Author Topic: Which A1200 Board better? the new Typhoon or a Blizzard (Read 4156 times)

quarkx · « **on:** May 17, 2009, 07:53:05 AM »

Ok, What do you guy think is better a Bizzard 1230-IV board or a new Typhoon.
The reason I ask is last night, I won an incredible Auction. I got a NOS Blizzard board for $41. I also have the typhoon coming in so whitch is actually faster. The Blizzard has no MMU yet. I have to hunt down ram for it also.

amiga1260 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 17, 2009, 08:32:30 AM »

The Blizzard 1230 IV always have a 68030@50 MHz with MMU. I think you want to have a FPU 688882@50 MHz.

The Blizzard 1230 IV is faster than a Typhoon, because the Typhoon have a 68030@40 MHz and the Blizzard 1230 IV have a 68030@50 MHz.

quarkx · « **Reply #2 on:** May 17, 2009, 05:12:21 PM »

Going by the numbers, I agree, but I have read several posts stateing that the Blizzard's actual performance was always slow. That's why I am asking.

alexh · « **Reply #3 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:30:35 PM »

But if you were someone else reading this thread, thinking about buying a card you should really think long and hard about getting an 060 card, or an 040 card you can upgrade to 060. You could probably do it for under $300.

$41 was a steal though...

djbase · « **Reply #4 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:33:09 PM »

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Going by the numbers, I agree, but I have read several posts stateing that the Blizzard's actual performance was always slow. That's why I am asking.

The B1230 IV is the fastest '030 card for the A1200.

GadgetMaster · « **Reply #5 on:** May 17, 2009, 06:43:56 PM »

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Going by the numbers, I agree, but I have read several posts stateing that the Blizzard's actual performance was always slow. That's why I am asking.

You know you can now add a poll this thread don't you. Click on the text ,Thread Tools, on the upper right.

quarkx · « **Reply #6 on:** May 17, 2009, 09:26:04 PM »

Quote from: alexh;454692

But if you were someone else reading this thread, thinking about buying a card you should really think long and hard about getting an 060 card, or an 040 card you can upgrade to 060. You could probably do it for under $300.

$41 was a steal though...

Yeh, I couldn't believe that there was only 1 bid besides myself after a 6 day auction, The seller had a good feedback rating. The economy must defiantly be slumping if those are the prices that they are going for. I also picked up a "Power PC" board for the A500 for a buck.- not a ppc board, but a PC bridgeboard (NOS). After contacting him, I found out he is an Ex- Amiga dealer, and has tons of stuff he will be putting up on e-bay. I got an NTSC A600 from him for a song.

jupo42 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 17, 2009, 10:49:25 PM »

$41 Blizzard... $1 KCS PC card... A600 for some other obscenly cheap price...

Congratulations. You have officially made me quite jealous.

Sorry I can't contribute to the original topic. My A1200 is still unexpanded.

quarkx · « **Reply #8 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:11:07 AM »

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$41 Blizzard... $1 KCS PC card... A600 for some other obscenly cheap price...

Congratulations. You have officially made me quite jealous.

Sorry I can't contribute to the original topic. My A1200 is still unexpanded.

No problem, I also got a boxed 520 set for a buck. After our communications though, and all the "extra" stuff I am getting, He did get a good chunk of my paycheque, so in the end, he did make some money. The funny thing is that everytime I check my e-mail, he is adding more stuff to the box. :LOL

save2600 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:15:05 AM »

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You know you can now add a poll this thread don't you. Click on the text ,Thread Tools, on the upper right.

Off topic, but what's a poll and why would anyone need to "poll a thread"? Is that the same as "rating"? Again, why would you need or want to rate a topic or thread? Also, why is there a 'title' bar that's blank when you reply to someone's thread?

GadgetMaster · « **Reply #10 on:** May 18, 2009, 12:28:55 AM »

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Off topic, but what's a poll and why would anyone need to "poll a thread"? Is that the same as "rating"? Again, why would you need or want to rate a topic or thread? Also, why is there a 'title' bar that's blank when you reply to someone's thread?

A poll is used for voting on an issue.

Look at the top of this thread for an example: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41604

As for the blank title bar it is for you to give your response a title if you so wish.

I hope that clarifies it for you.

save2600 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2009, 03:45:35 AM »

Ahhh, I see said the blind man! Was thinking there was something more to it. A cool feature of the new site then! Thanks GadgetMaster.

Piru · « **Reply #12 on:** May 18, 2009, 06:03:08 AM »

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A poll is used for voting on an issue.

No please, there is no need for YAP.

Blizzard is easily the better card.

Hardsequencer · « **Reply #13 on:** May 18, 2009, 09:43:19 PM »

where can i get a Blizzard 1260 from?
thanks for any suggestions also how much are they nowdays?

klx300r · « **Reply #14 on:** May 18, 2009, 10:13:55 PM »

I'd get the Blizzard