13 July 2002, 06:13 | #1 |
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A1200/600 Clockport?
Just been browsing Eytech;s site and I found many devices that use the "A1200 Clockport" to connect.. .Which port is this? I presume is not the one where my accelerator is conencted to, right?
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The A1200 clockport is this little chap here:
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14 July 2002, 03:19 | #3 |
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Ohh shite, nice! what was that made for anyway!!??
I think I'd like one of those Prelude soundcards... Are these the ones that decode MP3s by hardware?? oh how sweet D Though I'll have to let it be hanging from outside the case :P And perhaps I need a new PSU... damn... Thanks for the info mate! |
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Would be quite strange for a clock to have so many direct accesses to the cpu and a1200 stuff!
i dont care what it was meant to as long as I can put it to good use |
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Actually, I read before that there was supposed to be chip RAM expansion (like only A501) that could plug into this also. But, that never happened so it's left with I/O devices, sound cards, and ??? It isn't a full feature/speed bus like the trapdoor. Which is why you can't do anything really remarkable with it.
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Yes Commodore had the very clever plan to deliver A1200s with only one meg chipram. The plug socket of my C= A1200 is even the double size than the one from blackcornflake.
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The A1200 was intended to ship with 1MB only, upgradable to 2MB via the clockport expander (which was also designed to accept a realtime clock). It shipped with 2 MB and practically all RAM expansions and turbo cards come with a realtime clock, therefore the clockport was never used for its intended purpose.
It was used for I/O expansions (buffered serial/parallel ports) and soundcards. There are even clockport "expanders", which give you multiple clockports. Several Zorro cards even feature a "clockport-clone", to enable owners of big-box Amigas to use clockport expansions. |
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Here's a funny one from the Amiga Hardware Book...
http://www.amiga-hardware.com/a1200clock.html Also, some information about the port itself... http://members.lycos.co.uk/amigahack...lock_port.html |
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Bad news time: the Prelude comes in two varieties; clockport fitting and Zorro 2. Neither has onboard MP3 decoding hardware as standard. A daughterboard (MPEGit) is available for just this purpose...but only for the Zorro 2 version. Good news time: Eyetech have produced a clever little MP3 unit, called the 'MAS Player', which connects externally, and works on all Amigas. It connects to both the parallel and serial ports (with pass-through on serial port). No significant CPU usage, no external libs required. Might be worth checking out. Sorry about the slow info time, but I had to do some research as I do not own any of these items myself. |
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WOW, thanks for all the GREAT info guys. Things you learn, huh?
I read Eyetech's bit about that external MP3 decoder... sounds interesting! |
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Maybe it would be better to get a 1240 or 1260 Turbocard for the A1200 then the MAS Player You can play mp3´s then as wenn AND you got a REALLY fast A1200
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I'm planning to go for an 060 soon, but Im debating if I should get another 1200 mobo and get a PPC card, or wait to see if I get an A3000 and put a PPC inside it instead.
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Btw., It's probably cheaper to buy an AmigaOne + Voodoo3 (or a cheap 2D only GFX card) than an A3000 + PPC card + Amiga GFX card (this is way better than an A1200PPC). And the A1 is much more powerful And those Amigas that are upgraded to the max are not much fun anyway - the typical "it's an Amiga, so it's easy to use and doesn't make problems" feeling is lost. I'll be more than happy when I can replace my A1200PPC with an A1. No more crashes at power on (due to the PPC card eating up to much power), no more reboots at cold boot (to get rid of the stupid powerpc.library), no more "machine doesn't boot so let's open the case and make sure that none of add-ons got loose" sessions every few weeks, no more.. well, you get the idea. Well, if you're going to buy such a setup just because of the cult factor, you're much more fanatic than I though |
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And, what is a A3000 + PPC + GFX card better for? Office applications, web browsing, what? It's definately not better for running most games (especially AGA ). |
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Now I think Ill just get an 060 card |
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Hmm... new generations demos that requires 060 isnt as much fun as first generation AGA demos or A500 demos in my opinion.
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Could be, but the 030 needy demos will run much faster with an 060 beast
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Hehe yeah true
Though its crazy that some demos wich are recomended to run on 060 are running choppy (Thinking about the latest TBL demo) |
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