GVP 1208 - How much is it worth ?

coze · 10 December 2006, 16:10

I found a GVP 1208 ram & scsi board for A1200 for about $35. I was wondering if this is a good deal or not. It has 4mb ram on it.

RetroMan · 10 December 2006, 16:22

well, it´s definitely not a common card ...

but it uses special GVP Simms which are quite expensive and very rare to come by ....

better get a blizzard 1230 with scsi

Smiley · 10 December 2006, 17:35

Its rare but at the same time a bit pointless.

and if it has no GVP simms with it.....

EDIT: Ive never seen one being sold or anyone actually mention one till now.

coze · 11 December 2006, 03:24

Ok, I think I'll just grab it for the sake of 4mb ram on it

whiteb · 11 December 2006, 06:02

Hmmmmmmm I got a GVP 4MB simm somewhere. (From when I had my A530)

alexh · 11 December 2006, 10:20

Normal 8-meg populated RAM cards sell for about £10 ($20) so it is about 2x the price of a normal RAM card.

coze · 11 December 2006, 11:11

But it has SCSI (I wonder how useful it is on a desktop a1200. Better than a1200 ide ?) and possibility to upgrade till 32mb. I wonder if it has pcmcia issues ?

alexh · 11 December 2006, 11:33

I dont care what BBoAH says it is impossible to upgrade a 68EC020 (as in A1200) to 32Mbytes

This card has a limit of 8Mbytes just like every other.

whiteb · 11 December 2006, 11:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

I dont care what BBoAH says it is impossible to upgrade a 68EC020 (as in A1200) to 32Mbytes

Because of the 020 address space ?

coze · 11 December 2006, 11:54

hmm yes, Alexh is right. It should be 8mb, also amiga hardware database says so.

alexh · 11 December 2006, 13:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by whiteb

Because of the 020 address space ?

Yeah, because of the EC020 address space. It is only 24-bit (16Mbytes). I am not 100% sure why the limitation is 8 Mbytes. I guess it is imposed because the memory map is quite full.

Had commodore used a regular 020 it would have had 32-bit address space, but ultimately cost more.

Also I dont think this RAM card is PCMCIA friendly meaning 4-mbytes is the maximum size if you want to use a PCMCIA card.

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10 December 2006, 16:22	#2
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 51 Posts: 3,704	well, it´s definitely not a common card ... but it uses special GVP Simms which are quite expensive and very rare to come by .... better get a blizzard 1230 with scsi

10 December 2006, 17:35	#3
Smiley Amiga-less! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UK Posts: 1,350	Its rare but at the same time a bit pointless. and if it has no GVP simms with it..... EDIT: Ive never seen one being sold or anyone actually mention one till now.

11 December 2006, 03:24	#4
coze hastala vista winny vista Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mt fuji Age: 46 Posts: 1,335	Ok, I think I'll just grab it for the sake of 4mb ram on it

11 December 2006, 06:02	#5
whiteb Fanatically Amiga. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 54 Posts: 1,557	Hmmmmmmm I got a GVP 4MB simm somewhere. (From when I had my A530)

11 December 2006, 10:20	#6
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	Normal 8-meg populated RAM cards sell for about £10 ($20) so it is about 2x the price of a normal RAM card.

11 December 2006, 11:11	#7
coze hastala vista winny vista Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mt fuji Age: 46 Posts: 1,335	But it has SCSI (I wonder how useful it is on a desktop a1200. Better than a1200 ide ?) and possibility to upgrade till 32mb. I wonder if it has pcmcia issues ?

11 December 2006, 11:33	#8
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,332	I dont care what BBoAH says it is impossible to upgrade a 68EC020 (as in A1200) to 32Mbytes This card has a limit of 8Mbytes just like every other.

11 December 2006, 11:54	#10
coze hastala vista winny vista Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: mt fuji Age: 46 Posts: 1,335	hmm yes, Alexh is right. It should be 8mb, also amiga hardware database says so.

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