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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: sturulez on January 12, 2017, 02:39:20 PM

Title: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: sturulez on January 12, 2017, 02:39:20 PM
Hi,

I'm thinking of updating my Amiga 1200 with an accelerator. I know they can be quite expensive, seen a few on Ebay and seen this one on amigakit

Does anyone in this forum have one, if so is it worth the money?

thanks
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: nicholas on January 12, 2017, 02:53:14 PM
Depends on what you want to do with your 1200.
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: sturulez on January 12, 2017, 03:06:12 PM
Quote from: nicholas;819602
Depends on what you want to do with your 1200.


its mainly gaming.
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: Acill on January 12, 2017, 04:21:45 PM
Quote from: sturulez;819603
its mainly gaming.


It would be great for that if you are only gaming.
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on January 12, 2017, 04:43:40 PM
Quote from: sturulez;819603
its mainly gaming.


Specificity, folks. When you say "gaming", do you mean "playing simple games that came out in the 1980's", or "Doom/Quake/Breathless/insert name of game with high system requirements here"?

If the former, yes, it should be fine for WHDLoad games. If the latter... Well, you get the point. :lol:
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: sturulez on January 15, 2017, 01:48:26 PM
Would it be worth purchasing if i wanted to upgrade my OS to 3.9?
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on January 15, 2017, 02:31:39 PM
Quote from: sturulez;819769
Would it be worth purchasing if i wanted to upgrade my OS to 3.9?

You will definitely want some kind of accelerator for 3.9. The fast you can afford, the better.

http://os.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=8
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: sturulez on January 22, 2017, 08:20:16 PM
Does 3.9 work okay with WHDload?
Title: Re: ACA 1221EC Accelerator
Post by: Oldsmobile_Mike on January 22, 2017, 08:39:13 PM
Quote from: sturulez;820420
Does 3.9 work okay with WHDload?

You have that backward - the question should be "Does WHDLoad work okay in 3.9?" - Yes, yes it does.  :)

WHDLoad can have issues with certain cards (for example, very high end accelerators, network cards, GVP Spectrum graphics card), but not likely anything you're going to run into with a regular A1200.