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Best upgrade path for stock A1200?
« on: August 07, 2006, 04:58:59 PM »
What would be the best upgrade path for a stock A1200 computer?  I'm looking into upgrading the CPU and RAM with an accelerator, and make it a bit more capable.  Though I don't want to towerize the system (I prefer to keep it in the original case if I can).  My usage would be:

Music composition/mod tracking
Light Graphics work (something like DPaint)
Mild networking stuff (IRC, web browsing, FTP)
Some gaming (like WHDLoad and such)
Connection to future home file server.

If anyone knows of a decent upgrade path, let me know.
 

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Re: Best upgrade path for stock A1200?
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2006, 05:06:35 PM »
While I understand I'll need a graphics card, is there anything in specific you can suggest to use in a stock 1200?  I ask because I think the trapdoor bay in the back might be taken up by an external SCSI port.  I'm not sure yet about that.
 

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Re: Best upgrade path for stock A1200?
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2006, 05:31:18 PM »
Ok, here's what it shows:

CPU 68020
Custom chips: AA PAL (Alice), AA Lisa
Vers: Kickstart version 40.60, Exec version 40.10, Disk version 40.42
RAM: ~2.0MB Chip
 

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Re: Best upgrade path for stock A1200?
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2006, 05:40:33 PM »
Nope.  Empty.  Same for the trapdoor space under the system.
 

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Re: Best upgrade path for stock A1200?
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2006, 06:01:10 PM »
Yeah, I just read in a few posts that some emulators of older systems (like my C64) may need faster than an 030 to emulate (for one or two I apparently need an 060 or PPC).