Blizzard A1230 IV questions

[Hyperspeed]

Yes, the Blizzard 1230-IV is the best accelerator you can buy for
A1200. It is extremely compatible and a good all-rounder.

The manual will say it can take 256Mb unlike the 192Mb a Blizzard 1260
can take.

However I wouldn't really reccomend double-sided SIMMs as they will
touch the trapdoor and transfer heat to the plastic.

Your best bet is to get a single sided 64Mb FPM SIMM. If you have a
tower then you might want to track down a double sided 128Mb FPM.

The Blizzard 1230-IV like all RAM expansions with a CPU on will
mapinto a different memory address space to the PCMCIA slot. If you
have an 8Mb RAM card with no CPU then that is where the problems
begin.

Whilst you're waiting for the 1230-IV to arrive you could look for a
50Mhz 68882 FPU and a SCSI-IV kit to allow you to use another SIMM and
have access to fast scanners etc.

Another point to note is that there are two jumpers on the 1230-IV
(Two pairs of pins which can be bridged with a little plastic-coated
connector), these allow you to switch between 60Ns/70Ns SIMMs and also
allow you to copy your entire Kickstart ROM into FastMem (which speeds
up some operations tenfold).

Good stuff, a 1230-IV also retains it's value on eBay - if not
appreciating in value due to the compatibility/quality.

[Hyperspeed]

Well performance-wise the Blizzard 1230-IV is just a quarter of the
raw power of the Blizzard 1260 (SysInfo v2.6) but the '030 makes up
for this in terms of sheer compatibility, plug-n-play with no
libraries or FPU mapping needed, it's a third of the price of the 1260
too.

This is why I think it makes The Peoples accelerator.

:-D

The Blizzard 1260 is a monster of an accelerator though but is quite
imbalanced on AGA only systems, there is a bit of a graphics
bottleneck there.

I can't see the point of BlizKick to be honest, I've read the Guide
and half the modules have "Useless" or "Unreliable hack" written next
to them by the author (Piru).

If you have a Phase5 1260, 68060.library 46.7 and SCSI-IV ROM 8.5 then
I see no point in the program. It certainly is going to add to the
plethora of hacks that can destabilise the general reliability of
things.

Feel free to point out it's merits though, I have a nasty habit of
reading the AmigaGuide and arriving at rash opinions.

:-D :-D :-D