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PCMCIA CD-Drive Driver's!
« on: February 23, 2004, 12:47:03 PM »
Hi
I have'nt used an Amiga for about 10 Years! But now i thought id get another one as my old A1200 was probably the best computer i ever owned! So i have bought a A1200 from ebay (i havnt actually got it yet!) along with a Blizzard 1230-IV accelerator (is this good, bad or what?)and would like to ask some questions!
1). Is it possable to use USB devices on an A1200??
2). I have a Amacom PCMCIA CD/DVD drive, will this work on the A1200 and does it need drivers and and if so where can i find them?????

Please help!
Im finding this quite daunting, especially as reading through the forum i've never heard of 99.9% of the things your talking about!
 

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Re: PCMCIA CD-Drive Driver's!
« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2004, 01:23:22 PM »
Hi
the Amacom drive has a 16-bit PCMCIA card, so it will work then? Also the Blizzard has a 68030 @ 50MHz and a 68882 @ 50MHz it is also fitted with 32MB of RAM!

Would this machine be able to run OS 4.0 and surf the web? or do i still have alot of work to do??!
 

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Re: PCMCIA CD-Drive Driver's!
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2004, 01:55:35 PM »
Thanks for your help guys!
I have a 10GB and a 4.5GB 2.5" IDE HD from my old laptop, will these work in my A1200? Also is everything inside ready or do i need a fitting kit?

Im sorry for all the questions etc, but i really appreciate your help!
 

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Re: PCMCIA CD-Drive Driver's!
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2004, 03:53:55 PM »
Thanks, just a couple more thing i promise!!
What are the roms for? When i used to have an A1200 the workbench was just on some floppy's?!

Also, earlier someone said that my machine is not powerful enough to decode and play MP3's, yet my Atari Falcon 030 which had the same 68030 cpu but at only 16MHz did it with no trouble at all???!!
 

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Re: PCMCIA CD-Drive Driver's!
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2004, 09:35:57 AM »
Thanks, just a one more thing i promise!!
What are the roms for? When i used to have an A1200 the workbench was just on some floppy's?!

So do those roms contain the OS (workbench) or are they just a firmware update thats necassary for OS 3.9 to run?

Thanks!