My A1200D Project

[delshay]

I don't have cd/dvd drive built in,but I do have motorize eject floppy drive. Could be a bit of a disadvantage as A1200 needs to be powered up in-order to eject floppy disc. Hmm I day it may even eject via software.

[Timelord]

Hi guys
I have recently come across this thread and have been following it....for what seems like a week lol and just had to say the the work you have done phipscube truly blew me away,this must surely be the best pimped 1200 ever makes me want to mod mine even more altho I havent done a huge amount yet but am getting there.

Thanks for sharing

[delshay]

If you have OS4.1 can you do a benchmark test with "ragemem" get it from OS4Depot I need to compare test result,screenmode must be 1024x768 32bit see correct video bus speed in thread notes.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=3692

[delshay]

Best looking A1200 I have seen.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?u=3015

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by delshay

Best looking A1200 I have seen.

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?u=3015

"Let's see...

1D1 Motherboard...
IDEfix or something near...
A 030 Accelerator...
A Subway USB...
3.1 original ROM kit (not a burned EPROM)..." (Post of rkauer)

What do you mean, delshay? Do you like the paint job or what?

And when are you showing your miggy?

[phipscube]

Some updates to my Amiga.

I added a few other minor tweaks to help with general stability.

Here i've added direct +5V power to the IDEFix Express. This helps with some random cold boot issues i've had and also the odd reboot crash: -





I've added a ferrite Core around the Indi cable to eliminate a little bit of noise I had on the screen: -




I've managed to get my Flash Kicks working and dual booting between 3.1 and 3.9

Here are the Epsilon FlashKicks I got from Poland (cheers for the help Stachu100): -




I replaced my aging (And worn out) Kickstart Sockets and added some handy labels: -





Programming them up in my cheap as chips Willem





The settings needed to program these: -





Added a switch to the side of my Amiga to allow dual kick (0v and 5v to select the different banks): -





And a label





Here is the switch wire needed on pin 1 of each Flash Kick to switch the banks: -





The switch selects 3.9 with HDD powered or 3.1 with HDD turned off (so my A1200 can go into vanilla mode) If I hold key "2" on bootup I can disable my PPC also. This is so I can play Floppy games or Demos that only like 020 2MB chip.





The new HDD power cable controlled by the switch: -





Plugged straight onto the HDD IDE cable: -





Here it is switched into 3.1





And 3.9 (I unplugged the HDD cable to show the kick screen)




Here's a video of it in action: -

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And playing Wipeout 2097 (with one hand): -

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[DonAmiga]

Some nice tweaks there still an awesome thread/Amiga

[phipscube]

Cheers Don mate Yeah all these extra bits help. I'm glad to have the Flashkicks in especially.