My A1200 Desktop (Not a Wedge!)

[NovaCoder]

Hiya,

Interesting project, thanks for sharing.

Not sure why you are going to the trouble of adding a Mediator, I think it will be pretty pointless to use RTG and other PC cards with an ACA1230 28MHz.

I think Mediators are pretty pointless period but that's another story

[NovaCoder]

Getting a decent SCSI and Ethernet setup are my main reasons for the mediator. The Radeon is just a bonus to speed up RTG compatible stuff that doesn't run well at 1280x720 on AGA.

The best SCSI performance is one that is attached directly to your CPU card, I would assume that anything going through the Mediator is going to be slow because of the bus it uses to connect to your 1200 motherboard.

The Mrk2 will eventually be able to support a workable 1280x720 desktop.

[NovaCoder]

Yes expanding old Amiga hardware can be a very frustrating.  

I never try anything too radical with my own 1200 for that very reason.  

And I've pulled the plug on a couple of updates which became way too painful (the Delfina Flipper and FastATA come to mind).