Amigakits a1200 recommendation

[Cammy]

However, your advice would be valid for an unaccelerated A600 as this is a 16-bit system.

This implies my advice about using a 8MB Trapdoor RAM expansion for WHDLoad games being sufficient is invalid. Your post was directed at me as if you were making a correction to what I had advised, which wasn't incorrect to begin with.

I never recommended SRAM as the sole RAM expansion for an A1200, only as an addition if a 4MB trapdoor expansion is used and is insufficient memory for a particular game, which in most cases is only needed for preloading multiple disk games that nearly all only require a 68000.

[TheGoose]

All good, the recommendations.
I would add some s-video solution, so you could connect to a LCDTV / Monitor.

Might just hold on for the AGA MiniMig to come out - perfect!

[Fisketryne]

Lots of useful comments and clarifications. Never had a retailer post advice to a customer enquiry before. Cool. And an almost as cool miniwar following, for some sunday night drama

Kind of want blizzardy thingy. Anyone got any idea of a good performance, price combo? And did I read somewhere that not all versions fit because of.. space issues and heat? Bet those last ones are overkill and not something for me anyhow.

[amiga1260]

You could use all Blizzard cards like the Blizzard 1260, 1220/4, 1230 and even a 1240 desktop version from DCE. Other cards like Blizzard 1240T(ower) version and the Blizzard PPC cards don't fit in without heavy modification of your A1200 like putting in a tower.

If you could get a Blizzard 1240 desktop or 1260 version, then you need a beefier PSU like the lightweight A500 PSU version.

There is a memory expansion from Blizzard 1200/4. It looks the same as a 1220/4, but without a 020@28 Mhz processor on it.

[Buzzfuzz]

Kind of want blizzardy thingy. Anyone got any idea of a good performance, price combo? And did I read somewhere that not all versions fit because of.. space issues and heat? Bet those last ones are overkill and not something for me anyhow.

Get a 1230 IV Blizzard 030 @ 50 mhz and with 64 MB ram on it.
If you have an old pc lying somewhere with 64MB EDO ram you can take it out there and put it on the Blizzard, then you could buy one with less ram which may be a bit less expensive, but they sell at around 150 euros or 200 US dollars, 130 Uk pound, 220 AU Dollars.
 
I've got 2 of them, but the get quite hot so you will have to get some cooling in there, a 40mm by 40mm Scythe Mini Kaze LED will provide some cooling, you can screw this on the standing up holder within the trapdoor bay, wont be easy, but it will draw some air from the diskdrive side.
 
But better is to towerize it like Amiga1260 said, you could then slap a cooling block on it and a processor cooler.

[drewz21]

I just ordered a GVP-M Typhoon 68030-40Mhz with 16MB RAM for my A1200.  Can't wait for it to come in so I can start using WHDLOAD.  Hoping this will be a big upgrade over my stock A1200HD.
:-)

[meega]

Get a 1230 IV Blizzard ...
 
I've got 2 of them, but the get quite hot so you will have to get some cooling in there, ...

Blizzard MkIV does not require any cooling.

[Fisketryne]

Blizzard MkIV does not require any cooling.

So who is correct? Cooling or not cooling? This is not cool :roflmao:

Would something like this need a tower or extra cooling? I really don´t want to towerize to preserve the classic amiga look.

[Cammy]

No, that card doesn't require any cooling, it will fit inside the desktop case with no problems. It will also make your Amiga powerful enough to be used for online games like Dynamite, and make it perfect for multimedia presentation software and game creation software like Backbone.

An Amiga with a 68030 can do so much more than games, if you do get an accelerator you should look into all the creativity software available, and maybe try and bring it online for more fun.

[meega]

So who is correct? Cooling or not cooling? This is not cool :roflmao:

I am, unless you live somewhere really really hot (50-60C air temperature?).



Yes, that is a 68882 in there too. The RAM is "only" 32MB, there are another 8 chips on the other side. The trapdoor clips home sweetly. Additional cooling is not required.

[Amiga_Nut]

LCD/Plasma TVs still have SCART or Component input right? So why are people talking about composite and s-video signals....just use the native 15.5khz RGB signal (in the EU SCART plugs straight in...in NTSC land you may need a connector to bridge from Component/SCART etc dunno). Leave RF/Composite/YC for the CRTs of this world

[meega]

just use the native 15.5khz RGB signal

15.6KHz PAL, 15.72KHz NTSC.

My CRT TV has SCART and "S-Video" (aka Y/C or L/C) as well as composite and UHF. Most of the S-Video fans are in the US, where they don't have SCART.

[TjLaZer]

A semi cheap A1200 040/060 card can be bought for ~$100 to $200 on eBay.  Works great with WHDLoad, I should know I have one with 64MB. (Which is overkill)

[Fisketryne]

No, that card doesn't require any cooling, it will fit inside the desktop case with no problems. It will also make your Amiga powerful enough to be used for online games like Dynamite, and make it perfect for multimedia presentation software and game creation software like Backbone.
 
An Amiga with a 68030 can do so much more than games, if you do get an accelerator you should look into all the creativity software available, and maybe try and bring it online for more fun.

Sounds fantastic really. Gonna see if I can get it, even though it seemed kinda expensive. But getting the Amiga online with workbench 3.1 seems troublesome (though awesome) from searching the forum. A reason for getting get 3.9?

[Fisketryne]

I am, unless you live somewhere really really hot (50-60C air temperature?).
 

 
Yes, that is a 68882 in there too. The RAM is "only" 32MB, there are another 8 chips on the other side. The trapdoor clips home sweetly. Additional cooling is not required.

Northern part of Norway is not famous for it's hot weather. This weekend I went cross country skiing. Ah Should be perfect accellerator weather right now.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Has anyone put together an all in one Amiga internet package? If they haven't someone should post one to Aminet.
I started with all in one package thankfully given to me free by the Amiga store guy. Otherwise I would have had to pour over tutorials and hunt down obscure software.