Blizzard 1260

[Abou27]

Having now returned to using my A1200 (3.1) as my main computer I fancy getting a Blizzard 1260 board for it - this should enable it to do all I want with very few problems.  I was bidding for one on eBay the other day but was outbid with 7 secs remaining (bastard!), though I would have gone higher if enough time.  Final price was £180.  I was wondering what people reckon is a fair price for one of these boards and if anyone has noticed how frequently they appear for sale on UK e-Bay?
Also, just installed an internal 2.1gb hard-drive the other day.  Was surprised to notice that the Amiga seems to powersave it after a while.  I didn't think that Amigas (certainly A1200s) were able to do this.  Is this actually the computer or do newer IDE drives do this for themselves?

[Corrie]

I used to have a B1260 running in my A1200T. I had the SCSI controller also. I ended up overlocking it to 66Mhz and it ran like a dream! The SCSI controller punched out 10mb/sec on my ultra SCSI hd that I was running at the time. A fair price for these would be 100quid... Why don't you look at the HUGE Amiga section on ebay Germany, it is the biggest Amiga section in the world. Far more then UK/USA has to offer. Their prices are very good too!

[Abou27]

Good point.  I hadn't really thought seriously about looking at auctions from other countries.  Are there any hardware compatability issues or different versions of this kind of hardware between differnt countries or does this just apply to display devices?

[Piru]

@Abou27

If no AC power, video output or phone standards are in question, all hw works the same in all countries.

For example B1260 has no such issues, so all boards are identical.

Example of hardware with coutry differences:
- PSUs, generally any item working on AC power (powerplug/voltage issues).
- Modems (phoneplug type, phone standards)
- Genlocks (PAL/NTSC)
- Classic Amigas (PAL/NTSC)

[edit: added some stuff]

[Abou27]

Cheers! I thought that that was likely to be the case but good to have confirmed.

[lorddef]

- Genlocks (PAL/NTSC)

don't forget SECAM