Wanted Amiga 1200 accelerator

Dofro · 23 September 2011, 16:39

Hi im new to this forum but i joined as i have been using it a lot lately. basicly im new to the amiga except playing on my dads growing up and i want to make the ultimate gaming amiga. im doing this step by step as im pretty strapped for cash so i was wondering what would be the best accelerator card for me would be considering im not rich and only want it for gaming. i bought a hard drive with loads of games on but because its a bog standard a1200 it wont load the games

any feedback would be much appreciated
cheers

amigakit.com · 23 September 2011, 18:22

Hello and welcome!

We should have a small batch of ACA 1230 accelerators for the A1200 next week..

Leffmann · 23 September 2011, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dofro

Hi im new to this forum but i joined as i have been using it a lot lately. basicly im new to the amiga except playing on my dads growing up and i want to make the ultimate gaming amiga. im doing this step by step as im pretty strapped for cash so i was wondering what would be the best accelerator card for me would be considering im not rich and only want it for gaming. i bought a hard drive with loads of games on but because its a bog standard a1200 it wont load the games

any feedback would be much appreciated
cheers

Only a small fraction of all Amiga games ever made benefitted from or required an accelerator to be playable. The common machines were the Amiga 500 with 512K or 1M of RAM and the Amiga 1200 with 2M, and these were always the target specs.

The games you have on your hard drive are probably so called WHDLoad-installs of the original disk based versions and because they can be run from the Workbench they will require a bit of extra RAM.

With a 2M expansion you should be able to run most of them, though I would recommend a 4 or 8M expansion as these WHDLoad-installs run better when they can load all the game files into RAM at once.

deicidal · 23 September 2011, 21:06

Considering the prices that ram expansions go for on ebay, you can't go wrong with the aca1230 if they are the same price as they where at Christmas, but be quick they sell fast

Dofro · 25 September 2011, 11:45

thanks for all the info guys! can you preorder at amigakit?

Mick · 10 October 2011, 20:48

Did you get one mate? I've got a spare Blizzard 1230mk iv that I can throw in the post for you, bought it a while back off Amibay its been modded with battery holder and has 32mb ram (70ns?) if I remember correctly.

It will probably eventually get thrown out so it's probably best a fellow Amigan gives it a good home instead.

Peter · 10 October 2011, 22:02

ahem... well... if your throwing it away... :-)

seuden · 10 October 2011, 22:23

Damn!! Always wanted a blizzard! Good luck to the new owner!

10 October 2011, 23:38

i'd happily pay some money for that card

Mick · 11 October 2011, 13:23

If Dofro doesn't respond it will probably go to DDNI for his son because he was the quickest to message me. Sorry guys.

seuden · 11 October 2011, 13:32

Aww, great gesture Mick. I wish there were more people like that!

Peter · 11 October 2011, 13:47

Guess I should have gone ahem a bit louder... oh well.

It is very kind of you Mick - I hope DDNI's son gets some use out of it.

11 October 2011, 16:23

very kind gesture hope he enjoys it

Dofro · 13 October 2011, 10:43

thank you mick, and sorry guys how could i say no!!

seuden · 13 October 2011, 13:45

Hehe, have fun with it Dofro.

Dofro · 13 October 2011, 19:50

deffo gonna have fun cant wait all those games finally playable!(if all goes well)

23 September 2011, 16:39	#1
Dofro Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Guernsey, C.I. Age: 33 Posts: 10	Wanted Amiga 1200 accelerator Hi im new to this forum but i joined as i have been using it a lot lately. basicly im new to the amiga except playing on my dads growing up and i want to make the ultimate gaming amiga. im doing this step by step as im pretty strapped for cash so i was wondering what would be the best accelerator card for me would be considering im not rich and only want it for gaming. i bought a hard drive with loads of games on but because its a bog standard a1200 it wont load the games any feedback would be much appreciated cheers

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23 September 2011, 18:22	#2
amigakit.com Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.amigakit.com Posts: 2,025	Hello and welcome! We should have a small batch of ACA 1230 accelerators for the A1200 next week..

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deicidal Registered Insane Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Ununited Kingdom Posts: 792	Considering the prices that ram expansions go for on ebay, you can't go wrong with the aca1230 if they are the same price as they where at Christmas, but be quick they sell fast

25 September 2011, 11:45	#5
Dofro Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Guernsey, C.I. Age: 33 Posts: 10	thanks for all the info guys! can you preorder at amigakit?

10 October 2011, 20:48	#6
Mick Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 710	Did you get one mate? I've got a spare Blizzard 1230mk iv that I can throw in the post for you, bought it a while back off Amibay its been modded with battery holder and has 32mb ram (70ns?) if I remember correctly. It will probably eventually get thrown out so it's probably best a fellow Amigan gives it a good home instead.

10 October 2011, 22:02	#7
Peter Still an Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent Age: 55 Posts: 2,715	ahem... well... if your throwing it away... :-)

10 October 2011, 22:23	#8
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Damn!! Always wanted a blizzard! Good luck to the new owner!

10 October 2011, 23:38	#9
veroli Posts: n/a	i'd happily pay some money for that card

11 October 2011, 13:23	#10
Mick Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 710	If Dofro doesn't respond it will probably go to DDNI for his son because he was the quickest to message me. Sorry guys.

11 October 2011, 13:32	#11
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Aww, great gesture Mick. I wish there were more people like that!

11 October 2011, 13:47	#12
Peter Still an Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent Age: 55 Posts: 2,715	Guess I should have gone ahem a bit louder... oh well. It is very kind of you Mick - I hope DDNI's son gets some use out of it.

11 October 2011, 16:23	#13
veroli Posts: n/a	very kind gesture hope he enjoys it

13 October 2011, 10:43	#14
Dofro Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Guernsey, C.I. Age: 33 Posts: 10	thank you mick, and sorry guys how could i say no!!

13 October 2011, 13:45	#15
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Hehe, have fun with it Dofro.

13 October 2011, 19:50	#16
Dofro Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Guernsey, C.I. Age: 33 Posts: 10	deffo gonna have fun cant wait all those games finally playable!(if all goes well)

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