Amiga 1200 Mod

Optimus Prime

Anyone able to point me in the right direction for modding an aimiga to have one of those flash drives?

Steve X2

I have all these on one of my A1200's and they all work perfectly.

4GB CF IDE HARD DISK:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24_78&products_id=883

wifi:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=121

EasyADF PCMCIA Compact Flash Transfer Kit:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=440

Also, If you want to ditch the standard PSU you can use this:
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=39&products_id=942




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The Scientician

Wow, never thought of modding my A1200. Might be an interesting idea when I have a bit more time.

Steve X2

The Scientician wrote: »

Wow, never thought of modding my A1200. Might be an interesting idea when I have a bit more time.

Not much work involved really.
Just plug the stuff in and it works

Highly recommend the hard disk upgrade and also the wifi card, you can also get a standard network card for it but the wifi is just really handy.

Optimus Prime

Steve thats great thanks for the links, would i be right in thinking that once you have that hard disk installed its easier to play "backups" ?

TechnoFreek

keithgeo wrote: »

Steve thats great thanks for the links, would i be right in thinking that once you have that hard disk installed its easier to play "backups" ?

yup, but i don't think that you can play just any adf images created from your own disks or otherwise downloaded.

there are specific patched versions. A lot, but not all games out there are patched.

and by patched I don't mean games patched by cracking groups like Fairlight etc.

These are specfic patches needed to run from the CF Hard Disk.

If memory serves me right! I am open to correction!

7sr2z3fely84g5

whdload is popular choice for playing games off HD,or get this*andrew has one i think?*-
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Amiga-1200-4000-4GB-Games-Hard-Disk-Drive-A1200-AGA-HDD-/200658035253?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item2eb826a235

Seems odd at time for most games to not allow amiga users to install games on HD's when the pc market was as bad for piracy back then.

Steve X2

Yeah, WHDLoad is the way to go.

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Optimus Prime

Steve that one you bought from here, http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=883
comes with whd on it already but im guessing you have to go off and get all the games yourself? the one on ebay seems to have them all on there already.

Steve X2

keithgeo wrote: »

Steve that one you bought from here, http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=883
comes with whd on it already but im guessing you have to go off and get all the games yourself? the one on ebay seems to have them all on there already.

Yeah, the one on ebay is probably the handiest one.

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Steve X2

Just grabbed one of those Amiga hard drives from Ebay, the one with the games etc installed on it. I got the Amiga 600 version as I already have the Amiga 1200 version I setup myself and I've decided to feck it and upgrade this new Amiga 600 anyway.

I've ordered a new kickstart chip from the states as this A600 is from the very first batch of them and does not support booting from the hdd or even have any pcmcia driver support.
Only takes about 5 mins to get the new chip installed so it will be quick and painless.

Did you go for hard disk on ebay in the end Keith?

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Optimus Prime

Not yet, im prob going to go for that one alright, as ive had enough of setting stuff up for while after hyperspin! I ended up browsing ebay after looking at that and bought a few NES games so it will have to wait a week or two now!

Steve X2

keithgeo wrote: »

Not yet, im prob going to go for that one alright, as ive had enough of setting stuff up for while after hyperspin! I ended up browsing ebay after looking at that and bought a few NES games so it will have to wait a week or two now!

Well I'll let you know how I get on with my one when it arrives.

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Andrew76

Arya Bumpy Tire wrote: »

whdload is popular choice for playing games off HD,or get this*andrew has one i think?*-
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Amiga-1200-4000-4GB-Games-Hard-Disk-Drive-A1200-AGA-HDD-/200658035253?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item2eb826a235

Seems odd at time for most games to not allow amiga users to install games on HD's when the pc market was as bad for piracy back then.

Yup that's the chap I got it from, worth every penny and simple to install - only way to go if you have a 1200.

Lorfarius

keithgeo wrote: »

Not yet, im prob going to go for that one alright, as ive had enough of setting stuff up for while after hyperspin! I ended up browsing ebay after looking at that and bought a few NES games so it will have to wait a week or two now!

NES games? You need to get yourself over to here:

http://www.nes-bit.com/

There's a few good Amiga 1200 upgrade guides on Youtube. Have a look at a channel by a chap called Retrosofer. I followed a couple of his vids last year when I upgraded mine.

Optimus Prime

Nice site ill check it. ive a couple of guides up myself on my site, replace 72pin, region free nes etc. in fairness i originally learned how to do them following the guides on here. i wont post a link to the site, cause you get in trouble for that sort of thing! but the link is in my signature..

Steve X2

That 4GB CF Card IDE drive for the Amiga 600 arrived today(the one with all the software on it ready to go).

Seems to be the same type I have on of my Amiga 1200's so its a decent one. Don't think it will work in my A600 just yet as I'm still waiting on the updated kickstart rom chip to arrive(need 37.300 up and i have 37.299).

Fairy fast delivery and everything is new and printed installation instructions are included.

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Steve X2

CF hard disk and new kickstart chip installed and all working away.

Having some issues running a lot of the games/software included on the card so not sure if its the limitations of the Amiga 600(I only have these kinds of hard disks installed on Amiga 1200's and 4000's before this 600) or something else.

Working with the seller to see what the problem is.

But the hardware works fine.

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7sr2z3fely84g5

Steve SI wrote: »

Having some issues running a lot of the games/software included on the card so not sure if its the limitations of the Amiga 600(I only have these kinds of hard disks installed on Amiga 1200's and 4000's before this 600) or something else.

Depending the games,A600 had different graphic chipset than of A1200/A4000,memory+kickstart factors can play a part too,small discussion on eab- http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=54648

Steve X2

Arya Bumpy Tire wrote: »

Depending the games,A600 had different graphic chipset than of A1200/A4000,memory+kickstart factors can play a part too,small discussion on eab- http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=54648

Ah yeah. It's more a disk corruption or file system problem than a compatibility issue I think.

I've popped the drive into one of my 1200's and my 4000 and have the same issue.
Tried running lots of them using RadLoad as well and still getting disk errors.

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