A1200NG questions

[mariovieira]

Hi,

Last week I ordered an A1200NG board with options at Amigakit.fr, since the website says it’s in stock. I also sent an e-mail with some questions but didn’t receive a reply or any indication of the board being shipped. I don’t have an order confirmation, just the PayPal receipt.

One of the questions I asked was if there was no option to add a CPU booster. I guess this past weekend made this question obsolete. 

Another question is if the SD card gets corrupted or damaged (or if we want to use a bigger one), will it be possible to download a recovery image or install the system on a bigger card?

Thanks.


Edit: Almost forgot… can a usb thumb drive be used to load files on a workbench installation or does it just work like a gotek? I expect the CF card to work like that but I have this doubt about usb thumb drives…

[mariovieira]

@AmigaOldskooler

Interesting… that means the CF card isn’t as much of a necessity as in my real Amiga 1200.

Did you ever try to use a different SD card from the one that came with the board?

[mariovieira]

@F0LLETT

Thanks!

Yeah, I imagined they could be in the US.

Well, for me, after this weekend, the CPU Booster seems a waste, since there will be an accelerator card that replaces the SBC… I much rather prefer to invest in that.

[mariovieira]

Well… received an e-mail today from Amigakit.fr, about my A1200NG order, informing me they have many orders and are having difficulties getting stock from the UK… although their website states there is stock available at their Luxembourg warehouse… No info if there’s a waiting list or if it can be maybe fulfilled next week, next month or next year…

Disappointing, to say the least. If there’s no stock, why does the website shows it has?

Not too happy about this…

[mariovieira]

They are built to order.  Ordered mine beginning of September and got this week.  They were away over the summer with various Amiga 40 events (USA) and had to catch up with August September backlog.

Still doesn’t justify the fact that the website clearly states there’s stock available in Luxembourg. Just put “built to order” and that’s fine.

[mariovieira]

It is pointless having a go at me.

I was just making a point. If you thought I was having a go at you, my apologies. That was not my intention at all…

Perhaps your parcel is held up in Customs, for Tariffs??

Luxembourg and Portugal both belong to the EU. That’s the main reason not to order from the UK directly. No customs or tariffs. Besides that, I’m assuming that when it leaves I’ll receive some email related to it being shipped and a tracking number (at least I hope so).