Mediator on A1200?

[jonbach]

Hi everyone,

I have a towered 1200 with 030 accelerator and Im very interested in buying the Mediator board.

Thing is, I use my Amiga mostly to play old games and demos on a multisync monitor, and would like to know how the Mediator affects compatability?

My Demons are forever demo just has to work!  :-)

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[lempkee]

not at all really , unless u want a 3dcard + ppc, thats when incompability appears but its ofcourse fixable but in the long run u probably would do like i do now... 1 boot for ppc + warp3d and one for other stuff(ppc + minimized warp3d support etc)

anyway i can recomend a mediator, its the best buy i have ever done and i am a oldschooler , i love old games and old demos over new'r stuff.

but as a last thing, i'd recomend you to atleast get a 040 card , sue 030/50mhz is ok! but seriously once your mediator is up and running...u would like more speed... 060 is the best but its rather hard to find and its expensive.

go for the mediator and then eventually consider an cpu upgrade.

goodluck!

[Kees]

And welcome to Amiga.org  :-)

[Eniodis]

The mediator doesn't really affect the compatibility of your programs. How does it work ?...
You will need a video card (Voodoo, Virge...) which means at least that your Amiga will have 2 outputs for the video :
- the standard output (on the motherboard)
- the video card output (from the Voodoo or Virge card)

Following your applications are compiled for runing under WB or not, the output signal will commute to the right video output.

Usually, old demos & old games will always ouput put to the standard output. And application under WB will output to the WB screen resolution : the video card output.

So now, you can guess the problem is not what you first thought :-?
Either you have 2 screens for each of the 2 outputs, or you have only one screen (multisynch or not) providing 2 inputs (plus one Scandoubler if no multisynch screen)

[jonbach]

Thanks for the welcome and reply guys.

Ive been on the look out for a 060 but they are expensive beasts indeed.
Just need to find someone local that I can try the puppy dog eyes trick on, so I can get it for little cash!  :-D

My concern with the Mediator was that if I added a Voodoo card to it, then all the old demos and games would try to use that card instead of onboard AGA.

So am I right in thinking that you end up with 2 video outputs at once?

[jonbach]

Damn you guys are quick!
Just answered my questions.
BIG hugs all round!  :-)

[Eniodis]

Ok, to be simple :
- you are right, there will be 2 video outputs :
    1) the standard output that you use today
    2) the aditionnal output you will find on the Voodoo card

- old AGA demos will still run but not on the Voodoo card, but on the standard output (1)

[Eniodis]

...and to complete my answer

Obvious you will have 2 video outputs, your amiga won't play both at once :
- if you are under WB, only the Voodoo Card will deliver a signal
- when you will launch an old demo, the amiga will automatically switch to the standard output