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LezRed · 22 December 2019, 21:00

I've just read through the wiki page on these as a possible addition to my ACA 500+. It sounds decent enough but when you think that this is €150 and a 26MHZ ACA 1233N is €200 it kind of begs the question why on earth not to pay the extra for the full 030 with MMU and 128MB RAM?

Granted you might be able to get the ACA 1221LC to 40MHz but the wiki says you must use active cooling and not run it at that speed for more than 30 minutes. After a hard reboot it will always restart at 20MHz as well.

I guess it gets a new A1200 owner safely into WHDLoad territory comfortably running nearly all games and demos from 1992-94 for a lot less than an original accelerator. I note that even 4MB A1200 fast mem expansions often go for more than £100 on ebay.

EDIT: thinking about it that extra €50 goes a long way to an x-surf 500 which I am also thinking about, so for me maybe it is worth considering; it's not like I need all the features of a 1233n ?

22 December 2019, 21:00	#3
LezRed Registered User Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Buckinghamshire, England Posts: 30	I've just read through the wiki page on these as a possible addition to my ACA 500+. It sounds decent enough but when you think that this is €150 and a 26MHZ ACA 1233N is €200 it kind of begs the question why on earth not to pay the extra for the full 030 with MMU and 128MB RAM? Granted you might be able to get the ACA 1221LC to 40MHz but the wiki says you must use active cooling and not run it at that speed for more than 30 minutes. After a hard reboot it will always restart at 20MHz as well. I guess it gets a new A1200 owner safely into WHDLoad territory comfortably running nearly all games and demos from 1992-94 for a lot less than an original accelerator. I note that even 4MB A1200 fast mem expansions often go for more than £100 on ebay. EDIT: thinking about it that extra €50 goes a long way to an x-surf 500 which I am also thinking about, so for me maybe it is worth considering; it's not like I need all the features of a 1233n ? Last edited by LezRed; 22 December 2019 at 23:13.