WTB: Amiga 1200 Accelerator

[RepoOne]

I'm looking for an accelerator for my A1200. I currently have a 4MB Hawk memory expansion in there, but it's just not enough to handle some of the software I would like to use.

I'd like to spend somewhere around $100-$120, and I don't care how old or used the accelerator is, so long as it works.

Also, this might be asking for a bit much, but a 68030 would be nice to have. It would be cool if my Amiga could compete with my 386 rig!

RAM amount doesn't really matter much to me, so long as it has more than what I have now (4MB). 16MB+ would be best, though.

Thanks!

[amiman99]

You can buy brand new ACA1232 for $140 from Amigakit.us
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=43&products_id=1131

or something slower ACA1220 for $98 http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=43&products_id=1100

[magnetic]

Do NOT buy an ACA accelerator as you may need mods to your amiga motherboard. You should buy the blizzard 030 a guy is selling on this board!

[ElPolloDiabl]

I noticed a lot of people are trying to flog off the ACA board on ebay.

If you want a little bit of speed a 68020 with be about the same as an 030 at the same clock speed. 28mhz will make cpu tasks 100% faster than the 14mhz onboard with ram.
It really is a small speed increase. If you need cpu power consider other options.

[midway]

For WHDLoad the 68020 with some fast ram is mostly enough.
 
I have ordered an Mtec from GVP but they sell for 200 (new though) check it on ebay
 
ElPolloDiablo: Your Avatar is awesome !:laughing:

[RepoOne]

Do NOT buy an ACA accelerator as you may need mods to your amiga motherboard. You should buy the blizzard 030 a guy is selling on this board!

What kind of mods, and why?

I'm running a Rev 1A motherboard, if that means anything.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

What kind of mods, and why?

Google: "amiga 1200 timing fixes".  Lots of threads debating pros & cons, hows & whys, etc.  No sense beating a dead horse by repeating them here!  

[jamiga64]

Several on eBay right now close to your price range.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Were there any bugs in the Apollo 1230 accelerators, like there was in their 1240s?

[AAACHIPSET]

Were there any bugs in the Apollo 1230 accelerators, like there was in their 1240s?

blizzard  030/50  best 1200 accel  i ever had  ..apollo 040  not much faster ..broke down after a year ..ppc card  same...

[magnetic]

Phase 5 make THE best products for Classic Amiga hands down no challenge. Most reliable, most compatible, blah blah

[danwood]

Google: "amiga 1200 timing fixes".  Lots of threads debating pros & cons, hows & whys, etc.  No sense beating a dead horse by repeating them here!  

Not the fault of the ACA accelerators, it's a design fault on the Amiga motherboards that may need correcting to be reliable.  Amigakit offer this service though, mine works great.

[Leffmann]

The Blizzard boards never needed any of these "fixes". The flaw is obviously with the Apollo boards, and the ACA boards which reuses the Apollo design.

[duga]

the ACA boards which reuses the Apollo design.

Your source for that statement?

[amigakit]

The difference between Blizzard cards and ACA cards is the memory bus design- asynchronous vs synchronous.  

The ACA cards have more efficient memory access using modern SDRAM instead of old DRAM as used on the Blizzard.  This exposes the factory bugs inside some A1200 motherboards.