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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Robert17 on June 26, 2004, 07:20:27 PM
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Hey everyone I've been looking at accelerators for a while and I've decided that a Blizzard 1230 would be a good starter as it's a fair speedup and not too expensive, where's the best place to buy a New or a good used one, I'm in the UK and I'd rather not pay over the odds :-)
Cheers
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Don't forget to get a big power supply before you get your accelerator card. The 25W supply that came with your A1200 won't do the job.
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No I've not forgotten about that, I recently asked about that on here and somebody posted me a link showing how to wire an atx power supply to the amiga. I'm an electrician so it's straight forward enough
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Yes, the Blizzard 1230 is the best range of '030 accelerators for
Amiga 1200. Phase5 must have made a good profit on these.
The pinnacle of A1200 1230s was the Phase5 Blizzard 1230-IV. That is
the 4th one in the series.
It allows up to 128mb of RAM and a further 128mb (to make 256mb) if
you add the SCSI-IV kit onto the 1230-IV.
The best place to get the Blizzard 1230-IV is on eBay, eBay is also
the worst place as it'll cost on average £80 there. Your best bet is
to get lucky with a bargain on Amibench or a local trade paper.
Points to remember with the Blizzard 1230 are firstly to go for the
1230-IV if possible, to make sure it comes with memory (won't work if
there's no SIMM onboard), make sure it has a full 50Mhz 68030 (cheaper
brands used 40Mhz/68EC030) and it would be the cherry on the cake if
you had a 50Mhz 68882 FPU. This FPU thing looks like another gold
square but smaller and will speed up 3D games and apps.
A Goliath power supply would be reccomended too, or a Wizard Powerbox.
You could also convert a PC AT/ATX power supply. When I got my 1230-IV
it performed okay without one, but as soon as I added bits like a
scandoubler I blew 2x A1200 PSU and an A500 supply (which is supposed
to be beefier!)
And just one final note, be patient when installing it as any trapdoor
card can be a pain to fit at first due to the enclosed space and tight
fitting connectors. Use your thumb and lever the SIMM socket a little
whilst guiding the 150-pin connector onto the motherboard.
8-)
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I saw one on Ebay (germany) the other day with 16mb for £55 darn I should have brought it. I have seen that a company called Amiga SuperBit in Spain sell them for a good price and presumably new, has anybody else had experience in trading with this company?