I went to Elbox website to take a look at their upgrades....
I am a bit
I never looked before to a convertion from a standart A1200 to tower but
it looks very very very expensive ....
From Elbox website (20-11-2007):
Box+psu+pc keys+cpu+ide+fast ata
D-BOX 1200 (350W ATX PSU ) + PC-Key 1200
Tower system for Amiga 1200 and the PC keyboard interface.
EUR 199.95
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Mediator PCI 1200 LT4
Busboard with four PCI slots for towerised Amiga 1200.
The Mediator PCI 1200 LT4 busboard is designed to enable expansion of towerised Amiga 1200 with a wide range of high-performance, low-cost PCI cards.
EUR 199.95
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SharkPPC G3/G4
PowerPC PCI card for any Amiga with the Mediator PCI busboard.
The most powerful PowerPC accelerator for Amiga 1200
EUR 390.95
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Fast ATA 1200 MK-III
Fast ATA MK-III controller for Amiga 1200.
EUR 90.95
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We have a total of:
881.8 Euros
just this 4 items ....
Is there other solutions as good as elbox but... not so expensive....
and..if we put a PPC (SharkPPC G3/G4) ... do we still have an Amiga? Can we call it Amiga? What processor is doing all the stuff? The PPC? the 68k?
To connect HD,cdroms is it necessary to have a Fast ata? or a normal IDE A1200 interface is enough?
What should be the minimum price to make a tower conversion (PPC) to run OS4?
OS4 will run on a non amiga PPC right? And going from a tower convertion? any Amiga PPC will run OS4?
Big mess in my head.... can anyone try to explain... imagine that i am a 6 year old child....