How to make your WB pretty

[irishmike]

@tonyvdb

I have not yet fully agreed to the trade, however, it sounds like a lot of work to transfer the 1200 to a tower... the kits look a bit on the expensive side and the case is in fine shape that I have.  The main issue for me is for example, adding SCSI to my box requires a $117 card (Amigakit).  I actually do not like the ATX external power supply I have though it has plenty of watts to run the A1200. (this came with the system)... I am a bit on the fence, but since I did advertise that I would trade and have an interested party, I need to see whether or not the deal will be done or not.  IMHO, it is a step in the direction I wanted to go in the first place, not a step backward... The A2000 can be upgraded via acelerator board to the A1200 level, unless I am mistaken.

Thanks for the input however :-)  I do like to hear people's opinions and experiences because it does really help my learning.

[Flashlab]

As stated above you'll loose AGA. For me that's a no go...

So that's why I upgraded my 1200 to a 4000  :lol:

[irishmike]

I kind of doubt someone would trade an A4000 for my A1200, but I am game for that as well :-)  I am not sure as I stated, but I might look into the tower kit.  But would towerizing my A1200 give me more expansion?  Is there a bus in there that you can add expansion cards to?  Forgive me if this seems like a silly question.

Thanks,

Mike

BTW:  I have NOT accepted the trade yet.

[Flashlab]

The advantage of an A2000 is that you get Zorro 2 expansion slots. You can get these as well on your 1200 but then you need a tower and a busboard. Zorro 2 is slow though... The 4000 is a Zorro 3 machine and that is faster.

But you can also get some 1200 busboard that give you (semi) Zorro 3 slots, but then you also need an A3000/4000 type accelerator. But maybe the best option for 1200 is the BVision graphics card but then you need a Blizzard PPC card AFAIK...

Confusing heh? You could read more at www.amiga-hardware.com There is a lot of info there about A1200 busboards and accelerators.

[tonyvdb]

You dont really need a "kit" to towerise your 1200. All you need is a nice clean empty tower case and you just take the A1200 mb and mount it to the side plate where the PC mb was normaly mounted to. Its not that hard, the only thing you may need to do is modify the back so your connectors fit right. There are several people on here that have done this. I put my A4000 desktop in to a tower seen here and it gave me so much more space. Hopfuly somone on here that has done there A1200 and can walk you through this and maybe show you a picture of what it looks like.

[motrucker]

I have an A1200 and an A2000. BUT I would not trade my A1200 for a A2000! NEVER! You will very likely hate yourself for that move. The AGA graphics are a real step up from the OCS/ECS days.
The A2000 only has 1Meg of chip RAM (video or graphics RAM - what ever you want to call it) That will limit the amount of "eye candy" used on the WB (among other things).
You may want to add an A2000 some day, but don't trade down.

[irishmike]

For those of you playing the home game:  I did decide to keep the A1200 and I am going to eventually get her put into a tower case to solve the issue of expansion.  The main thing is getting the money together to do it, so it will be a slow process on my end.  Actually, some day I hope to attain a nice 4000 :-)   But that is quite a ways off.  Funny how when I saw these new in 1991-1992, they were a little pricey and the managed to stay that way -- which totally breaks convential law concerning hardware of this age :-D

I have been called many things, but the only thing that is even close to true is "computer purist".  -- a little humor.

Anyhow, I am now trying to decide the approach I wish to take to put my A1200 into a tower.  Please see other thread Looking for a Good Tower kit