ACA 1221EC Accelerator

[sturulez]

Hi,

I'm thinking of updating my Amiga 1200 with an accelerator. I know they can be quite expensive, seen a few on Ebay and seen this one on amigakit

Does anyone in this forum have one, if so is it worth the money?

thanks

[nicholas]

Depends on what you want to do with your 1200.

[sturulez]

Depends on what you want to do with your 1200.

its mainly gaming.

[Acill]

its mainly gaming.

It would be great for that if you are only gaming.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

its mainly gaming.

Specificity, folks. When you say "gaming", do you mean "playing simple games that came out in the 1980's", or "Doom/Quake/Breathless/insert name of game with high system requirements here"?

If the former, yes, it should be fine for WHDLoad games. If the latter... Well, you get the point. :lol:

[sturulez]

Would it be worth purchasing if i wanted to upgrade my OS to 3.9?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Would it be worth purchasing if i wanted to upgrade my OS to 3.9?

You will definitely want some kind of accelerator for 3.9. The fast you can afford, the better.

http://os.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=8

[sturulez]

Does 3.9 work okay with WHDload?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Does 3.9 work okay with WHDload?

You have that backward - the question should be "Does WHDLoad work okay in 3.9?" - Yes, yes it does.  

WHDLoad can have issues with certain cards (for example, very high end accelerators, network cards, GVP Spectrum graphics card), but not likely anything you're going to run into with a regular A1200.