Blizzard 1260 questions

[PaperMario]

hey Amiga fellow users, I have a few questions regarding Blizzard 1260, let's hop onto it:

1.is there a such thing as Blizzard 1260 desktop and tower edition?
I'm planning to use it in my desktop(nostalgia purposes and I'm not sure about tower look for my beloved Ami)

2.will the regular stock A1200 supply will be efficient?(I believe it's the regular A600 POW),
is it posibble if that wouldn't be efficient this could damage my accelerator or Amiga 1200 in any way?
or simply it wouldn't boot up?

3.is there a way to check your motherboard revision using software progs?

4.I have a Blizzard 1230 IV right now and everything works great although every once in a while, while resetting using 3 hit combo(ctrl A A ), system is loading and suddenly resets itself and loads again after which loads just fine but it's a bit annoying sometimes.(I think that happens because of the timing mobo-accelerator), I've heard about patch that could fix this.

5.which drivers would be absolutely the best after my Blizzard 1260 is inside my A1200.

awaiting your reply guys  :-)

[Amiduffer]

Nope, the Blizzard 1260 comes in one flavor for the 1200. It'll work the same if you pop it in a towered 1200.

The regular PSU that C= supplied is limited. Mine barely could run a HD and Blizzard 1240. Anything over 2 peripherals, forget it.

Piru's Blizkick is the best available. Check the thread on everything you need to get the best hacks to squeeze the best performance you can out of it. Also, his Which Amiga can tell you what Amiga you have.  :-)

[PaperMario]

excellent, that's what I thought.
I do have power supply that should be more than enough (115 vac!) it came with my Amiga CD-32 and SX-1 when I bought them both as a bundle but I never actually used it since my other regular CD-32 power supply was working great, this one is definetely not a standard CD-32 POW(probably this guy sent it, so you could easily connect lots of external devices to SX-1 easily), that's for sure, looks like a really powerful pow so take a look at pics and let me know what do you think(I haven't tested it yet):

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/Ahmad18/DSC07258.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y56/Ahmad18/DSC07261.jpg

any chance I could use this for my A1200?

[Jose]

Just some links (don't answer all your questions but hey...)
 Unofficial blizzard 1260 site

www.amiga-hardware.com
 (look for accelerators for A1200)
...

[PaperMario]

as a matter of fact jose, I've read all these sites, the reason I asked about any difference between "desktop and tower versions" is because there was a guy who was trying to convince me about existing of such cards.
I wanted you guys to reassure me ^_~
I got my awesome Blizzard 1260 today and it's ready to use but I'm not putting it in because I want to make sure everything is set(power supply wise and so on).

[zipper]

The Blizzard 1240 T/ERC cards were recommended for tower use only as they were quite hot working. 1260 is much cooler.

[Donar]

There are some Blizzard 1260's that have a fan on them-these cards should not fit into the trap door of the A1200.

[Piru]

There are some Blizzard 1260's that have a fan on them

Those cards are not in original condition then, as Blizzard 1260 doesn't have a fan.

[Crumb]

AFAIK there are two different versions of Blizzard1240/1260, one with normal memory sockets and the other one with different sockets that put the simm at 45 degrees.

You can compare the photographs of a Blizz1240 and a 1260 on  amiga-hardware.com.

[Jose]

I had a TRC version (actually a blizzard 1240) that had 1260 printed on it, maybe that's where the confusion comes from.
Some TRC's (with 040's) also have "1240-1260" printed on them...

[PaperMario]

all Blizzard 1240's and 1260's by DCE have Blizzard 1240-1260 printed on them.

[Amiduffer]

Donar wrote:
There are some Blizzard 1260's that have a fan on them-these cards should not fit into the trap door of the A1200.

Not quite true. The 1240 blizzard I bought from a company out in Ohio, sent theirs with a very small fan attached and a trapdoor with a hole drilled to let it blow out.

[PaperMario]

Amiduffer wrote:

Donar wrote:
There are some Blizzard 1260's that have a fan on them-these cards should not fit into the trap door of the A1200.

Not quite true. The 1240 blizzard I bought from a company out in Ohio, sent theirs with a very small fan attached and a trapdoor with a hole drilled to let it blow out.

that would totally make sense since 1240's are getting hot relatively fast.

jose I know you sold recently faulty 1260, what was wrong with it and how much did you pay for it(I assume it was one of those "as is" auctions)?

[PaperMario]

well I've been reading about Blizzard accelerators(mainly 1260's) and not one source tells you, to not to use accelerator with standard A1200 power supply, even in the Blizzard manual.
I only have internal hd (800mb) connected to my A1200 and now I want to use Blizzard 1260 with SCSI-II module so there are only   two devices turned on, that setup won't be able to power up and function correctly?

[marcfrick2112]

PaperMario: I personally would REALLY suggest a better power supply, maybe you would be fine with a minimum setup, like you  have.. but heat and power issues have dogged my fathers A1200 for years... granted, the 1260 probably runs cooler than '040's and '030's (maybe someone can verify) but not sure about the power needs of the '060, though. Mind you, even adding more RAM might be too much for the PSU....

I wish you the best of luck, Blizzard 1260's absolutly ROCK...

Me: A1200 PowerTower, 1260/50MHz 128MB fast RAM,8.5 GB IDE, 2.1 GB SCSI, OS3.9 w/BB 1 & 2

edit: Ack, I forgot... if you want to do any raytracing, or fractals, anything that uses a math co-processor, you need to get OxyPatcher for yer '060....