This new accelerator for the A1200 (and A500 with adaptor) was only released on September 3, but it was possible to pre order it. I was considering getting one, but I was worried about how long it might take to arrive, especially due to all the pre orders, as well as the release date being delayed from September 1.
I eventually got some games installed under WHDload, then I was desperate to get a RAM upgrade from 2Mb to 4Mb, so I got a 2Mb MELcard, which enables most WHDload games I've installed to run.
I'm still considering buying an ACA 1221 accelerator. I'd like to know first of all, if anyone on here has actually received one of these, when they ordered it, when it arrived, and what they've done with it since then. I'm not interested in comments such as "everything's much faster now!"
One of my ambitions with the Amiga right from the beginning was to create some raytraced scenes, but unfortunately I found out it was so complicated that I never managed it. Apart from raytracing, what can you do with the ACA 1221 accelerator? I'm not really interested in first person shooters, or using OS 4.1. IMHO any AmigaOS later than 3.9 or even 3.5 doesn't look or feel like the Amiga. Of course I know that AmigaOS 4.X requires a PPC CPU, which this accelerator hasn't got. As for Digita Office, why would I need to use it? A possible use might be photo editing, where if a pic taken on a modern is 5Mb or more, then obviously I couldn't even load it onto an Amiga with only 4Mb. Obviously, Photoshop, the GIMP, and Paint Shop Pro are crap. Give me Deluxe Paint or Personal Paint any day!
BTW, if someone could recommend an easy to understand tutorial about getting started with raytracing, then that would be great!