Hi all,
I've always been an Amiga user and big fan. I have a number of Amiga's and had the idea of connecting one of my A1200's to install the seemingly great Amiga Game Selector distribution on the real hardware.
But..first I need to make a few decisions about where to install it onto (CF/SD/Harddisk) and how to connect those to my A1200.
1) I was thinking about buying an internal CF2IDE adapter. I currently have a 2,5" harddisk connected there, but would swap that out.
However, AGS (AGA version) requires a 32Gb CF/SD card it says. So my first question is: how will I know if the adapter I have in mind (
https://gotek.nl/shop-ide-2-cf-male/) will be compatible with a particular CF card, as they're normally used with cards up to 4Gb's I understood. And also the brand/type can also matter from what I read here and there.
2) Big CF cards turn out to be quite expensive. Are there any people having good experiences with IDE2SD adapters in an A1200, and if so: which types?
3) Does the kickstart version of the Amiga 1200 matter? I have both a Commodore version (3.0 I guess) as well as an Amiga International version (3.1).
4) I was also looking at an HD alternative. I could also watch out for a cheap 2nd hand 2,5" HD with a minimum capacity of 32Gb and preferably low rotation speeds to minimize noise. I assume that I can just as easily 'write' the AGS image to an HD as I can write it to a memory card with e.g. Win32DiskImager, right?
5) I was also looking at and IDE->PCMCIA adapter, so that I can easily switch cards if required without opening the Amiga. Any pros/cons in particular compared to the internal solutions?
Quite some questions, sorry.
It's not that I haven't tried doing my homework..but so far I haven't found answers to these questions.
Would be much appreciated if you guys could share any (partial) experiences/knowledge.
Best regards!
