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ImmortalA1000 · 06 December 2022, 14:35

Yeah, the time frame does get a bit blurry for me too around 1994/95.

I don't know if the Blizzard 1220 allowed it but some accelerators let you run Kickstart from the 32bit Fast RAM for even better response on busy Workbench screens. This may have been more of an OCS/ECS Amiga accelerator thing, can't remember.

I didn't really do anything serious like word processing etc at home on any computer so in 1996 when I finished my degree and sold my Pentium PC I used the money to buy carpet for my enormous living room and had no x86 PC until 2001 (internet!!). If I had been optimistic about ESCOM's plans for Amiga I probably would have picked up the 1220, probably as cheap as £175 by then.

06 December 2022, 14:35	#6
ImmortalA1000 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: london/england Posts: 1,347	Yeah, the time frame does get a bit blurry for me too around 1994/95. I don't know if the Blizzard 1220 allowed it but some accelerators let you run Kickstart from the 32bit Fast RAM for even better response on busy Workbench screens. This may have been more of an OCS/ECS Amiga accelerator thing, can't remember. I didn't really do anything serious like word processing etc at home on any computer so in 1996 when I finished my degree and sold my Pentium PC I used the money to buy carpet for my enormous living room and had no x86 PC until 2001 (internet!!). If I had been optimistic about ESCOM's plans for Amiga I probably would have picked up the 1220, probably as cheap as £175 by then.