Fitzsteve's Amiga Journey - Part 10

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Fitzsteve's Amiga Journey - Part 10

Well my friends, my epic journey is drawing to a close, you’ve seen how in about 18 months I’ve gone from one A1200 and an A500 to a very generous collection of some of the finest Amiga hardware available.

The final step for me was to own one of Stachu100’s upgraded 330Mhz BPPC’s, I toyed with the idea of upgrading my 240mhz PPC but the risk against the small gain did not add up. I decided to buy one of the cards that had already been upgraded.

Here it was, the most awesome piece of hardware to enter my collection:

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Not only is the PPC upgraded, it also has the latest mask 060 chip which runs cool even at 72mhz!

The FastATA has been returned to this A1200 Tower so now I run a few different setups. Off the Blizzard SCSI I run OS3.9 with AfA_OS Installed, all Warp3D/WarpOS games are working fine and I also get online via a RealTek PCI NIC. Sound is still provided by a SoundBlaster 128 although I hope to get my TerraTec running at some point soon.

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Off the FastATA I switch between CWB P96 and AmigasysAGA, again these are fully setup and ready to rock ‘n’ roll with a wealth of games and apps including setup for internet access.

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Check out WipEout2097 running on this badboy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eq2GTQw3I5w

One Last Project

So with my new PPC taking pride of place in my A1200 Tower my final project was born.

It was time to put my old PPC in a Desktop A1200, inspired by the awesome projects of mfilos, phipscube and r0jaws I set about creating my own.

First item I acquired was a Blizzard Vision RTG Card:

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I also changed the fan on my old 240mhz BPPC and added a fan to the BVision:

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The fan is powered by the floppy header on the A1200 and its hot glued in place so that it can be removed if need be, I used some fresh compound and I’m pleased to say that the Permedia Chip is nice and cool with this solution.

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Here it is all installed in the A1200 Desktop:

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I mounted the VGA adapter on an old PCI backplane which was cut to size by our resident guru Zetr0:

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And here she is, all up and running with the help of mfilos’ OS3.9 install:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6nxfQA4NvI

So that’s it, the end of my epic journey.

I hope you enjoyed reading these as much as I have enjoyed sharing my work with you all. I’ve made some great friends, friendships that I will treasure and have learned so much. Now I have this established collection I can turn my attention to helping others who are upgrading with all I have learned along the way.

But this is not the end of my story; fear not I have a couple more pictures for you!

I leave you with my A600, modelling its latest upgrade. An ACA630 & Indivision ECS:

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And final pictures of my complete collection, all on display and ready to use whenever I feel the need for miggy time:

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So that’s my full collection, I’ll be honest there is no immediate plans to start any further projects, I’ll be keeping an eye out for a few little upgrades to these I’m sure like USB when funds allow, but for now that’s me done, cases closed and RF Shields in place, ok maybe I lied about the RF Shields! Oh ok and the cases…

Special thanks to all whom I have traded items with and especially for the gifts which have been gratefully received and will be forever cherished in my collection.

I’d also like to thank all who have helped me with repairs, help, advice, listening to me loose the plot and everyone who have made my return to the scene such a great experience!

Cheers!

Steve.
 
Bloody hell!

So who's going to go through these threads, and for sale threads, and work out how much Steve has spent on his obsession then :whistle:
 
The FastATA has been returned to this A1200 Tower so now I run a few different setups. Off the Blizzard SCSI I run OS3.9 with AfA_OS Installed, all Warp3D/WarpOS games are working fine and I also get online via a RealTek PCI NIC. Sound is still provided by a SoundBlaster 128 although I hope to get my TerraTec running at some point soon.

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Cheers!

Steve.

Please oh please Steve, how do I get my Workebench to look like this??:bowdown:

I mean, the backdrop is ace, Id love that! And the Window borders are shaded, which I think is Birdie?? What other progs are running?
I want to set up my A4000 like this I think :D
 
Please oh please Steve, how do I get my Workebench to look like this??:bowdown:

I mean, the backdrop is ace, Id love that! And the Window borders are shaded, which I think is Birdie?? What other progs are running?
I want to set up my A4000 like this I think :D

Well Marios done most of the donkey work on it, setting UP OS3.9/BB's/AfA_OS/Kens Icons.

Black borders here are the TV, its RTG so displays in the exact resolution you choose :thumbsup:

On a non RTG display just use border black and add it to your startup-sequence, its in Classic Workbench and works a treat.

I stripped out all the CGX4 & Warp3D from his install and replaced it with Mediator/Voodoo Drivers/Warp3D as I could not get OS3.9/AfA_OS & BB's to work with WarpOS - no idea how he did it but the man deserves a medal!

The backdrop is part of a pack again stolen from marios, I'm sure he wont mind me sharing tha pack with you, PM me your email and I'll send you them in original sizes, 800x600 and 640x512 :thumbsup:

The Icons on the dock Bar were made from Box Scans off Google and CWB's 'Image-Icon' app, real easy :-)

Steve.
 
This whole read has been awesome Steve mate! Its a really great idea you had doing this and i've enjoyed every bit of it :) I really don't believe your finished, I think more like having a small breather :cool: But lets see :)

Thanks for sharing your epic story, its pretty crazy ace what you have collected and done in relatively short time! :ninja:
 
Damn that was a fine series of threads my friend!!!
I waited till the last thread of yours (at least for now) to express my respect and congratulations for this awesome journey through teh hardware pr0n of yours :)

Keep up the excellent mods and work my friend, and anytime you need any help... I'll be gladly here to help!

\o/


@Tajmaster
Mate, I'm including the wallpaper in case you need it either in 1280x1024 (for classic 4:3 displays) and 1370x768 (for HD ready Widescreen LCD's) :)
 

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Damn that was a fine series of threads my friend!!!
I waited till the last thread of yours (at least for now) to express my respect and congratulations for this awesome journey through teh hardware pr0n of yours :)

Keep up the excellent mods and work my friend, and anytime you need any help... I'll be gladly here to help!

\o/


@Tajmaster
Mate, I'm including the wallpaper in case you need it either in 1280x1024 (for classic 4:3 displays) and 1370x768 (for HD ready Widescreen LCD's) :)

:bowdown::bowdown::bowdown: :thumbsup: THANK YOU!! :D
 
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So that’s my full collection, I’ll be honest there is no immediate plans to start any further projects, I’ll be keeping an eye out for a few little upgrades to these I’m sure like USB when funds allow, but for now that’s me done, cases closed and RF Shields in place, ok maybe I lied about the RF Shields! Oh ok and the cases…

Let me comment on this line soon:D:thumbsup: My sd hxc floppy emulator arrived today..
 
Hey guys,

Really glad you've enjoyed my story and thanks so much for all the kind words :thumbsup:

@mfilos - I appreciate the offer for help, I'm sure I'll be banging your door down if I get deeper into the A1200D project, for now I enjoy the simplicity but the goal is to one day be as l33t as you and phipscube :D

@buzzfuzz

Fan came from ebay, one of the el_cheapo china things, just search VGA Fan and there are lots of them.

It works great though, quite and importantly keeps the BVision cool :thumbsup:

Steve.
 
What an amazing journey Steve, it was a real pleasure to read through all the threads and feast on the photos. I wish I had the time and money to dedicate to the Amiga scene as you have (and an understanding wife like yours!), but your posts and experiences help me feel as I have experienced it too. Many thanks!!
 
What an amazing journey Steve, it was a real pleasure to read through all the threads and feast on the photos. I wish I had the time and money to dedicate to the Amiga scene as you have (and an understanding wife like yours!), but your posts and experiences help me feel as I have experienced it too. Many thanks!!


Very glad you enjoyed the read :thumbsup:

& thanks for the kind words, indeed I'm lucky to have an understanding wife!
 
The journey is never over until you break the 100MHz barrier and your wife pops out of a cake holding the Gamesmaster Golden Joystick :p
 
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