I screwed up and got a A1200 on EBay...

[Ruud]

KatManDEW wrote:
Is there any way to add memory to a A1200 without adding an accelerator card?

You can add a fast ram upgrade in the trapdoor slot but you'll only be able to have 4mb if you want to use the pcmcia slot at the same time.  One of my 1200's is set up that way.  You can add ram using the pcmcia slot but afaik it's slow and of course uses up the slot you're using for the compact flash reader.
A decent 030 accelerator really would be the best thing.

[mbueler]

I wouldn`t bother using the pcmcia,You should Attach your
A1200 HDD to your PC at any cost!
USB 2.0 To IDE 2.5/3.5 Adaptors are cheap

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/USB-2-0-To-IDE-2-5-3-5-2Connector-Cable-Power-adaptor_W0QQitemZ220353875332QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Components?hash=item220353875332&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

[motrucker]

Ruud wrote:


You can add a fast ram upgrade in the trapdoor slot but you'll only be able to have 4mb if you want to use the pcmcia slot at the same time.....  

That isn't so. It depends totally on the card used. But - go for broke and get a good '030 card. Many of them will allow 128Mb of RAM. That should be enough....

[KatManDEW]

Thanks for the info.

An 030 card is good enough? The 060 Blizzard isn't really necessary if I won't be doing quantum physics? :-D I have a 33mhz 040 in my A2000.

Which 030 card for my A1200?

Thanks.

[motorollin]

KatManDEW wrote:
An 030 card is good enough?

Depends. What are you going to use it for?

KatManDEW wrote:
The 060 Blizzard isn't really necessary if I won't be doing quantum physics? :-D

Well, some games and high-end apps would benefit from an 060. But if you're not going to use them, then there's no point having much more than an 030.

KatManDEW wrote:
Which 030 card for my A1200?

You really can't go wrong with a Blizzard 1230-MKIV. Possibly the most stable accelerator for the A1200, allows lots of RAM, can be upgraded to SCSI later if you want, and is 50MHz.

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moto

[Ruud]

motrucker wrote:

Ruud wrote:


You can add a fast ram upgrade in the trapdoor slot but you'll only be able to have 4mb if you want to use the pcmcia slot at the same time.....  

That isn't so. It depends totally on the card used. But - go for broke and get a good '030 card. Many of them will allow 128Mb of RAM. That should be enough....

I was talking about a straight ram upgrade board without cpu upgrade.  Without upgrading the cpu you can only upgrade the ram to 8mb.  If you want to use the pcmcia slot at the same time you can only have 4mb.  This is because it uses the same address space as some of the ram.  There might be some way to hack round this but I've not heard of it. Of course if you get a decent 030 or better card this isn't a problem as a full 030 (or better) has more address space.

[KatManDEW]

I did a Google search for "Amiga 4 gig limit" and stumbled onto some info stating that OS 3.1 could use the first 4 gig on drives larger than 4 gig. It said to use HDToolBox and "Get Information", and just ignore it when it shows "-128 meg" as the drive size.

I did that and created 1 gig and 3 gig partitions, and it worked!

It's a 15 gig drive, so I'm "wasting" 11 gig for now, but I don't have enough memory for OS 3.9 right now, and I still haven't received the copy of OS 3.9 that I ordered anyway.

I might just order a data cable and power cable for the internal floppy for now, and see if it works. I need more memory and an accellerator, more than I need the internal floppy anyway.

Is there any way to change the icon for the CF cards? I got some icons and tried copying them to the CF card, and renaming the to "Disk.info" but it didn't change anything.

[motorollin]

KatManDEW wrote:
I did a Google search for "Amiga 4 gig limit" and stumbled onto some info stating that OS 3.1 could use the first 4 gig on drives larger than 4 gig. It said to use HDToolBox and "Get Information", and just ignore it when it shows "-128 meg" as the drive size.

Correct. The 4GB limit is a restriction on the size of the partition, not the size of the drive.

KatManDEW wrote:
Is there any way to change the icon for the CF cards? I got some icons and tried copying them to the CF card, and renaming the to "Disk.info" but it didn't change anything.

It should work. Did you reboot afterwards? You could try copyicon:

http://aminet.net/search?query=copyicon

Though I have just tried on 3.1, and just copying any icon to volume:disk.info worked after a reboot.

[EDIT]
I had AfA_OS running... when I disabled it, the icon I had copied didn't show up. So it's not enough to just copy any icon to disk.info and expect it to work. You can open the original icon in to IconEdit (in SYS:Tools), change the Type to "disk" then re-save it as volume:disk.info. Or just use CopyIcon above, which should copy the image but preserve the attributes of the original disk icon.
[/EDIT]

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moto

[KatManDEW]

Changing the tool type with IconEdit did the trick. Thanks!

So where's the best place to get a Blizzard 060? I don't see it on AmiKit. When I click on Accelerators is takes me to a little jumper plug.

[mbueler]

Accelerators are rareish,and Blizzard 060 cost and arm and leg. even an 030 can go for over $200 on ebay.

[KatManDEW]

I've already talked myself into the arm and a leg :-D  Does any place sell them new(ish)?

I really HATE the video on my A1200, with the 1084 monitor, but I can't really do anything with the A1200 without some more RAM, so an accelerator is gonna have to come first...

What's the deal with the Blizzard 603's? Are they not as compatable as the 030/040/060?

Thanks for all the info.

[mbueler]

Maybe here

http://asb-computer.com/shop/index.php?cPath=27_32&osCsid=d4b93f6674773ef47f55ad1ce2770fc2

[motorollin]

KatManDEW wrote:
I've already talked myself into the arm and a leg :-D  Does any place sell them new(ish)?

No. Your best bet is to get one is as good used condition as possible. I recently bought a Blizzard 1230 and it looked brand new.

KatManDEW wrote:
What's the deal with the Blizzard 603's? Are they not as compatable as the 030/040/060?

The 603 is a PPC accelerator. They also have either an 040 or an 060. If you want to run PPC software or run MorphOS on your Amiga then you need a BlizzardPPC. If all you're interested in is classic Amiga software then don't bother.

Put another way, the 603 side of a BlizzardPPC won't make your Amiga any faster unless you're actually using it by running PPC software. 68k software will still run on the 040/060.

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moto

[KatManDEW]

Well, since I can't find an accelerator for my A1200 anywhere (boo hoo hoo  :boohoo: ), I ordered a Indivsion to satisfy my Miggy jones for the moment. But I suppose that will mean that I have even less memory available.....  :nervous:

I also ordered data and power cables so I can install my internal floppy drive.

[amigakit]

Many thanks for the order- it will ship as a priority tomorrow (EDIT: Just noticed we sold out on the weekend whilst I was out of the office and you back ordered the Indivision- we will ship the item when back in stock later this week).

BTW: we have some refurb accelerators in stock for the A1200 that havent yet hit our webstore, mostly 030s and 040s

[KatManDEW]

amigakit wrote:
Many thanks for the order- it will ship as a priority tomorrow.

BTW: we have some refurb accelerators in stock for the A1200 that havent yet hit our webstore, mostly 030s and 040s

Wow! Thanks for the respones, AND the quick order shipment!

I would prefer a Blizzard 060, but if I can't get one of them in the near future, I may have to settle on an 030 or 040.

Do you think there is a chance that I might be able to get a 060 in the forseeable future? What accelerators do you have now?

THANKS AGAIN!