Some great shots of the Blizzard 1220/4

A1200 · 27 May 2017, 03:01

This rather modest accelerator has been overlooked by many but it is great - cheap, highly compatible, has an RTC, gives a taste of faster CPU and can facilitate an FPU, and it keeps with the tradition of Amiga not needing much RAM - you learn to live within the 2MB CHIP / 4MB FAST memory.

This one I have soldered in a 40MHz crystal for the FPU, I have also replaced the 32.768KHz RTC oscillator and the VL2020 rechargeable battery. Finally added the Freescale MC68882 @ 40MHz, not before giving the board and all the contacts a good clean.

Runs very stable indeed. For HW Pr0n, please check out these clean, high resolution pictures.:

http://amiga600.net/blizzard1220/

Mike

grelbfarlk · 27 May 2017, 03:49

Very nice pictures. You should try to get them uploaded to amiga.resource or BBoah or one of those sites.

A1200 · 27 May 2017, 09:08

Yes sometime the images on those sites aren't clear. I will send them both in case they want to use them.

A1200 · 31 May 2017, 23:27

As beautiful as this card is, I need some more RAM to run some more AGA demos so have gone back the the 1230 MKIV. So the 1220/4 is on eBay here.

A1200 · 04 June 2017, 22:06

I am sorry guys I couldn't bring myself to do it. I love that little 4MB card. way I see it is demos either run really well on the Blizzard 1220/4 or they don't run at all. The Blizzard 1230 with 16+MB RAM gives you a taste of the 68060 demos but it merely teases you with low FPS renders. Alas I have put the Blizzard 1230MK IV up for sale and the 1220/4 is staying put. Link to listing for those interested.

b0lt-thrower · 28 June 2017, 23:36

You know, it amazes me how just a little extra RAM in an Amiga 1200 can speed the thing up. When I first got mine and saw how...pokey...it was compared to my A500 with AdSpeed and 3mb RAM I was very disappointed. Then a rich friend just gave me his DKB030/28 card, I spent $189 on a 4mb SIMM and that was all she wrote (for about a year, then I went to the Dark Side).

Jope · 11 July 2017, 11:21

A1200's sales are now in http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=87870, please don't use this subforum for regular trading.

A1200 · 12 July 2017, 01:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

A1200's sales are now in http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=87870, please don't use this subforum for regular trading.

Cheers dude, I understand.

27 May 2017, 03:01	#1
A1200 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Westhall, England Posts: 49	Some great shots of the Blizzard 1220/4 This rather modest accelerator has been overlooked by many but it is great - cheap, highly compatible, has an RTC, gives a taste of faster CPU and can facilitate an FPU, and it keeps with the tradition of Amiga not needing much RAM - you learn to live within the 2MB CHIP / 4MB FAST memory. This one I have soldered in a 40MHz crystal for the FPU, I have also replaced the 32.768KHz RTC oscillator and the VL2020 rechargeable battery. Finally added the Freescale MC68882 @ 40MHz, not before giving the board and all the contacts a good clean. Runs very stable indeed. For HW Pr0n, please check out these clean, high resolution pictures.: http://amiga600.net/blizzard1220/ Mike

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27 May 2017, 03:49	#2
grelbfarlk Registered User Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: USA Posts: 2,902	Very nice pictures. You should try to get them uploaded to amiga.resource or BBoah or one of those sites.

27 May 2017, 09:08	#3
A1200 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Westhall, England Posts: 49	Yes sometime the images on those sites aren't clear. I will send them both in case they want to use them.

31 May 2017, 23:27	#4
A1200 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Westhall, England Posts: 49	As beautiful as this card is, I need some more RAM to run some more AGA demos so have gone back the the 1230 MKIV. So the 1220/4 is on eBay here.

04 June 2017, 22:06	#5
A1200 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Westhall, England Posts: 49	I am sorry guys I couldn't bring myself to do it. I love that little 4MB card. way I see it is demos either run really well on the Blizzard 1220/4 or they don't run at all. The Blizzard 1230 with 16+MB RAM gives you a taste of the 68060 demos but it merely teases you with low FPS renders. Alas I have put the Blizzard 1230MK IV up for sale and the 1220/4 is staying put. Link to listing for those interested.

28 June 2017, 23:36	#6
b0lt-thrower Registered User Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: US Posts: 111	You know, it amazes me how just a little extra RAM in an Amiga 1200 can speed the thing up. When I first got mine and saw how...pokey...it was compared to my A500 with AdSpeed and 3mb RAM I was very disappointed. Then a rich friend just gave me his DKB030/28 card, I spent $189 on a 4mb SIMM and that was all she wrote (for about a year, then I went to the Dark Side).

11 July 2017, 11:21	#7
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	A1200's sales are now in http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=87870, please don't use this subforum for regular trading.

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