Advice on best A1200 accelerator

[Snoozy]

Hi ppl, i would value ur advice on recommending an accelerator card for my a1200 that i have recently revived. I have purchased a 4gb hard drive card and installed this but my a1200 needs more memory...so bought a 2mb SRam card to install in the pcmcia slot (not received it yet) but i don't think this will be enough for games over 4-5 disks (eg Conquest Camelot or Monkey Island etc)
 
So i hope this question hasn't been asked many times b4 but what sort of card should i be looking at? 8mb minimum? How do i strike a balance between good value for money and decent working with Whdload? I don't need a super duper mega card!
 
Is a budget of £50-£80 realistic? There's not much on ebay at the moment but there are a couple of cards..:confused:
 
Thanks for any help you can give me :afro: wow i'm glad my hair isn't as big as this - i'll keep it spikey :roflmao:

[Snoozy]

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?

[Snoozy]

It makes you wonder what the point of the trap-door is?:lol:
 
So do i def need an accelerator card or is there a way of adding 8mb ram on a board ?

[Snoozy]

Thanks for the heads up andy. So why is nicholas talking about selling a blizzard 060 card on this thread when I am looking 4 a standard acceleerator just 2 use for whdload?!

[Snoozy]

*accelerator

[Snoozy]

That seems to b slightly higher than my requirements, I expect it about £300\£400:roflmao:

[Snoozy]

Well then I think u may hav misread my initial post...

[Snoozy]

I know shouldn't really link to ebay but what do ppl think of this card... is it enough just for playing whdload games if it had 8mb additional ram (9mb total)
 
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amiga-1200-AlfaRAM-9mb-card-1mb-onboard-tested-NOS-/170691861813?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27be071d35
 
I'd value ur opinions

[Snoozy]

Thanks fitzsteve i find it interesting and useful to hear you guys opinions, so is that card worse than a budget accelerator? By the time the extra ram is added it will be approx £80-100 - poor value?
 
Also if i buy a low end accelerator do i need to change my a1200 power pack to an a500 power brick? :angry: I would be devestated to see my a1200 melt :roflmao:

[Snoozy]

Have sourced a ACA030@25 64mb fast ram for £85 off amibay, what do you guys think?

[Snoozy]

I thought I wud just say thanks 2 u all that hav helped me so far, I've been sort of taken off guard wit how friendly u hav all been. I let u know when I get the card

[Snoozy]

Ok i've got an ACA1230 card and i've installed it but am facing problems. I have 3.0 kick rom (and i really can't face changing the roms over unless i have to)
 
The card is not recognised by the 1200, if i have it pushed flush into fitting i get a green screen :angry:  if i switch off and move backwards a touch (as recommended), wb loads but the card is not recognised. Installing the floppy ACAtune is not allowed by the computer as it says the card is not recognised!! so why are the manufacturers providing outdated software :angry:
 
I can't find the new software on the website...does any one have a link to it. Do i need to save to a usb flashcard and then load from flash to pcmcia ?? Do i need to install rom 3.1 as i understand ACA cards can use 3.1 rom without actually having to change the rom in the computer. And it seems 3.1 is much better to go with this card.
 
This is getting more complicated than i was expecting :confused:
 
Any help would be appreciated

[Snoozy]

Hi desiv,
 
no its not showing the card on boot sequence (checking under expansion card diagnostics)
 
I kept the jumper closed (or covered) as per the manufacturer recommendation for rom 3.0.
 
I am confounded why the computer won't recognise the card :confused:

[Snoozy]

ok, it says........ 68020 Inst : Cache
 
Argh!!! :madashell:

[Snoozy]

i tried that earlier :confused:
 
should i try spraying compressed air around the connectors?