What to get to replace an A1000

[motrucker]

Both the A1000 I now use, and the unit I just sold will/would handle EHB. I remember reading that this problem was only with very early A1000 units.

[Vanfanel]

Right, my 1k is one of the first ones, original owner of it since it was bought in 1985 (well, it was my parents then, but you get the idea). It does have the 8362R5 Denise. Upgrading it to a full ECS machine is beyond my capabilities since the chips aren't a socket for socket match. At least I now know I can replace it easily with an R6 or R8 for full OCS functionality.

Also, I should mention the sound sync problems on my 1200 I do not have on my 1k. As expected, it runs perfectly. I was hoping to go down to using just one, but I'll use both if I need to. I had a thought that perhaps the accelerator in my 1200 (DKB Cobra 030/33 32MB w/FPU) was screwing up the sound sync, so I suppose I could go through the trouble of ripping it out and seeing what happens.

Darrin: While I think the Minimig is a great concept, it's just not the same to me unless it's original hardware. Maybe I'm strange, who knows? But thanks for the suggestion!

[AmigaHeretic]

chip can't do EHB modes. Opening up my case, I discovered that it is indeed the case with mine. That being said, what would you recommend as a replacement for it, considering its sole purpose is for gaming.

Did you run into a game that actually used EHB?

[Vanfanel]

Did you run into a game that actually used EHB?

There are quite a few out there, from my understanding, though I don't have any in my possession as of yet.

[AndyLandy]

Upgrading it to a full ECS machine is beyond my capabilities since the chips aren't a socket for socket match. At least I now know I can replace it easily with an R6 or R8 for full OCS functionality.

I'd be surprised if you can't just drop in an ECS 8373R4 'Super Denise'. That should (in theory) give you the extra screenmodes. It certainly works like that in the A2000. Then again, a later-revision 8363 should be easier to track down (I know I have a few lying about the place)

The Agnus is a separate problem, since the A1000 Agnus is the "thin" 48-pin DIP version. I don't believe there is any upgrade path for those.

[desiv]

There are quite a few out there, from my understanding, though I don't have any in my possession as of yet.

I'm not so sure...  In quick searches, I don't see much.
Black Crypt apparently does, as it says so on the box.

Beyond that, I've seen some guesses, but no real info...

Mostly things like this:
http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/85540-amiga-dedicaded-to-ehb/

It might not be as widely used as we think..

desiv

[AndyLandy]

@Andy. There is a monkey on your head!  
Be careful.

No there isn't. I'm sitting on the head of a human.

[desantii]

Drop me a PM. I can send an 8362 Denise out your way
 

Right, my 1k is one of the first ones, original owner of it since it was bought in 1985 (well, it was my parents then, but you get the idea). It does have the 8362R5 Denise. Upgrading it to a full ECS machine is beyond my capabilities since the chips aren't a socket for socket match. At least I now know I can replace it easily with an R6 or R8 for full OCS functionality.
 
Also, I should mention the sound sync problems on my 1200 I do not have on my 1k. As expected, it runs perfectly. I was hoping to go down to using just one, but I'll use both if I need to. I had a thought that perhaps the accelerator in my 1200 (DKB Cobra 030/33 32MB w/FPU) was screwing up the sound sync, so I suppose I could go through the trouble of ripping it out and seeing what happens.
 
Darrin: While I think the Minimig is a great concept, it's just not the same to me unless it's original hardware. Maybe I'm strange, who knows? But thanks for the suggestion!

[smerf]

Hi,

There was a chip replacement brought out for that a long time ago, I had one done to my A1000. If you can find one of those chips, the mod isn't that hard to install. Otherwise I would use Cloanto's Amiga Forever, it sort of automatically adjusts to any thing that you want to run. I think it is a great program if all you want to do is play old Amiga games, and it is cheap, it is 10 times faster and more compatible than a real Amiga, no choosing ntsc or pal, no choosing memory options, no choosing degrader options, it just simply works.

BUT

Do yourself a favor before you buy Cloanto's Amiga Forever, get yourself a modern day PC, I use a Quad Core PC, with up to date graphics cards made by AMD, it runs Amiga Forever and C64 emulators great. Don't try running it with an old 486 or Pentium type computers, you will be disappointed, my saying is "if it doesn't play the new PC games it just isn't good enough"

Thanks for listening, and no I wouldn't say Amiga Hardware isn't good enough because sitting right next to my Hexcore is my Amiga 4000 and Amiga 1200. Still use em, and still amazed at what they can do.

smerf

[Vanfanel]

Smerf: I already have a copy of Amiga Forever, and that's what I used to get my Amiga fix before I got back into Amiga hardware. And my PC is plenty to run it.

A note on the sound sync troubles I was having on the 1200, it was the accelerator. Took it out and the sound in the game was synced perfectly. At the moment, I can't afford to replace the accelerator (especially since I'm the kind of guy that would want to get the best possible thing), but I'll definitely make sure it can be disabled on boot. Gonna see if a WHDLoad install fixes the problem with the accelerator installed, but I doubt it will.

[Darrin]

Darrin: While I think the Minimig is a great concept, it's just not the same to me unless it's original hardware. Maybe I'm strange, who knows? But thanks for the suggestion!

Don't worry, I understand.  I have an A2000 and A4000 running too along with my Minimig, FPGA Arade and Chameleon64 (not to mention the otehr Amigas gathering dust).  

It is just a very handy machine for anyone who just wants to play games and considering that I managed to fit my board into a PS2 keyboard, it makes it a very portable Amiga gaming solution too (wrap the mouse and koystick cables around teh keyboard, put the PSU in your pocket and take it around your mate's house for a few hours of Sensible Soccer or Kickoff 2).