Apollo 1230

[lassie]

Hi guys i got an Amiga 1200 last week, and think it is a cool machine, and today i purchased an Apollo 1230 with 32 meg. Is it a good upgrade for my Amiga? and is it good for 3D games?

[lassie]

For 3D, recommended min CPU is 040 or 060. My 68030 50MHz barely plays Doom at 7-10fps.
Some games are more playable then others.
Which game you have in mind?

Hi i was thinking games like Gloom and Fears and breathless. i thought i could run Doom fairly well since it had 32 mb ram but mayby i was mistaking

[lassie]

Thanks for your input there is hope for some 3D action with this board. I just hope whdload still will work as it does now.

[lassie]

Do you guys know if i can use the power supply that came with the Amiga 1200, with this board and and hard disks? or do i need a different power supply?

[lassie]

Try Frontier Elite... really cool 3D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbegNmKRZUM

Hi i must check this game out

[lassie]

my  setup  blizzard030/50 fpu  does doom  quite well ...ran doom 2  off the cd rom wasnt bad  ..bit  slowish  ..made the screen smaller ..less detail ..was  playable  ..played heretic  ..more like watched  it ..jerky  ..ran hexen
basically  not playable  but cool to see my 1200  running  it  ..
wanted to get quake  going  but never got a copy of  the  file to run it or an original  cd  etc..so missed out on that one  ..
ive  read  ..somewhere ..that forsaken  is possible  ..on my 030 i doubt it ..but  never tried  it  ..often wondered  if the akiko  chip  in cd 32  would  make  3d better  ..i have  had  microcosm running on my 1200 without akiko chip  ..seemed it used the fpu  on the accelerator  i was using then ..

Sounds like i can play some 3D games on this board fairly well

[lassie]

Yup! I left the Amiga scene before the 3D games became popular, and when I came back in the early 2000's I went straight to '060. Lately I've been diggin' my newly assembled A1200/030 (for WHDLoad perfection) and am really impressed with how a lot of those games run... most are 100% playable. :-)

So you think all whdload games will still work with this new board i am going to get?

[lassie]

With WHDload, the majority of compatibility issues are no problem at all.

okay that is good to know i checked out the game Speris Legacy you guys talked about, looks like a cool game, i have never tried it before. But i read it was one of the last game from Team 17 on the Amiga. they knew how to make good games i must say

[lassie]

Lassie, how fast CPU do you have on the card? 25/33/40/50 MHz?

sys info on the pictures i saw says 35 Mhz

[lassie]

Nice, How do Alien breed 3D 1-2 and fears, breathless, doom etc play?

Hi i do not know i have not gotten the board yet. It will be sent to me tomorrow    from Uk. I only have seen pictures of it running and sys info. But i am looking forward for it to come :-)

[lassie]

Hi the Apollo 1230 board came today it is always nice to get some new Amiga stuff. But the ram is glued onto the board, can that gives me trouble in the future or what do you think?

[lassie]

I dno not think so, not much to worry about, if it should give you trouble just remove the glue and re-seat them, post a picture of it

Yes i will post a picture soon just to know what is the best way to get glue off? I also got a boxed Amiga 600 today