A1200..."overdriven"

[Homo-AGA]

Hi all, quite recently I bought an Amiga 1200 from ebay, and I have a few questions concerning some major hardware issues.

1. I will be requiring as much necessary info about how to get the Apollo chip(and if worth of buying), ajnd any other additional hardware. What will I be needing in general to make an A1200 working.

2. Can Linux (Suse 7.3) be utillised as an OS for such an Amiga. I have heard that Linux doesn't have any extravagant requirements.

3. What about OS? Will I be able to run some programms/games from the good old Amiga days (workbench3.0 etc)

4. What about graphic expansion? Does a modified amiga 1200 accept any old PCMCIA graphic cards?

5. Internet access: What are the limitations for such a machine? I 've heard that since PCMCIA card is what an Ethernet 10/100 is then it will be no problem to use it for internet access.

Guys, I know that these questions far from few, but drop a line or two. It will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Homo-AGA]

Concerning my issue,

I'd like to thank you both for your feedback. As far as the "towering" of the amiga, yes, I will be requiring some more help. When you say expensive around how many quid would that be? (if we are talking about hundreds, then oops...better stick with my celeron ). Do I have to replace any interface adapters or something, or are we talking about a whole new system with just the AGA chipset on board?

I don't know people, I don't know where to start from, perhaps it would be better to just write a url link where I will be able to find something.   :-?

So after all, the only thing that matters after taking care of the Accelerator card is the graphic card interface.

PS: I spoke with someone today, and he advised me that it would be better to save my money for A1, propably because of the outdated AGA chipset. But I just would like to get this baby working (if the money is worth for doing this).

And finally:

I saw some screenshots on the OS series of operating systems available for customised Amigas, and looks something between the Linux GUI and workbench 3.1/2/0. Can someone actually buy an OS (say 3.9) or is it in a freeware status?

Thanks for your patience (and tolerance)

 :-)

[Homo-AGA]

Vielen Dank!

Think I will get my hands on it OR on my older amiga 600 and give it a try. And as far as soldering irons is concerned, yes, it is my area alright

There is a site www.amiga600.de, where these guys really did some nice work. And seems like the task is not that easy.

Actually the only reason I want to go for expansions and all of that is because of the fact that I study electronics and would like to study older MIPS and 60' series microprocessors. And perhaps (why not) have an alternative computer (other than the new Celeron, 2.0 GHz) which could do some work using a bit less "sophisticated" OS and system but more focused in specific tasks. And to be frank, I have come to the conclusion that there is no reason for someone to stick to the "standardised" instead of standard products Microsoft or Apple offer. It's all silicon, at the end of the day, and to be frank I think that Microsoft is beginning to have a downfall, because of the fact that they focuse too much in "encrypted"/multi-layered (useless) platforms that in essense lose in quality because of their approach to massive market...blah blah blah..got carried away...

I hope you understand a bit more of my initiative.