not notice the difference.., the slowest part of the chain is going to be the IDE on the motherboard. That is not to say it will be slow, far from it. The CF card just will use the IDE channel to its FULLEST (Not to mention SILENT, No HDD whine).
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133x and 80x you will not notice the difference.., the slowest part of the chain is going to be the IDE on the motherboard. That is not to say it will be slow, far from it. The CF card just will use the IDE channel to its FULLEST (Not to mention SILENT, No HDD whine).
No to mention I'm sure it uses less power than notebook drive.
Anyway, the one thing to consider also might be an upgraded power supply I suppose?
I was going to try the stock power supply first. If that proves to be flakey then maybe I'll look into building something with Pico-PSU. Would 90 watts be enough for the system?
http://www.virtech.ca/detailProduct.php?str=GE-PSU901487¤cy=USD
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No to mention I'm sure it uses less power than notebook drive.
Anyway, the one thing to consider also might be an upgraded power supply I suppose?
I was going to try the stock power supply first. If that proves to be flakey then maybe I'll look into building something with Pico-PSU. Would 90 watts be enough for the system?
http://www.virtech.ca/detailProduct.php?str=GE-PSU901487¤cy=USD
My A1200 runs Like a dream on my A500 heavy brick (60W). At least commodore had the willingness to be cheap enough to reuse the connectors and the same pinout as the A500. I am sure it was them being UBER CHEAP, but it enabled a lot of us to replace the weak as piss, lightweight A1200 supply.
[edit] @ that link, that ONE PCB is the ENTIRE PSU ?, You are fracking kidding me ?????????????
Thats awesome, but I need one in excess of 145W for my A4000 (Existing wattage).
[edit2] Oh wait, thats 90W 12V to ATX (DC to DC)..., thats no good :( Would be awesome for 240VAC to ATX.
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My A1200 runs Like a dream on my A500 heavy brick (60W). At least commodore had the willingness to be cheap enough to reuse the connectors and the same pinout as the A500. I am sure it was them being UBER CHEAP, but it enabled a lot of us to replace the weak as piss, lightweight A1200 supply.
[edit] @ that link, that ONE PCB is the ENTIRE PSU ?, You are fracking kidding me ?????????????
Thats awesome, but I need one in excess of 145W for my A4000 (Existing wattage).
[edit2] Oh wait, thats 90W 12V to ATX (DC to DC)..., thats no good :( Would be awesome for 240VAC to ATX.
I had one in an efika once. Its more of a power-regulator than anything. You supply the 12V with a laptop style power brick. Almost all of those can switch from 220/110 with as simple plug converter...
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Just as quick note, I used a Transcend 5-in-1 PCMCIA card reader to successfully read a 16GB M2 card (as used in my SonyEricsson phones.) I assume that it will also read the same size in MS and MS Pro as the M2 was in an MS Pro adapter. That would be a maybe-no-so-cheap-way to overcome the 2GB limitation of the SD (what were they thinking?!)
Sad thing: my 1200 can read the 16GB M2 using this adapter, while my Windows XP x64 machine cannot. :(
But then, CF cards are MUCH more portable than M2. I think someone also mentioned using a MicroDrive in the PCMCIA adapter. I have given that some thought as I plan to replace the 4GB MicroDrive in my Palm LifeDrive with a CF card.
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For a games (WHDLOAD) machine running 3.1, I'd recommend:
1) 8MB RAM card
2) IndivisionAGA (or SCART TV)
3) 4/8GB CF HD
If you want to run OS3.9 and/or play more of the later demos/games then:
1) 32/64MB 030
2) IndivisionAGA (or SCART TV)
3) 4/8GB CF HD
If you want to muck around on the internet (slow) you can also add a PCMCIA network card (only for 030+).
If you have money to burn you could also go for an 060 rather than the 030 but avoid 040's.
A PCMCIA card reader is also a great idea (who needs floppy discs!).
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Well, I'd pretty much echo what's been said. An '030 accel. , with as much RAM as you can get, an Indivision (unless you have easy access to an Amiga-compatable monitor) and a CF-to-IDE adapter. You might also want to take a look at English Amiga Board, there's quite a bit of advice regarding using CF cards on Amiga's.
I think an '030 should do fine for most gaming, and some light productivity too, if you end up getting into it. I love my '060, but it's definitely not cheap.... And it's maybe overkill if games are your primary goal.
Cammy, you'll have to give us details about using the USB rocket launcher on an Amiga... I thought there was PC-only software to aim it? Are you using a PC emulator for it? Anyway, should you want to escalate the war, here's a link to a version that can be daisy-chained, with a laser sight :)
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8bc4/
I wish I hade better skills with electronics. I'd like to do one with an integrated camera for aiming, displaying on the PC, and maybe an infrared (heat) or motion sensor for unattended firing.
Oh, and I'd add a USB plasma ball....:roflmao:
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If you have a USB card in your Amiga and run the Poseidon USB stack, RocketTool is built-in to it, so all you need to do is plug it in and pick up the joystick or control pad and control it. The Amiga allows you to move the rocket launcher in all eight directions in real time, including diagonals, and you can shoot while moving. The PC software only allows you to move it in one direction at a time and doesn't support diagonal movements, so the Amiga is just way better for using these missile launchers. The only thing lacking is support for those newer ones with webcams, but a classic Amiga wouldn't handle a live video feed very well anyway.
These are the ones I use, I have one on the A1200, one on the Aros laptop and one on the Aros netbook. If you download Icaros Desktop you can use the missile launchers straight away to see how they would work on a real Amiga. http://home.exetel.com.au/amiga/CammyRocketLauncher.JPG
I uploaded a video ages ago demonstrating my A600 on a CRT TV, but at the end of the video I pick up the CD32 ontroller and fire the missile launcher attached to the A1200. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTLvrhlNdyc
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You know, I love throwing lawn darts at children just as much as anyone else, but what the hell is all this Missile business? I thought you were joking, but no, they actually make USB Missile Launchers.
So what is this, an office toy to shoot your co-workers/cat with or something?
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For most the best 68030 powered accelerators are The Phase5 (DCE) Blizzard 1230 MK IV and the GVP Turbo II/Jaws II. The later being comparable in quality but with the problem the RAM is proprietary. Not so much of a problem as Softhut and GVP-M now stock it, I am awaiting my 2x16MB Simms in the post (coming from the USA), upon where I will sell my 2 4MB sticks for other GVP accelerator owners to enjoy.
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You know, I love throwing lawn darts at children just as much as anyone else, but what the hell is all this Missile business? I thought you were joking, but no, they actually make USB Missile Launchers.
So what is this, an office toy to shoot your co-workers/cat with or something?
I guess if you want to build the ultimate computer, it won't be complete without missile launchers. Just like Gus' computer from Superman III - http://meatfighter.com/superman3/part4/index.html
They're great for shooting at cats and visitors. My cat found the blind spot where it can't reach him, right behind it - http://www.flickr.com/photos/24340362@N08/4463504749/
He jumps up and tries to grab the missiles if I fire them at him, and he makes that sound that me makes when he sees birds outside.
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Thank you everyone again for your advice. So far I'm planning on the following:
New PAL A1200 from AmigaKit with US powersupply/adapter.
IDE to CF card kit with 4GB CF card from AmigaKit
PCMCIA CF Kit from AmigaKit for file transfer between PC and A1200
Indivision AGA - when it becomes available again
2x Joystick from AmigaKit
Now, I do want accelerator as well, just can't decide on which one
Blizzard 1230 vIV - hard to find, expensive
e-matrix 1230/50,32MB - available at http://www.vesalia.de/e_ematrix1230.htm for $246 - runs at 50MHz and has 32MB RAM
GVP-M Typhoon A1200 030 40MHz - available at http://www.softhut.com for $200 with 32MB RAM, runs at 40MHz
E-Matrix 1230/40Mhz 16MB - available from AmigaKit for $217, runz at 40MHz, has 16 MB RAM
I think I'm leaning toward the GVP-M Typhoon from softhut.com as the price is right and ships from US (cheap). The eMatrix 1230/50,32MB from vesalia.de is interesting because it runs at 50MHz, but is more expensive and ships from Europe, which means higher shipping cost.
Ultimately, the most important thing will be compatibility, stability. Which one of these do you think I should go with. 16MB vs 32MB RAM is not a big deal for me.
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They're great for shooting at cats and visitors. My cat found the blind spot where it can't reach him, right behind it - http://www.flickr.com/photos/24340362@N08/4463504749/
He jumps up and tries to grab the missiles if I fire them at him, and he makes that sound that me makes when he sees birds outside.
I was going to exclaim those are the exact uses. Anyway, I may have mentioned this to you before, but I had a black stray who wandered into my apartment and never left. He came round a couple of weeks before Halloween so I was going to name him something like "Magic" or "Black Magic" but was not satisfied with the idea, so I followed the logical links from magic to Merlin, then Merlin's "pet" owl in "Sword in the Stone," Archimedes. :)
I think it is absolutely hilarious that the rocket launcher controller is included in Poseidon!
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Well, I have the GVP-M Typhoon A1200 030 40MHz - available at http://www.softhut.com for $200 with 32MB RAM, runs at 40MHz that I purchased a couple of months ago. It's been great and the price was right.
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Thanks everyone again.
I purchased the GVP-M Typhoon A1200 030 40MHz 32MB from SoftHut
and the following from AmigaKit:
1 x PC to Amiga Joystick Adapter Cable (ADAJOY001)
1 x Amiga Technologies A1200 (New Old Stock) (ATAMI1200)
Region PAL (UK, Europe, Australiasia)
Power Supply Unit North America Adapter (115v)
1 x 10 X AMIGA FORMATTED FLOPPY DISKS DSDD (FDMAMI001)
1 x Amiga RGB to VGA Monitor Adapter (ADAMON001)
2 x Competition Pro Joystick (Amiga/C64) (JOYAMI006)
1 x 4GB CF IDE HARD DISK (HDDIDECF4)
1 x EasyADF PCMCIA Compact Flash Transfer Kit (ADAPCMCFL)
Memory Card 4GB CF
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Hey Archimedes is a cool name for a cat, it even reminds me a bit of Acorn computers. My cat was named Black Magic when I got him from the animal shelter, but it suits him. I used to have a stray cat that would visit from time to time, stay the night and have a meal, then leave the next morning. He was lanky, grey and old looking so I named him Gandalf.
pkupcik, those two joysticks you ordered from AmigaKit will only work with 1-button games. You really should look into getting a 2-button joystick/control pad (Sega style) or a proper CD32 pad.
The Competition Pro has four buttons that all do the same thing. It has a switch that disables two of the buttons. I can't think of anything so stupid, why can't that switch change it to 2-button mode? You need to modify these joysticks for them to be any good for a lot of Amiga games. They're more useful for Commodore64 users.
I'm glad you got the accelerator with 32MB RAM. You definitely wouldn't want 16MB if you want to try some of the more recent Amiga games, make sure you download Total Chaos in advance, ready to copy over to the Amiga and extract.
That RGB-VGA adapter will be useless unless you have an old multisync monitor. It will let you display Workbench in 640x480 on a regular VGA monitor, but you won't be able to play any games with it, you'll need to have your Amiga plugged into a TV or something for that.
The PC-Amiga adapter is only for using PC Analogue joysticks with the Amiga, which is okay but there aren't many games that support analogue controls on the Amiga. Look out for racing games that allow you to use the mouse as a control, those games should work (No Second Prize for example).
What kind of display are you planning on using with the A1200? Since you don't have an Indivision, you will need something that supports PAL/NTSC 15khz inputs like a TV or old RGB monitor, or a multisync monitor. Most LCD TVs will work, but Composite can be pretty blurry to use. If you're going to use a TV as your display, I'd recommend either using Scart (if the TV has that input) or getting a RGB-to-S-Video adapter for the Amiga which will give you a much sharper image with no dot crawl or colour bleeding. If you want to use a regular VGA monitor, you can get these litle boxes now that have three inputs (S-Video, Composite and VGA) and one VGA output. You can plug the Amiga into one of these and it will scan-double and flicker-fix the output for displaying on VGA monitors. If you use one of these, again it's better to use the S-Video than Composite, but since you have that RGB-VGA adapter you could plug this in as well as Composite, and just use the controls on the box to switch between Workbench (VGA) and games (Composite). Unfortunately if you were to use an external S-Video adapter, you couldn't also use the VGA adapter since they both plug into the RGB port, but since the PAL 640x512 screenmode runs faster than the VGA 640x480 screenmode and the external box would be fixing the flicker anyway, you'd just be better off sticking to using PAL all the time if you had an S-Video adapter. The only good thing about using a VGA screenmode is you get a smaller mouse pointer.
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Yeah without the indivision AGA you will want to seek out either an old Commodore 1084 or get a Multisystem TV. I grabbed one off of Craigslist for $40 and it has SCART and works great with the 1200 and my PAL CD32.
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Hi Cammy,
thanks for all your comments.
To be honest I didn't know about the 2-button joystick. When I had A500 15-20 years ago all I had was one button joystick. What two button joysticks would you recommend that I can plug into the A1200? I bought the joystick adapter just to have it, in case I ever want to use it in the future. Don't want to take a chance that one day I may need it and it won't be available.
For video connectivity, ultimately I'm planning to buy a scan doubler, but it's out of stock until Q3. For now I have ordered a converter that accepts 15khz RGB signal and outputs NTSC S-video (http://www.ambery.com/rgrgtotvcosc.html). It specifically says that it's compatible with Amiga 15khz RGB output. Hopefully it works, I'm also planning to use the same device with my soon to be arriving ZX Spectrum +2/A with RGB output.
As a backup, I have Pioneer Kuro plasma TV that accepts PAL composite signal. I also have a composite PAL to NTSC converter at home. Basically I'm hoping that at least one of these connections will work until I get the scan doubler.
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For video connectivity, ultimately I'm planning to buy a scan doubler, but it's out of stock until Q3. For now I have ordered a converter that accepts 15khz RGB signal and outputs NTSC S-video (http://www.ambery.com/rgrgtotvcosc.html). It specifically says that it's compatible with Amiga 15khz RGB output. Hopefully it works, I'm also planning to use the same device with my soon to be arriving ZX Spectrum +2/A with RGB output.
As a backup, I have Pioneer Kuro plasma TV that accepts PAL composite signal. I also have a composite PAL to NTSC converter at home. Basically I'm hoping that at least one of these connections will work until I get the scan doubler.
I know I speak for a few others in the states when I ask this. Please let us know how each of these works out for you. I debated over what to do with my CD32, thought about the converters you mentioned and just went with a PAL compatible TV which is working out OK.
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Hey, that RGB to VGA converter box should be perfect! I'm curious to see how well it works since you should get a cleaner signal through that RGB-VGA adapter than through Composite or S-Video. Looks like you may have a winning combination there.
As for 2-button joysticks, anything that is designed for the Sega Master System or Sega Genesis/Mega Drive will work as a 2-button controller on an Amiga. You can still buy these brand new 6-button controllers (only two buttons are of any use on the Amiga though unless you modify them) and they're pretty cheap. DealExtreme have some, but you can get better ones with turbo/autofire options if you look around. I use these on several of my Amigas http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.30530
There are some pictures of some common 2-button Amiga controllers and a very short list of games that support them in one of my older posts: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=559321&postcount=24
I use a QuickShot Python as my main A500 joystick, which is switchable between 1-button and 2-button mode, and has an Auto-Fire switch.
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Thanks for the Joystick suggestions. Btw. is there a way to connect USB joysticks, game-pads from PC?
I will let you guys know how the converter box works when I set it up. My guess is the A1200 will not arrive to my door step until late next week or even later, since Monday is a holiday. I can't wait.
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If you get a Subway USB card for your A1200 you can use USB control pads and joysticks, but only with system-friendly software, so that throws out 95% of games. You can get Playstation 2 to Amiga/CD32 adapters, these are the best thing you could want, but you either have to build it yourself or bug this guy named Paul to make one for you. Here's his YouTube channel, which seems like the only place to contact him. Unfortunately my messages haven't been getting through to him for a while so I dunno if YouTube is playing up or if he blocked me.
http://www.youtube.com/user/paulwillingham4d79
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If you get a Subway USB card for your A1200 you can use USB control pads and joysticks, but only with system-friendly software, so that throws out 95% of games.
What about under WHDLoad?
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Unfortunately WHDLoad conflicts with Poseidon and won't allow you to use USB devices in WHDLoad-installed games.
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He is writing people back, he just wrote me. That was going to be my suggestion is a PS2 adapter! Those videos just make me drool. Using a PSX Mouse in place of a Joystick, or using as PS2 Controller in place of a CD32 controller really makes this sound like the must have tech of the year, or close to it! :)
Anyhow, Cammy, I had a feeling you were a cat lady. Black Magic looks like the male counter part to my oldest and very ancient cat Toob, aka Oob, aka Ms. Kitty, aka Hello Kitty, aka Poop. And yes she responds to all those names including the other aliases I've forgotten over time. :)
If you get a Subway USB card for your A1200 you can use USB control pads and joysticks, but only with system-friendly software, so that throws out 95% of games. You can get Playstation 2 to Amiga/CD32 adapters, these are the best thing you could want, but you either have to build it yourself or bug this guy named Paul to make one for you. Here's his YouTube channel, which seems like the only place to contact him. Unfortunately my messages haven't been getting through to him for a while so I dunno if YouTube is playing up or if he blocked me.
http://www.youtube.com/user/paulwillingham4d79
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Unfortunately WHDLoad conflicts with Poseidon and won't allow you to use USB devices in WHDLoad-installed games.
That sucks. I wonder if this is something Chris and the WHDLoad team could work to fix. Just a quick sort-of-off-topic thought.
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I've just been talked out of buying one.
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I've just been talked out of buying one.
Talked out of buying what?
Who talked you out of it?
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LoadWB and Cammy on the USB adapter for the 1200.
At least till WHDLoad has a work around.