Blizzard IV SCSI performance and availability

[Hodgkinson]

Hi folks,
I've been thinking about the possibility of upgrading the speed of my A1200's HDD access. Unfortunately, due to the necessity to keep the upper RF shield intact, and the recent addition of a heatsink to the custom chips, conventional IDE Fixes and the Fast ATA interface appear to be out of the question.

I’ve seen that the Blizzard 1230IV card (Which I am using in the A1200) can be upgraded with the Blizzard IV SCSI module. As this card is unaffected by the use RF shield etc, and it provides additional RAM capacity, whats' peoples experiences of this add-on like (Especially getting the 1230IV in and out with it in place...) and how rare/expensive do these cards recon to be?

Thanks,
Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Any idea what the URL of that auction was? I'd like to have a look...

£2 less than what they are advertising on Amigakit...

Can't say i've ever seen them on amigakit...If they had them, then thats where i'd buy one from if I decided to get one.

Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Thanks for the replies.

Amibench still seems to be online...Going to www.amibench.org/ doesn't work, but going to http://www.amibench.org/cgi-bin/view.pl?type=sale&country=All Does. Must be some redirect problem with their website.

:-) Re the rear plastic panel. That’s going to be interesting...I've already got a HyperCOM MK1 in there...Looks like I’d have to fabricate some kind of dual header bracket to hang out the back of the A1200.

What’s the going price on these SCSI kits? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Hodgkinson.