Can anyone tell me what this is?

[Martin_Lee]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3543&item=8175744805

its an accelorator card, but which one?

[Effy]

It looks like a Ram card with option to add a co-processor ...

[patrik]

@Martin_Lee:

This is the card.


/Patrik

[Effy]

AmiTek: Hawk   
Gasteiner: M1202

Max Ram:8MB   
Ram Type:1 x 72pin SIMM   
FPU:Optional 68882 (PLCC) at 20, 33 or 40Mhz.   
RTC:Yes   
Connection:   A1200 Trapdoor slot.   

The hawk board may have been rebadged by several resellers, for example Gasteiner sold this card as the M1202.

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=944

[Piru]

Also the MTec 1200 8MB RAM/FPU/RTC

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/showhardware.cgi?HARDID=1045

[Martin_Lee]

I guess having a 030 card makes this pretty pointless? or do you need both?

[Vincent]

Having an 030 does make that card pointless, you can't connect more than one accelerator at a time :-)

Any ideas why there's a battery-sized hole in it?  The use I can think of is to give you a good hold when removing it ;-)

[x56h34]

Vincent wrote:

Any ideas why there's a battery-sized hole in it?  The use I can think of is to give you a good hold when removing it ;-)

Airflow from the underside to the plastic door, and I guess if you wanna pull the card out more easily if you're ever to remove it from the CPU slot.

[Vincent]

Ah, makes sense :-)

[desborough]

Yep, have this very card in my loft, just a ram expansion + fpu job. And yes the hole is for easy removal of the card!!