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New donations – A1200 + Blizzard 1260/80mhz – Scsi Module – 4Mb

November 22nd, 2011 No comments

Today a friend has donated to me some nice things. Thanks Igor.

Things that have been donated:

  • Amiga 1200 in nice cosmetic condition.
  • Amiga 1200 Powersupply.
  • Amiga Mouse (never used)
  • Phase5 Blizzard 1260 / 80Mhz with SCSI Module and 4Mb of Ram.
  • Commodore Amiga Video cable.

About the Amiga:

The A1200 offers a number of advantages over earlier budget Amiga models. Specifically, it is a 32-bit design, the 68EC020 microprocessor is faster than the 68000 and has 2 MB of RAM as standard.

The AGA chipset used in the A1200 is a significant improvement. AGA increases the color palette from 4096 colors to 16.8 million colors with up to 256 on-screen colors and an improved HAM mode allowing 262,144 on-screen colors. The graphics hardware also features improved sprite capacity and faster graphics performance. Additionally, compared to the A600 the A1200 was considered to offer greater expansion possibilities.

About the Blizzard 1260:

The Phase5 Blizzard 1260 is an accelerator which plugs into the trapdoor slot of the A1200. An optional SCSI-II controller is also available for this board. Includes a battery backed up clock. The card was also manufactured by DCE when Phase 5 went bust.

source: wikipedia amiga-hardware

Motorola 68882 FPU for my Blizzard 1230 MK IV

April 21st, 2009 3 comments

Autopsy:

from Wikipedia:

The Motorola 68882 was a floating-point coprocessor chip that was utilized in some computer systems that used the 68020 or 68030 CPU.

source: wikipedia

Phase5 Blizzard 1230 MK I 32Mb *updated*

April 4th, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: Germany
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Unrare
  • Year: 1993

from Amiga Resource:

  • 68EC030 @ 40 MHz, QFP.
  • Optional FPU, PLCC and PGA sockets – can be clocked synchronously or asynchronously with the 68030 up to 50 MHz.
  • Two 72 pin SIMM sockets accept 64 MB RAM.
  • Supports 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 MB SIMMS.
  • Hardware maprom – no need for MMU.
  • Optional Fast SCSI 2 controller (FAS216) with DB25 external connector, supported by NetBSD and OpenBSD.
  • Battery backed up clock.

source: amiga.resource.cx

Phase5 Blizzard 1230 MK IV 64Mb

April 4th, 2009 No comments

Autopsy:

Description:

  • Country: Germany
  • Most Common: Usa/Europe
  • Rarity: Unrare
  • Year: 1995

from Amiga Resource:

  • 68030 @ 50 MHz PG.
  • Optional 68882 @ 50 MHz PGA.
  • One 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 128 MB, 60-70 ns RAM.
  • Maprom selectable by jumper.
  • Automatic RAM size detection.
  • 7 MB/s asynchronous, 10 MB/s synchronous transfer speed.
  • Additional 72 pin SIMM socket accepts up to 128 MB RAM.
  • External DB25 female SCSI connector.
  • Supported by Linux, NetBSD and OpenBSD.
  • Can be disabled with a simple keystroke.
  • Battery backed up clock.

source: amiga.resource.cx