Who here agrees this is the worst technology...

[scuzzb494]

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Commodore-AMIGA-1200-OVERDRIVE-External-PCMCIA-Hard-Disk-Drive-HDD-170-MB-Mo-/281194526580

Who here agrees that if someone owns an A1200 that he should never buy this? Why? Well, simply put A1200 already have an IDE port inside the motherboard....second...you lose your PCMCIA for a harddrive that could have being used for something more important than a harddrive.

Though....it does look sexy and elegant...it is a useless device. Unless people want to mimic Amiga 500 but with AGA capacity and does not mind their Amiga have no access to the internet.

Why is it useless... I have one of these.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/overdrive/a87_aod01.jpg

Remember back in those days there were those that didn't have the technical skill to open up the Amiga and slot on the hard drive. The mags at the time were filled with sidecars for the Amiga and this followed on the tradition of sidecars for the 500.  Few people actually used the PCMCIA port anyway, given that because of the demise of Commodore there were few products that were manufactured to use it. There really was no internet in truth in the way that we have today. I think you need to draw a distinction between an enthusiast who likes collecting and playing with Amiga gadgets and someone who is trying to use an Amiga 1200 as a usable computer. I have like a gzillion Amiga 1200s [ or feels like it ] and I bought one of these.... Easy, simple to use and you can simply unplug when you don't want to use it.


http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz22.htm

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz30.htm

PS It also gave you the option of having two hard drives on your computer. How cool was that.

[scuzzb494]

What is that adapter for GVP-HD+ for?

The adaptor is for the Overdrive and not the GVP. The Overdrive takes its power from the diskdrive port on the back of the Amiga. Bit like the VidiAmiga and other such equipment. The GVP also needs a power supply and sadly too many are sold on Ebay without them so always check what power supply is required and whether you have both halves of it.

[scuzzb494]

Then came The Squirrel.

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/car_0807/car_2708_050.jpg

Though this is way better on the 1200....

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/a_scuzz_nov02/a_scuzz_nov02_221.jpg
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/a_scuzz_nov02/a_scuzz_nov02_220.jpg