What's the cheapest A1200 68030 accelerator option out there?

[roondar]

Originally Posted by Steril707

And then I am still thinking about backing the Spectrum Next, and diving into that scene a bit over the next year. Either that or the ST (yeah, come at me... ) . I like a challenge...

Oh I know about new retro projects. Am still really looking forward to the Mega 65

[Tigerskunk]

Originally Posted by roondar

Oh I know about new retro projects. Am still really looking forward to the Mega 65

That's tempting as well..

[8bitbubsy]

https://amigastore.eu/en/698-a1208-v...expansion.html

This is the cheapest 8MB upgrade for A1200 I can find. Seems to have a similar performance boost as the AmigaKit one. Don't bother getting an FPU, it will only be used in very few programs and demos, not worth it unless you know exactly what you want.

If you're going to use the PCMCIA port on the A1200, you'll need to limit the memory to 4MB using a jumper on the board. The AmigaKit one can be limited to 5.5MB in software for PCMCIA compatibility, so that's an advantage.

[Tigerskunk]

Originally Posted by 8bitbubsy

https://amigastore.eu/en/698-a1208-v...expansion.html

This is the cheapest 8MB upgrade for A1200 I can find. Seems to have a similar performance boost as the AmigaKit one. Don't bother getting an FPU, it will only be used in very few programs and demos, not worth it unless you know exactly what you want.

If you're going to use the PCMCIA port on the A1200, you'll need to limit the memory to 4MB using a jumper on the board.

Yep, that's the one I have in mind...

[khph_re]

That's a great price. The only thing I needed an FPU for was 3D rendering, doing that on an Amiga now would be masochism. People own watches that can render 100 times faster than my A1200 could.

[AMike]

Originally Posted by Steril707

Yep, that's the one I have in mind...

I think thae RAM Expansion from icomp is a little bit better - 10MB with full support of the PCMCIA port. Additional it has an IDE speeder but you have to buy a RTC clock.
https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/shop/...t/aca1211.html

If you wanna really sell your V1200 I can offer you a Blizzard1220 or a DCE Typhoon 1230 with additional cash. But if you ask me - I would not sell the V2.

[daxb]

I would also recommend more then 4MB fastram for WHDLoad because of this: http://whdload.de/docs/en/opt.html#FullChip

[Tigerskunk]

Originally Posted by AMike

But if you ask me - I would not sell the V2.

It's an awesome card, I am just not doing much with it... And for the foreseeable future I don't see that changing.

Maybe with 3.2. releasing, but who knows if that will ever happen (@Rotzloeffel
) ...

[AMike]

Originally Posted by Steril707

It's an awesome card, I am just not doing much with it... And for the foreseeable future I don't see that changing.

But that's not bad - a good turboboard runs without any problems and you can focus on the software. This is not a matter of course.

[simonhez]

I would be happy to buy it off of you as well haha

[Lord Aga]

Hell, I would even take it for free. To top all the other offers

[simonhez]

Originally Posted by Lord Aga

Hell, I would even take it for free. To top all the other offers

how about if He offered YOU money to get it off his hands... I mean you Are doing him a favor after all loll

[Lord Aga]

Damn, I should have thought of that

[8bitbubsy]

Originally Posted by AMike

I think thae RAM Expansion from icomp is a little bit better - 10MB with full support of the PCMCIA port. Additional it has an IDE speeder but you have to buy a RTC clock.
https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/shop/...t/aca1211.html

[...]

€100

[Tigerskunk]

Originally Posted by Lord Aga

Hell, I would even take it for free. To top all the other offers

So how much money do I have to pay for you to take it?

Originally Posted by AMike

But that's not bad - a good turboboard runs without any problems and you can focus on the software. This is not a matter of course.

Yeah, but you know me, I am more of a "Vanilla Amiga" guy.. It was fun to build a nice workbench with it during the Corona lockdown when I had a lot of time at hand, but after that I lost a bit of an interest for it.

[Glen M]

What ever happened about the TF330 getting reworked for the 1200? That would make for an awesome and cheap 030 accelerator.

[AMike]

Originally Posted by Steril707

Yeah, but you know me, I am more of a "Vanilla Amiga" guy.. .

Than would I recommend a 1230 card - I would say that's the most used config nowadays. Try to get a Blizzard 1230 IV - rock solid and works in every A1200.

[Firthy2002]

If all you want to do is play games, a Blizzard 1230-IV with 128MB will serve you well. It will give you a good speed boost and enough RAM to comfortably run most games. I wouldn't even bother with an FPU unless you want to play some later 3D games that can make use of it.