Amiga 1200 Blizzard PPC CPU accelerator card - OS4/4000
Buy it now at AU $849.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/Amiga-1200-Blizz...QQcmdZViewItem
Amiga 1200 Blizzard PPC CPU accelerator card - OS4/4000
Buy it now at AU $849.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/Amiga-1200-Blizz...QQcmdZViewItem
A500 - A600 - A1200
Nice. Roughly translated though the starting bid price works out at about £344 which is very high and the price I would expect it to reach, not start at, so the seller is being very optimistic. Although with OS4 out this week there could definitely be a lot of interest in these cards.
Someone should start to manufacturer these Blizzard cards again. They would make a killing! What ever happened to blizzard themselves? Did they go out of business?
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A1200 Power Tower
OS 3.9 / CGX4 / OS4.0
Blizzard 210Mhz (overclocked to 266Mhz) 603e PPC with 25Mhz 040 (Overclocked to 33Mhz) 256Mb RAM
ZIV
CV64/3D
3.2Gb HDD + 20GB HDD
Some of the components can no longer be sourced and some of them are not compliant with new Euro standards.
Would need a major redesign.
Sam440EP & AOS4.1, 250 gig SATA HD & DVD Rewriter.
Towered A1200 3.1 rom, OS3.9 and OS4.0
PPC 166 mhz 060 50mhz, 192 meg.
Buffered Interface, 40 & 80 gig HDs, CD & DVD Rewriters.
Mediator 1200TX, Voodoo 5500, Radeon ATI 9200, Audio, USB, Ethernet, TV/FM.
Card reader and 19" TFT Monitor.
I'm assuming the not compliant part is to do with radio interference?
Anyway, it's a shame as they are great cards and new ones would easily sell.
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Could it be to do with the RoHS stuff? (I know this is the reason why we can't get lead solder any more )
What's the radio interference thing? I havn't heard any EU stuff to do with interference.
I might not be possible to manufacture new Blizzards, but that doesn't stop any clever people from making some new PPC cards. Maybe a G3/G4 card for the trapdoor slot. That would be good.
The interference refers to electromagnetic interference that can be generated by any electrical equipment, and could interfere with electricity distribution networks and public telecommunication networks. Therefore all electrical equipment has to pass certain EEC regulation tests before it is given the EEC stamp of approval (usually seen stamped on the bottom of equipment or inside the case).
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