Advice on best A1200 accelerator

[runequester]

With patience an 030/25 with 8 megs of RAM can probably be had pretty cheap, and that should be plenty for your needs, though I'd look into getting one of the ACA cards. Its a bit more, but they are extremely nice.

[runequester]

The ACA's also benefit from faster memory, or so I seem to recall.
I was shocked that on my 030/56, AB3D2 was completely playable.

[runequester]

Wow sheesh guys thanks for all your help I realise now when i was using my a1200 in the early to mid 90's i was a "software boy" only wit no real knowledge of the hardware capabilities.
 
I really don't look forward to fitting it cos i know if i get it wrong i could kill the card. I've looked in the trap door and found what i think is the male connectors? hmmm :angry:
 
how much ram is ur card capable of taking nicholas?

Dont worry, I was in the same boat when I re-acquired an amiga

Fitting an accelerator card is quite safe. It really will only fit one way.
Changing kickstart ROM's was a bit hair raising for me, what with all the tiny little legs and stuff.

[runequester]

I had no issues with the metal shield touching, but yeah, trying to fit the card through the slot is basically impossible Take the girl apart and put in the card.

The ACA cards are a /really/ snug fit too. Once its in, its there to stay!

[runequester]

If you are soft kicking a different ROM, I think you'll always get a soft reboot, ala how OS 3.9 does it.

3.1 ROMs are cheap to get, so I'd go for it.

[runequester]

I was able to do it without any special tools. Just be careful and patient. THere's a lot of tiny little legs

[runequester]

A screw driver and a thin knife. Just wedge it out very carefully and gently.

[runequester]

That's how OS 3.9 does it normally you mean

With an ACA it's very easy to build a custom 3.9 ROM (eg the 3.1 ROM + the 3.9 updates and the Boing Bags), you can then use this with the ACA without the soft reboot

Anything you can help with ?

It does annoy the heck out of me, to have it do the soft reboot, particularly if trying to access the boot menu.

[runequester]

Here ya go -> Guide: How to burn a Custom Kickstart 3.9 (incl. 1MB ROM)

Amiga spirit indeed

I'll have to mess with that this weekend.