Hey guys!
I used to own an A1200 many years ago but never really got into the hardware too deeply. Now I'm looking to get my paws on one again mainly for lo-fi sampling and sequencing applications (I love the 8-bit PCM sound!) and would really appreciate some advice on how to beef the hardware up a bit. Software I'll work out for myself (with luck..) nearer the time, when I start putting the bits together!
I've done a little bit of digging and I've come up with what I THINK I need, which mainly involves a CPU upgrade and more RAM to improve overall performance and speed, and to allow plenty of space in memory for loading PCM sample banks. An internal HDD would also be useful but I'm pretty sure I can handle that part on my own.
I was looking at trying to pick up the Blizzard 1230 with FPU chip and a RAM board as it seems to be a pretty popular board and (I hope!) not too hard to get hold of. I'd really like to keep the A1200 in it's original case, I think it's the biggest, meanest one I can stuff in before cooling becomes an issue...
One concern I do have is nuking the power supply once all this stuff is running... is it worth modding an ATA PSU? Or can I handle the system's power requirements using the A500 power brick? I read they were basically the same thing but the 500 could give more juice.
Anything major I've overlooked? I love the vintage microcomputer sound and can't wait to get stuck in, but at the same time I don't want to be too hasty and break things.