Upgrading and getting online with the Amiga 1200 Power Tower
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- In the last video on the channel I restored this Amiga 1200 Power Tower to some semblance of its former glory. At the end of that video I also hinted about some upgrades that I would cover in a follow up video. Well, this is it!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Amiga OS 3.2
01:07 IndivisionAGA mk3 Flicker Fixer
02:17 RapidRoad USB Controller
02:35 FastATA mk5
04:40 Amiga OS 3.2 boot up
05:15 Internet connection preparations
06:19 Configuring TCP/IP in MiamiDX
07:40 Download and install CardReset
08:16 Download and install AmiSSL
08:52 Download an install IndivisionAGA software
11:13 Install Poseidon USB stack
12:10 Wrap-up
Music used in this video:
Blue Intermission by Congus Bongus [ / congus-bongus ]
Other music from epidemicsound.com/
Attribution for icon used in thumbnail: www.flaticon.com/free-icons/vga
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youtube has been slowly sending me down an amiga rabbit hole and holy crap these computers blow my mind. i’m only 17, so i never had an amiga, i haven’t even been near one before, but the stuff they’re capable of and what enthusiasts can still make them do is insane. awesome video!
30 years after getting my first Amiga they still amaze me too! Even though modern machines are literally thousands of times more powerful, there’s something magical about pushing the limits of this ancient hardware.
Have you heard of Sam460le 🙂
I'm always blown away by the amount of hardware upgrades and tools that are being sold for these older machines, it really shows dedication from the community.
Yeah right, i am amazed by the gpu thing (1:20).
Same here. Am totally amazed by all the awesome hardware and software that keeps coming out for these machines!
Configurazione eccellente,ottimo AMIGA!!
Pretty cool stuff.
Seeing old computers being brought up to modern standards as far as possible by their limitations is always great.
I'm certain you and many other Amiga users still enjoy these machines a lot.
Beautiful work. This has always been such a tempting project that I never get around to.
Such a great video and Nexus7 at the end is the cherry on top - one of the best demos on Amiga 🔥🔥🔥
very cool watching people bring old hardware to life and even seeing what the hardware is capable of doing
Your videos are so high quality, I am amazed!
Awesome upgrades to a old system! Love your videos!
Nice Vid 👍🏻 A couple of things to point out. 1)… Worth buying Ibrowse 2.5.5 as 2.4 is fastly becoming obsolete for browsing due to the age. 2).. Ibrowse 2.4 will not support anything higher than Amissl 3.6. Again Amissl 4 and above is only supported in version Ibrowse 2.5 or higher and you will be able to browse more webpages. Also fingers crossed 🤞🏻regarding the RapidRoad, they really need a powered USB hub connected or they are prone to blowing the 5v rail on the RapidRoad. Also the RapidRoad isn’t that fast due to using the Amigas clock port. To get the most out of a tower system it’s worth investing in a Elbox Mediator board and some PCI cards. 😉
Great video. So much good info.
quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on youtube, up there with Steve1989MRE and Gamers Nexus lol
Very nice. About to upgrade my A1200 to 3.2 today too. Will probably do a clean install and copy over everything via CF in a similar way.
I have the IndivisionAGA mk3 Flicker Fixer in mine as well as OS3.2.1 and I am getting a TF1260 for it.
Wow amazing, still upgradable.
Nice setup and some great mods there! Jealous.
great video
Amiga really was the best you could get before Mac's got any good, and long before windows caught up
Beautiful 😍
Make sure you keep the sticker in the plastic wrap from your os 3.2 disc it has your product key on it.....
It’s so good!
god that took me back. YAM - yet another mailer for email, iBrowse and AWeb, TCP stacks, MIAMI. Fun fact, I had several Pcs(Win 98 and 2000) and Amigas back in the day, and all connected via an ethernet hub. As much of a faff as it was initially, once set up it was actually easier to configure than Windows 10 and 7 networks which i have now........
@Nny indeed, I only use wifi for devices that don’t have an ethernet jack (phone, tablet, etc). Going wired whenever you can for stationary devices also massively improves wireless performance for those portable devices, due to minimising the size of the collision domain.
@Nny fair enough. I’ve dropped my smartphones lots of times with no real damage (couple of scuffs maybe) but usually only a foot or two drop, not like 4-6 feet drop. More power to you though for knowing what you want.
@Nny ah yeah, up a ladder especially would destroy it. I dunno it the paving slabs I’ve dropped mine on are concrete or something slightly softer but.. I do know I am generally more careful and certainly don’t have a job that would put my phone at risk on the regular. And it often lands on wood or gravel instead of paving too.
Fast ide and crisp vga is very 21st century Indeed.
Haha point taken, but I mean, IDE and VGA was still a thing in 2000, so it counts as 21st century right? ;)
aderka derka
This sucks... Now I need an Amiga... Damn it!!!
Should get a more modern wide-screen monitor with better response time and colours and then turn it to the correct aspect imo
If you can't get the '040 accelerator working, have a look at the Terriblefire 1260 cards. 68060 CPU, 128MB of onboard RAM and another IDE port. Oh, and open source. Stephen Leary is a legend.
Have had my eye on that one for a while. Looks like a great piece of kit!
The TF cards look to be a great alternative. Be aware though that the Firmware is constantly being upgraded to fix issues. So as long as you are technical enough and prepared to play around and not expect everything to work first time then they are a good cheap alternative. There are also other cards available like the Vampire V4 Icedrake, Typhoon and the fabled Warp060 card. Remember these are being made and built by enthusiasts and not by manufacturers like the days of old 😉
Indievision aga mk3 is very very hard to find in stock- I won’t hesitate again to grab one 😢
Hi, great follow-up video! If you give up on the Apollo, I'd be much interested in purchasing it, as I have a identical card in my Checkmate 1500-cased A1200. Unfortunately, my card has *severe* battery damage to the PCB, with a lot of crappy repairs done to it, but otherwise working. My idea was to migrate the working parts from my card and get yours working... Thanks again, and keep up the fantastic work.
/Anders, Denmark
The PCB on this one is in a pretty shitty condition too TBH. Looks like the CPU has been replaced at some point with aggressive solder gun usage…
But anyway, I’ll let you know if it gets to that!
@@OddObsolete Thanks! :) Looking forward to the next installment.
Only in Amiga world would a revision 3.2 be newer than 3.9 :-)
I need a towered A1200.
Please note that the Elbox FastATA has a hardware PCMIA reset fix built into its Gayle adapter. You might want to test that instead of the software fix
Interesting! Looks like it is an optional upgrade though: eu-shop.elbox.com/en_GB/p/GAYLE-adapter-with-PCMCIA-fix/647
There’s no mention of this feature in the manual, and I did have to use CardReset for the network card to turn on after boot.
@@OddObsolete Some Network drivers actually contain Card Reset and Card Patch as part of there startup.
@@cullmaster7361 Handy! cnet.device doesn't appear to be one of them though.
Where did you manage to get the rapid road for Amiga 1200 ?
I’ve actually had it for a few years, and I got it from a reseller in Sweden if I remember correctly. Not sure where you can get one these days, looks like it’s currently out of stock in most places. Your best bet might be to get a used one from eBay or similar.
Individual Computers are the manufacturer and they do have a shop. But as I’ve pointed out you really need to use a powered hub for them and they are quite slow through the Amigas Clockport connection. Have a look around also for Amiga resellers in Europe who might have them for sale. Avoid! RetropassionUK though. Terrible customer service and the owner likes to blame his customers for faults 😳🙄
@@OddObsolete probably GGSDATA. It was listed as available but when ordered I got a reply it was out of stock :)
I have the rapidtoad module for x-surf installed in an a4k and a2k but those module won’t work on the a1200 clock port :/
Nice build, too bad that 68040 40Mhz died such a nice card!
Whatever you do, do not hot plug anything directly into that rapid road. This device is very sensitive to voltage surges. At the very least use a high quality powered hub. As for speed 600-700kb is pretty much the most it’ll do over a stock clock port. Not quite usb 1.1 even.
So I’ve heard. There’s some conflicting information about this issue out there. Jens Schönfeld says it’s caused by improper 5v regulation and that ATX and MeanWell PSUs are usually to blame, but others say it’s an ESD issue and that the device should have been able to handle it. Thought about mentioning this in the video, but since I don’t really know what is actually true, I didn’t want to potentially spread any misinformation.
@@OddObsolete The MeanWell PSU comment is rich. This is likely from my busted RapidRoad that admittedly Jens did replace free of charge. It needs to be specified however that the particular MeanWell PSU I am using is medical grade and therefore liable to perform to exacting standards. So which would you rather trust? A world renowned PSU manufacturer with decades of experiences and a *legally binding* medical grade spec or Mr Jens Schoenfeld maker of admittedly high quality but still hobby grade devices? I like Jens, his devices are fantastic and I certainly spent my fair share of money buying a good collection of them. I certainly intend to buy more in the furture but the failure rate of these RapidRoads is a little more than anecdotal.
You should try Mediator and some nice Radeon 9200 🙂
Yeah, the Mediator would indeed be fun to mess around with! Perhaps, perhaps.
@@OddObsolete Im just setting up BlizzardPPC, Bvision AND Mediator + Radeon9250 + Indivision MK3 + SCSI drive :)
Nice, sounds like a pretty sweet setup!
@@OddObsolete it is taking me forever to put in together, but it works. Now, I need to install software and enjoy it 😁.
Turn down your gating on audio production. mic will sound surely way more natural
What is it about Amigas that people are interested in? It had a quick look at A500 games, and Monkey Island really didn’t impress me. Seems very interesting though.
I would imagine nostalgia being the main factor, but other than that, for me at least, I just find it interesting exploring the various technical solutions that early computing platforms came up with. Both in terms of software and hardware. Before everything got more or less standardized as it is today.
Could upgrade the Blizzard with a Vampire v4 Icedrake ;)
Am very tempted to get one of those once they start selling!
Why didn't you use roadrunner
You mean Roadshow? Dunno, I’m just more familiar with Miami, and I had a copy of it already available.
@@OddObsolete yeah my bad we used to have a isp called roadrunner here i mix them up sometimes but roadshow is much faster
If you ever get a mediator the ppc pci cards i helped with can work on a1200 to some degree
Icon.library fra PeterK er et must :-)