Best A1200 demos?

Lektroid · 15 August 2020, 13:58

I have been away from the demoscene since 1992, and was wondering what are the best demos to run on my A1200, I'm not fussy about the vintage, more interested in quality and content, and hopefully show off the AGA capability.

I have an MBX card fitted in my machine with a 68881 FPU & 8MB RAM, so hopefully I can push my machine a little further.

Also I noticed when unpacking some demos, they contain .exe files, I had a little problem unpacking demos on a nearly full CF, so not been able to test as yet, but I presume these run on Amiga, despite being PC files?

Krashan · 15 August 2020, 14:45

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Originally Posted by Lektroid

I'm not fussy about the vintage, more interested in quality and content, and hopefully show off the AGA capability.

I have an MBX card fitted in my machine with a 68881 FPU & 8MB RAM, so hopefully I can push my machine a little further.

Start looking for 68060 accelerator...

UberFreak · 15 August 2020, 15:40

Very few AGA demos (if at all) were designed to run on stock A1200 since the late 90's.
I'd estimate that over 95% of AGA demos from the last 20 years were made for the 68060 CPU.
The rest mostly target the 68030.

kriz · 15 August 2020, 16:07

Stock 1200 demos the first few years. Then a lot of 030 demos, then mostly 060 for AGA in the last 20 or so + years

The exe files are just executable files, some use demos .exe ,some do not

Btw a good archive is here: ftp://malus.exotica.org.uk/pub/jpvs_scene_releases/ But for stock 1200 you need to go earlier for most demos.. For the A500 there is a lot of new productions though ..

4pLaY · 15 August 2020, 19:16

Like mentioned here already, you will need a 060 card for most demos targeting the A1200. There are still a few every now and then though.

Check this list:

https://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?p...&order=thumbup

At least Nexus7 on the first page (from 94 and is a must see) should work on your A1200.

Lektroid · 16 August 2020, 16:02

Thanks for all your suggestions, I wish I knew where to look for a 060 accelerator. Amibay site registration page is broken, I have no idea where else to look for one. Does anyone know of one for sale?

NovaCoder · 16 August 2020, 17:11

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Originally Posted by Lektroid

Thanks for all your suggestions, I wish I knew where to look for a 060 accelerator. Amibay site registration page is broken, I have no idea where else to look for one. Does anyone know of one for sale?

Try Warped

Best Amiga demo ever!

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Higgy · 18 August 2020, 23:18

@NovaCoder thanks for that demo, I missed that one. Just watched it on my CD32 060

Some good effects if a little similar throughout.

@Lektroid the main thing with the upcoming modern 060 cards is getting hold of the CPU. Prices and availability have gone nuts.
You have the vintage option (Apollo and Blizzard) but as you might have seen on Amibay an Apollo 1260 is +£600

Lektroid · 19 August 2020, 02:45

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Originally Posted by Higgy

@NovaCoder thanks for that demo, I missed that one. Just watched it on my CD32 060

Some good effects if a little similar throughout.

@Lektroid the main thing with the upcoming modern 060 cards is getting hold of the CPU. Prices and availability have gone nuts.
You have the vintage option (Apollo and Blizzard) but as you might have seen on Amibay an Apollo 1260 is +£600

So the Accelerator boards, which are already very highly priced don't even have the CPU installed? I think this is going to be too costly for me right now, I'm in the middle of a very expensive house move. Going back to the original question (reworded slightly), what amiga demos should I look out for that will play on My system?

A1200 / MBX1200 / 68881 FPU / 8MB RAM

NovaCoder · 19 August 2020, 03:18

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Originally Posted by Lektroid

So the Accelerator boards, which are already very highly priced don't even have the CPU installed? I think this is going to be too costly for me right now, I'm in the middle of a very expensive house move. Going back to the original question (reworded slightly), what amiga demos should I look out for that will play on My system?

A1200 / MBX1200 / 68881 FPU / 8MB RAM

Not sure what will work without an 030 but here are some of my favorites..

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khph_re · 19 August 2020, 10:58

If you don't mind a bit old school (and this is Amiga after all), there's a ton of stock A1200 demo's you missed in the 92' to 94' period.

If you can get a modern 020 board, then watching demos from the 95' to 98' 030 era might be passable.

You also have several decades of OCS demo's to watch.

I tend to search on pouet by 'thumbs up', and then check the year.

There is an FPGA board being designed that looks to have 040 speed currently (but running 020 instructions). If an A1200 version follows, it could be worth waiting for,
estimated price sub 200 euros.

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...highlight=fpga

dodke · 19 August 2020, 12:40

If you have fast memory I'd imagine quite a few demos for 030 50Mhz would run but slowly. I think most users upgraded their 1200s pretty quickly so there aren't that many for stock machines.
You could try something like:
https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=9270

And yes with a lot of demos the program has '.exe' for some reason.

15 August 2020, 13:58	#1
Lektroid Registered User Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: UK Posts: 122	Best A1200 demos? I have been away from the demoscene since 1992, and was wondering what are the best demos to run on my A1200, I'm not fussy about the vintage, more interested in quality and content, and hopefully show off the AGA capability. I have an MBX card fitted in my machine with a 68881 FPU & 8MB RAM, so hopefully I can push my machine a little further. Also I noticed when unpacking some demos, they contain .exe files, I had a little problem unpacking demos on a nearly full CF, so not been able to test as yet, but I presume these run on Amiga, despite being PC files? Last edited by Lektroid; 15 August 2020 at 14:00. Reason: For some reason paragraph spacing was larger than posted

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Lektroid Registered User Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: UK Posts: 122	Thanks for all your suggestions, I wish I knew where to look for a 060 accelerator. Amibay site registration page is broken, I have no idea where else to look for one. Does anyone know of one for sale? Last edited by Lektroid; 16 August 2020 at 16:30.

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15 August 2020, 15:40	#3
UberFreak Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: the world Posts: 440	Very few AGA demos (if at all) were designed to run on stock A1200 since the late 90's. I'd estimate that over 95% of AGA demos from the last 20 years were made for the 68060 CPU. The rest mostly target the 68030.

15 August 2020, 16:07	#4
kriz Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: No(R)Way Age: 42 Posts: 3,237	Stock 1200 demos the first few years. Then a lot of 030 demos, then mostly 060 for AGA in the last 20 or so + years The exe files are just executable files, some use demos .exe ,some do not Btw a good archive is here: ftp://malus.exotica.org.uk/pub/jpvs_scene_releases/ But for stock 1200 you need to go earlier for most demos.. For the A500 there is a lot of new productions though ..

15 August 2020, 19:16	#5
4pLaY www.resistance.no Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Norway Age: 43 Posts: 205	Like mentioned here already, you will need a 060 card for most demos targeting the A1200. There are still a few every now and then though. Check this list: https://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?p...&order=thumbup At least Nexus7 on the first page (from 94 and is a must see) should work on your A1200.

18 August 2020, 23:18	#8
Higgy Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Somerset, UK Posts: 547	@NovaCoder thanks for that demo, I missed that one. Just watched it on my CD32 060 Some good effects if a little similar throughout. @Lektroid the main thing with the upcoming modern 060 cards is getting hold of the CPU. Prices and availability have gone nuts. You have the vintage option (Apollo and Blizzard) but as you might have seen on Amibay an Apollo 1260 is +£600

19 August 2020, 10:58	#11
khph_re Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northampton/UK Posts: 531	If you don't mind a bit old school (and this is Amiga after all), there's a ton of stock A1200 demo's you missed in the 92' to 94' period. If you can get a modern 020 board, then watching demos from the 95' to 98' 030 era might be passable. You also have several decades of OCS demo's to watch. I tend to search on pouet by 'thumbs up', and then check the year. There is an FPGA board being designed that looks to have 040 speed currently (but running 020 instructions). If an A1200 version follows, it could be worth waiting for, estimated price sub 200 euros. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?...highlight=fpga

19 August 2020, 12:40	#12
dodke Registered User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: London / UK Posts: 112	If you have fast memory I'd imagine quite a few demos for 030 50Mhz would run but slowly. I think most users upgraded their 1200s pretty quickly so there aren't that many for stock machines. You could try something like: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=9270 And yes with a lot of demos the program has '.exe' for some reason.

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