Blizzard PPC - is it worth it?

[Brian]

Well.. I got both an BPPC and a B1260 and I belive it's worth it...

IF you can get it relativly cheap, find that the current and uppcoming PPC software is realy the way to go, calculate in the fact that you can have a GFX card in the machine without Zorro/PCI expansion and valuate that, and are willing to face the chance that OS4 might not make it to the BPPC card.

If you can say that 3 or more of the above statements are fullfilled then by all means buy it, else wait. :-D

[Brian]

On the privat market here in Sweden a BlizzardPPC 040 goes for around 125$ and add about 40$ for the SCSI model (price is virtually the same whether the PPC is then a 175 or a 210Mhz version). The 060 model is alot more expencive but if you know a person who's good with a solderiron you could add the 060 yourself later for about 110$ + work. :-D

[Brian]

A BPPC have never been sold with a 040/40 so there have obviously been some work done to the card. The BPPC there seem to have SCSI and together with the BVision, CGFX4 and two 64Mb simms it's not that bad a deal actually but be aware of the fact that this card will most likely not like to sit in a A1200 desctop even if you add feets under it but most likely needs a tower due to the heat of the 040 and BVision.

[Brian]

I don't know what you pay for the BlizzVision but I've seen two BlizzVision cards here in Sweden go for 45Euros, and one is in my possesion. :-D