Amiga 1200 build - Mediator pci, is it worth it?

[rdolores]

I see several places selling Mediator Bus boards for the A1200, but where are you finding the custom cases to install them into?  Are you just hacking PC cases?  If you are going to that much trouble and expense for RTG, WinUAE does it better and is more stable.

[stefcep2]

I think you've reached the point that I reached about 15 years ago: frustration with AGA that limits you using software like Image FX, Photogenics, 3D renderers, and even DTP software.

See back in the day, the one thing I wanted was an RTG for an  A1200, but everyone gave us accelerator after accelerator.  There were all manner of workarounds, including using a PC to ethernet the A1200's display, single slot zorro slots with CV64-3D's attached, ISA PC cards (Pixel64).

I went through all the options and settled for an Cyberstorm II 68060 A4000 with CV64 with CV64-3D scandoubler.  $800.  And later an  Indivision.

Now here's the most important question: what are ya gonna do on it?  Yes I get the amiga environment etc, but what you're after is a productivity machine, and you can get so, so much better hardware and software for far less with a PC.  And then fire up Winuae, which will run all your RTG amiga stuff far better than any real amiga.

From someone who's been there and back, save your money and enjoy your wedge A1200 running software made for its native chips.

[RobertB]

I like my A1200 tower.  See

http://retro-link.com/smf/index.php?topic=251.0

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
The Other Group of Amigoids
http://home.comcast.net/~togausergroup/index.html
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network
http://www.sccaners.org

[haywirepc]

I'm leaning towards sticking to wedge case, pcmcia internet card, aca accellerator and inidivision...

Someone here donated motherboard, floppy, keyboard to the rebuild.

I need a wedge case, either from a1200 or a500. Also need floppy power cable, joystick port cable which goes from the motherboard to the back part of case.

I think I need led/wires to motherboard for this also.

I could really use a cf card set up with amiga os,whdload and the tosec games/demo collections.

if anyone has  these parts, please pm me.

Best regards,

Steven

[NovaCoder]

I'm leaning towards sticking to wedge case, pcmcia internet card, aca accellerator and inidivision...

Someone here donated motherboard, floppy, keyboard to the rebuild.

I need a wedge case, either from a1200 or a500. Also need floppy power cable, joystick port cable which goes from the motherboard to the back part of case.

I think I need led/wires to motherboard for this also.

I could really use a cf card set up with amiga os,whdload and the tosec games/demo collections.

if anyone has  these parts, please pm me.

Best regards,

Steven

Hiya,

Sounds like a nice build

For those kind of parts, post a wanted on EAB/AmiBay.....AmigaKit also stock some of those things new.